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Oberzeiring, Pöls valley, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria

Zeiringite
Oberzeiring, Pöls valley, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria

Photo: Peter Kohorst
Latitude: 47°15'10"N
Longitude: 14°29'26"E
Oberzeiring, Pölstal, Niedere Tauern, Steiermark, Österreich

Ancient silver, iron and barite mining area.
One of the mines is now a tourist mine.

Mineral List

Acanthite
Anatase
Anglesite
Ankerite
Arsenopyrite
Aurichalcite
Baryte
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brochantite
Calcite
var: Strontian Calcite
Caledonite
Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Cinnabar
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
Cyanotrichite
Digenite
Dolomite
Galena
Gold
Graphite
Gudmundite
Gypsum
Hematite
Hydrozincite
Jamesonite
Langite
Limonite
Linarite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Oxyplumboroméite
Posnjakite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rosasite
Rutile
Siderite
Silver
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Sulphur
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
'Wad'
'Zeiringite'


56 entries listed. 51 valid minerals.

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References

- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 1019.
- Haditsch, J.G. (1967): Die Zeiringer Lagerstätten - Archiv für Lagerstättenforschung in den Ostalpen, vol.6, p.1-196.
- Exel, R. (1993) Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs.
- Taucher, J. (1997) 1093: Langit und Posnjakit von Oberzeiring, Steiermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (1997): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XLVI. Carinthia II, 1087/107, 202-204.
- Taucher, J. (1999): Cyanotrichit auf Baryt vom Bergbau Oberzeiring, Steiermark, Österreich - Annalen - Journal of Science and Art, Jg.1, 75.

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