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Katsch quarry, Murau, Styria, Austria

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(Steinbruch Katsch, Murau, Steiermark, Österreich)

Operating limestone quarry.
Started in 1956.
Minerals in limestone, some chlorite schist and contact metamorphic rocks.

Ref.:
- http://www.vstm.at/Sammeln/Sammeln1.htm
- http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html (Katsch quarry website of Josef Metzger)





Mineral List:
  		•  Almandine
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Aragonite
    var: Flos Ferri
    Reference: [http://www.vstm.at/Sammeln/Sammeln1.htm]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.vstm.at/Sammeln/Sammeln1.htm]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Dickite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Graphite
    C
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Magnesiohornblende
    ☐[Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    4
    		Al][(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    7
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Magnesite
    MgCO
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993); http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Millerite
    NiS
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Muscovite
    var: Fuchsite
    K(Al,Cr)
     
    3
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Opal
    var: Opal-CT
    SiO
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.vstm.at/Sammeln/Sammeln1.htm]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]
  		•  Talc
    Mg
     
    3
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.markasit070752.ws24.cc/text_62520295_60708465_19667850_deutsch.html]


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