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Locality Name:
Glockner Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 41782
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41782.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glockner Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Fuscher-Kar-Kopf
Großglockner
Hochtor Area
Margaritzen Reservoir
Pasterze (incl. Pasterzenboden)

Latitude: 47°4'43"N
Longitude: 12°44'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.078611111111,12.748611111111

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 Au C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteMica
MilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitanite

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Barroisite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucophane  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pitticite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1198622793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21198573419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1198668803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21198652162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21198613092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4119857708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1198653250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS219857,198619052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6119862919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21198625509
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)211985849
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7119862450
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31198611089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)319861,19864,1986527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1198614979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2319861,19864,1986727198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2519852,19858,19859,19863,19866376
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1198624165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6219857,198664135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2419852,19861,19865,198669895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1198668173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21198599617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12219861,19862663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS319857,19861,1986224243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2219852,19858286
Gold  (*)CopperAu219857,1986130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311986614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1198621689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61198621066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3219865,198665433
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1198571487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4319855,19861,1986614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2219862,1986412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21198615674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1198571066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1198611107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2219852,1986417380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS119857767
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119866247
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)119861140
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]119861716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31198611425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2519857,19861,19864,19865,1986739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81198619056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2519852,19854,19855,19861,1986561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2319861,19864,198655614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1198611153
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4119857249
Silver  (*)CopperAg1198615186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1198622473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS219861,1986221482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131198621803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13219861,198625317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1198664899
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1198631025



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