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Locality Name:
Railway Tunnel, Galgenberg, Leoben, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 22035
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22035.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Railway Tunnel, Galgenberg, Leoben, Styria, Austria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°22'0"N
Longitude: 15°4'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.366666666667,15.066666666667

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 Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteCoquimbiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteEttringiteFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteKieserite
MalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileRömeriteSepioliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitaniteZircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ettringite  (*)
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Galgenbergite-(Ce)  (*)Goethite  (*)
Goyazite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Römerite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Szomolnokite  (*)Talc  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0136
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O093
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Galgenbergite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe2(CO3)4·H2O05
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)0770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O0306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O0177
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O0115
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O0241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)0589
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O0139
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O0183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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