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Locality Name:
Bernstein, Oberwart, Burgenland, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 127469
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127469.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bernstein, Oberwart, Burgenland, Austria": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Böhm Quarry
Kanitzriegel
Mönchgraben
Pechgraben
Redlschlag
Sulphide Deposit

Latitude: 47°24'58"N
Longitude: 16°16'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.416111111111,16.267222222222
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 As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumCovelliteCubaniteFeldspar
GarnetMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphaleriteTitaniteValleriite
VesuvianiteWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Grossular  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1193118803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21193103092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS219308,193119052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21193105509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41193105516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1193105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2319308,19310,1931127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1193103531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8219309,193111756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1193104165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3219308,19311802
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31193071544
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31193115433
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O119310593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2219310,1931112537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1193092994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2419308,19309,19310,1931139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8219308,193119056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2319308,19310,1931161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11931121482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1193114899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]219308,19311237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101193071395


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