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Selenide occurrence, Eselberg Mt., Altenberg an der Rax, Neuberg an der Mürz, Styria, Austria

(Selenidvorkommen, Eselberg, Altenberg an der Rax, Neuberg an der Mürz, Steiermark, Österreich)

Loose mineralized boulders of greenschist along a forestry road on the western slope of Eselberg Mt., south of Altenberg an der Rax. Selenides and gold were found in 1988, copper sulfides in 1997. Selenides are very fine-grained and often intimately intergrown with each other.

Ref.:
Postl, W. & Paar, W.H. (1997): 1089: Selenide (Petrovicit, Watkinsonit, Clausthalit, Berzelianit, Klockmannit, Umangit) und ged. Gold bzw. Chalkosin, Bornit und Covellin von einem Forstweg südlich Altenberg a.d. Rax, Steiermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (1997): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XLVI. Carinthia II, 187/107, 201.





Mineral List:
  • Berzelianite
  • Bornite
  • Calcite
  • Chalcocite
  • Clausthalite
  • Covellite
  • Epidote
  • Gold
  • Petrovicite
  • Quartz
  • Umangite
  • Watkinsonite


    12 entries listed. 12 valid minerals.

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