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Magnesite deposit, Sunk, Hohentauern, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria

Pinolite
Magnesite deposit, Sunk, Hohentauern, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria
Magnesitlagerstätte, Sunk, Hohentauern, Niedere Tauern, Steiermark, Österreich

An abandoned magnesite mine, famous for nice pinolite.
Located between Hohentauern and Sunk.

References

- Der Aufschluss, special ed., 21-26 (1972)
- MEIXNER, H. (1980): Nr. 492. Slavikit und Pickeringit aus der Magnesitlagerstätte Hohentauern (Sunk) bei Trieben, Steiermark. In: MEIXNER, H. (1980): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XXX. - Carinthia II, 170./90., 33-63. (in German)
- Möhler, D. (1981): Die Magnesitlagerstätte Sunk bei Hohentauern und ihre Mineralien. Die Eisenblüte, Sonderband 2, 52 pp. (in German)
- Postl, W. & Ettinger, K. (1994): Erste Untersuchungsergebnisse über arsenhaltigen Ullmannit aus der Magnesitlagerstätte Hohentauern, Steiermark - Matrixx Mineralogische Nachrichten aus Österreich, Bd.3, 53-56.
- Niedermayr, G. & Postl, W. (2000): 1236: Melanterit und Rozenit aus dem ehemaligen Magnesitbergbau Hohentauern bei Trieben, Steiermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2000): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XLIX. Carinthia II, 190/110, 217.
- Moser, B. & Postl, W. (2001): 1280: Schwarze Gipskristalle auf Pyrit aus dem ehemaligen Magnesitbergbau Hohentauern bei Trieben, Steiermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2001): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich L. Carinthia II, 191/111, 177.
- Ebner, F. & Prohaska, W. (2001): Die Magnesitlagerstätte Sunk/Hohentauern und ihr geologischer Rahmen. Joannea Geol. Paläont. 3, 63-103. (freely accessible at http://www.museum-joanneum.at/upload/file/Geo3_03_Ebner-Prochaska_1_.pdf) [Link dead. Oct 2011]
- Kolitsch, U. & Brandstätter, F. (2006): 1465: Slavikit und Hexahydrit aus dem ehemaligen Magnesitbergbau Hohentauern bei Trieben, Steieermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2006): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LV. Carinthia II, 196/116, 150-151.


External Links

- http://www.keltenberg.at [Link dead. Oct 2011]

Mineral List

Albite
Anhydrite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Baryte
Boulangerite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Clinochlore
var: Leuchtenbergite

Dolomite
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Fluorite
Galena
Gersdorffite
Graphite
Gypsum
Hematite
Hexahydrite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Millerite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite

Pentlandite
Pickeringite
'Pinolite'
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Rock Crystal
Rozenite
Rutile
Sepiolite
Slavíkite
Sphalerite
Talc
Ullmannite


40 entries listed. 32 valid minerals.

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