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Blocherleitengraben, Miesling valley, Spitz, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

(Blocherleitengraben, Mieslingtal, Spitz, Waldviertel, 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:
- 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.





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



9 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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