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Locality Name:
Bludenz, Vorarlberg, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 155948
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155948.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bludenz, Vorarlberg, Austria": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bludesch
Brand Valley
Ludesch
Nenzing
Nüziders
Thüringerberg

Latitude: 47°9'35"N
Longitude: 9°43'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.159722222222,9.7319444444444

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayFeldsparFluorite
GypsumMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSulphurTalc

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1247898803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51247881310
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1247933250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21247755509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)224789,2479611547
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2124789700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)724774,24779,24780,24781,24784,24789,2479627770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)224784,247961252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2224784,2479327198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8124789577
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2224779,247969895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21247849617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O324779,24794,247966890
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2224780,2478117380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1247932349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2324779,24784,2479639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21524774,24779,24780,24781,24784,24786,24787,24788,24789,24790,24791,24792,24793,24796,2479861156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1247942045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21247773337



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