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Locality Name:
Basalt Quarry, Kollnitz, St Paul Im Lavanttal, Carinthia, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 42509
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42509.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basalt Quarry, Kollnitz, St Paul Im Lavanttal, Carinthia, Austria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Fe H Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteBerylCalciteClayCristobaliteFeldspar
MarcasiteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)20327
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O0301
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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