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Locality Name:
Schlarbaum Quarry, Klause, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 255
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schlarbaum Quarry, Klause, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°53'32"N
Longitude: 15°53'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.892222222222,15.898611111111
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 Sc Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Sc Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApophylliteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCopiapiteCoronaditeCristobaliteFeldspar
GypsumKaoliniteNoneOlivinePhosphosideritePyroxeneSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTridymite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Diopside  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kolbeckite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Saponite  (*)Siderite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
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)60966
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O0303
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kolbeckite  (*)PhosphosideriteSc(PO4)·2H2O026
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O0301
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20458


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-72Schlarbaum Quarry, Klause, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austriahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-72

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