(Schlackenvorkommen, Waitschach (Maria Waitschach), Hüttenberg, Region Friesach - Hüttenberg, Kärnten, Österreich)
Several slag dumps, mostly small, in the vicinity of Maria Waitschach.
NOTE: A detailed article on the interesting mineralogy of these slags is in preparation (Kolitsch et al., 2009). The mineral list (currently almost 60 different species are known, including several unnamed phases) will be updated after the article will have appeared.
References:
- Nieding, E. & Fenten, N. (1990): Nitrobarit aus einer Kärntner Eisenschlacke. – Carinthia II, 180./100., 381-383.
- Nieding, E. (1992): Nitrobarit - ein Erstfund für Österreich. – Emser Hefte, 13 (4), 68.
- Puttner, M. (1987): Mineralien von St. Martin am Silberberg (Kärnten) und Sekundärbildungen in Schlackenhohlräumen. – Carinthia II, 177./97.: 149-157. [briefly mentions anglesite in slag from Maria Waitschach]
- Pichler, A. (2003): Bergbau in Ostkärnten. Eine Bestandsaufnahme der noch sichtbaren Merkmale der historischen Bergbaue in Ostkärnten. 60. Sonderheft der Carinthia II, Klagenfurt 2003, 304 S.
- Kolitsch, U. and Pristacz, H. (2009): An orthorhombic dimorph of barstowite, Pb4Cl6(CO3)•H2O, from slags at Maria Waitschach, Austria, and Lavrion, Greece. Poster, Joint MinPet 2009 and 4th MSCC, Budapest, Hungary, September 7-11; abstract in Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 155, 83.
- Kolitsch et al. (2009). In preparation.
Mineral List:12 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.
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