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Locality Name:
Koralpe, Carinthia, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 256
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70

mindat Locality ID: 26889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Koralpe, Carinthia, Austria": 77
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Bärofen
Ettendorf
Großer Speikkogel - Steinschneider Area
Kamp
Lavamünd
Maria Rojach
Moschkogel - Weinebene Area
Packsattel
Prössinggraben (Pressinggraben)
Rieding
St Vinzenz
Steinweißwald
Twimberg
Waldenstein

Latitude: 46°47'10"N
Longitude: 14°56'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.786111111111,14.933888888889
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: Ag Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAncyliteAndalusiteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenic
ArsenopyriteAutuniteAxiniteBerylBournoniteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCoronaditeCorundumDescloiziteDiasporeEpidoteFairfielditeFeldsparFluorite
GadoliniteGarnetGypsumHarmotomeHeulanditeJahnsiteKaoliniteKobelliteLepidocrociteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMeta-autuniteMicaMonaziteMordeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePalygorskitePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRoscherite
RutileScapoliteScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStibniteStilbiteTalc
TetrahedriteThomsoniteTitaniteTourmalineUllmanniteVesuvianiteVivianiteZircon

141 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Anthophyllite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Bavenite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chabazite-K  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysoberyl  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Collinsite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)
Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)
Giessenite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greifensteinite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)
Holmquistite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)
Ludlamite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Marialite  (*)Meionite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mesolite  (*)
Messelite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Montebrasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Opal  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Uranophane-β  (*)Pargasite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Purpurite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Roscherite  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)
Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scolecite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Stellerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Uralolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Weinebeneite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)27070220284,202963419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)256701120248,20262,20266,20282,20284,20296,20304,20306,20308,20313,203178803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)120298706
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O120250470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)37070620250,20273,20284,20304,20316,203222353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2220261,203132162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5256238220256,202801310
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21203133092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O120270445
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1203131036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2120270718
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb120313363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1202643250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS7070220273,202849052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61202762060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O7070420258,20275,20284,203221272
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)27070320261,20284,20296260
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)120253161
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)7070120284255
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1825670420280,20282,20284,203224286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi7070220284,203131966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S370701202841935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31203141089
Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Ancylite(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO3)(OH,H2O)12029446
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)256701320257,20261,20262,20264,20268,20284,20285,20288,20295,20298,20306,20313,2031927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO225670220283,202845171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1202644979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O256238120285310
Chabazite-K  (*)Chabazite(K2NaCa0.5)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O12026130
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27070620250,20261,20270,20273,20284,2031327198
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4120302321
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O7070220250,202843531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8320261,20270,203131756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)25670420282,20284,20304,203061025
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O707012028438
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O625670220284,20286518
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S57070120284344
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16120313599
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6256238620253,20268,20288,20289,20295,203134135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)270701202849895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)7070420261,20270,20284,20313648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)25670920250,20257,20261,20268,20284,20285,20296,20304,203138173
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O120304138
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O707012028472
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O12031366
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)7070120284108
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F70701202842740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O120261303
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1202701188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7070520250,20264,20284,20298,2031324243
Giessenite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)2Pb26.4(Bi,Sb)19.6S57707012028418
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)7070320284,20313,203197437
Graphite  (*)NoneC25670520261,20264,20284,20289,203132812
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O707012028427
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)325670920253,20257,20280,20284,20288,20289,20290,20295,202971544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1202506890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O220313,20322290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3220296,2031314640
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)7070120284204
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O256238120285246
Holmquistite  (*)Amphibole   Li2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2707012028442
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH7070120284367
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)7070120284119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O325670520261,20268,20284,20285,203045433
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mg2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O707012028414
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)470701202845591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4256701020254,20255,20256,20257,20258,20270,20284,20286,20299,203041507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O7070320261,20284,203061271
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)120313581
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)7070120284155
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O707012028466
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)120250451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1203131487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O47070220284,2031314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)225670420261,20264,20284,2028512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2220250,203135674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl7070120284139
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)25670220284,20285176
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O220250,20261915
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O120261425
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O707012028443
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O7070120284388
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)7070320284,20292,203044924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1202641107
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)120275945
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)7070120284200
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O7070320284,20293,203131508
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)120264362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)225670920248,20261,20263,20282,20284,20304,20306,20313,2031717380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1202611236
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O7070120284471
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6220272,20304229
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O7070320258,20261,202842994
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O220264,20310306
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS120298767
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O7070120284144
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2220261,20304313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)27070320284,20306,203132273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)225670820248,20261,20262,20268,20282,20284,20296,203171898
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)707012028480
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31203131425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27070820250,20261,20262,20264,20284,20295,20296,2031339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21203193106
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3220297,20301147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S87070720250,20261,20270,20284,20295,20298,203139056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2256702420246,20250,20254,20257,20261,20262,20263,20264,20268,20278,20284,20289,20295,20296,20298,20301,20304,20305,20308,20310,20313,20317,20318,2031961156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)7070220284,202971711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)7070420284,20297,20298,20301969
Roscherite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O707012028422
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)12032258
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO270701120250,20254,20261,20262,20263,20284,20296,20304,20305,20308,203135614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O120313301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)25670420280,20284,20289,202974894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)7070520250,20261,20278,20284,203022705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O120261390
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)7070220284,203136417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)37070420284,20298,20301,203221214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7070320250,20264,2028421482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O625670320282,20284,20291688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)7070320256,20284,20295978
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O7070320261,20268,20284189
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)120313446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31203133418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21202703337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131203135317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O120261452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O256701120250,20261,20268,20273,20284,20285,20295,20296,20308,20310,203134899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O7070120284433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2720247,20263,20264,20266,20270,20296,203132562
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)7070120284313
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS220313,20315293
Uralolite  (*)NoneCa2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3·5H2O70701202848
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21202742718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O120322890
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl120264605
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O120313652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10256238720253,20257,20288,20289,20290,20297,203131395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O7070120284636
Weinebeneite  (*)NoneCaBe3(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O70701202841
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)7070620261,20274,20284,20298,20302,203045251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)256238920248,20250,20253,20261,20270,20273,20288,20289,203041025


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_007256238247±9Sm-Nd garnet     25843Moschkogel - Weinebene Area, Koralpe, Carinthia, AustriaWeinebeneMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Be-00025707070  high    WeinebeneiteBe5609Spodumene Prospect (Brandrücken Exploration Adit; Weinebene Deposit), Brandrücken, Moschkogel - Weinebene Area, Koralpe, Carinthia, Austria Thöni and Miller (2000) SMPM80_169 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070749Spodumene Prospect (Brandrücken Exploration Adit; Weinebene Deposit), Brandrücken, Moschkogel - Weinebene Area, Koralpe, Carinthia, Austriahttps://rruff.info/R070749

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