Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Gansbach, Dunkelsteinerwald, Dunkelstein Forest, Mostviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 59086
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59086.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gansbach, Dunkelsteinerwald, Dunkelstein Forest, Mostviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gurhof Castle
Mitterbachgraben

Latitude: 48°17'34"N
Longitude: 15°27'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.292777777778,15.459444444444

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Sepiolite	Spinel	Vesuvianite

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesite ()*	Omphacite ()*
Pargasite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Spinel ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet None Not in a structural group Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Sepiolite Spinel Vesuvianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	20847	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	20847	2060
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	20847	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	20847	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	20847	8173
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	20847	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	20847	1271
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	20847	238
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	20847	1487
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	20847	229
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	20847	313
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	20846,20847	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	20847	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	20847	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	20847	129
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	20847	241
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	20847	1934
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	20847	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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