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Magnesite from
Magnesite deposit, Sunk, Hohentauern, Murtal District, Styria, Austria


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Magnesite
Formula:MgCO3
Comments:Best locality for pinolite magnesite in Austria.
Habit:Tabular.
Colour:Colourless, white
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Extremely common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pinoliteⓘ13 photos of Magnesite associated with Pinolite at this locality.
Graphiteⓘ12 photos of Magnesite associated with Graphite at this locality.
Dolomiteⓘ12 photos of Magnesite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Calciteⓘ4 photos of Magnesite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Magnesite deposit, Sunk, Hohentauern, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:115115
Long-form Identifier:1:3:115115:2
GUID (UUID V4):3c9efcc7-fd30-4993-b48a-7ff291b5bd09
Nearest other occurrences of Magnesite
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘMagnesite mine, Wald am Schoberpass, Leoben District, Styria, Austria
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘGrießgraben, Pleschberg, Admont, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘKaswassergraben, Großreifling, Landl, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
27.1km (16.8 miles) ⓘHochbruckgraben, Großreifling, Landl, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘTannberg, Spital am Pyhrn, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
32.6km (20.3 miles) ⓘHuttererhöß, Hinterstoder, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
33.1km (20.6 miles) ⓘUngerhammerplatzl (Platzl), Unterlaussa, Sankt Gallen, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
34.5km (21.5 miles) ⓘStyrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Leoben District, Styria, Austria
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘSchwarzenberg quarry (Katsch quarry), Katsch an der Mur, Teufenbach-Katsch, Murau District, Styria, Austria
37.7km (23.4 miles) ⓘSankt Martin am Grimming, Mitterberg-Sankt Martin, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and isotope study of Hohentauern/Sunk sparry magnesite deposit (Eastern Alps/Austria): implications for...Springer-Verlag Wien 2015 Abstract The magnesite deposit of Hohentauern/Sunk, hosted in ViseĂĄn carbonate rocks...best-exposed examples of BVeitsch type^ sparry magnesite deposits, which are located in the Veitsch nappe...Austroalpine Greywacke zone (Eastern Alps/Austria). The sparry magnesite is stratiform and stratabound within...features and textures. The sparry magnesite of the Hohentauern/Sunk deposit is characterized by pinolites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Austrian magnesite and siderite mineralizations in the Eastern Alps of Austria Walter Prochaska...Department of Geological Sciences, A-8700 Leoben, Austria 31-38 9 Figs. doi: 10.4154/gc.2016.03 ABSTRACT...online February 29, 2016 Keywords: siderite, magnesite, mineralizing fluids 1. INTRODUCTION A consanguineous...consanguineous origin of the sparry siderite and magnesite mineralizations of the Eastern Alps has been repeatedly...of these deposits. The siderite as well as the magnesite mineralizations of the Eastern Alps exhibit m
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evidence for the origin of siderite, ankerite and magnesite mineralizations in the Eastern Alps H. Frimmel...Geologie der Universitfit Wien Abstract. Metasomatic magnesite, siderite and ankerite mineralizations within...Kessen et al. 1981). Metasomatic siderite and magnesite mineralizations in marine carbonates of the Northern...ratios and possible significance in ore minerals (magnesite, ankerite and siderite) and their host rocks....(all Styria), Schendleck (Lower Austria) and Hiittenberg (Carinthia), as well as the magnesite deposits
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of a giant Paleoproterozoic strata-bound magnesite deposit: constraints from Mg isotopes Aiguo Dong,...of a giant Paleoproterozoic strata-bound magnesite deposit: constraints from Mg isotopes, Precambrian...of a giant Paleoproterozoic strata-bound magnesite deposit: constraints from Mg isotopes Aiguo Donga...bkendall@uwaterloo.ca (B Kendall) ABSTRACT Giant strata-bound magnesite deposits are absent in modern and most Phanerozoic...data from the world’s largest strata-bound magnesite deposit belt, hosted by the ca. 2.1 Ga Dashiqiao Formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formation: An example from the Breitenau magnesite deposit (Styria, Austria) Friedhelm Henjes-Kunst a,⁎, Walter...and Geophysics, University of Leoben, Leoben, Austria Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics...Hydrothermal carbonate formation Sm–Nd dating Magnesite deposit Rare earth elements a b s t r a c t The geochemical...evolution and chronology of the Breitenau sparry magnesite deposit has been investigated by means of major and...Sm–Nd isotope analysis. Chemically separated magnesite fractions (leachates) show consistent light-REE
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MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derby, N . H., 0 3 0 4 1 ( P A R T III)...Gloggnitz-Arfedsonite; Riebeckite; Mag­ nesite (radiated xls in magnesite). ROCKS AND MINERALS Altenberg-Hematite. Wochein-Limonite...(Geodes). General-Tourmaline (yellow and black). VII STYRIA (Steiermark) Alt/Ausee. In N W corner of province...Serpentine; Hydromagnesite (crusts on serpentine); Magnesite; Magnetite Xis (cubic); Pyrcaurite; Aragonite;...Enstatite (Bronzite). Sommergraben, Kraubat. Magnesite; Talc; Pyrite; Amphibole; Dolomite; 2 291 292
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Modern Venus BC Pinolite: Magnificent Metasomatic Magnesite Engaging the Elementary: Geology Outreach in Saskatchewan...pinecone-like texture formed by coarse-grained magnesite crystals. The sculpture was created by Deborah...R.C., and Wilson, L., 2015, A pyroclastic flow deposit on Venus, in Plattz, T., Massironi, M., Byrne,...2021, The geotectonic setting, age and mineral deposit inventory of global layered intrusions: Earth-Science...SERIES Heritage Stone 8. Formation of Pinolitic Magnesite at Quartz Creek, British Columbia, Canada: Inferences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magnesites and dolomites at the Oberdorf/Laming (Austria) deposit and implications for their origin By WOLFGANGKIESL...sind, entsprechen. Rein sediment;ir entstandene Magnesite werden praktisch nur in evaporitischem Milieu...Die Mg-reichen L6sungen, die zur Bildung der Magnesite notwendig waren, entstammen vermutlich tiefliegenden...geochemistry of magnesite and dolomite samples from alternating rock masses at the Oberdorf/Laming (Styria, Austria)...importance for the discussion of the origin of sparry magnesite deposits. The AI and REE contents are positively
Report (volume)
SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOB 355 THE MAGNESITE- DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA BY FRANK L. HESS WASHINGTON.............................. 8 Calcination of magnesite............................................ 9°...-. ---....---- - 14 Market for California magnesite........................................... 15................................. 16 Imports of magnesite and its products............................................... 1................... 22 Creon deposit...............................................
Report (issue)
British Empire and Foreign Countries MAGNESIUM, MAGNESITE, AND. DOLOMITE By J. LUMSDEN, B.Sc.(Edin.) ...Magnesium • • • • World's Production of Magnesium MAGNESITE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...• • 36 • Winning and Treatment of Magnesite • • • • Magnesite ~ Industry: • • •• • • • • World's Production...Production and Prices of Magnesite DOLOMITE • • • • • • • • Dolomite in Industry • • . ~ . ••...MAGNESIUM SALTS Magnesium Salts in Industry MAGNESITE, DOLOMITE, ETC., IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE : . United
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MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derry, N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 IV S A L Z...Lower l_ 16 M i l e s 222 AustCla I V. UPPER AUSTRIA ROCKS A N D MINERALS Bischopshofen, S of the...Apatite Xls; Magnesite; Siderite; Hematite Xls. Berchtesgaden (Germany). W of. (Austria)—Magnesite operation...lbs. Genera!—Octahedrite Xls (Minute). V UPPER AUSTRIA (OBER OSTREICH) Hallstatt. On extreme southern...on the E face are the salt mines of Alt Ausee (Styria). Six or more openings iy Mi S of Bad Ischl. Anhy­
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Composition, and Physicochemical Model of Sparry Magnesite Deposits of the Southern Urals M. T. Krupenina...20, 2015 Abstract⎯The metasomatic nature of magnesite formation, sequence and timing of geological processes...sparry magnesite in the South Ural province. The hydrothermal metasomatic formation of magnesite is related...determine the necessary prerequisites for sparry magnesite formation: the occurrence of marine salt solutions...DOI: 10.1134/S1075701517010044 INTRODUCTION Magnesite is an important mineral, the basis of periclase
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the purpose of the writer to call attention to MAGNESITE, one of the many economic minerals of California...adhering to the rocks over which he passed." Magnesite takes its name from magnesia, and the words magnet...DOLOMITE, EPSOMITE, HORNBLENDE, HYDROMAGNESITE, MAGNESITE, Meerschaum, SERPENTINE, STEATITE, TALC, Wagnerite...|| Wagnerite ................................. MAGNESITE (gioberite)......... Metaxite (picrolite) ......Limestone. .40 | Carbonate of lime. (xxxvi.) Magnesite is the native monocarbonate of magnesia, composed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rundschau 79/2 I 291-2991 Stuttgart 1990 Genesis of magnesite deposits - models and trends By W. POHL, Braunschweig*)...Plattformsedimenten. Besonders auff~illigsind cha- ,,spar,, magnesite hosted by marine platform sediments. Conrakteristische...Lagerst~/ttenund ihrer Nehengesteine, welche insgesamt magnesite bearing suites, which indicate formation within...SeichtwasserevaporiDeposits of cryptocrystalline magnesite of the Kraubath ten betont ist. type are much...besonders gesucht. Es sind G~ingeund ober- snow-white magnesite ii) ultramafic country rocks. fl~chennahe Stockwerkk6rper
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-5 ARTICLE Formation of weathering-derived magnesite deposits in the New England Orogen, New South... geochemistry and genesis of the Attunga magnesite deposit Hans C. Oskierski & Judy G. Bailey & Eric...Nodular, cryptocrystalline, weathering-derived magnesite deposits in the New England Orogen, Australia... provide a significant source of high-purity magnesite. Common textural features and related isotopic...genetic relationship between weatheringderived magnesite deposits hosted by ultramafic rocks at Attunga
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Geochemistry and origin of the ophiolite hosted magnesite deposit at Derakht-Senjed, NE Iran Hassan Mirnejad...Springer-Verlag Wien 2015 Abstract The Derakht-Senjed magnesite deposit, hosted by Torbat-e-Heydarieh ophiolite in...mineralization. While the veins and veinlets only contain magnesite, the stockwork mineralization in addition contains...contains sparry dolomite interlayered with magnesite. Magnesite and dolomite are both poor in FeO and SiO2...The carbon and oxygen isotope compositions of magnesite (δ13CV-PDB = −3.9 ± 0.1 to −5.0 ± 0.1‰; δ18OV-SMOW
Report (issue)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 TALC, PYROPHYLLITE AND MAGNESITE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE: COVER: Talc...ABEYSINGHE, P. B., 1996, Talc, pyrophyllite and magnesite in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological...3. Abeysinghe, P. B. Talc, pyrophyllite and magnesite in Western Australia Bibliography. Includes Index... 2. 3. I. I/. Asbestos - Western Australia. Magnesite - Western Australia Pyrophyllite - Western Australia...64 Part 2 - Magnesite Chapter 5: Mineralogy, mode of occurrence and uses of magnesite Mineralogy ..
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrences in serpentinite bodies of Austria (magnesite deposit Kraubath, Styria; POSTL 1993) and Italy (Val Brutto...the asbestos deposit Campo Franscia, Val Lanterna in Italy, brugnatellite from the deposit Val Malenco...pyroaurite and aragonite, localy with dypingite, magnesite and serpentine minerals as well (ANTHONY et al...west of Ivančice within the Brno district (Fig. 1). Findings of magnesite and sepiolite and their historical...hydromagnesite in the Czech Republic as white coating on magnesite or serpentinite (GLOCKER 1839, BURKART 1953).
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found on a collecting trip to the serpentine-magnesite deposit at Dypingdal, Snarum, Buskerud, on 20 May...where there was ample material dumped from the magnesite mining activities. A large block of serpentine...Lord Brassey mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania (2002) Austria Gmijnd, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia (1995) Stubach Valley...Salzburg (1989) Fishbacher Alpen, Styria (2005) Kraubath, Leoben, Styria (1993) [The original reference...Saalfeld, Thuringia (1995) Greece 54 Lavrion district [No reference] Hungary Recsk, Matra (1993) [Additional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Petrography and Geochemistry of the Eugui Magnesite Deposit (Western Pyrenees, Spain): Evidence for the...Zubiri, Spain Abstract The Eugui-Asturreta magnesite deposit (Western Pyrenees, Spain) forms a discoidal...within a folded Namurian carbonate sequence. The magnesite rocks are composed of lens-shaped crystals (max...textural characteristics of magnesite and the structural relationships between magnesite and dolostone host rocks...rocks indicate that magnesite replaced the host dolostone. The magnesite crystals replaced the host dolostones
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposition of oregrade, massive-vein cryptocrystalline magnesite; (2) formation of hydrous magnesium carbonates...using synthetic magnesite and hydromagnesite, along with natural metamorphic magnesite and low-temperature...Cryptocrystalline magnesite vein deposits from California (Red Mountain magnesite mine), Austria (Kraubath locality)...Turkey (Tutluca mine, Eskisßehir district) and Iran (Derakht-Senjed deposit) exhibit broadly uniform D47...yields clumped-isotope alteration temperatures of magnesite and dolomite between 326 and 490 °C, broadly consistent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Article history: Accepted 10 March 2009 Keywords: Magnesite Serpentine Tuscany Carbon dioxide sequestration...fracturing Silicification a b s t r a c t The magnesite deposits of Malentrata (Tuscany, Italy) were derived...of carbon dioxide into stable carbonates (e.g. magnesite, dolomite). Serpentinites at Malentrata were transformed...occurrence of opal, chromian montmorillonite, Fe-rich magnesite and minor iron sulfides and oxides. Widespread...formation of a network of magnesite and dolomite veinlets, and large magnesite–dolomite veins along major
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discovery of the Borobia world-class stratiform magnesite deposit (Soria, Spain): a preliminary report Received:...2001 Abstract A new world-class stratiform magnesite deposit has been recently discovered near the village...mineralization consists of a 25Âą45 m massive to banded magnesite layer sandwiched in between a Lower Cambrian carbonate...mineralogy of the Borobia deposit. Keywords Borobia ĂĄ Dolomite ĂĄ Magnesite ĂĄ Mining ĂĄ Spain ĂĄ Stratiform...presence of a Mg-rich carbonate layer (mostly magnesite with minor dolomite) extending over several kilometres
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69: 127-145. The contrast between the scanty magnesite deposition in modern sedimentary environments...stratabound magnesites of the past constitutes a "magnesite problem" which, unlike the "dolomite problem"...attracted little attention from the geologists. Magnesite beds up to 700 m thick from the Lower Proterozoic...the isotope systematics of coarse-crystalline magnesite and coexisting dolomite. Magnesites yield ~ ~sO...show an ~80 enrichment gradient away from the magnesite. Fluid-inclusionhomogenization temperatures, used
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genesis of Mg-Fe Carbonates from the Sierra Menera Magnesite-Siderite Deposits, Northeast Spain: Evidence from...deposits have similarities to Alpine-type magnesite deposits (Austria, Slovakia, western Carpathian Mountains...Spanish iron production. In the Sierra Menera district, iron was first extracted from artisan ironworks...constanz@unizar.es 0361-0128/01/3387/1413-14 $6.00 district produced nearly 45 Mt of ore with a grade of 45...FernĂĄndez et al., 1998). Significant stratiform magnesite mineralization also occurs in Cambrian limestones
 
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