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Locality Name:
Gams, Stainz, Koralpe, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 247822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gams, Stainz, Koralpe, Styria, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Engelweingarten
Gneiss Quarries

Latitude: 46°52'59"N
Longitude: 15°13'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.883055555556,15.2225

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
RutileTourmalineZircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1231868803
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81231861756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1231861025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1231878173
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1231861271
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212318717380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212318661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21231865614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1231872705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1231876417
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1231865251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1231861025



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