Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
St Oswald, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 282809
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282809.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Oswald, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
In Der Gleisen Quarry (Yspertal; Ispertal; Unterfell)

Latitude: 48°13'6"N
Longitude: 15°1'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.218333333333,15.024444444444

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc

Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meixnerite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Clay Corundum Garnet Hydrotalcite None Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	21391	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	21391	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	21391	27770
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	21391	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	21391	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	21391	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	21391	14899
Meixnerite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂(OH)₁₆(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	21391	5
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	21391	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	21391	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	21391	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	21391	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	21391	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	21391	301
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	21391	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	21391	3337
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	21391	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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