Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Griffen, Völkermarkt, Carinthia, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 43738
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43738.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Griffen, Völkermarkt, Carinthia, Austria": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Griffen Cave
Kleindörfl
Lind
St Kollmann
Untergreutschach

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

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stilpnomelane	Titanite
Vivianite

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Marcasite
Mica None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Stilpnomelane Titanite
Vivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	20597	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	20602	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	20597,20602,20604	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	20602	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	20597	8173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	20602	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	20602	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	20597,20598	1507
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	20597	581
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	20602	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	20597	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	20602	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	20604	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	20597	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	20597	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	20602	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	20602	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	0		456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	20597	4899
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	20599,20604	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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