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Diopside rift (Schwarzenstein Alp), Ochsner Mt. - Rotkopf Mt. massif, Zemmgrund, Ziller valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

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(Diopsidrinne (Schwarzensteinalm), Ochsner-Rotkopf-Massiv, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Nordtirol, Tirol, Österreich)

Outcrops of the Ochsner-Rotkopf serpentinite in a rift on the southwest slope of Rotkopf mountain (above the Schwarzenstein Alp).
A well-known locality for large, partly colour-zoned diopside crystals.

Ref.:
R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)





Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
    ☐Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		(Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		)(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Actinolite
    var: Byssolite
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagesrtääten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Antigorite
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		]
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Chromite
    FeCr
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Clinochlore
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		Al[(OH)
     
    8
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Diopside
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Habit: prismatic crystals to 30 cm
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagesrtääten Österreichs (1993)]
    Site Photo
    Diopside rift (Schwarzenstein Alp), Ochsner Mt. - Rotkopf Mt. massif, Zemmgrund, Ziller valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
    © 2002 Thames Valley Minerals
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagesrtääten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Grossular
    var: Hessonite
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Nickelhexahydrite
    (Ni,Mg,Fe)SO
     
    4
    		·6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Titanite
    CaTi[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Vesuvianite
    Ca
     
    10
    		(Mg,Fe)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    4
    		Si
     
    9
    		O
     
    34
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)]


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