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


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Magnesite deposit, Sunk, Hohentauern, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:721813
Long-form Identifier:1:3:721813:2
GUID (UUID V4):37233690-d92e-4242-b712-fe940d32da41
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
57.7km (35.9 miles) ⓘAlbert adit, HĂŒttenberger Erzberg, HĂŒttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
58.0km (36.0 miles) ⓘSerpentinite quarry, Griesserhof (Gulitzen; Gullitzen), Hirt, Micheldorf, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
86.0km (53.4 miles) ⓘGypsum mine (Moldan mine), Webing, Abtenau, Hallein District, Salzburg, Austria
86.1km (53.5 miles) ⓘLasörn, Schoberblick farm, Pölla valley, Rennweg am Katschberg, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
88.3km (54.8 miles) ⓘSchober northern slope, Malta, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
90.5km (56.3 miles) ⓘLuftenberg quarries (Steininger quarry), Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
93.6km (58.2 miles) ⓘKree Alp, HĂŒttschlag, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria
96.3km (59.8 miles) ⓘBasalt quarry, Weitendorf, Wildon, Leibnitz District, Styria, Austria
References
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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...of the village. Halite ("steinsalz") (some deep amethyst); Anhydrite; "Fasersalz". Bad Ausc-e. Gypsum;...Serpentine; Hydromagnesite (crusts on serpentine); Magnesite; Magnetite Xis (cubic); Pyrcaurite; Aragonite;
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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...Mineral collection in Talmuseum. Q Xls. (scepter) (Amethyst), (Clear); Anatase Xls; Fluorite Xls; Rutile Xls;...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
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and Wheal Cock, St. Just district, as well as Wheal Edward, Callington district. The aragonite from these...Natur in Salzburg, Austria. This example, from Erzberg, near Eisenerz, Styria, Austria, measures 49 × 39...11.5 cm high, from Erzberg, near Eisenerz, Styria, Austria. The specimen is in a private collection, Mark...ferri variety of aragonite have been collected in Austria. One of the best examples of this variety that...ever seen is from the siderite deposit of Erzberg, near Eisenerz, Styria (D), and is on display in the
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Sapphires, etc. Our Titania Stone6 are of the finest. Amethyst, Opals, Topaz, Garnets, Turquoise. ft ROCKS:... RUTILE (Synthetic titanium) FINE GEM STONES AMETHYST heart dark 60.00 brill, cut 39 ct ANDALUSITE exceptional...which in­ cludes large-scale maps of the Yogo deposit. 4 1 TWO NEW ALPHA COUNTERS TWO LOW-PRICED ALPHA... An extensive gold strike in the Searchlight district, thirty MILES FROM LaS VEGAS, NEVADA HAS BEEN...HAS BEEN FOUND IN ONE MINE IN THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT IN CENtral Colorado, as reported to us by D.O
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(native) ; Pyrrhotite; Almandite; Goeth­ ite; Amethyst. Knappenburg. Iron ore Ms. "Carinthia's Iron Ore...iron Operations. Vanadinite. Obir. Large deposit Magnesite at 5 5 7 8 Ft. Elev.—Vanadinite (minute red...See. Large Magnesite deposit on mountain. Main offices of the Austrian American Magnesite Corp. Spittal...Celestite. (Part I I I , "Mines and Minerals of Austria", continued in next issue). THE HALITE DOMES OF
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quartz varieties such as reck crystaL smoky quartz, amethyst, etc. beim Erkennen und Bestimmen solcher EinschlĂŒsse...QuarzvarietĂ€ten, also in Bergkristall, Rauchquarz, Amethyst etc., zu verstehen. lnclusions in generally polycrystalline...Hinweis auf oszillierende Wachstumsbedingungen in Amethyst aus Brasilien. Bildbreite 7 mm. Left. Color zonation...scillating growth condition in amethyst from Brazil. Width7mm. 16 17 Oben. Amethyst. Brandberg- West, Namibia...HĂ€matit.. KĂ€ferbeinen". Breite 1,7 cm. Above. Amethyst with hematite inclusions, Brandberg-West, Nambia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark. This is in the cinnabar district of Howard, Pike, and Clark Counties, Ark. This...picked up on land lots, 199 and 200, 10th Land District, six miles northeast of Greenville (Meriwether...capital for a good price. I have not entered the district with any claims but I was the first to go down...Gibbonsville District, who worked the Mine for gold and silver. "The Agency Creek, McDevitt District, Lemhi...County, Idaho, radioactive ores (found in that District in 1947 by me) has seen renewed activity this
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North-West Branch: 1. Knight, F.G.A. South Yorkshire & District Branch: J. I. Platts, F.G.A. Examiners: B. W....all the larger bits are gleaned, the red ratio has sunk close to the vanishing point and few are found in...decomposition where the lava was crumbly and pits could be sunk. A number of claims were staked within the bounds...that of some light tourmalines or the greened amethyst that was produced some years ago by heating Brazil's...USSR, Takowaja, Siberia USSR, Takowaja, Siberia Austria, Habachtal, Salzburg Chatham, USA Chatham, USA
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Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely..."jacupirangite" found in the Jacupiranga carbonatite deposit is ilmenite, in lustrous, flattened crystals to...ASIA PAKISTAN FORMER SOVIBT UNION RUSSIA Dodo deposit near Saranpaul, Subpolar Urals, Tyumen Oblast....of rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning...testing to be hematite. Zagi [Zegi] Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier Province. Surface diggings
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dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g...., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit, Herault dept.. France.AM 49. 1578-1602, 1964....Grossgreiner Mt., overlooking Zillertal Valley, Tirol, Austria, and at Passo di Vizze, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy...crystals in Obersulzbachtal Valley, Salzburg, Austria. AM 61,178, 1976. Af ghanite (Na.I<,Ca)6Ca 2 [...Afghanitan. and in marblein the 1altrB~strinskoye deposit.30 km W of Slyudyanka. Siberia.Rus ia. EJM9. 21-30
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Ouro Preto. Photograph taken by Marcelo Lerner. Amethyst flower (85 x 60 mm), Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande...Lavra da Pederneira 526 District of Santa Rosa, Francisc6f olis 534 District o Golconda, Governador Valadares...539 District of Coronel Murra, Rubelita, Salinas, Virgem da Lapa, Ara(uaf and ltinga 554 District o Conselheiro...domain of phanerozoic sedimentary basins: geodes of amethyst quartz, agate, zeolites, apophyllite, silicified... gold, nickel and chrome minerals, siderite, magnesite, dolomite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, uvite, epidote
Report (issue)
north-west of C.”; A, B, and C may all be in the same district, but it is sometimes difficult or impossible to...“Avondale Mine”; all these are in the Leigh Creek District, and there may be but one spot in which the mineral...Zmc-lead Salphide Deposits of the Read-Rosebery District. Bull. Geol. Surv, Tas., 23, 1915. .Jensen (H...Cloncurry Copper-mining District Ihid., No. 215, 1908. 38. Cloncurry Copper-mining District*: Part 2. : 39....Belt of New Part ii. The Geology of the Nundle District. South Wales Procs. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, xxxviii
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Arthur Roe Famous Mineral Localities: The Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil..................................important geologic fea­ tures of the setting and the deposit, especially as applies to the MICROMOUNT BOXES...Mineralogical Record, M ay—June, 1978 origin of the deposit.) (d) Minerals (a discussion of each species found...(e) Discussion (theories on the origin of the deposit, paragenesis, mineralogical peculiarities, etc...larger than any known single crystals from the deposit. Figure 20. Red rhodochrosite from the N’Chwaning
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accompanying table and location of important mineral deposit of Pakistan are shown in the mineral map on the...clay, gypsum, limestone, onyx & ordinary marble, magnesite, ochre, silica sand, dolomite, ebrystone, fuller’s...exploration of copper-gold at Reko Diq in Chagai district of Balochistan province has brought Pakistan amongst...and Partisan areas near Krinj village, Chitral district. Stibnite (Sb2S3) is found as veins, lenses and...(Ahmad 1986). All these deposits occur in Chagai District of Balochistan province. Similar deposits may
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thick, was en­ countered. The new vertical shaft, sunk from the adit, has found good ore, 30 inches wide...essential to the maintenance of production in a mining district. In fact, by reason of the energetic development...Ltd.* LOCATION AND ACCESS The Chibougamau mining district lies 700 km north of Montreal. It covers an area...49° and 50°N, and longitudes 74° and 76°W. The district is accessi­ ble by road from Montreal via Senneterre...May-June, 1983 Figure 1. Location of the Chibougamau district with respect to the main geological provinces
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be estimated from the pale rectangular step cut amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm...Reservation, AZ...........ssseseee Figure 63. Map of amethyst mine locations, ‘Thunder Bay region of Ontario....... 310 Figure 64. View ot the Thunder Bay Amethyst: Mine; Ontario si... ccc teceonsececrewnceant...Figure 65. Visitors examining amethyst specimens, Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine......... 312 Figure 66....Deer Hill amethyst area in Oxford County, ME... 319 Figure 68. Opening the amethyst deposit of the Saltman
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industrially important. Also common in Shunga deposit in Karelia, Russia; in Cesky Krumlov, Netolice...the silver-bearing veins, cross-cutting the U deposit Haje near P0ibram, Czech Republic, where prismatic...and Pd sulfides. lt is also important ore in the deposit near Rustenburg, South Afiica. Application: the...described from P0ibram, Czech Republic; Bleiberg, Austria and from the deposits in the Tri State region,...pyrrhotite and pentlandite in magmatic liquid deposit Vlakfontein, South Africa. It is common in hydrothermal
Journal (issue)
nephrite jade production in the Jordanow Slaski district appears to have commenced in Neolithic times....NASLAW ICE ~ .~ a 1km L--J SCALE Nephrite Jade Deposit JORDAN6 w SLASK I ‱ D ALL UVI UM .. GRAN ITE...of the regional geology of the [ordaruno Slaski district. J. Gemm., 2001, 27, 8, 461·470 western Europe...references to nephrite jade in the Jordanow Slaski district may be discerned in various 18th-century manuscripts...primary chromite and nickel as well as secondary magnesite and chrysoprase (Osika, 1986). The hilly ground
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 West Tintic District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Bradshaw District . . . . . . . . . . .'. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Granite District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Newton District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 North Star District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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industrially important. Also common in Shunga deposit in Karelia, Russia; in Cesky Krumlov, Netolice...the silver-bearing veins, cross-cutting the U deposit Hajc near Paibram, Czech Republic, where prismatic...and Pd sulfides. It is also important ore in the deposit near Rustenburg, South Africa. Application: the...described from Poibram. Czech Republic; Bleiberg, Austria and from the deposits in the Tri State region,...pyrrhotite and pentlanditc in magmatic liquid deposit Vlakfontein, South Africa. It is common in hydrothermal
Journal (issue)
dis­ tribution. This issue contains "Needles Magnesite Deposit, San Bernardino County, Cali­ fornia," by...descriptions of the Needles mag­ nesite deposit and the Capitan magnesite deposit. Donald L. Everhart's paper on...gold and TH E R E S A silver mines. A large deposit was found on Catalina Island off the California...cutting interesting cabochons at S1.95 per ounce. AMETHYST: from Brazil. Medium color, in l arge pieces o...extreme refraction of light possible. Substance AMETHYST EMERALD RUBY, SAPPffiRE DIAMOND TITANIA HERE
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from the text by simply using the code of each deposit in the chart. This code can be created by combining... . . . . 3.4. Metamorphic chromium (gemstone) deposit . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5. Chromium supply and... . . . . . . . . 11.3. Structure-bound copper deposit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...the only inexhaustible low-grade, large-tonnage deposit on earth? The ïŹrst step has already been taken...different publications quoted for each type of deposit to get more information on those data which cannot
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from the text by simply using the code of each deposit in the chart. This code can be created by combining... . . . . 3.4. Metamorphic chromium (gemstone) deposit . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5. Chromium supply and... . . . . . . . . 11.3. Structure-bound copper deposit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...the only inexhaustible low-grade, large-tonnage deposit on earth? The ïŹrst step has already been taken...different publications quoted for each type of deposit to get more information on those data which cannot
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rush, nevertheles. some nonmetallics came tro. deposit. comparable in value to the richer metal de- posits...metallurgical industries (e.g· beryl as a source of BeO, magnesite of MgO, and bauxite or Al-laterite as a source...also employed, for example, for asbestos, talc, magnesite and similar raw materials· Some raw materials...géosynclinal stage (apatite + magnetite - the Lebyazhensk deposit,the Ural Mts·,U.S.S.R.)« Vein and lenticular bodies...rock types, which were formed similarly as the deposit bodies by the differentiation of alkalic magma
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Carbon Diamond Silica Quartz and its varieties Opal Amethyst Common or rare Minerals from pegma­ tites or metamorphic...Dolomite Aragonite Rhodochrosite Artinite - Hydro­ magnesite Sulphur Native Sulphur Pyrite Marcasite Gold Native...commonly found since the earliest times (the Golconda deposit, India). 1 - Diamond (South Africa): 1 cm. 2 -...radioactivity (smoky quartz), violet by manganese (amethyst), or may lose its transparency altogether and...Precious opal (Walangula, Australia): 10 cm. 3 - Amethyst (Guerrero, Mexico): 5 cm. W! ‱S'- ■ atw -;
 
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