Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Spodumene Pegmatites, Pusterwald-Bretstein Area, Pusterwald, Pöls Valley, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 233083
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233083.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spodumene Pegmatites, Pusterwald-Bretstein Area, Pusterwald, Pöls Valley, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hohenwart
Scharnitzfeld
Weittal

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Analcime	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Fersmite ()*
Graphite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Wodginite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce Cs F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Fe H K Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Beryl Calcite Clay Columbite Feldspar Fluorite Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Titanite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	23478,23479	5171
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	2	23477,23478	83
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	1	23478	148
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	23479	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	23478	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	23478	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2	23478,23479	688
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	23477	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	23478	2718
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	1	23477	78
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	23478	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	23478	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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