Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Falkenstein, Poysdorf, Weinviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 281390
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281390.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Falkenstein, Poysdorf, Weinviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Falkenstein Castle

Latitude: 48°43'26"N
Longitude: 16°34'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.723888888889,16.578611111111

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Monazite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Mica Monazite
None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Zircon

15 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	21468	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	21468	2353
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	21468	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	21468	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	21468	577
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	21468	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	21468	445
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	21468	5433
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	21468	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	21468	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	21468	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	21468	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	21468	5614
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	21468	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	21468	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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