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Faschingbauerkreuz - Reithkogel area (Gießhübler Berg; Gießhübler Holzschlag), Fischbach, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria

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Latitude: 47°26'3"N
Longitude: 15°40'22"E

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Gebiet Faschingbauerkreuz - Reithkogel (Gießhübler Berg; Gießhübler Holzschlag), Fischbach, Fischbacher Alpen, Steiermark, Österreich

Classic lazulite locality, known since 1809, possibly since 1792 (see Taucher et al., 1995: Freßnitzgraben bei Krieglach, Steiermark, Österreich, die Typuslokalität von Lazulith. Matrix, 4, 17-27).

Accumulation of boulders of Lower Triassic quartzites (Semmering quartzite) with lazulite-bearing quartz veins and finely dispersed lazulite in quartzite. Area located ca. 1.7 km ESE Fischbach, east of the line Faschingbauerkreuz - Reithkogel Mt., at an elevation of 900-1050 m asl, stretching ca. 700 m N-S. Coordinates give the location of the point richest in lazulite at an elevation of 980 m asl. Last visit by FB: 20. September 2008.

For references see "Fischbach"!

Mineral List

'Apatite'
'Arrojadite Group'
Baryte
Cacoxenite
Cinnabar

Crandallite
Goethite
Gorceixite
Goyazite
Hematite

Lazulite
Muscovite
Pyrite
Quartz
Rutile

Svanbergite
'Tourmaline'
Zircon

18 entries listed. 15 valid minerals.

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