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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Huntite
Formula:CaMg3(CO3)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Magnetite1 photo of Huntite associated with Magnetite at this locality.
Magnesite1 photo of Huntite associated with Magnesite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Huntite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Basalt quarry, Klöch, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:305739
Long-form Identifier:1:3:305739:1
GUID (UUID V4):bcaa66fc-cb2b-4415-bf02-087910c93fba
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Verlagsbuchhandlung 2006 The occurrence and geochemistry of huntite from Neogene lacustrine sediments of the Yalvaç-Yarıkkaya...Gökhan Özden With 9 figures and 1 table Abstract: Huntite-magnesite assemblages were formed as a result of...sediment-hosted magnesite occurrences where extremely white huntite levels up to 2 meter-thick were formed intercalated...primary source of magnesium-rich formations. The huntite occurs both as massive form and void-fillings in...in dolomite. SEM studies show that the Yalvaç huntite is composed of randomly oriented fine-grained platy
Journal (issue)
of alkali gabbro (Grayson and Mahony, 1 9 10), basalt, Tertiary sediments and ultramafic nodules of upper.... 7J. 207-220. CARBONATE M INERALS FROM A BASALT QUARRY AT FYANS FORD, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA by A. Shayan... ABSTRACT Banded carbonate minerals from a basalt quarry in Fyaniford, Victoria, were studied by means...diffraction and chemical analysis. Aragonite, huntite (wilh 1.86% SrO), calcian dolomite containing 4...were collected from a quarry at Fyansford, near Gee long, Victoria. Olivine basalt, part of the extensive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Austalia Abstract Huntite containing l.86Vo SrO has been found in weathered basalt from Geelong, Victoria...separatephasebut was substituted for Ca in the huntite structure. Another huntite from Deer Park, Victoria, also contained...havebeenthe sourceof the Sr in the huntite. Introduction After huntite, Mg3Ca(CO3)a,was recognized by Faust...with some other carbonate minerals. In Australia, huntite has been reported from Tea Tree Gully, South Australia...localized nodules in a soil layer overlying weathered basalt (Veen and Arndt 1973); and from Deer Park, Victoria
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Amsterdam 247 [MBI The occurrence and chemistry of huntite from Oman Gordon Stanger~ and Colin Nealb aSchool...accepted July 28, 1993) ABSTRACT The occurrence of huntite, Mg3Ca(CO3)4, is described from the basal thrust...in turn results in precipitation of magnesian huntite. In this environment, unusually high concentrations...are also a normal feature of the huntite. 1. Introduction Huntite, Mg3Ca(CO3)4, is an uncommon but moderately...Nemec(1981),Stanger (1986). In these examples, huntite commonly precipitates as veins and nodules in near-surface
Journal (issue)
OTH ER M I N ERALS I N V ESICLES IN TH E N EWER BASALT OF TH E M ELBO U R N E AREA, VICTORIA. D. G . Vince...'ewer Volcanic basalts oft he inner Melbourne district. Locattons have almost invariably been the old...old quarries ( no"' filled in) from which t he basalt. known locally as bluestone. was extracted for the...Geological S u rvey o f Victoria to von Hochstetter in Austria 1 . Ulrich was unable to make a positive identification...bournc phacolitc ,pcci mcn,.f rom an old Burnley quarry adjoining thc ) arr., Ri , cr 1 • 1 n a boul 1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogist, Volume60, pagesil30-ll3t, 1975 Huntite from Deer Park, Victoria, Australia WrlLtnu F....ResearchOrganization,Melbourne,Australia Abstract Huntite,MgrCa(COrL,hasbeenfoundin weathered basaltsat ...lossand differentialthermal curvesare recorded. Huntite, Mg3Ca (COr)n, was recognized as a new mineral...concrete aggregateand road-making purposes.These basalt flows took place towards the end of the vulcanism...an iddingsitebasalt in which the olivine of the basalt has been altered to iddingsite at a late stage
Catalog/List
some galena in the matrix, Bleiberg Carinthia Austria ( one of the most famous European mines) £20 Min...with minor Hydrozincite Bleiberg Carinthia Austria £6 20. HUNTITE white chalky massive areas coating vughy...small stilbite crystals 3x2 inches £25 Wagholi Quarry, Poona ,India 23. EUDIALYTE really excellent display...27. PREHNITE pale green botryoidal area on 2x3 basalt, with a small area of calcite crystals about 2cm...some slight dame which is not obvious. Boyleston Quarry Glasgow, Scotland £9 28. BARYTES cut and polished
Report (issue)
Association Museum of Victoria Nunawading and District Lapidary Club Inc. Tony Annear Tylden Quarries...and accessible sites, such as Tylden Quarry and Bundoora Quarry, where attractive specimens may be obtained...KILOMETRES Figure I.I. Map showing the Melbourne District. INTRODUCTION Six zeolite species; analcirne,...in the Newer Volcanic basalts of the Melbourne district. Natrolite and gonnardite invariably occur as...reports of a significant zeolite discovery in the district of Melbourne were published. At that time, scientific
Report (Issue volume)
9. Guanajuatite (1958) 10. Homilite (1958) 11. Huntite (1961) 12. Jordisite (1960) 13. 14. 15. 16. 17...especialh^ Death Valley, and Boron (Kramer borate district). It appears likely, as intensive studies of boron...of andorite Thompson mine, Darwin (1) p. 17. district, are in the rich silver reported by Hall and...reported from the Pacific Limestone Products (Kalkar) quarry, as small, well-formed crystals, as well as fibers...listing of MacKevett (1) p. 16. from the Darwin district, Hall and Inyo County: 3, BISMUTH ore from
Catalog/List
with minor Hydrozincite Bleiberg Carinthia Austria £6 23. HUNTITE white chalky massive areas coating vughy...small stilbite crystals 3x2 inches £25 Wagholi Quarry, Poona ,India The name reflects the formula of...30. PREHNITE pale green botryoidal area on 2x3 basalt, with a small area of calcite crystals about 2cm...very slight damage which is not obvious. Boyleston Quarry Glasgow, Scotland £9 31. ZOISITE variety THULITE...1x 1.5 inch surface of grey · Phonolite. (Arris Quarry, Windhoek,Namibia) £ 10 39. MELANOPHLOGITE a rare
Catalog/List
Scandium minerals.(Klausen Qry.Gleichenberg Styria Austria) 1mm sphere on 1cm £3. b) with 3 or 4 spheres...Azurite. Rare. (Grabanz,Neufinkenstein,Carinthia Austria) 2x2cm £4 452 TENORITE Copper Oxide. Rich black...CO/3 OH blue micro crystals on rock. (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) £2.00 lx H £3.50 2 076 CALEDONITE...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu Fe) Sb S...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) H x B £2 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3
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
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
Report (issue)
Huckleberry Formation (a lower conglomerate, an upper basalt flow, and basaltic tuff), and the younger Monk...at the Keystone Quarry, was originally worked in the early 1900's as a marble quarry. Later, the demand...only half the magnesite originally at Red Marble Quarry was mined). The magnesite belt may still contain...study of joints in the magnesite of the Red Marble Quarry by Thole and Mills (1979, p. 154) suggests that...Kinsman (1967), when describing an occurrence of huntite [CaMg3(C03)4] from a carbonate-evaporite environment
Catalog/List
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 _
Catalog/List
ANALCITE. Zeolite Group White crystals well covering Basalt. (Talisker Bay, Skye Scotland) lxl 60p lx2 El.30...silvery massive with minor Chalcopyrite (Hingsten Quarry, Cornwall) lx2 El.SO 2x2 E3.00 2x3 E5.00 2 002...BARYTES pure golden brown cleavage. (Fullers earth Quarry Redhill, Surrey) lxl SOp. lx7. f.1.00 218 BAUHHAUERITE...creamywhite micro crystals in cavilies in Natrolite (Saga Quarry,TvedalenNorway) lxl EZ.60 063 BOULANGERITE Pb/5...BYTOWNITE Feldspar group pale green phenocrysts in grey Basalt. (Eycott Cumbria) lx2 .50p 2x2 El.OD 080 CALCITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Marl a n d : A m p h i b o l e s in andesite and basalt: Stability 1069 as a function of , - ? - f o z...Krichterite, riebeckite, Kin andesite, thermal stability basalt, nephelinite G. AMTHAUER, with F. Rost, E. Beefllan:...and liotiPes: Quanzo5 titative Fe3'/Fe2- ratios Basalt 722 chenical analyses 1118 fibers and crystals... Allen, G. Marland: Anphiboles in andesite and basalt: I. Stability as a function of P-T-f^ f069 '42...Crystal _, structure of whitlockite frorn the Palerno quarry 120 CAMERON,KENNETHL. An experinental study of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonates, huntite (Mg3Ca (CO3)4) and nesquehonite (MgCO3  3H2O), were allowed to form. Both huntite and nesquehonite...carbonates, as multiple carbonate endmembers (e.g., huntite and calcite) must both saturate and precipitate...(Figs. 1c, 7a–b). The Mg-rich precursor carbonate huntite is required prior to transformation to the observed...Ca in the relatively open-latticed structure of huntite, in comparison to magnesite (Dollase and Reeder...recrystallized, postdepositionally transformed huntite is not trivial. Huntite occurs as an evaporitic nearsurface
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
another one for the American Museum, though the quarry has been posted. I intend to discuss the matter...should have mentioned the fact that the Strickland quarry is being completely pumped out, so it ought to...Morgan, 217 So. Atlantic Ave., Haddonfield, N . J. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — The following item, dated May 15...with calcite, in dark gray basalt and coming from the Lost River district in Blackfoot, Bingham Co.,...specimen is of huntite, a magnesium-calcium carbonate, written up MICHIGAN — From Rian's quarry, near Felch
Catalog/List
twin xl groups, minor muscovite PERICLINE Italy, Austria, Switzerland Alpine areas Fine large white twin...transparent micro crystals with striated faces coating basalt ....... .75 CHRYSOCOLLA Hydrated copper silicate...CUPRODESCLOIZITE South West Africa Tsumeb, Otavi-Bergland district Yellow green massive coating descloizite crystals........ Washington Skagit County, Twin Sis ters district Pure green vitreous mass with minor magnetite...Kaiserstuhl, Small octahedral crystals in cavities in basalt with phillipsite .................. LB. 2.50
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lithosphere: implications for mantle dynamics, basalt petrogenesis, and crustal evolution. J. Petrol...This fact, coupled with the similarity to the huntite atomic arrangement despite the non-parallel formulae...daqingshanite-(Ce) atomic arrangement and comparison to that of huntite. This work profers a highprecision structure study...study of daqingshanite-(Ce) and elucidates the huntite~laqingshanite structure relationship. Experimental
Catalog/List
Azurite. Rare. (Grabanz,Neufinkenstein,Carinthia Austria) 2x2cm £4 452 TENORITE Copper .Oxide. Rich black...OH good blue micro crystals on rock (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) 14 X 14 £2.00 lx 14 £3.50 2 ...thin light blue crusts on matrix. (St Stephan Austria) lxlins £5 1cm £3.50 416 TYROLITE Ca Cu Arsenate/Carbonate...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu Fe) Sb S...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) S x « £2 219 MARICOPAITE Pb
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark. This is in the cinnabar district of Howard, Pike, and Clark Counties, Ark. This...us—both were from the famous Gillette pegmatite quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Conn. One specimen...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Technology, Rechbauerstraße 12, 8010 Graz, Austria dGéosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), CNRS...δ26Mg in saprolites compared to underlying fresh basalt (Huang et al., 2012). This suggests a mineralogical...Mine (WAM). Serpentinite from the Abras Serpentine Quarry (ASQ) is slightly weathered but lacks evidence...09 0.10 -0.33 -0.37 0.04 0.04 3 3 Dolomite Basalt monoelemental solution monoelemental solution ...subsurface interactions of CO2–bearing fluids with basalt at the CarbFix site (Oelkers et al., 2019). The
Journal (issue)
Mr. Lavere Wo lf at the Cedar Hill serpentinite quarry in Lancaster County. The rarest of these is the...the magn esium -ca lcium carbonate ca lled huntite. This mineral has never before been reported from Pennsylvania...and is quite rare elsewhere. The rhombohedral huntite occurs as wh ite crusts on magnesite and deweylite...lack grains of magnetite also were present. From a quarry in Triassic sediments, near diabase. Martin Anne...occurrence are in progress. At the Showalter limestone quarry in Blue Ball, Lancaster County, several unusual
 
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