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Locality Name:
Kottes-Purk, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 231066
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231066.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kottes-Purk, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bernhards
Elsenreith
Fohra
Münichreith

Latitude: 48°23'49"N
Longitude: 15°18'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.396944444444,15.3025

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBrookiteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayColumbiteCorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumMalachite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelStilbiteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Olenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stellerite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Thorianite  (*)Thorite  (*)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
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1212268803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3221222,212242353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21212262162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1212233250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21212205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12122011547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2121226606
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1212261966
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2121226700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)221220,2122327770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O121220310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212122327198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8121226577
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81212201756
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6121226518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6121226289
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6221220,212234135
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1212262740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21212239617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12122024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1212207437
Graphite  (*)NoneC221220,212232812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31212221544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1212236890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312122014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61212232228
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O221220,212261271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212122012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1212264924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212122617380
Olenite  (*)TourmalineNaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)12122624
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1212232349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2221220,212232273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21212231898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2321220,21223,2122639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8221220,212239056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2521220,21223,21224,21226,2122761156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)221224,212262705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)221220,212236417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51212231516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31212261214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS221220,2122321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41212271934
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O221220,21223189
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O221220,21223268
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2121220236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1212201006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O221220,212234899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O121220433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2221220,212232562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1212265251



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