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Locality Name:
Pfaffenschlag Bei Waidhofen An Der Thaya, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 248125
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248125.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pfaffenschlag Bei Waidhofen An Der Thaya, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Artolz (Artholz)
Hochleitengraben

Latitude: 48°50'34"N
Longitude: 15°11'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.842777777778,15.191111111111

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 B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteApophylliteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMicaMilariteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakite
PrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSodaliteSphaleriteTitaniteTopazTourmaline
TripliteZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Danalite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Helvine  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Triplite  (*)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)1213268803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21213262162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1213269052
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)121326255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2121326606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181213264286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12132627770
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S12132658
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1213268173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6121326414
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1213262740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O121326303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21213269617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12132624243
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S121326237
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31213265433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41213275591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1213261271
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1213264924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O121326156
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2221326,2132717380
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)121326326
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21213261898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2221326,2132739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2221326,2132761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21213265614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1213262705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31213261214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS221326,2132721482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1213264899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21213261476
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F121326233
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1213265251



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