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Mitterbachgraben, Aggsbach Dorf, Dunkelsteinerwald, Lower Austria, Austria

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(Mitterbachgraben, Aggsbach Dorf, Dunkelsteinerwald, Niederösterreich, Österreich)

Outcrops of peridotites, serpentinized olivin felses, altered serpentinites, garnet clinopyroxenites and pyriclasites (plagioclase eclogites). Moldanubian zone of the Bohemian Massif.
Located between Aggsbach and Gurhof castle.

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





Mineral List:
  		•  'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
    Reference: []
  		•  Anorthite
    Ca[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Anorthite
    var: Bytownite
    (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [D.A. Carswell et al., Eur.J. Mineral., 1989, 1, pp. 455-466.]
  		•  Anorthite
    var: Labradorite
    (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [D.A. Carswell et al., Eur.J. Mineral., 1989, 1, pp. 455-466.]
  		•  Augite
    var: Fassaite
    Reference: [D.A. Carswell et al., Eur.J. Mineral., 1989, 1, pp. 455-466.]
  		•  'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
    Reference: [D.A. Carswell et al., Eur.J. Mineral., 1989, 1, pp. 455-466.]
  		•  Diopside
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [D.A. Carswell et al., Eur.J. Mineral., 1989, 1, pp. 455-466.]
  		•  Enstatite
    Mg
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  'Kelyphite'
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Kyanite
    Al
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Description: Inclusions in garnet. Replaced by sapphirine-plagioclase symplectites.
    Reference: [D.A. Carswell et al., Eur.J. Mineral., 1989, 1, pp. 455-466.]
  		•  Laumontite
    CaAl
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Magnesiohornblende
    ☐[Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    4
    		Al][(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    7
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Magnesite
    var: Gelmagnesite
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Omphacite
    (Ca,Na)(Mg,Al)[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [D.A. Carswell et al., Eur.J. Mineral., 1989, 1, pp. 455-466.]
  		•  'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
    Description: Exsolution lamellae in orthopyroxene.
    Reference: [D.A. Carswell et al., Eur.J. Mineral., 1989, 1, pp. 455-466.]
  		•  Pargasite
    [Na][Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    4
    		Al][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [D.A. Carswell et al., Eur.J. Mineral., 1989, 1, pp. 455-466.]
  		•  Pyrope
    Mg
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Sapphirine
    (Mg,Fe)
     
    4-x
    		Al
     
    4+x
    		[Al
     
    4+x
    		Si
     
    2-x
    		O
     
    18
    		]O
     
    2
    Description: Symplectites with bytownite.
    Reference: [D.A. Carswell et al., Eur.J. Mineral., 1989, 1, pp. 455-466.]
  		•  Sepiolite
    Mg
     
    4
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    15
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)]
  		•  Spinel
    MgAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Spinel
    var: Pleonaste
    Reference: [D.A. Carswell et al., Eur.J. Mineral., 1989, 1, pp. 455-466.]


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