Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Breitenau Mine (Breitenau Magnesite Mine), Hochlantsch, St. Jakob-Breitenau, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 6406
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6406.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Breitenau Mine (Breitenau Magnesite Mine), Hochlantsch, St. Jakob-Breitenau, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°23'0"N
Longitude: 15°26'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.383333333333,15.433888888889

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Malachite	Marcasite
Millerite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sepiolite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Volborthite	Zircon

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcoalumite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite
Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Cyanotrichite Devilline Gypsum Hexahydrite Malachite Marcasite
Millerite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sepiolite Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Vivianite Volborthite Zircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dolomite ()*
Eriochalcite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Millerite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Retgersite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sasaite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*	Vashegyite ()*
Violarite ()*	Volborthite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	88
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	91
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	144
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Eriochalcite ()*	None	CuCl₂·2H₂O	13
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	251
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	255
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	177
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	55
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sasaite ()*	None	Al₆(PO₄)₅(OH)₃·36H₂O	11
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Vashegyite ()*	None	Al₁₁(PO₄)₉(OH)₆·38H₂O	28
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	155
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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