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Cordierite from
Basalt quarry, Klöch, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Cordierite
Formula:(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cordierite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Basalt quarry, Klöch, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:685706
Long-form Identifier:1:3:685706:6
GUID (UUID V4):3baff533-cbd7-4c21-a1f6-77492b720c04
Nearest other occurrences of Cordierite
8.2km (5.1 miles) Stradner Kogel, Wilhelmsdorf, Bad Gleichenberg, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
18.8km (11.7 miles) Steinberg, Mühldorf bei Feldbach, Feldbach, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
95.1km (59.1 miles) Basalt quarry, Pauliberg, Markt Sankt Martin, Oberpullendorf District, Burgenland, Austria
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have...staurolite, garnets, epidote, zircon, tourmaline, cordierite, sillimanite, augite, hornblende, talc, muscovite...+J gran,tic ' •,.:,,,.'·· . v,.~ . ,.v •, •- basalt magma b+., \I I dioritic magma magma +¥ ...(Ca) hornblende, augite 1ron ores gab?ro norne basalt gabbro*dolerite (diabase) porphyry *melsphyre dolerite...garnet-mica-schist, feldspar augen gneiss, sillimanite or cordierite gneiss, garnet amphibolite etc. Further kinds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
striJverite, 605 British Isles ENGLAND Bosahan quarry, Carnmenellis, Cornwall, granite (weathered), kaolinite...fluorite, 4Ol Hazlehead quarry, Penistone, muscovite, I76 Hepworth Iron Co. quarry, Hazlehead, Penistone...Swinden Limeworks quarry, Linton, fluorite, 4oi WALES(Cymru) Dorothea slate quarry, Nantlle, muscovite...CO2metamorphosed lavas, ankerite, chalybite, 119 Binhill quarry, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, tacharanite, scawtite...hornblende-schist, laumontite, prehnite, kaolinite, 608 Hagdale quarry, Unst, Shetland, nickel hydroxide and (?) oxyhydroxide
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A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...collectors and often used as decorative items. Basalt is the most abundant volcanic rock on Earth’s surface...rock, created when hot gases were trapped in the basalt lava as it a specimen. The minerals may have grown...solidify into an extrusive igneous rock such as basalt. Magma may also solidify very slowly beneath Earth’s...such as Porcupine and Hemlo districts; Noranda district, Quebec. USA: Mother Lode belt and others in
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periods of stability PLANET | 114 San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 om are uncommon...collectors and often used as decorative items. Basalt is the most abundant volcanic rock on Earth’s surface...rock, created when hot gases were trapped in the basalt lava as it crystals (page 210), and the layered...solidify into an extrusive igneous rock such as basalt. Magma may also solidify very slowly beneath Earth’s...such as Porcupine and Hemlo districts; Noranda district, Quebec. USA: Mother Lode belt and others in
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-- ·- · ~~1 ~0/~ 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 1073 AMBL YGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda, Central...colourless to white crystals , quite well covering Basalt. ½" £4 ____ lx! _£_6_. __________ ____ 5_Na 5=u~~<...------------6 ALBITE Kragero Norway 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...rich variety) ½ x ½ £5 Ni AsO H/20 7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate...£3 lx2 £6 2x2 £12 --·- ---749 APATITE Hingston Quarry, Cornwall two or three micro crystals on small
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THAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway 59 BOEHMITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Brown-purple mass in matrix Creamy...--· - . . - - ------ -·-··-·-· ---·7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway 696 CHROME DIOPSIDE...lx2£10 2x2£20 2x3£30 lxl£2.SO lx2£5 FeTiO 110 CORDIERITE Bjordammen ncarKragcro, South Norway 1015 JACOBSITE...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn,...lxl 90p lx2 £1.80 2x2 £4 Mica 295 NATROLITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Orange to red in feldspar.(Hydrothcrmal
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£6 BaCa .C0/3 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 975 ALTHAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway...colourless to white crystals , quite well covering Basalt. lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 Feldspar Ix I £1.50 lx2...ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...with minor calcite or matrix ½" £4 7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvcdalcn near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate...about 1cm size £4 FeAsS 1085 ARSENOPYRITE Hingston Quarry, Cornwall Small silvery crystals groups, Crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Graz, Universitaetsplatz 2, A-8010 Graz, Austria 2 OREA, Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology...of Sciences, Hollandstrasse 11-13, A-1020Wien, Austria e-mail: christian.ademeit@student.tugraz.at The...of Vienna, Althanstraße 14 (UZA II), 1090 Wien, Austria Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography...Leoben, Peter-Tunner-Straße 5, A-8700 Leoben, Austria Department of Geology, Shahid Chamran University...University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, A-8010, Graz, Austria e-mail: thomas.angerer@uibk.ac.at 1 2 Sphalerite
Catalog/List
mass of black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, free standing. ______ ______ Malawi Black crystal...Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk quarry, Evje, Norway Ixl 50p lx2£l 11 felspar group____________...PO/4___________ £2.40 £1.20 White crystals well covering Basalt. 17 ANALCITE Taliskcr Bay, Skye, Scotland 1x1 70p...£3 7 Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near ANNITE Mica__________ paper available...Chrysotile, pale grey-green Ixl £1 County Bridge Quarry,Lizard Mg Fe SiO_______ massive. _________ .Cornwall
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I45. Baryte, synthetic, growth spirals on, 296. Basalt, electroylsis of, 568. Basaluminite, Wales, opt...Zealand, grandidierite, 615. Blende, Algeria, Austria, Congo, France, Greece Spain, Yugoslavia, cathodoluminescence...Australia, alkali feldspar, anal., d2oi, 489. Bosahan quarry, Falmouth, Cornwall, biotite, 2IO. BOWDEN (P.)...see ATTEWELL(P. R.), 428. Burgstein, Oetztal, Austria, omphacite, 61. BURKE (E. A. J.), KIEFT(C.), FELItJS(R...Coquimbite, Nevis, West Indies, opt., X-ray, 939. Cordierite, Canada, anal., alteration to kyanite and andalusite
Catalog/List
squares arc new entry for this list ANALCIME Dean Quarry, Lizard ,Cornwall Achmclvich, near Lochinvcr, Scotbnd...Bay, Skye, Scotland AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 17 2 Rich mass of black crystal sections...colourless to white crystals. quite well covering Basalt. Pyroxene lxl £2 lx2 £4 2x2 !8 Zcolitc Ix½£3 lxl...ALBERTITE near Dingwall Scotland ANATASE Cuiba district, Gouveia Minas Gerais. Brazil 28 Quite rich black...ANATASE Lauvland, Frigstad, Evjc Norway 933 Hingston Quarry,Cornwall 16 Rich grey-white cleavages , some with
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Baryte, Masson Hill, Derbyshire, paragenesis, 8I t Basalt, Lorne Plateau, Scotland, anal., petr., relations...COs-metamorphism of lavas, ankerite, chalybite, I 19 Binhill quarry, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, tacharanite, scawtite...dehydration of datolite, X-ray, structure, I58 Bosahan quarry, Carnmenellis, Cornwall, granite (weathered), kaolinite...chromepicotite, 326 Carbon-dioxide metasomatism of basalt, Scotland, II9 Carr Boyd Rock, Western Australia...684 Copiapite, Durham, 244 Copper, Durham, 244 Cordierite, Spain, anal., 193; Uganda, anal., 42o; Western
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mass of black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, lxl ins £5 lx2ins _lyro?'~~e . __ __ _ ___ ___...- - - AMAZONITE Pure green cleavage Landsverlc quarry, Evje, Norway lxl S0p ALAMOSITE fcLp 10 g:...P0/4 £1.20 ANALCITE White crystals well covering Basalt Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland lxl 70p lx2 -=Zeo=l:...with Chrysotile, pale grey-green County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive. Minas Gerias...MITE Creamy white micro crystals in cavirties Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Ix½ £3 Al O OH in Natrolite _
Book
arfvedsonite, augite, beryl, bronzite, chlorite, cordierite, diallage, diopside, kyanite, epidote, enstatite...muscovite (No. 13). Rare. Specimen from the Tyrol (Austria). 10 Biotite is the most common mica, named after...tablets. Occurrence: Eifel (Germany), Carinthia (Austria), Norway (No. 10). 11 Zinnwaldite (lithium mica)...crystals, usually in irregular plates. Occurrence: Austria, Norway, USSR, Australia, India. Fig. 13 from the...characteristic bronzy sheen. Fig. 17 from Styria (Austria). Hypersthene rarely forms well-shaped crystals
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light coloured rocks with a fine-grained texture. Basalt arises from a lava solidified into a black rock...-14 Obsidian Z K ■ £ ?*«*? V -S. . _ a Basalt Slate Schist 16 Phyllite Gneiss Homfels...may be a useful clue to identity. Minerals like cordierite, alexandrite, and chrysoberyl show three distinct...rubbish which may harm animals. If the site is a quarry careful arrangements with respect to equipment...forms part of an important and extensive mining district. Details of the names of species are taken largely
Catalog/List
Scandium minerals.(Klausen Qry.Gleichenberg Styria Austria) 1mm sphere on 1cm £3.50p 239 DYSCRASITE Ag/3...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 - 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu ?e) ;'L...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) 54 x 54 £2 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3...metallic fibrous on 2cm white dolomite. (Lengenbach Quarry,Binn Valley Switzerland) £4.50 Lead Sulphide 250...acicular Anglesite (Grabanz,Finkenstein,Kaernten Austria) 1x54 £5 lxl to 1x54 £8 GEM-TYPE Oil AMAZONITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Upnor, Kent. Cornwall Bosahan quarry, Falmoath, biotite, 21o. Dean quarry, Coverack, The Lizard, analcime...orthoclase, 489. Schyn-Schhtcht, Grisons, albite, I56. Austria (Osterreich) Burgstein, Oetztal, omphacite, 61...Meidling im Tal, Lower Austria, omphacite, 6I. Mitterbachgraben, Lower Austria, omphacite, 6i. Mitterburg...province, cuprian sericite, 945. Israel Golani, basalt, 568. Pakistan Naranji Sar, Malakand, rodingite...hydrogrossular, sheridanite, 735. India Chikla, Bhandara district, Maharashtra, juddite, 317, 7o8. Goldongri, Panchmahal
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lx½£5 ZnAs0/4 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Rich mass ofblnck crystal sections ,on...TaliskerBay, Skye, Scotland White crystals well covering Basalt. Zeolitc Ix! £1.50 lx2 £3 -----------'-----------------...£5 -------------------------933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...with minor calcite or matrix ½"£4 7 ANNITE Snga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate...size £4 Fe As S 531 ARSENOPYRITE Hingston Down Quarry,Cornwall,Englnnd Rich silvery masses with Chaleopyrite
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which rounded pyroclasts predominate. agglomerate, basalt ig. extru. Cemented coarse pyroclastics consisting...quartz and biotite altered to chlorite. [ Akenobe district, Tajima, Japan] (Kato in 1920) akerite ig. pluton...alboranite ig. extru. Olivine-free hypersthene basalt, containing calcic plagioclase (bytowniteanorthite)...lacustrine waters. analcimite ig. extru. Olivine-bearing basalt containing so much analcime in the groundmass that...in 1938) analcitite ig. extru. Augite-analcime basalt free ANEMOCLASTIC ROCK of important olivine
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around. For instance, when rotating a crystal of cordierite its colour changes from blue to yellow. Such...should preferably be more detailed, e.g. walls of a quarry, or refuse heap specimen, so that one could find...10H,O (Glauber Salt) Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Austria colourless, white, yellow, grey, red, brown vitreous...PLUMBOCALCITE (Pb,Ca)COx, Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria WITHERITE BaCO; Alston Moor, Westmorland, England...barytes, coelestine, natrolite Eisenerz, Styria, Austria STRONTIANITE SrCO, Sendenhorst, Germany Table
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
15. Cordierite with magnesia largely replaced by ferrous iron, as is the case in the cordierite of the...' vitrified' sandstones altered by contact with basalt in central Germany. ~.isenr6merit.' ~qeeferror~merite...(Erzbergit)). A calcareous deposit from Erzberg, ~isenerz, Styria, consisting of alternate layers of calcite and... Naturf. Ges. Frankfurt-am-Main, 1900, p. 7. Cordierite with lime and ferrous oxide in place of magnesia...differs in being not in crystals. In cavities in a basalt-vein at Horhausen, l~henish Prussia. [The name
Catalog/List
chlorophosphate New Ham.12shire Graf ton Center, Ruggles quarry ...... Olive green masses in pegmatite ...... ARAGONITE...$1. 50. New Mexico Socorro County, Hansonberg district Large white crystal sections, select ....... ...................... . Southern Rhodesia Miami district Yellow-green hexagonal crystal prisms from l"...to l½" thick ........................ • EMERALD Austria or Russia Bright green single hexagonal crystal...aluminosilicate New Jersey Phillipsburg, Royal Green quarry Olive green coarse micaceous plates with serpentine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphism and assimilation in the Wellington district, N.S.W. I. Hybridizat,ion in the Wuuluman Creek...dolerites, spilites and keratophyres of the Nundle district: Linnean Sot. New South Wales Proc. 40, NO. 157...Proc. Wales. Part 5. The geology of the Tamworth district: 40, Xo. 159, 640-624. Wew South W&es: 3; labradorite...South Wales. Part. 7. The geology of the Loomberah district’ and a portion of the Goonoo Goonoo estate: Linnean...The geology and petrology of the Mt. Leinster district, R’. E. Victoria: Roy. Sot. Victoria Proc. 45
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f4,20 17 ANALCITE white crystals, well cov2ring Basalt. (Talisker Bay,Skye SC•:;tland) . ~:;1 5C;J 1x2...pale green phenocrysts of this Felspar in grey Basalt. (Eycott Cumbria) 2x2 60p 2x4 tl.20 79 CALCITE...Italy .. lem t3.80 88 CHABAZITE white crystais on Basalt.(N.Ireland) 1 x '4 ins f 1. 10 89 CHABAZITE sharp...sharp white small crystals in cavities in basalt (Quirang Skye Scotland) 1x1ins 60p 91 CHALCOCITE rich...micro crystals on l"C'ck. (Weitendorf,Steiermark,Austria) ~ x ~ ins !2.80 101 CLINOZOISITE pink radiating
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77 AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, Cudgegong Mudgee district, clinopyroxene compositions, 591; North End Hill...shale, 139 AUSTRIA, Oetztal Stubai complex, zirconolite and baddeleyite, 523 Baddeleyite, Austria, from metacarbonates...staining technique, 614 Barysilite, New Jersey, 725 Basalt, dissolution of olivine, plagioclase, and quartz...Grand Banks, carbonate cements, 457; NOVASCOTIA,cordierite in peraluminous granites, 695 Canfieldite, Portugal...L. N., absorption spectra in rose quartz, 709 Cordierite, Canada, in peraluminous granites, 695 Corundum
 
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