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Locality Name:
Klause, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 285372
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285372.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Klause, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Schlarbaum Quarry

Latitude: 46°53'32"N
Longitude: 15°53'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.892222222222,15.898333333333

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Sc Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApophylliteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCopiapiteCoronaditeCristobaliteFeldspar
GypsumKaoliniteNoneOlivinePhosphosideritePyroxeneSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTridymite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Diopside  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kolbeckite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Saponite  (*)Siderite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6122698966
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1226983250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61226982060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12269811547
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O122698280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12269827770
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O122698382
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2122698453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16122698599
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61226984135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6122698944
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)122698371
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O122698303
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1226986890
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4122698407
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41226985591
Kolbeckite  (*)PhosphosideriteSc(PO4)·2H2O12269826
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1226981508
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O122698471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1226982994
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)122698598
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O122698301
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1226986417
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2122698458



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-72Schlarbaum Quarry, Klause, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austriahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-72


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