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Locality Name:
Falkenstein, Fischbach, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 208728
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208728.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Falkenstein, Fischbach, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Quartzite Quarry (Steinbruch Rohrdorfer; Tanzer Quarry; Schindergraben Quarry)
Unnamed Quarry

Latitude: 47°27'17"N
Longitude: 15°40'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.454722222222,15.671388888889
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteCoronaditeCyanotrichiteDiasporeLazuliteMalachiteMedenbachite
MixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRutileZircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gorceixite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Ludjibaite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Zálesíite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21228195509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O122819150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12281911547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61228191633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O122819280
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O12281988
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212281927198
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2122819179
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1228197437
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6122819121
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16122819243
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61228192228
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2122819232
Ludjibaite  (*)MedenbachiteCu5(PO4)2(OH)412281912
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212281912537
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4122819369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212281939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2222819,2282061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21228195614
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O12281984
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1228195251


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