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Wimhof Quarry, Vilshofen, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

(Steinbruch Wimhof, Vilshofen, Niederbayern, Bayern, Deutschland)

Abandoned quarry in a gneiss-hosted marble lens with inclusions of calcic silicates and pegmatites.
Located about 2 km NNW of Vilshofen.

Ref.:
- Der Aufschluss 1980, special edition no. 31, 64-65
- S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990





Mineral List:
Actinolite
'Adularia'
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Anatase
Apatite-(CaF)
Beryl
Biotite
Calcite
'Chalcedony'
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chondrodite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Clinochlore
var: Pennine

Corundum ?
Diopside
Dolomite
Forsterite
Gahnite
Galena
'Garnet Group'
Graphite
Hematite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Gilbertite
Natrolite
Opal
Orthoclase
Pargasite
Phlogopite
'Pinite'
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst

var: Rock Crystal
var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Sphalerite
Spinel
Talc
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Wollastonite ?
Zircon


55 entries listed. 39 valid minerals.

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