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Locality Name:
Gossendorf, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 66914
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66914.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gossendorf, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Clay Pit
Trass Pit

Latitude: 46°54'35"N
Longitude: 15°55'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.909722222222,15.928333333333
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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteBaryteCalciteClayCopiapiteCoronaditeCorundumDiaspore
FeldsparMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6222692,22693966
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21226933092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)222692,2269311547
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O222692,22693280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12269327770
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O122693382
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16122693599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21226939895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1226932740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1226937437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312269314640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61226932228
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2122693234
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21226935674
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6122693128
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O122692471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O222692,226932994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212269339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212269261156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O122693177
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1226931711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10122693312
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)122692598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1226936417


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