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Locality Name:
Eselberg, Altenberg An Der Rax, Neuberg An Der Mürz, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 147046
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147046.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eselberg, Altenberg An Der Rax, Neuberg An Der Mürz, Styria, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Selenide Occurrence
Tennantite Occurrence

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 As Au Bi C Ca Ce Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Se Si Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparMicaMonazite
NonePetroviciteQuartzRocksaltTetrahedriteTyroliteWatkinsoniteZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Berzelianite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)
Grundmannite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Petrovicite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Umangite  (*)Watkinsonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1233988803
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)12339766
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41233975516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)223397,2339827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1233975707
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe123397281
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1233974165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21233989895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1233978173
Gold  (*)CopperAu12339730554
Grundmannite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiSe21233972
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)123398945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212339817380
Petrovicite  (*)PetroviciteCu3HgPbBiSe51233976
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2223397,2339861156
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131233981803
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O123398245
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se212339771
Watkinsonite  (*)WatkinsonitePbCu2Bi4(Se,S)81233975
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1233985251



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