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Locality Name:
Birkfeld, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 127213
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127213.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Birkfeld, Styria, Austria": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aschau
Gasen
Koglhof
Köppelreith Creek
Waldbach

Latitude: 47°22'38"N
Longitude: 15°32'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.377222222222,15.549444444444
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrookiteCalciteCarminite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeFeldsparFleischeriteKaňkiteMarcasite
MeneghiniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteSulphurSymplesiteTetrahedriteTourmalineUllmannite
VivianiteWurtzite

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Benleonardite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diaphorite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Kaňkite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mallestigite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Picropharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Schultenite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Sulphur  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1227078803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2222707,227082162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1227082734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2222707,227083092
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O122708194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1227089052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12270811547
Benleonardite  (*)PolybasiteAg15Cu(Sb,As)2S7Te412270820
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6122708413
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11122708843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31227081089
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2122708700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12270727770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2122708178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1227084979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2322707,22708,2271227198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8122707577
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1227102600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81227121756
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8122708126
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21227079895
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12122708663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12270824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)222708,227127437
Gold  (*)CopperAu12270830554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS122708717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3322707,22708,2271214640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te122708804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3222708,227125433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14122708784
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O12270838
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4322707,22708,2271214899
Mallestigite  (*)FleischeritePb3Sb(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6·3H2O1227085
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2222708,227125674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24122708158
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1227081107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212270717380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS122708767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O122708124
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O122708428
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O12270899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2322707,22708,2271239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21227123106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1227081725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8222708,227129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2322707,22708,2270961156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1227071711
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O122708293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21227085614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1227052705
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)12270830
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1227081153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6122708134
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1227126417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS222708,2271221482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6222705,22709688
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1227082045
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O12270892
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131227085317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS122708293


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