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Gypsum from
Salt mine, Altaussee, Liezen District, Styria, Austria


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Salt mine, Altaussee, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1500109
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1500109:4
GUID (UUID V4):c6f778a8-498a-4449-978d-5f85f39ca689
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
8.1km (5.0 miles) Ischler Salzberg, Perneck, Bad Ischl, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
8.2km (5.1 miles) Schönberg Cave System, Ebensee, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
11.9km (7.4 miles) Gypsum mine, Wienern, Grundlsee, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
12.4km (7.7 miles) Salt mine, Hallstatt, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
13.1km (8.1 miles) Dachstein mammoth cave, Obertraun, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
17.9km (11.1 miles) Salt evaporation pond, Ebensee, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
25.0km (15.5 miles) Brandriedel, Ramsau am Dachstein, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
25.6km (15.9 miles) Kasberg, Grünau, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
25.8km (16.1 miles) Gschwandt, Abtenau, Hallein District, Salzburg, Austria
30.4km (18.9 miles) Gypsum mine (Moldan mine), Webing, Abtenau, Hallein District, Salzburg, Austria
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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)...(black) ; Greenockite coating sphalerite (yellow); Gypsum; Hydrozincite on calamine (White powder and efflorescence);...and black). VII STYRIA (Steiermark) Alt/Ausee. In N W corner of province. Six salt Ms about H / Mi...amethyst); Anhydrite; "Fasersalz". Bad Ausc-e. Gypsum; Mirabilite; Dopplerite (in peat beds); Anhydrite...to enter is difficult to se­ cure. Mountain and mine can be seen to the S of the village. Siderite X
Report (chapter)
Salzburg, Hellbrunner Straße 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria 2 Faculty of Mining Geology and Petroleum Engineering...of Leoben, Peter-Tunner-Straße 5, 8700 Leoben, Austria *Corresponding author (e-mail: christoph.leitner@sbg...Berchtesgaden mine (vitrinite reflectance, fluid inclusions) and .240 8C in the Altaussee mine (fluid inclusions)...structure was determined for the first time in Austria (Schlatti et al. 1970; Bindi 2005). Under laboratory...al. 2011). In contrast to the rheologically weak salt (halite) rocks, the rheologically stiff enclaves
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Permo-Triassic evaporites in the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria Christoph Spi3tl a,* Edwin Pak b a lnstitutfiir...Universitiit Innsbruck, Innrain 52, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria b Institutf~r Radiumforschung und Kernphysik, Universitiit...Universitiit Wien, Boltzmanngasse 3, A-f090 Vienna, Austria Received 29 August 1995; accepted 9 February 1996...samples include coarselycrystalline anhydrite and gypsum varieties. In addition, seven samples from other...Geology 131 (1996) 219-234 221 Fig. 1. Map of Austria and the NorthernCalcareousAlps (in gray) showingthe
Report (issue)
) = 2.76 Soluble in H2 O, with precipitation of gypsum and perhaps syngenite. Optical Properties: Transparent...Mg(SO4 )4 • 2H2 O. Occurrence: Common in marine salt deposits, where it may constitute the major component...amounts; diagenetic in playa muds, formed from gypsum in the presence of Mg–K-rich solutions; rare as...Distribution: In Austria, from Ischl, Bad Aussée, and Altaussée, Upper Austria; at Hallstatt, Styria; and from...Tirol. In Germany, from the Stassfurt-Westeregeln district, Saxony-Anhalt, and at Berchtesgaden, Bavaria
Report (issue)
02 (2) 41.19 Total 99.75 100.00 (1) Yonaibata mine, Hukusima Prefecture, Japan; after deduction of...and in the cap rocks above salt domes, commonly formed by dehydration of gypsum; in igneous rocks, fumarolic...in hydrothermal mineral deposits. Association: Gypsum, halite, sylvite, polyhalite, dolomite, calcite...worldwide. In Austria, from Hall, Tirol, at Ischl and Hallein, Salzburg, and Aussee, Styria. In Germany...Campiano mine, Boccheggiano district, Tuscany; on Vesuvius, Campania. From the Faraday mine, Bancroft
Report (issue)
Gypsum CaSO4 • 2H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point...constituent of sedimentary rocks, particularly marine salt deposits, and soils formed directly by evaporation...several mines in the Eisleben–Mansfeld–Sangershausen district, Saxony-Anhalt, and from near Königslutter, Lower...Saxony. At Bex, Valais, Switzerland. In Austria, from Aussee, Styria, and Hall, Tirol. At Zaragoza, Zaragoza...cave complex in the Naica Pb–Ag mine, and also in the San Antonio mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua. Large
Catalog/List
mineral, "At were of large, prisms, of this mine have been obtained, more Note. - Galena offer...in the specimens Dundasite, bunches samples Mine, of occurs lode. beautiful white large more...originally Cornish mining ceeding by colour, Mine fractures of great the mineral often Mount ...extremely some rarely Anglesite. Embolite, back Mine. with minute of small of capping gossan the...lead have with bases, hexagonal prisms and gypsum From thousand the this number these phantom
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sodium and chlorine in combination form halite (rock salt). Several minerals consist of a large number of...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...already going on then. This trading also included rock salt, and the search for this valued mineral led early...derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have...have been made. In the course of present-day salt-mining, still flourishing there, traces of ancient
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
aragonite on calcite, 10.3 cm across, from the Agrigento mine, Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy. In...1998; Nesse 2012). Associated minerals include gypsum, goethite, siderite, calcite, glaucophane, lawsonite...Alston Moor (Tindle 2008). The Yorkshire Silverband mine, Cronkley Fell, Durham, has produced interesting...particularly from the Botallack mine, Wheal Owles, and Wheal Cock, St. Just district, as well as Wheal Edward...Edward, Callington district. The aragonite from these mines is found as white, gray, red, or blue-green globular
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do Sul, Brazil * 12.5 x 10 x 10.5 em Page 252: Gypsum rosette, Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba...A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...resulting in well-formed collectible crystals such as gypsum (page 252) and epidote (page 221). Solid crystal-filled...mineral’s physical properties in order to identify Gypsum it. Many minerals have very characteristic physical...museum — a fine way to recognize their hard work! Gypsum (selenite variety), Galetta, Ontario, Canada *
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...Approach via the village of A s the name states, salt was a major pro­ Habach in the Pinzgau between Neukirduct...e old emerald Venediger and Hohe Tauern form the Mine is about 7 M i from Habach. T h e trail leaves the...Alpenrose going E and then N . The crystalline Alps. Mine is a few hundred yards beyond the I f we come in...Across the valley is an old foot of cliff. copper mine, 2 M i S from the main Kapruntal. Extensive work
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affect the neighbouring calcite, changing it into gypsum or into a whole series of other sulphates. Opals...change in its chemical composition. Rock salt, sylvine, gypsum, calcite and some iron ores, such as chamosite... more recent deposits of phosphorite. Sulphur, salt-petre, pyrite and marcasite are also of biological...associated minerals. External Halite Form (Rock salt) model of lattice of Minerals Crystals In the...crystal matter. Some minerals such as NaCl (rock salt) display comparatively simple space lattices, whereas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fossil Fish of Austria, HECKEL on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....e r Austria, HINGERAU on the Lignites of the . . . . . . IIECKEL. On the Fossil Fish of Austria . . ...HIN6ERAU. On the Lignites of the Hausruck, Upper Austria . . . . HOCHST~.TT~R. On the Geology of the Environs...Wurtemberg, OPPEL on some . . . . . . . . Kainaeh, Styria, ROLLE on the Lignite of . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 On Piauzite from Styria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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affect the neighbouring calcite, changing it into gypsum or into a whole series of other sulphates. Opals...change in its chemical composition. Rock salt, sylvine, gypsum, calcite and some iron ores, such as chamosite... more recent deposits of phosphorite. Sulphur, salt-petrc, pyrite and marcasite arc also of biological...geometrical pattern forming the crystal Halite ( Rock salt ) lattice or the space lattice. Several types of...crystal matter. Some minerals such as NaCl (rock salt) display comparatively simple space lattices, whereas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L EastDerry, N. H. 03041 This data was accumulated...These operations are on leased land and trips to Austria. While it may be the most not open to the general...two or more until a more rounded text results. Austria is defined here as what is localities. presently...mineral museums of torically, within recent times, Austria in­ which the best is the Natural History cluded...pro­ many smaller collections in the mining duces salt, metals, calcite crystals. The towns and the cities
greenockite 11 greenovite 81 grossularite 78 gummite 36 gypsum 62 halides 20 halite 20 halotrichite 60 hambergite...consider the salt obtained from salt-works as a mineral, though it is chemically identical to rock-salt. The...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...sulphur mines of Romagna, Italy, in association with gypsum and celestite. In Sicily, on the other hand, particularly
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greenockite I1 greenovite 81 grossularite 78 gummite 36 gypsum 62 halides 20 halite 20 halotrichite 60 hambergite...the salt obtained from salt-works as a mineral, though it is chemically identical to rock-salt. The...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...sulphur mines of Romagna, Italy, in association with gypsum and _celestite. In Sicily, on the other hand, particularly
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greenockite 11 greenovite 81 grossularite 78 gummite 36 gypsum 62 halides 20 halite 20 halotrichite 60 hambergite...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...the salt obtained fron1 salt-works as a mineral, though it is chemically identical to rock-salt. The...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...especially near Ki1nberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimber/ite
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museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...Dolomite resembles limestone but contains magnesium. Salt, coal and oil are associated with sedimentary deposits...Gottlob Werner (1750-1817), a German geologist. Gypsum (Chihuahua, Mexico) ._23- As mineralogists studied...sedimentary rocks and are often associated with salt deposits because they are precipitated from evaporating...Quartz 6 Feldspar 5 Apatite 4 Fluorite 3 Calcite 2 Gypsum 1 Talc All that the scale tells us is that mineral
Book (volume)
89A, 468 (1914). HALITE [NaCl]. Common or Rock Salt. Muriate of Soda, Sodium Chloride. Kochsalz, Steinsalz...Southwest Africa. Enormous deposits are found in the Salt Range in the Punjab, sulfates of potassium, various... In the United States, large bedded deposits of salt occur in the Salina formation of the Upper Silurian...over a wide area in central and western New York. Salt also occurs near Cleveland, Ohio, and extensive...from the waters of Great Salt Lake, Utah. In Canada, an important deposit of salt lies along the eastern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arranged--the Names of the Authors in capital letters. Austria, HOCHSTETTER on .EozoSn in . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 /~ozob'n in Austria, HOCHSTETTER on 16 . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . HOCHSTETTER. On Eozo~ in Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 17 I0 30 25, 28 Marmot in Styria~ SCH~DT on Remains of the . . . . . . . . . . ...SCHmDT, 0. Sz~BS, J. On Remains of the Marmot in Styria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On the Environs of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granular fiiling between corundum. I n the Culsagee mine, Alabama, is found a black tourmalin containing...partly converted into damourite, from the Laurens district in South Carolina, a broken crystal converted...from the MejicanaUpulungos Mine, and ( b ) from the Mejicana-Verdione Mine, is shown in the following...numerous faces, especially in the San Pedro Alcantara Mine, in conspicuous fine-celled, yellowish-grey masses...small crystals of magnesite occur at Mariazell, in Styria. They exhibit the combination OR. mP2, have a length
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felspars) (2) monoclinic (monoclinic felspars, mica, gypsum, augite, hornblende, wolframite) (3) orthorhombic...tourmaline, dolomite) (6) cubic (fluorite, galena, rock salt, magnetite, garnet). Crystals are divided within...ideal model shows. Thus we find perfect crystals of gypsum in clays, of garnet and magnetite in various shales...at all. 15 Fig. 5. Various crystal twins: a) gypsum, b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite...the intergrowths, we distinguish contact twins (gypsum, aragonite), and interpenetrated twins (fluorite)
wolframite) (3) orthorhombic felspars, mica, gypsum, augite, (aragonite, antimonite, marcasite, barytes...tourmaline, dolomite) (6) cubic (fluorite, galena, rock salt, magnetite, garnet). Crystals are divided within...ideal model shows. Thus we find perfect crystals of gypsum in clays, of garnet and magnetite in various shales...all. 15 V Z Fig. 5. Various crystal twins: a) gypsum, b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite...inter- growths, we distinguish contact twins (gypsum, aragonite), and interpenetrated twins (fluorite)
Report (issue)
spring. Association: Thénardite, halite, blödite, gypsum, glauberite, nesquehonite, admontite. Distribution:...at Kalacha, Turkana district, Kenya. From Schildmauer, near Admont, Styria, Austria. In the USA, from the...the Eagle Borax Spring, Furnace Creek district, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California. On the Rı́o Grande...Netherlands. (1) Vergouwen, L. (1981) Eugsterite, a new salt mineral. Amer. Mineral., 66, All rights reserved
 
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