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Blocherleitengraben, Miesling valley, Spitz, Wachau, Lower Austria, Austria

Magnetite
Blocherleitengraben, Miesling valley, Spitz, Wachau, Lower Austria, Austria

Photo: mslama
Latitude: 48°23'45"N
Longitude: 15°23'33"E
Blocherleitengraben, Mieslingtal, Spitz, Wachau, Niederösterreich, Österreich

Includes the Upper and Lower Blocherleitengraben ('Unterer & Oberer Blocherleitengraben').
Several outcrops and loose boulders of pegmatite. Rocks prevalent in this area are amphibolite and impure marble.
The (red) elbaite has been found in a pegmatite in the Upper Blocherleitengraben.

References

- Ertl, A. (1995): Elbait, Olenit, Dravit-Buergerit-Mischkristalle, Dravit, Uvit und ein neuer Al-Turmalin (?) von österreichischen Fundstellen. Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges., 140, 55-72.
- Kolitsch, U., Gröbner, J. & Ertl, A. (2008): 1549: Eisenreicher Anthophyllit, Dravit und andere Mineralien vom Blocherleitengraben, Mieslingtal, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2008): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVII. Carinthia II, 198/118, 258.
- Kolitsch, U. (2009): 1598) Bertrandit vom Blocherleitengraben, Mieslingtal, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. P. 218 in: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2009): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVIII. Carinthia II, 199/119, 189-236.

Mineral List

Anthophyllite
Bertrandite
Dravite
Ilmenite
Magnetite
'Moonstone'
Rutile
Schorl
'Tourmaline
var: Rubellite'



9 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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