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Salt mine, Hallstatt, Upper Austria, Austria

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(Salzbergwerk, Hallstatt, Oberösterreich, Österreich)

Ancient salt mine. The deposit was already worked in prehistoric times.
Now a tourist mine.

Refs.:
- 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: 434.
- R. Exel (1993): Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs.

- www.salzwelten.at





Mineral List:
Anhydrite
Blödite
Epsomite
var: Ferroan Epsomite
Glauberite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
 Halite
Kieserite
Langbeinite
Leonite ?
Löweite
Mirabilite
 Natrite
Pentahydrite
Picromerite
Polyhalite
Sylvite
Syngenite


18 entries listed. 16 valid minerals.

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