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A10 Highway tunnel, Oswaldiberg Mt., Afritz Mts, Villach, Carinthia, Austria

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(A10 Autobahntunnel, Oswaldiberg, Afritzer Berge, Villach, Kärnten, Österreich)

During the construction of the tunnel (1985-1987), slates, marbles and amphibolites of the central alpine rocks ('Altkristallin') were cut.
Located on Oswaldiberg mountain, about 3.5 km N of Villach.

Refs.: Ertl, A. (1995): Elbait, Olenit, Dravit-Buergerit-Mischkristalle, Dravit, Uvit und ein neuer Al-Turmalin (?) von österreichischen Fundstellen. - Mitt. Österr. Miner. Ges., 140, 55-72.

Niedermayr, G., I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995

Walter, F. (2006): 1439: Jamesonit vom Wollanig bei Villach, Kärnten. In: Niedermayr, G., Bernhard, F., Bojar, H.-P., Brandstätter, F., Fink, H., Gröbner, J., Hammer, V. M. F., Knobloch, G., Kolitsch, U., Leikauf, B., Postl, W., Sabor, M. and Walter, F. (2006): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LV. Carinthia II, Teil 1, 196./116. Jahrgang, 121-157. (in German).





Mineral List:
  		•  Anatase
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  Boulangerite
    Pb
     
    5
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    11
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  Diopside
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  Grossular
    Ca
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  Jamesonite
    Pb
     
    4
    		FeSb
     
    6
    		S
     
    14
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993); Walter, F. (2006): 1439: Jamesonit vom Wollanig bei Villach, Kärnten. In: Niedermayr, G., Bernhard, F., Bojar, H.-P., Brandstätter, F., Fink, H., Gröbner, J., Hammer, V. M. F., Knobloch, G., Kolitsch, U., Leikauf, B., Postl, W., Sabor, M. and Walter, F. (2006): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LV. Carinthia II, Teil 1, 196./116. Jahrgang, 121-157. (in German)]
  		•  Kyanite
    Al
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Walter, F. (2006): 1439: Jamesonit vom Wollanig bei Villach, Kärnten. In: Niedermayr, G., Bernhard, F., Bojar, H.-P., Brandstätter, F., Fink, H., Gröbner, J., Hammer, V. M. F., Knobloch, G., Kolitsch, U., Leikauf, B., Postl, W., Sabor, M. and Walter, F. (2006): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LV. Carinthia II, Teil 1, 196./116. Jahrgang, 121-157. (in German)]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  Stibnite
    Sb
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
    Site Photo
    A10 Highway tunnel, Oswaldiberg Mt., Afritz Mts, Villach, Carinthia, Austria
     
  		•  'Tourmaline
    var: Indicolite' ?
    Description: This bluish tourmaline was assigned to uvite by chem. analysis and lattice parameters in Ertl, A. (1995): Elbait, Olenit, Dravit-Buergerit-Mischkristalle, Dravit, Uvit und ein neuer Al-Turmalin (?) von österreichischen Fundstellen. - Mitt. Österr. Miner. Ges., 140, 55-72.
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]
  		•  Uvite
    [Ca][(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    3
    		][MgAl
     
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [Ertl, A. (1995): Elbait, Olenit, Dravit-Buergerit-Mischkristalle, Dravit, Uvit und ein neuer Al-Turmalin (?) von österreichischen Fundstellen. - Mitt. Österr. Miner. Ges., 140, 55-72.]
  		•  Valentinite
    Sb
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995]


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