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:
Waldkirchen An Der Thaya, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 297721
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297721.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waldkirchen An Der Thaya, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Schönfeld
Waldhers
Waldkirchen An Der Thaya

Latitude: 48°56'20"N
Longitude: 15°21'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.938888888889,15.351388888889

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	Calcite	Clay	None	Quartz	Sepiolite	Smectite-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 Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay None Quartz Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Magnesite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	21419	1487
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	21419	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	21419	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	21417	301
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	21419	241
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2	21417,21419	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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