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Locality Name:
Feistritz Alp, Feistritz An Der Gail, Arnoldstein, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 46359
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46359.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Feistritz Alp, Feistritz An Der Gail, Arnoldstein, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, 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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PharmacosideriteQuartzTetrahedriteTyrolite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Claraite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Zincolivenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)0254
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O0150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O040
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14058
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)060



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