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Margarite from
Großer Greiner, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

Description
Type Locality:Großer Greiner, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria is the type locality for Margarite
Comments:Hintze (Vol. 2, 1897) gives Sterzing (Vipiteno), South Tyrol as the TL for margarite and refers to Mohs (1820). In fact, Mohs described the mineral, but did not provide an analysis. According to Zepharovich (1873), Greiner Mt has to be regarded as the TL, based on the data provided by Senger.
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:W. Senger: "Oryctographie der Gefürsteten Grafschaft Tirols", Wagner (Innsbruck), 1821, pp. 32-33
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Margarite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Großer Greiner, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
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