Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sunk, Hohentauern, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 59405
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59405.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunk, Hohentauern, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Graphite Mine
Magnesite Deposit

Latitude: 47°26'57"N
Longitude: 14°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.449166666667,14.466666666667

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sepiolite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Starkeyite	Talc	Ullmannite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Slavíkite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite
Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Millerite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sepiolite Sphalerite Spinel
Starkeyite Talc Ullmannite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	23441	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	23441	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	23441	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	23441	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	23441	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	23441	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	23441	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	23441	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	23441	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	23441	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	23441	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	23441	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	23441	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	23440,23441	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	23441	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	23441	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	23441	251
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	23441	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	23441	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	23441	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	23441	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	23441	915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	23441	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	23441	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	23441	306
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	23441	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	23441	1512
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	23441	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	23441	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	23441	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	23441	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	23441	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	23441	5614
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	23441	241
Slavíkite ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₃O)₃Mg₆Fe₁₅(SO₄)₂₁(OH)₁₈·98H₂O	1	23441	44
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	23441	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	23441	3337
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	23441	293

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050063	Magnesite Deposit, Sunk, Hohentauern, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria	https://rruff.info/X050063

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