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A2 Highway tunnel, Falkenberg, Kreuzbergl massif, Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria

Allanite-(Ce)
A2 Highway tunnel, Falkenberg, Kreuzbergl massif, Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria

Photo: AC
Latitude: 46°38'N
Longitude: 14°15'E
A2 Autobahntunnel, Falkenberg, Kreuzbergl-Massiv, Klagenfurt, Kärnten, Österreich

During the construction of the tunnel, central alpine rocks (micaschists, gneisses, amphibolites), rocks of the Magdalensberg series (tufas, chlorite schists, diabases), as well as siliceous carbonatites of unknown geological origin were cut. Located in the western Kreuzbergl massif, about 5 km WNW of Klagenfurt.

References

- G. Niedermayr, F. Brandstätter: Carinthia II 83./103.:270-272 (1993)
- G. Niedermayr, F. Brandstätter, F. Litscher, J. Mörtl: Mineralienwelt 4(4):10-11 (1993)
- G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens (1995)
- J. Taucher: Carinthia II 187./107.:173 (1997)

Mineral List

Allanite-(Ce)
Anatase
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Aragonite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Dolomite
Epidote
Galena
Goethite
Graphite
Gypsum
'Heulandite'
Ilmenite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Kyanite
Lanthanite-(La)
Laumontite
Malachite
Millerite
Mordenite
Opal
var: Opal-AN

Orthoclase
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
var: Rock Crystal
Rutile
Sphalerite
Sulphur
Titanite
'Tourmaline'


35 entries listed. 28 valid minerals.

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