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Locality Name:
Leutschach, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 58443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58443.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leutschach, Styria, Austria": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gleinstätten
Mantrach
Spitzmühle Quarry

Latitude: 46°45'5"N
Longitude: 15°23'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.751388888889,15.386388888889

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteClayCopiapiteCoquimbiteCorundumGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteKieserite
MalachiteMarcasiteMetavoltineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRömeriteSphaleriteVoltaite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)
Römerite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O12325850
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)223256,2325711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12325727770
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O123258382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O123258136
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1232586890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O123258409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312325614640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41232545591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212325712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2223257,232585674
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O12325878
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2323256,23257,2325839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212325661156
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O12325853
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O123258115
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12325821482
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O123258139
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O123258111



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