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Locality Name:
Rastbach, Gföhl, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 262335
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262335.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rastbach, Gföhl, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dörrmühle (Hofmühle)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorrensiteEpidoteFluoriteMicaNone
PrehniteQuartzSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteTalcTitaniteTourmaline

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Dravite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hydrobiotite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)
Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21211653419
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2121165718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4121165708
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4121165951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81211651756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1211651025
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)121165648
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21211659617
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O12116549
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2121165238
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1211651487
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21211652273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21211651898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212116561156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O121165301
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21211653337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1211654899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21211652562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O121165652
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1211651025



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