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Locality Name:
Geras, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 58573
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58573.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Geras, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dallein
Kottaun

Latitude: 48°47'59"N
Longitude: 15°41'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.799722222222,15.6875

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 B Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachite
MeneghiniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

59 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Corkite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)Edenite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kettnerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Opal  (*)Oxyplumboroméite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)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)21211493419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3121150315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)221149,211508803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31211492353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3221149,211501534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1211492734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1211499052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6121149919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21211505509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1211491966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31211491935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)121150716
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)412114979
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12114927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21211495171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1211494979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2221149,2115027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8121149577
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81211491756
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6121149151
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2121149327
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61211494135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)121148648
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2121149160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)221149,211508173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2121149129
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2121149271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F221149,211502740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2221149,211509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS221149,2115024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31211491544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6221149,21150741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312114914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1211491689
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)612114982
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31211495433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61211492228
Kettnerite  (*)BismutiteCaBiO(CO3)F12115046
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4221149,2115014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212115012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1211494924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1211491107
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1211502994
Oxyplumboroméite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb2O712115033
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2221147,211492273
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6121149477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2221147,2114939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1211501725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81211499056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2321147,21149,2115061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21211475614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)221149,211504894
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6121149134
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12114921482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4121149668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131211505317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O221149,211504899
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3121150297
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1211495251



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