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

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(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
    ☐[Mg
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [Kolitsch, U. et al. (2008)]
  		•  Bertrandite
    Be
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Collection of Martin Slama]
    Site Photo
    Blocherleitengraben, Miesling valley, Spitz, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria
    © mslama
  		•  Dravite
    [Na][Mg
     
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [Kolitsch, U. et al. (2008)]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Kolitsch, U. et al. (2008)]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Collection of Martin Slama]
    Site Photo
    Blocherleitengraben, Miesling valley, Spitz, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria
    © mslama
  		•  'Moonstone'
    Reference: [Collection of Martin Slama]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Kolitsch, U. et al. (2008)]
  		•  Schorl
    [Na][Fe
    2+
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [Kolitsch, U. et al. (2008)]
  		•  'Tourmaline
    var: Rubellite'
    Reference: [Ertl, A. (1995): Elbait, Olenit, Dravit-Buergerit-Mischkristalle, Dravit, Uvit und ein neuer Al-Turmalin (?) von österreichischen Fundstellen. - Mitt. Österr. Miner. Ges., 140, 55-72.]


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