Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Irnfritz-Messern, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 256604
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256604.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Irnfritz-Messern, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Drösiedl (Klein-Ulrichschlag)
Fuchsberggraben
Grub
Messern
Trabenreith

Latitude: 48°44'25"N
Longitude: 15°33'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.740277777778,15.553611111111

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Titanite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Titanite

23 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)	1	21201	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	21201	2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	21201,21202	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	21201	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	21201	577
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	21201	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	21199	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	21199	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	21201	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	21201	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	21204	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	21205	2812
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	21199	407
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	21205	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	21201	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	21199,21205	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	21201	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	21201	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	21199	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	21201,21204,21205	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	21205	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	21201,21204	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	21201	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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