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Locality Name:
Metnitz, Gurktaler Alpen, Carinthia, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 42917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Metnitz, Gurktaler Alpen, Carinthia, Austria": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Auenbach Valley
Frauenalpe South Slope
Laßnitz
Vellachgraben

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 Cd Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGypsumHalotrichite
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
StarkeyiteTitaniteWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Aluminocopiapite  (*)Anatase  (*)Baryte  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)319720,19721,197238803
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O11972150
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2219720,197232162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11972411547
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2119723700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)219723,1972427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211972027198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21197249617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11972424243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS119724717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1197216890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3219720,197235433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411972014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211972012537
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81197241512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2219721,1972439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2319720,19721,1972361156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O119721293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21197235614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11972421482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O219720,197234899


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