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Locality Name:
Knittelfeld, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 59283
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59283.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Knittelfeld, Styria, Austria": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Flatschach
Gaal
Ingering Valley
St Lorenzen Bei Knittelfeld

Latitude: 47°15'33"N
Longitude: 14°51'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.259166666667,14.862222222222

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenolite
ArsenopyriteArtiniteBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteBruciteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDigeniteDomeykiteEnargite
EpidoteGypsumHydrotalciteLöllingiteMalachiteMicaMilleriteNatroliteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOrpimentPentlanditePharmacosideritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSepiolite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilbiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTyroliteVivianiteWurtziteZircon

88 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Anilite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Artinite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Brucite  (*)Brugnatellite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Coalingite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Domeykite  (*)Enargite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Geerite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Koutekite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Mcguinnessite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paramelaconite  (*)
Parnauite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyroaurite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spionkopite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Tyrolite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1230671627
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S412306888
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21230683092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O123070445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)423065,23070,23071,230793250
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O123070194
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3123075231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS323068,23070,230719052
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O12307975
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2223068,230705509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12307511547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi323068,23070,230711966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3223068,230701935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)123070716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4223068,230705516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6223070,230741633
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2123079462
Brugnatellite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+(CO3)(OH)13·4H2O12307932
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)323068,23070,2307127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S323068,23070,230715707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O123070194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2323068,23070,2307427198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4223078,230793902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1230743531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81230791756
Coalingite  (*)HydrotalciteMg10Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)24·2H2O12307927
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS123070966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S812307782
Copper  (*)CopperCu423068,23070,23071,230793846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1230704165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O323068,23070,230712970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O123070366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S223068,230701027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16323068,23070,23071300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2223068,230709895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As323068,23070,2307173
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4223068,23070910
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6123078944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1230798173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O123070814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS223068,2307024243
Geerite  (*)NoneCu8S512306838
Gold  (*)CopperAu323068,23070,2307130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1230706890
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2123079205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312306814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31230685433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61230702228
Koutekite  (*)NoneCu5As2223068,2307018
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1230671271
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4123070249
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)223078,230791487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4323068,23078,2307914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2323068,23070,2307412537
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2123068252
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)212307934
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O223067,23070425
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1230791066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212306817380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1230671236
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)123070492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1230752994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3123075511
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS123070767
Paramelaconite  (*)NoneCu1+2Cu2+2O312307013
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O123070105
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81230791512
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O123075428
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O123070309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2323068,23070,2307139462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O12307989
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81230709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2423068,23070,23074,2307961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS123075712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21230685614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2223068,23070317
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O123079241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1230706417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1230705186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12306821482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S2812306873
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O123070268
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13223068,230701803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O223068,230794899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21230792562
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O123070245
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S812306870
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1230785251



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