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Epsomite from
Salt mine, Hallstatt, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Epsomite
Formula:MgSO4 · 7H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epsomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Salt mine, Hallstatt, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:992258
Long-form Identifier:1:3:992258:7
GUID (UUID V4):21eebaa7-3741-469c-83d8-f17119621c18
Nearest other occurrences of Epsomite
6.3km (3.9 miles) Dachstein mammoth cave, Obertraun, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
11.5km (7.1 miles) Ischler Salzberg, Perneck, Bad Ischl, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
22.4km (13.9 miles) Gypsum mine (Moldan mine), Webing, Abtenau, Hallein District, Salzburg, Austria
32.0km (19.9 miles) Gypsum mine, Moosegg, Grubach, Scheffau am Tennengebirge, Hallein District, Salzburg, Austria
32.8km (20.4 miles) Raidlgraben, Fritzbach valley, Pöham, Bischofshofen, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria
32.9km (20.5 miles) Zinkwand (Neualpe), Obertalbach valley, Schladming, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
40.3km (25.0 miles) Grubhöhe Inn, St. Johann im Pongau, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria
42.5km (26.4 miles) Hallein - Bad Dürrnberg salt mine, Hallein, Hallein District, Salzburg, Austria
47.2km (29.3 miles) Salt Mine, Berchtesgadener Salzberg, Berchtesgaden, Berchtesgadener Land District, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
59.8km (37.1 miles) Gadaunern ravine, Bad Hofgastein, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Kieserite group. Occurrence: Typically in marine salt deposits; rarely as a volcanic sublimate or efflorescence...sulfoborite, leonite, epsomite, Distribution: In Germany, from the Stassfurt-Westeregeln district, with large...crystals from the Bartensleben mine, Saxony-Anhalt; in the Hildesia mine, near Hannover, and at Wathlingen...Lower Saxony, and many other places. From Hallstatt, Austria. At Stebnyk and Kalusz, Ukraine. From Klodawa...In the Mayo mine, Salt Range, Punjab, India. In the USA, from the Carlsbad potash district, Eddy Co.,
Report (issue)
Ischl, Austria. (2) Na12 Mg7 (SO4 )13 15H2 O. • Occurrence: An uncommon mineral in marine salt deposits;...vanthoffite, blödite, langbeinite, aphthitalite, epsomite, pentahydrite, hexahydrite, kieserite, mirabilite...thénardite. Distribution: From Ischl, Hallstatt, and Hall, Austria. In Germany, in the StassfurtAschersleben-Bernburg...StassfurtAschersleben-Bernburg potash district, Saxony-Anhalt; at Merkers, Thuringia; from Hattorf, near Philippsthal...Province, China. In the USA, in the Carlsbad potash district, Eddy Co., New Mexico; from northwest of Grand
Report (issue)
(2) Na2 SO4 • 10H2 O. Occurrence: Typically in salt pans, playas, and saline lakes, where deposition...blödite, epsomite. Distribution: Only a few prominent localities are represented here. In Austria, at Hallein...Hallein, Hallstatt, and Ischl. In Italy, on Vesuvius, and at Campi Flegrei, near Naples, Campania; on...Lake, San Bernardino Co., California; along Great Salt Lake, Davis Co., Utah; at Lake Lucero, west of Valmont...Kentucky. Name: From the Latin sal mirable, for miracle salt, expressing Glauber’s surprise on its synthesis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metals, sulfur, and acidity at active and abandoned mine sites. Sulfate salts of Fe, which form from the...sulfate heptahydrate, epsomite [MgSO4·7H2O], is orthorhombic and belongs to the epsomite group, wherein morenosite...temperature for the binary systems of bieberite-epsomite, bieberite-goslarite, and bieberite-morenosite...least-squares regression of the data. The large dot at the upper left corner is the invariant point at 44.7 °C for...equilibria is –238.23 kJ/mol (Chou and Seal 2005), for epsomite-hexahydrite equilibria is –238.73 kJ/mol (Chou
Report (issue)
The later calcium salts. ______ ____ Theoretical salt successions from sea water _-__''Dynamic-polythermal"...section showing the succession of evaporites in Upper Permian formations, southeastern New Mexico____...-______________ 22 11. Map showing the distribution of Permian salt deposits in northwest Europe and the British Isles...__________________ Analyses of potash zones and salt clays of marine evaporites-_-__________________...formed initially by the evaporation of sea water in salt pans, marine salinas, lagoons, and relict seas.
Journal (issue)
Peter Richards & D. G. Howard The Pezinok antimony mine, Male Karpaty Mountains, Slovakia.................from Monte Somma, hauyne from Mendig in the Eifel District, and nosean from the Alban Hills shown in Figures...dodecahedral crystal on biotite from M endig, Eifel district, Germany. Collection of Berndt Ternes; photo by...dodecahedral, 0.4-mm crystal from M endig, Eifel district, Germany. Collection and photo WAHJr. Figure...cube faces from Laacher Kessel, Mendig, Eifel district, Ger­ many. Eugen Rondorf specimen; photo by E
Book (volume)
89A, 468 (1914). HALITE [NaCl]. Common or Rock Salt. Muriate of Soda, Sodium Chloride. Kochsalz, Steinsalz...Southwest Africa. Enormous deposits are found in the Salt Range in the Punjab, sulfates of potassium, various... large bedded deposits of salt occur in the Salina formation of the Upper Silurian over a wide area in...in central and western New York. Salt also occurs near Cleveland, Ohio, and extensive deposits are found...from the waters of Great Salt Lake, Utah. In Canada, an important deposit of salt lies along the eastern
Book
magma originates within the Earth's crust or in its upper mantle. Under the influence of corn - plicated...differentiation. The lighter minerals remain in the upper levels and the heavier ones sink slowly. The minerals...occur either within the magmatic body or in its upper layer. Pegmatites are accompanied by many minerals...concentrations. As a result of the weathering of the upper oxidation zone, sulphur compounds (eg pyrite, chalcopyrite...comparatively large deposits of halite (ie rock salt), sylvite, carnallite, mirabilite, anhydrite, gypsum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elsevier.de/chemer Moisture sorption behaviour of salt mixtures in porous stone Christoph Franzen, Peter...tät Innsbruck, Innrain 52, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Received 18 December 2007; accepted 27 February...interaction of salt mixtures with moisture is still poor. In different approaches the reactions of salt-contaminated...interesting new results on the moisture behaviour of salt-contaminated samples. Theoretical considerations...the same salt system. It is shown how by experimental approaches the understanding on salt-induced stone
Book
our feet are homogeneous. On the contrary, the upper layers of the earth’s crust are composed of very...which is constantly under pressure — reaches the upper, cooler levels of the earth’s crust, its temperature...of the magma. The lighter minerals remain in the upper levels and the heavier ones sink slowly down again...or of a change in its chemical composition. Rock salt, sylvine, gypsum, calcite and some iron ores, such... more recent deposits of phosphorite. Sulphur, salt-petre, pyrite and marcasite are also of biological
Book
illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...magma originates within the Earth’s crust or in its upper mantle. Under the influence of com- plicated tectonic...differentiation. The lighter minerals remain in the upper levels and the heavier ones sink slowly. The minerals...occur either within the magmatic body or in its upper layer. Pegmatites are accompanied by many minerals...concentrations. As a result of the weathering of the upper oxidation zone, sulphur compounds (eg pyrite, chalcopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
38, p. 191. A basic copper phosphate from Chino mine, New Mexico. Later proved to be identical with libethenite...biaxial scales in a vein of sulphide ores from the district of the Evenki people, Lower Tunguska river, Siberia...alteration product of wolframite in the Farallon mine, Tasna, Bolivia. Named from the locality. [M.A....crystals with glauberite, &c., in salt deposits at Isehl, Upper Austria. Named in memory of Dr. Rolf GSrgey...GSrgey yon G6rg6 (1886-1915) of Vienna, who wrote on salt deposits. [M.A. 12132.] Compare mikheevite. Grovesite
Journal (issue)
most repre­ sentative buildings of historicism in Austria After ten years of construc­ tion the building...Schumacher Graphite (35 x 32 cm) of the Alibert Mine, Botogol Mt. in Siberia, rough materiaL two pencils...�--�-�'-'- Nephrite bowl, 13 cm high. Baikal Lake district. Inv. No. A.y.952, from the estate of Earl Moritz...Haidinger in 1859 1842 in the Tsarevo-Alexandrovskaya mine near Tashkurganka River, Miass, Urals. The original...ofBrazil, the former Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria (L 797-1826). Material from h1stralia and New Zealand
Report (issue)
magnesium chloride which occurs so abundantly in the salt deposits of Stassfurt. During the War commercial...chloride are evolved and escape through ports in the upper part of the structure. By this method the magnesium...necessary to select specially pure material. The salt is fused and electrolysed direct. Where brines form...been obtained from this source. The annexation of Austria has provided the German magnesium industry with...material and of cheap water-power available in Austria. ITALY Production of magnesium metal was begun
Journal (issue)
Metaliferi Mts. 15 4. Baia Mare metallogenic district 64 5. Other sources of native gold from Romania...metal gold pans, as well as a replica of the famous mine carriage which is considered to be the oldest of...unit. For instance, in BradSăcărâmb metallogenic district, the Au:Ag ratio is relatively uniform (45% to...metallogenic criterion: province, subprovince, district, sector, field/ node (Fig. 2) . 7 Fig. 1. Example...relevant metallogenic units (node, field, sector, district) were made. For samples sourced abroad, a summary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kristallographie, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Wien, Austria A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords:...studies, which have unambiguously demonstrated that epsomite, MgSO4⋅7H2O, although exhibiting remarkable stability...(Mont�esi and Collins, 2005). They concluded that epsomite starts to dehydrate in the outermost icy layer...influencing the dehydration processes, recent studies on epsomite (Gromnitskaya et al., 2013; Wang et al., 2018)...can coexist with higher hydrated salts such as epsomite on Europa’s surface in ice free lag deposits,
Book
our feet are homo­ geneous. On the contrary, the upper layers of the earth’s crust arc composed of very...which is constantly under pressure — reaches the upper, cooler levels of the earth’s crust, its temperature...of the magma. The lighter minerals remain in the upper levels and the heavier ones sink slowly down again...or of a change in its chemical composition. Rock salt, sylvine, gypsum, calcite and some iron ores, such... more recent deposits of phosphorite. Sulphur, salt-petrc, pyrite and marcasite arc also of biological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Dust Variation in an Underground Historic Salt Mine Aleksandra Puławska 1,2, * , Maciej Manecki 1...of Dust Variation in an Underground Historic Salt Mine. Minerals 2021, 11, 686. https:// doi.org/10.3390/min11070686...Kraków, Poland; gpmmanec@cyf-kr.edu.pl Bochnia Salt Mine, 32-700 Bochnia, Poland; mflasza@gmail.com KGHM...open-to-public subterranean site (UNESCO-recognized historic mine) at increasing distances from the air intake. The...and anthropogenic sources of dust from inside the mine. Samples of deposited dust were directly collected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
efflorescences commonly occur as powdery or cemented salt precipitates at seepage points at the base of the...Tinto river. The mineral salt types include Ca and Mg sulfates (gypsum, epsomite, hexahydrite, bloedite)...+ hydrated sulfates (copiapite, roemerite). The salt mixtures have variable metal concentrations, including...Copiapite-rich samples exhibit the highest As, Cd and Cu, epsomite – hexahydrite rich samples have the highest Zn...concentrations. Dissolution experiments show that all salt mixtures are acid generating due to Fe and Al hydrolysis
Book
(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...with gypsum and bitumen, and in the cap rock of salt domes. Sulphur is used in gunpowder, matches, sulphuric...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA)...Eisleben and Freiberg (Germany) , Schladmlng (Austria), Cobalt and Eldorado (Canada), Natsume (Japan)...found at the Calabona mine (Sardinia) and Vesuvius (Italy), Salzberg (Austria), Butte (Montana, USA)
Book
(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...with gypsum and bitumen, and in the cap rock of salt domes. Sulphur is used in gunpowder, matches, sulphuric...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA)...at Eisleben and Freiberg (Germany), Schladmlng (Austria), Cobalt and Eldorado (Canada), Natsume (Japan)...found at the Calabona mine (Sardinia) and Vesuvius (Italy), Salzberg (Austria), Butte (Montana, USA)
dioptase 96, 97 dipyre 114 epistilbite 124 epsomite 60 erubescite 10 erythrite 70, 73 euchroite 70...consider the salt obtained from salt-works as a mineral, though it is chemically identical to rock-salt. The...its comparative rarity; it is found mainly in the upper layers of lead-silver deposits. It has a characteristic...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
Book
93 emery 25 epidote 87, 87, 89 epistilbite 124 epsomite 60 erubescite 10 erytbrite 70, 73 euchroite 70...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...the salt obtained fron1 salt-works as a mineral, though it is chemically identical to rock-salt. The...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...its comparative rarity; it is found mainly in Lhe upper layers of lead-silver deposits. It has a characteristic
Book
hydrotalcite 51 fassaite 97, 98 hydroxides 23 epsomite 60 erubescite 10 falcon’s eye 31 fayalite 75...the salt obtained from salt-works as a mineral, though it is chemically identical to rock-salt. The...its comparative rarity; it is found mainly in the upper layers of lead-silver deposits. It has a characteristic...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
Report (chapter)
closed-basin lakes, in rock outcrops, and in mines and mine wastes has been noted since early antiquity. The...rocks, coal deposits, metallic ore deposits, and mine wastes. The composition of the salts reflects the...was shipped in large quantities from the Bluestone mine, Nevada (Palache et al. 1951). Many of the soluble...mother liquor is increased. The melanterite and epsomite groups are both heptahydrates that are distinguished...is a massive sulfide that hosts extremely acidic mine waters, some with negative pH values (Nordstrom
 
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