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Basalt quarry, Weitendorf, Wildon, Graz, Styria, Austria

Ferrierite-Mg
Basalt quarry, Weitendorf, Wildon, Graz, Styria, Austria

Photo: Elmar Lackner
Latitude: 46°53'N
Longitude: 15°26'E
Basaltbruch, Weitendorf, Wildon, Graz, Steiermark, Österreich

A quarry in andesitic basalt.
Famous for nice chalcedony, aragonite and zeolites (e.g., ferrierite).
Located about 1.5 km west of Weitendorf (west of Wildon and around 17 km south of Graz).

References

- Der Aufschluss, special ed. 1972, pp. 76-79.
- Zirkl, E.J. (1973): Ferrierit im Basalt von Weitendorf, Steiermark. - N. Jb. Miner. Mh. 1973, 524-528.
- Taucher, J. (1998): 1149: Carbonat-Fluorapatit auf Calcit aus dem Basaltsteinbruch Weitendorf, bei Wildon, Steiermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (1998): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XLVII. Carinthia II, 188/108, 257.

External Links



http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/MittNatVerSt_59_0076-0087.pdf
Neuer Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Basalts von
Weitendorf (Steiermark) und der Minerale in
seinen Hohlräumen.

http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/MittNatVerSt_60_0007-0011.pdf =
P h i l l i p s i t , Citrin, Manganschwärze und Basal
t j a s p i s im B a s a l t von Weitendorf.


Mineral List

Albite
var: Oligoclase

Anorthite
var: Bytownite

var: Labradorite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Baryte
Calcite
'Clinoptilolite'
Cristobalite
'Dachiardite'
Dolomite
Ferrierite-Mg
Harmotome
'Heulandite'
Hullite
Ilmenite
Natrolite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
'Phillipsite'
'Pisolite'
Pseudobrookite
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
var: Rock Crystal
Saponite
'Stilbite'


32 entries listed. 14 valid minerals.

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