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Stoffhütte, St Oswald, Deutschlandsberg, Koralpe Mts, Styria, Austria

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(Stoffhütte, St Oswald, Deutschlandsberg, Koralpe, Steiermark, Österreich)

A tourmaline pegmatite with multicolored (black, green, yellow, blue) tourmalines, located east of the Stoffhütte. Multicolored tourmalines are highly unusual in pegmatites in the Eastern Alps!

Refs.:
- Postl, W. & Moser, B. (1987): Ein Turmalinpegmatit östlich der Stoffhütte, Koralpe, Steiermark. Mitteilungen der Abteilung für Mineralogie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, 55, 13-20.
- Leikauf, B. & Postl, W. (1992): 898: Apatit aus einem Turmalinpegmatit östlich der Stoffhütte, Koralpe, Steiermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (1992): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XIL. Carinthia II, 182/102, 156.
- Exel, R. (1993): Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs
- Ertl, A., Pertlik, F. and Bernhardt, H.-J. (1997) Investigations on olenite with excess boron from the Koralpe, Styria, Austria. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturw. Kl., Abt. 1, Anzeiger. 134: 3-10.
- Hughes, J.M., Ertl, A., Dyar, M.D., Grew, E.S., Shearer, C.K., Yates, M.G., and Guidotti, C.V. (2000) Tetrahedrally coordinated boron in a tourmaline: boron-rich olenite from Stoffhütte, Koralpe, Austria. Canadian Mineralogist: 38: 861-868.
- Hughes, J.M., Ertle, A., Dyar, M.D., Grew, E.S., Wiedenbeck, M., and Brandstätter, F. (2004) Structural and chemical response to varying [4]B content in zoned Fe-bearing olenite from Koralpe, Austria. American Mineralogist: 89: 447-454.





Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Postl, W. & Moser, B. (1987); Exel, R. (1993)]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [Leikauf, B. & Postl, W. (1992)]
  		•  Bismite
    Bi
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Exel, R. (1993)]
  		•  Bismuth
    Bi
    Reference: [Exel, R. (1993)]
  		•  Bismutite
    (BiO)
     
    2
    		CO
     
    3
    Reference: [Exel, R. (1993)]
  		•  Fersmite
    (Ca,Ce,Na)(Nb,Ta,Ti)
     
    2
    		(O,OH,F)
     
    6
    Reference: [Postl, W. & Moser, B. (1987)]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Postl, W. & Moser, B. (1987); Leikauf, B. & Postl, W. (1992)]
  		•  Olenite
    (Na,[ ])[(Al,Li)
     
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(O,OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Description: Contains excess boron.
    Reference: [Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturw. Kl., Abt. 1, Anzeiger. 134: 3-10.]
  		•  Pyromorphite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Postl, W. & Moser, B. (1987)]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Cubic Quartz
    Reference: [Postl, W. & Moser, B. (1987); Exel, R. (1993)]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Postl, W. & Moser, B. (1987)]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    AD
     
    3
    		G
     
    6
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		[T
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]Y
     
    3
    		Z
    Reference: [Postl, W. & Moser, B. (1987); Exel, R. (1993)]
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [Postl, W. & Moser, B. (1987)]
  		•  Uranophane
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[HSiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Postl, W. & Moser, B. (1987)]
  		•  Zircon
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Postl, W. & Moser, B. (1987)]


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