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Locality Name:
Murau, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 146805
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146805.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murau, Styria, Austria": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Katsch An Der Mur
Krakaudorf
Pöllau Am Greim
St Blasen - Karchau Area
St. Peter Am Kammersberg
St. Ruprecht
Stanglarn
Teufenbach

Latitude: 47°7'30"N
Longitude: 14°18'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.125,14.303333333333

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 Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumDevillineDiasporeFluoriteGarnetGypsum
KaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosiderite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite
Tourmaline

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Schultenite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3223365,233802353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1233671627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21233842162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)223375,233862734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21233673092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)223365,233863250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS823365,23371,23372,23373,23374,23375,23376,233869052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O123386143
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6123386919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)223365,2337811547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6123375413
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)412338679
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61233861633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)423365,23367,23378,2338627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)323370,23374,233864979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2323365,23375,2338627198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8123365577
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1233862970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O123386366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4223365,23378651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2423365,23378,23382,233869895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)123378648
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2223365,233789617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS723365,23372,23373,23374,23375,23376,2338624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)223365,233867437
Gold  (*)CopperAu223385,2338630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1233652812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O323365,23375,233866890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312338614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1233741689
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41233655591
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2123365238
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1233651487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212338612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2223365,233785674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1233651066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl223371,233751107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21233695800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212336517380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1233652994
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O123371428
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21233782273
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6123375477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2523365,23367,23375,23378,2338639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8423365,23375,23378,233869056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2223365,2338661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2223365,233785614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)223373,233754894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1233802705
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)12337530
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O223371,233751153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)323365,23378,233866417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1233742473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS723365,23372,23373,23374,23375,23376,2338621482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21233653337
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S123386510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131233865317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1233844899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21233692562
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4223375,233811655



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