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Aragonite from
Magnesite mine, Tux, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Magnesite mine, Tux, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:698315
Long-form Identifier:1:3:698315:4
GUID (UUID V4):f200ceca-a2cf-433a-9cb0-72887f7d2d60
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
12.0km (7.4 miles) Knappenkuchl mining area, Navis, Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol, Austria
16.2km (10.1 miles) Saurüssel, Mayrhofen, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
20.1km (12.5 miles) Antoni adit, Falkenstein, Falkenstein mining district, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
20.4km (12.6 miles) Falkenstein, Falkenstein mining district, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
21.4km (13.3 miles) Ringenwechsel mining district, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
22.1km (13.8 miles) Weittal, Ringenwechsel mining district, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
22.4km (13.9 miles) Roggland, Ringenwechsel mining district, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
27.2km (16.9 miles) Gertraud adit, Großkogel (Reither Kogel), St Gertraudi, Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
29.4km (18.3 miles) Stocker adit, Silberberg, Geyer - Silberberg District, Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
29.7km (18.4 miles) Fuchsloch, Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L EastDerry, N. H. 03041 This data was accumulated...These operations are on leased land and trips to Austria. While it may be the most not open to the general...two or more until a more rounded text results. Austria is defined here as what is localities. presently...mineral museums of torically, within recent times, Austria in­ which the best is the Natural History cluded...and the South Museum in Vienna. Unfortunately the Tyrol which was given to Italy. It is now lack of funds
Catalog/List
crystals. Good display piece. Vambori, Ahmedhagar District, Maharashtra State, lndia about 5x2.5 inches £70...with micro Sphalerite on 2x2 matrix Lers Malines Mine, Gard, France £20 4. BENTORITE a very rare, Cr containing...crystals, possible Dickite micros too. Panteg-y-Gaseg Mine, Amlwch Anglesey, Wales £18 I 0. PENNANTITE small...matrix. Plates are about I to 1.5 mm size (Benallt Mine,Lleyn, Wales) £30 11. BOURNONITE good blocky grey...crystals,. all over 2.5 x2.5 inch surface Likasi Mine, Katanga Congo £25 14. SIDERITE rich red-brown
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give rise to various other minerals, such as aragonite or geyserite. In places where hot solutions and...modifications, e.g. diamond — graphite, calcite — aragonite, pyrite — marcasite, quartz — cristobalite — tridymite...higher symmetry. For example, the orthorhombic aragonite often Twinned Crystals of (from left to right):...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...weathering product of serpentine opal, chalcedony, magnesite, chlorite SEPIOLITE Mgu k ((OH)2Si,O;5) . 2H
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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...e old emerald Venediger and Hohe Tauern form the Mine is about 7 M i from Habach. T h e trail leaves the...Alpenrose going E and then N . The crystalline Alps. Mine is a few hundred yards beyond the I f we come in...Across the valley is an old foot of cliff. copper mine, 2 M i S from the main Kapruntal. Extensive work...mountain. Gastain. Wad var. Reisacherite; Hema­ Tyrol tite; Ilmenite; Calcite Xls; Gold panning. Salzburger
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give rise to various other minerals, such as aragonite or geyserite. In places where hot solutions and...modifications, e.g. diamond — graphite, calcite — aragonite, pyrite — marcasite, quartz — cristobalite — tridymite...higher symmetry. For example, the orthorhombic aragonite often Twinned Crystals of (from left to right):...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...weathering product of serpentine opal, chalcedony, magnesite, chlorite SEPIOLITE Mg i [(OH).Si..OlJ . 2H-Ot-4H:O
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Salt miners at work in the Diirrnberg-Hallein mine (1756) (see also comment on copyright page) Mineral...work in the Durrnberg-Hallein mine (1756). Oil painting in the ancient mine office at Hallein Salzburg....Werkstiitter (1708-1772) on the occasion of a visit to the mine by the Prince Bishop Sigmund III. of Salzburg on...At the top of the painting and on the steps are mine surveyors and a miner at work. Note the romantic...heldatBled/Yugoslavia 3-7, 1977, held at Leoben/ Austria 5-10,1981, held at Berchtesgaden/Bavaria, FRG
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluid inclusion and stable isotope study of magnesite from the Upper Triassic Burano Evaporites (Secchia...Springer-Verlag 2002 Abstract Sparry and microcrystalline magnesite are minor constituents of the Upper Triassic Burano...Apennines in Italy. Petrography and geochemistry of magnesite suggest three modes of formation. (1) Evaporitic...Evaporitic precipitation of stratified microcrystalline magnesite layers associated with sulfate and carbonate rocks...(9.78 wt% FeO) lenticular sparry magnesite. This type of magnesite is characterized by very low LREE
apophyllite 102, 102, 103 aquamarine 92, 92 aragonite 45, 45 cassiterite 34 disthene 79 dolomite 44...109, 111 lithiophilite 65 ludwigite 5/7, 53 magnesite 38, 38 magnetite 23, 24 malachite 47, 48 malacon...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...associated with clear gypsum, pseudo-hexagonal aragonite, clear, white, or blue celestite, and calcite
Catalog/List
with admixed Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Wales. Chocolate brown massive, with minor rock...rich greenish yellow with white Barytes Whitesmith Mine Strontian Scotland lx2 £10 17. SCAPOLITE translucent...some galena in the matrix, Bleiberg Carinthia Austria ( one of the most famous European mines) £20 Min...Bleiberg Carinthia Austria £6 20. HUNTITE white chalky massive areas coating vughy Aragonite, about 2x3 overall...sparse red-brown coating on 2x2 matrix Christmas Mine, Gila County Arizona USA £12 26. SPHALERITE lustrous
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niodifications, e.g. diamond - graphite, calcite - aragonite, pyrite - marcasite, quartz - cristobalite - tridymite...higher symmetry. F or exam ple, the o rthorhombic aragonite often Twinned Cry stals of (from Left to right):...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...weathering product of serpentine '-opal, chalcedony, magnesite, chlorite ....._ - TALC Mg3 [(OH) 2 Si 4 O,o]...sedimentary rocks, in ore deps. -anh ydrite, aragonite, sulphur anhydri te, mica, talc, kaolinite, cf
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68 apophyllite 102, 102, 103 aquamarine 92, 92 aragonite 45, 45 arduinite l 19, 121 argentite I0 argentojarosite...liroconite 74 lithiophilite 65 ludwigite 51, 53 magnesite 38, 38 magnetite 23, 24 malachite 47, 48 malacon...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...especially near Ki1nberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimber/ite
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68 apophyllite 102, 102, 103 aquamarine 92, 92 aragonite 45, 45 arduinite 119, /2/ beudantite 58 corundum...liroconite 74 lithiophilite 65 ludwigite 5/, 53 magnesite 38, 38 magnetite 23, 24 malachite 47, 48 malacon...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...pseudo-hexagonal and calcite. or blue celesti te, aragonite, clear, white, Bipyramidal orthorhombic sulphur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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)...Vanadinite; Hemimorphite; Chalcedony; Anhy­ drite; Aragonite. Bleiberg/Kreuth. About 15 Ms. in this area. St...Gloggnitz-Arfedsonite; Riebeckite; Mag­ nesite (radiated xls in magnesite). ROCKS AND MINERALS Altenberg-Hematite. Wochein-Limonite...to enter is difficult to se­ cure. Mountain and mine can be seen to the S of the village. Siderite X...(crusts on serpentine); Magnesite; Magnetite Xis (cubic); Pyrcaurite; Aragonite; Calcite; Artinite with
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Frontcover Upper left: The observatory at Kremsmunster. Austria. which houses the mineral collection. Upper right:...mineralogical cabinet of the convent at Kremsmunster, Austria. The . specimens a~e displayed m baroque furniture...important mineralogical museums in Western Europe Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany (Federal...half are in Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly...universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part
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grainy-textured aggregate (olivine); shells (aragonite). to tufts, bundles (amianthus/ tions), bearing... lated to its external shape (e.g., crystal magnesite) are attracted by a magnet. The growth faces)...halite, aragonite, dolomite, boracite. Found in: Harz 54 mountains, Thuringia/Germany; Tyrol/Austria; Alsace...actinolite, aragonite, brucite, dolomite, natrolite, serpentine. Found in: Steiermark/Austria; Lombardy/Italy;...Urals/USSR. Similar to: hydromagnesite, actinolite, aragonite, natrolite. Brucite 0 Pennsylvama/USA -SL
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times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have...of one part of iron to two parts of sulphur, magnesite of one part magnesium to one part carbon to three...carbon (C), rock salt (NaCl), pyrite (FeS ), 2 magnesite (MgC03), potash feldspar (KA1Si 30 ), are mineral...without affecting their external properties. In magnesite, for instance, Fe 2 + may substitute for Mg 2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
With 9 figures and 1 table Abstract: Huntite-magnesite assemblages were formed as a result of Neogene...Turkey. The study area hosts two sediment-hosted magnesite occurrences where extremely white huntite levels...lithological unit consisting of entirely dolomite, magnesite, huntite, and to a lesser extent calcite, the...evaporates, carbonate associations formed mainly of magnesite and dolomite, serpentinite and weathered ultramafic...rocks in which huntite was formed together with magnesite by various geological and geochemical mechanisms
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properties of their own, while others (such as magnesite) are attracted by a magnet. The balance of minerals...ore mines. Accompanied by: anhydrite, halite, aragonite, dolomite, boracite. Found in: Harz mountains... Accompanied by: hydromagnesite, actinolite, aragonite, brucite, dolomite, natrolite, s-erpentine. Found...Urals/USSR. Similar to: hydromagnesite, actinolite, aragonite, natrolite. Brucite 3 ◄ @ Pennsylvania/USA ...Accompanied by: hydromagne5 site, aragonite, calcite, chlorite, dolomite, magnesite, periclase, serpentine, talc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
identification of coesite, garnet, diopside and magnesite inclusions and polymineralic (touching) coesite-diamond...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
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properties of their own, while others (such as magnesite) are acrracted by a magnet The balance of mmerals...halite, aragonite, dolomite, boracite. Found in: Harz mountains, Thi.\ringia/Germany; Tyrol/Austria; Alsace...actinolite, aragonite, brueite, dolomite, natrolite, serpengra~ 1 ◄ tine. Found in : Steiermark/Austria; Lombardy/Italy;...Urals/USSR. Similar to: hydromagnesite, actinolite, aragonite, natrolite. rr------2 ◄ Brucite Mg(OHh @ Pennsylvania/USA...Accompanied by: hydromagncsite, aragonite, calcite, chlorite, dolomite, magnesite, periclase, serpentine, talc
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concretions), bearing some resemblance to roe, shells (aragonite). 15 MINERAL CHARACTERISTICS Color of Minerals...properties of their own, while others (such as magnesite) are attracted by a magnet. The balance of minerals...halite, aragonite, dolomite, boracite. Found in: Harz mountains, Thi.iringia/Germany; Tyrol/Austria; Alsace...actinolite, aragonite, brucite, dolomite, natrolite, serpentine. Found in: Steiermark/Austria; Lombardy/Italy;...Urals/USSR. Similar to: hydromagnesite, actinolite, aragonite, natrolite. Brucite @Pennsylvania/ USA Mg(OHh
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral from the Leogang mining district, Salzburg province, Austria C. L. Lengauer1, G. Giester1, and...Universit€at Wien, Austria Institut f€ur Mineralogie, Universit€at Salzburg, Austria Received November...Cu10(AsO4)4(SO4)(OH)6  8H2O, was found on sample material from mine dumps of the Danielstollen and Inschlagalm in the...part of the polymetallic ore district of Leogang, Salzburg province, Austria. It is intergrown with olivenite...mining district of Leogang was also known for its fine mineral specimens of covellite, aragonite, strontianite
Catalog/List
mineral, "At were of large, prisms, of this mine have been obtained, more Note. - Galena offer...in the specimens Dundasite, bunches samples Mine, of occurs lode. beautiful white large more...originally Cornish mining ceeding by colour, Mine fractures of great the mineral often Mount ...extremely some rarely Anglesite. Embolite, back Mine. with minute of small of capping gossan the... 'holy fallen filled with the olivine it district: from or at regarded The moderate a at high
Journal (issue)
2018 Articles Oberdorf an der Laming, Styria, Austria ................................ ................STRONTIANITE, 9 cm, from Oberdorf an der Laming, Styria, Austria. Fine Minerals International specimen, now in the...SHOWS TABULAR BLUE BERYL ON TOURMALINE DEO DARRAH MINE, NEAR PATTA GUZAR, BADAKSHAN, AFGHANISTAN 6CM TOM...STEPHANIE@STONETRUST.COM Obtrdorf an dtr Laming ~ tyria, austria Thomas P. Moore Peter Huber 2709 East Exeter...net Rohe-Wand-Gasse 18 A-2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria huber@mineral.at Just outside the village of Oberdorf
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
V., Amsterdam - - Printed in The Netherlands Magnesite deposits and occurrences in the West Carpathians...Ilavsk~,, J., Turan, J. and Turanovd, L., 1991. Magnesite deposits and occurrences in the West Carpathians...of CzechoSlovakia. Ore Geol. Rev., 6: 537-561. Magnesite occurrences in the West Carpathians, a part of... Economically most important are crystalline magnesite (Veitsch-type) and locally associated talc in...2-3 million tonnes). Traditionally, the Slovak magnesite deposits had been interpreted as hydrothermal-metasomatic
 
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