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Locality Name:
Basalt Quarry, Weitendorf, Wildon, Graz, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 256
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basalt Quarry, Weitendorf, Wildon, Graz, Styria, Austria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°53'44"N
Longitude: 15°26'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.895555555556,15.445277777778
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteClayCopiapiteCorundumCristobaliteDiaspore
FeldsparFerrieriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHarmotomeMalachiteMelanteriteNatroliteNone
Not in a structural groupPseudobrookitePyriteQuartzSepioliteSmectite-vermiculite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Ferrierite-Mg  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Harmotome  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)
Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)40246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Ferrierite-Mg  (*)Ferrierite[Mg2(K,Na)2Ca0.5](Si29Al7)O72·18H2O034
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O0290
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O50164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O0301
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O0241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417


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