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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
  		• 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
       var: Adularia
  		• Pargasite
  		• Phlogopite
  		• 'Pinite'
  		• 'Psilomelane'
  		• Pyrite
  		• Pyrrhotite
  		• Quartz
    var: Amethyst
       var: Rock Crystal
       var: Smoky Quartz
  		• Rutile
  		• 'Serpentine Group'
  		• Siderite
  		• Sphalerite
  		• Spinel
  		• Talc
  		• Titanite
  		• 'Tourmaline Group'
  		• Tremolite
  		• Vermiculite
  		• Vesuvianite
  		• Wollastonite ?
  		• Zircon


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