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Serpentinite quarry, Pingendorf, Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

Latitude: 48°49'5"N
Longitude: 15°37'36"E
Serpentinbruch, Pingendorf, Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich, Österreich

Abandoned serpentinite quarry, with occurrences of vermiculite and anthophyllite.
Leucocratic plagioclasite veins also occur.

Located east of Pingendorf and south of Zissersdorf.

References

- Niedermayr, G. (1990): Eine bemerkenswerte Zeolithparagenese aus einem Serpentinitsteinbruch bei Pingendorf in Niederösterreich. Mineralien-Welt, 1 (2), 31-34.
- Exel, R. (1993): Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs.
- Taucher, J. & Niedermayr, G. (1993): Natrolith, Albit, Dolomit und Achat aus dem Serpentinit-Steinbruch bei Pingendorf, Niederösterreich, Österreich - Matrixx Mineralogische Nachrichten aus Österreich, Bd.2, 42-46.
- Götzinger, M. A., Beran, A. & Libowitzky, E. (1994): Exkursion A: Mineralvorkommen und Lagerstätten im östlichen Waldviertel. Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 139, 389-405.
- Kolitsch, U. (2008): 1547: Hibschit von Pingendorf, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2008): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVII. Carinthia II, 198/118, 257.

Mineral List

Actinolite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Anthophyllite
Calcite
'Chabazite'
Dolomite
Edenite
'Garnet'
'Gismondine'
Harmotome
Hibschite
Magnesite
Natrolite
Opal
'Phillipsite'
Prehnite
Quartz
var: Agate
Saponite
'Serpentine Group'
'Smectite Group'
Thomsonite-Ca
Vermiculite


23 entries listed. 15 valid minerals.

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