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Forsterite from
Marble quarry, Kochholz, Dunkelsteinerwald, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calciteⓘ9 photos of Forsterite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Dolomiteⓘ7 photos of Forsterite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Serpentine Subgroupⓘ5 photos of Forsterite associated with Serpentine Subgroup at this locality.
Tremoliteⓘ4 photos of Forsterite associated with Tremolite at this locality.
Graphiteⓘ4 photos of Forsterite associated with Graphite at this locality.
Fluorapatiteⓘ2 photos of Forsterite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Sphaleriteⓘ2 photos of Forsterite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Geikieliteⓘ1 photo of Forsterite associated with Geikielite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Marble quarry, Kochholz, Dunkelsteinerwald, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:475091
Long-form Identifier:1:3:475091:8
GUID (UUID V4):4a20ff5d-35b8-4f6d-8e5b-9f796ca40355
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘIn der Luck’n, HĂ€usling, Dunkelsteinerwald, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘMarchart quarry, Rosenthal, Karlstetten, Sankt Pölten-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘGranulite quarry (Asamer quarry; Wanko gravel works), Meidling, Paudorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘQuarry IV- Middle & Northern Area, Loja, Persenbeug-Gottsdorf, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
65.5km (40.7 miles) ⓘHengl quarry, Eibenstein an der Thaya, Raabs an der Thaya, Waidhofen an der Thaya District, Lower Austria, Austria
79.3km (49.3 miles) ⓘGams stratigraphic sections, Gams bei Hieflau, Landl, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
References
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PRODUCTS OF SPINEL IN DOLOMITE MARBLE FROM STUBENBERG, STYRIA, AUSTRIA Franz BERNHARD§, Christoph HAUZENBERGER...Karl-Franzens-University Graz, UniversitĂ€tsplatz 2, A–8010 Graz, Austria Roy KRISTIANSEN PO Box 32, N-1650 Sellebakk, Norway...within polymetamorphic dolomite marble at Stubenberg, Styria, Austria. The crystallization sequence of...spinel, geikielite, ilmenite, marble, Eastern Alps, Stubenberg, Austria. Sommaire Nous documentons la...Mg–Al–B-rich rocks subjected to amphibolite facies to lower-grade conditions, or as a retrograde product of
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include phlogopite, magnetite, spinel, grossular, forsterite, monticellite, diopside, calcite, and wollastonite...Massachusetts. It is also known from the Bolton or Whitcomb quarry at Bolton, Worcester County, where it occurs in...at Canaan and Boardman’s Bridge (Advance Stone quarry), and with green spinel at Norfolk by Schairer...limestone” (marble) west of North River, Essex County; similar yellow grains at the Atlas limestone quarry and...is reported from Brierstown, Sparta (Limecrest quarry), and the mines of Franklin and Sterling Hill,
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ite calciphyre)—spinel–forsterite calciphyre—periclase marble—dolomite marble. The rocks of these zones...successively replace magnesian carbonates in spinel–forsterite calciphyres and periclase marbles or dolomite...resembles the structure of forsterite and humites. In pristine dolomite marble, kotoite inclusions are disseminated...at deposits in the Dzhugdzhur Range in the Ayan district, Khabarovsk krai, Russia [16]. It was demonstrated...Fe-free minerals, such as spinel, periclase, forsterite, clinohumite, excess calcite, and relict dolomite
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the assemblage Dol + Tr and serpentinization of forsterite. The following regions were defined in this area...lithology: (A) calcite marbles with quartzites overlying lower Monotonous unit; (B) ČeskĂœ Krumlov region with marbles...words: mineral assemblage, microprobe analyses, marble, lithology, regional distribution, Moldanubian...2008; Löffler, Kolitsch 2011). Z několika lokalit (Kochholz u Melku, lom Loja u Persenbeugu), pƙilĂ©hajĂ­cĂ­ch...485-494 Ferry JM (2001) Calcite inclusions in forsterite. Am Mineral 86: 773-779 Ferry JM, Ushikubo T
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Zone in Lower Austria and W Moravia present evidence for introduction of segments of the Lower Palaeozoic...peridotite massifs in the Moldanubian Zone of Lower Austria (Becker, 1996). Besides, some metasedimentary...amphibolite layers, minor calc-silicate gneiss and marble. Lenses of felsic garnet-biotite gneiss are comparable...Pucov and garnet compositions from HT-HP silicate marble and Ultrahigh-pressure grossular-rich garnetite...normalized REE pattern. Although the rock shows a lower-pressure overprinting, fine-grained garnet has highly
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of Graz, UniversitĂ€tsplatz 2/II, A-8020 Graz, Austria Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic...several samples of high-grade calcite-dolomite marble with an early ultrahigh-pressure history. These...geikielite and of zircon + magnesite to baddeleyite + forsterite experimentally. Fraser et al. (2004) then dated...zircon + dolomite = baddeleyite + forsterite + calcite + CO2. Marble-hosted zircons have been used in...found—particularly in those cases where pieces of marble are dissolved in hydrochloric acid and the insoluble
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plagioclase–muscovite–scapolite metaevaporite layers in dolomite marble near Prosetín (Oleơnice Unit, Moravicum, Czech...plagioclase–muscovite–scapolite metaevaporite layers in dolomite marble near Prosetín (Oleơnice Unit, Moravicum, Czech...Plagioclase–muscovite–scapolite rock layers in dolomite marble near Prosetín (Oleơnice Unit, Moravicum, Czech...represents a NE–SW trending belt of Neoproterozoic to Lower Paleozoic sheared and metamorphosed rocks derived...The Parautochthonous domain (chlorite zone), (2) Lower Moravian Nappe (biotite zone), and (3) Upper Moravian
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tremolite in calc-silicate rock within the dolomitic marble. Calc-silicate rock, consisting mainly of tremolite...tremolite, diopside, and forsterite, or wollastonite-bearing assemblages in the marble, depending on the bulk...600 jC in the calcitic marble, while buffered reaction of the dolomitic marble occurred at higher XCO2...minerals constituting the ore and the silicate marble, most of which show end-member mineral compositions...of pelitic hornfels, calcitic marble, metapelite, and dolomitic marble in an upward sequence. Gray to
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eastern, lower Austroalpine nappes (Stubenberg Granite contact aureole, Styria, Eastern Alps, Austria) P....University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria b GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg...Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria d Fasangasse 11, A-8073 Feldkirchen, Austria Received 23 November 2005;...Granite has led to the formation of the assemblage forsterite + calcite + titanian clinohumite ± phlogopite...pyrrhotite assemblage, (2) calcite + chlorite, (3) forsterite + titanian clinohumite + chlorite + calcite ±
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PAPER Synthesis of monticellite–forsterite and merwinite–forsterite symplectites in the CaO–MgO–SiO2...is represented by an aggregate of rod-shaped forsterite immersed in a matrix of monticellite with end-member...(Sy II) takes the form of a lamellar merwinite–forsterite intergrowth. Both symplectites may form simultaneously...Lithospheric Research, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria primary mineral by a symplectite occurs at a sharp...replacement of Mtc I by an intergrowth of rod-shaped forsterite in a matrix of monticellite (CaMgSiO4 , Mtc II)
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minerals Article Preiswerkite: A First Occurrence in Marble Hosting Gem Spinel Deposits, Luc Yen, Vietnam Vladimir...GussiÄs, G.A. Preiswerkite: A First Occurrence in Marble Hosting Gem Spinel Deposits, Luc Yen, Vietnam....trioctahedral mica, from marble-hosted noble spinel deposits of the Luc Yen district, northern Vietnam. It...It is found in marble for the first time. The preiswerkite is anhedral and associated with phlogopite...spectrum; noble spinel; marblehosted deposits; Luc Yen district; Vietnam Academic Editor: Paola Bonazzi Received:
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biotite schist and coming from the Worth feldspar quarry on Bog Hill, East Hampton, Middlesex Co., Conn...has been mined with lead ore in the Wood River district, Blaine Co., Idaho. ILLINOIS—The following note...Hills Chrome Mine and Vicinity"). MASSACHUSETTS—Forsterite (Boltonite) as grayish masses imbedded in white...white limestone occur at the old limestone quarry at Bolton, Worcester Co., Mass. MICHIGAN—An interesting...porphyry, have been found in the Tres Hermanas district, Luna Co., N . Mex. N E W YORK—Mrs. George Ellrott
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Clinohumite-Chlorite-Serpentine-Marble from the Western Tauern Area (Austria) G. F r a n z 1 a n d D. A c...calcite, d o l o m i t e , tremolite, diopside, forsterite, c l i n o h u m i t e - t i t a n i a n c l...r p h i s m f r o m the b r e a k d o w n o f forsterite, h u m i t e minerals a n d diopside. The phase...penninic zone. The m a p by Christa (1931) shows marble layers occuring within an amphibolite series immediately...the Lower Schieferhtille. According to Angenheister et al. (1972) and Morteani (1974) the Lower Schieferhtille
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is one of the main constituent minerals in the lower crust and upper mantle. Clinopyroxene is the pyroxene...study: two gem-quality diopsides from Austria (diopside-Austria, with about 17 wt. ppm water) and Russia...(1989) and Andrut et al. (2007); a diopside in a marble xenolith from the Mount Marcy anorthosite massif...FTIR spectra of the diopside-Austria and diopside-Russian, the diopside-marble, the diopside-Aksu have also...M2 site or coupled substitution of H with some lower valence cations in M1 site (Skogby et al. 1990;
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by L. A. D. Menezes and J. M. Martins The Jensen quarry, Riverside County, California ...................San Venanzo quarry, Terni, Umbria, Italy, and was later recognized from the Eifel district in Germany...over the world— with special emphasis on Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Europe's Newest Mineral i Magazine...zone 2, and the other consists of a rock with a lower P 20 5 (4.5%) and medium MgO grade (around 5%) called...Dolomite Uranpyrochlore Fluorapatite Valleriite Forsterite Galena , The Mineralogical Record September-October
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from GoM3 O4 O10 slerwand, PrĂ€gratten, Tyrol, Austria. It typically forms elongated, Al O OH often striated...in amphibolite gneiss at the Keystone trap-rock quarry, Cornog, Pennsylvania. ‱ Pink to green crystals...niigataite for the type locality, in the Itoigawa-Ohmi district, Niigata Prefecture, in central Japan (Miyajima...in a sample of pumpellyite rock from the Wakasa district, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. The host rock consisted...crystals are found at Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Austria, associated with graygreen fibrous byssolite. Fine
example, limestone heated and recrystallized to marble). Regional metamorphism ts large-scale alterations...aragonite, or rocks such as limestone, dolostone, and marble. Streak plate: Use a piece of unglazed porcelain...Rocks Grain size Colour Light Coarse Fine marble (p. 294) quartzite (p. 294) granite gneiss (p...Township, Cochrane District, Ontario; Darwin Mine, McMurray Township, Algoma District, Ontario; nuggets...(48728): Dendritic, or Treetice. habit PD SE ES Yale District, British Columbia. Width of specimen: 5 cm Similar
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peridotites. Commonly associated minerals include forsterite, chondrodite, monticellite, clinohumite, wollastonite...specimens is from the Dattaw mine, Mogok, Pyin-Oo-Lwin district, Mandalay Division. It consists of green crystals...Tange-Achin, Kandahar Province, and are embedded in marble. The example in the Smithsonian collection is a...offering a diopside from Tange-Achin, also embedded in marble, that is approximately 4 cm and a bright green...in my notes is of a 4-cm dark green crystal in marble from the Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province. In
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ano Petrology © Springer-Verlag 1998 Printed in Austria Effects of fluid infiltration on wollastonite...aureole developed on impure carbonate rocks of Lower Cambrian age, by the intrusion of a late Hercynian...dominantly parallel to bedding and clearly focused along marble-metachert boundaries, which acted as channelways...Precambrian basement overlain by carbonate rocks of Lower Cambrian age. The Precambrian basement includes...volcanic-sedimentary rocks. The Lower Cambrian carbonate formation is composed, in its lower member, of fine-grained
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Karl-Franzens-University, UniversitĂ€tsplatz 2/II, A-8010 Graz, Austria b Department of Geological Sciences, School of...of the minerals calcite, dolomite, diopside, forsterite, spinel, amphibole (pargasite), (Ti–)clinohumite...has to be present in aluminous calcite–dolomite-marble at UHP conditions. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights...rights reserved. Keywords: Calcite–dolomite-marble; Spinel; Garnet; Aragonite; Petrogenetic grid; Ultrahigh-pressure... 2004; Perraki et al., 2004, 2006). Concordant marble layers and lenses are associated with these as
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Innsbruck, Austria With 7 Figures Received June 5, 1986; accepted September 24, 1986 Summary Marble lenses...Crystalline Basement 15 Geological Setting The marble lenses of the Otztal basement are strictly bounded...pressure metamorphic event (Miller, 1970). The marble lenses measure some meters in length and are enclosed...species of the adjacent rocks are enclosed in the marble lenses either as dm-thick layers (predominantly...group-minerals from another, but equivalent outcrop of marble lenses within the same geological zone has already
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D from the Latin word marmor (a shining stone), marble may be said to cover a considerable n u m b e r...marbles are typically rocks. W h a t is marble ? T o the geologist marble is usually defined as a crystalline...stonemasons— or shall it be said the commercial view—marble is widely interpreted and may be said to include...form of gypsum known as alabaster is thought of as marble. For the purpose of this study the subject of marbles...some other types of rocks, so like marble and therefore termed marble in commercial parlance, also demand
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Cleared Hill and are also fairly common in the Main Quarry on Por. 45/46/47. They are rather coarsegrained...state. TEXT-FIG. 1.—Dactylitic calcite-dolomite Marble. x 12. Myrmekite-like intergrowths of dolomite...dolomite. A calcite-dolomite marble is recorded from the Main Quarry. The grain-size is about 1 mm....have been collected from the Main Quarry and from the small quarry on Por 48. The rock is very compact...an assay of an admixture of dactylitic marble and brucite marble is given in the table on p. 394. (ii)
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in the waters of Palaeozoic seas. DEVONIAN AND LOWER CARBONIFEROUS FLORAS.—The earliest plants that...in the later stages of the Devonian and in the lower part of the Carboniferous era? The following list... Ireland, and Australia, and the cuticles of a Lower Carboniferous species form the greater portion of...founded solely on living plants. The Devonian and Lower Carboniferous plants lead us away from the present...worldwide distribution of several characteristic Lower Carboniferous plants. We are, as yet, unable to
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PORTSHEPSTONE. 507 21. DE~0I:OMITIZATION ~n the MARBLE Of PORT SItEPSTONE (~ATAL). By Dr. F. H. HATCa...The Dark-Mien-Olivine Zone. (c) Tim Light-Mica-Forsterite Zone. (d) The Ophiealeite Zone. (3) Other Inclusions...Felspar-Senpolite-Diopside Rock. (b) The Spinel-Forsterite Rock. V. Discussion o{' Results ............... 516 I. IXTRODUC~IO~. WHILE on a visit to the marble quarries of Port Shepstone, the attention of one...rings were found to consist of a portion of the marble, containing a number of interesting minerals in
 
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