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Locality Name:
Karawanken, Carinthia, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 42789
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42789.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karawanken, Carinthia, Austria": 98
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 66

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bad Eisenkappel (Bad Eisenkappl)
Bad Vellach
Feistritz Im Rosental
Ferlach
Finkenstein
Globasnitz
Hochobir
Rosenbach
Zell-Pfarre

Latitude: 46°27'42"N
Longitude: 14°32'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.461666666667,14.541111111111

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAjoiteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaddeleyite
BaryteBerylBournoniteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcophylliteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDescloizite
DevillineDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFleischeriteFluoriteGarnetGypsumKaolinite
KtenasiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PalygorskitePharmacosideritePhenakitePhilipsburgitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTridymiteTyrolite
VivianiteWurtziteZircon

130 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Ajoite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Bariopharmacoalumite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Camérolaite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Claraite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dawsonite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hörnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ice  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Langite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Leogangite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mallestigite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Natrite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parnauite  (*)Philipsburgite  (*)
Plattnerite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schultenite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Theisite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Willemite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21201973419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)220114,20135254
Ajoite  (*)AjoiteK3Cu2+20Al3Si29O76(OH)16·8H2O12013511
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)620100,20102,20103,20105,20114,201978803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51201671310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)820115,20130,20135,20136,20144,20145,20148,201572734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1201861588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)220100,201051036
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4120135246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1220111,20126,20128,20129,20133,20135,20142,20171,20175,20176,20184,201923250
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)12013524
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1201209052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O220104,20135143
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6120135919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21020104,20107,20114,20115,20116,20133,20134,20135,20138,201415509
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2120105238
Bariopharmacoalumite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Al4[(AsO4)3(OH)4]·4H2O1201149
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O120114150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1420104,20105,20114,20116,20129,20135,20136,20142,20157,20159,20162,20164,20171,2019411547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6120114413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4220104,201145516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11120115843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31201151089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6320104,20114,201351633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2920103,20104,20111,20112,20114,20115,20117,20127,20128,20129,20133,20135,20136,20141,20142,20157,20159,20161,20162,20166,20168,20171,20175,20177,20181,20183,20186,20190,2019227770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6120135359
Camérolaite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu6Al3(OH)18(H2O)2[Sb(OH)6](SO4)12013515
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4220135,20136154
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2320112,20115,20117,20129,20130,20135,20136,20142,20148,20157,20158,20159,20161,20162,20164,20166,20168,20169,20172,20179,20181,20183,201964979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O120135925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1201045707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O320104,20114,20135194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2720104,20105,20111,20114,20120,20135,2014127198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS620102,20111,20120,20126,20134,201352600
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O320114,20133,2013540
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81201031756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS120105966
Copper  (*)CopperCu220134,201353846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18220100,201671008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3220100,201671797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS420104,20115,20135,201364165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3120135802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O320134,20135,201382970
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)212011190
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1220124,20161,20162,20164,20169,20172,20179,20180,20181,20182,20183,20184378
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O220114,20135366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4120135651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1201041027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61201074135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16220104,20134300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21520102,20111,20114,20117,20120,20128,20129,20135,20136,20142,20159,20162,20168,20189,201909895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)120135220
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6120107944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)220103,201078173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2920129,20135,20142,20144,20157,20158,20159,20173,201969617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3120105,20106,20112,20114,20115,20117,20129,20135,20136,20139,20141,20142,20144,20145,20148,20153,20157,20158,20159,20161,20162,20164,20166,20168,20171,20177,20179,20183,20184,20194,2019624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)320130,20135,201547437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1201392812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1220115,20129,20135,20141,20142,20144,20148,20158,20168,20169,20171,20173717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31201101544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1520106,20114,20115,20128,20129,20135,20142,20157,20159,20162,20168,20169,20171,20181,201866890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS12013562
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3120105104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3420103,20111,20159,2019514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1720115,20129,20130,20135,20141,20142,20144,20145,20148,20157,20159,20162,20164,20169,20172,20179,201811689
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O120135103
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61720115,20129,20135,20141,20142,20144,20148,20158,20159,20161,20162,20164,20166,20168,20169,20172,201791066
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O12017659
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31201055433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6320135,20181,201952228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41201905591
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O12011460
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O420100,20104,20114,20135593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O320165,20167,201971271
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2120135265
Leogangite  (*)NoneCu10(AsO4)4(SO4)(OH)6·8H2O12013515
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)120145581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2120135987
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1201281487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412010314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21020104,20114,20115,20116,20133,20134,20135,20136,20138,2014112537
Mallestigite  (*)FleischeritePb3Sb(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6·3H2O1201355
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2820112,20129,20142,20157,20159,20168,20171,201815674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO120135202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O520129,20142,20169,20171,20174915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg120120397
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl220114,201351107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2320103,20135,2013617380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O12013558
Natrite  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)12010219
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)220114,20135492
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O220189,20190306
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS120105767
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O320104,20114,20135105
Philipsburgite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6·H2O12013531
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2120162158
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O120135309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2320105,20165,201971898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31201151425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22120102,20103,20105,20106,20111,20114,20115,20120,20127,20129,20134,20135,20136,20138,20141,20142,20157,20159,20168,20172,2018139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81201059056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22320103,20104,20111,20114,20115,20116,20122,20126,20129,20130,20135,20141,20142,20162,20165,20168,20173,20174,20189,20190,20193,20195,2019761156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O12013568
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O12011457
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2320114,20134,20135454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2320136,20188,201905614
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)12013530
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O120135292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)620106,20109,20111,20114,20115,201266417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4220135,20136249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5220100,201671516
Silver  (*)CopperAg320104,20115,201365186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1820115,20117,20129,20130,20135,20142,20144,20148,20157,20158,20159,20162,20168,20169,20172,20175,20179,201812473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1520105,20115,20117,20129,20135,20136,20139,20141,20142,20148,20157,20158,20159,20162,2016821482
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O12013590
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS820129,20135,20142,20157,20158,20169,20174,201772045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21201223337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13320104,20114,201351803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1201041101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13620107,20115,20133,20134,20135,201385317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14320133,20134,2013558
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O320105,20107,201974899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21201022562
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O420104,20114,20116,20135245
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl820159,20162,20169,20179,20180,20182,20183,20184605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4220162,20169303
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O12013595
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41920117,20129,20130,20135,20142,20148,20157,20159,20161,20162,20164,20166,20169,20172,20177,20179,20181,20182,201831655
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)220114,2013160
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)220105,201365251



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