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Axinite Group from
Hopffeldboden, Hopffeld area, Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria


Locality type:Scree Slope
Classification
Species:'Axinite Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Axinite Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hopffeldboden, Hopffeld area, Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:159667
Long-form Identifier:1:3:159667:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Axinite Group
12.0km (7.5 miles) ⓘWest slope, Larmkogel, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘPrehnitinsel, Kratzenberg, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘSchlaten glacier (Schlatten glacier), Innerer Knorrkogel - Schlaten glacier area, Innergschlöss, Gschlöss valley, Matrei in Osttirol, Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘPembach, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘKnorr glacier, Innergschlöss, Gschlöss valley, Matrei in Osttirol, Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria
20.2km (12.5 miles) ⓘPredoi Mine (Prettau Mine), Prettau (Predoi), Puster Valley District, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
32.3km (20.1 miles) ⓘTotenkopf (incl. Lower Riffl glacier), Uttendorf, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
33.1km (20.6 miles) ⓘUpper Riffl glacier (incl. Rifflöd; Hohe Riffl; Totenlöcher), Uttendorf, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
49.2km (30.6 miles) ⓘDiabase quarry (Biberg quarry), Biberg (Bieberg), Saalfelden, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
51.2km (31.8 miles) ⓘSchleinitz, Ainet, Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria
References
Preite D. (1986) - Hopffeldboden (Salzburg, Austria) - Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, Milano, n. 1, pp. 1-11, 1986
 
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