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Cuprite from
Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria


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Cuprite

Barbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
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Cuprite

Barbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
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Cuprite

Barbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
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Cuprite, etc.

Barbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
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Cuprite

Barbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
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Cuprite

Barbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
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Cuprite

Barbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
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Cuprite, etc.

Barbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
07903450017272725319687.jpg
Cuprite

Barbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
07036380017272071649534.jpg
Cuprite

Barbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
04747090017272071659050.jpg
Cuprite

Barbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
01413870017272071651695.jpg
Cuprite, etc.

Barbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cerussite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:200024
Long-form Identifier:1:3:200024:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Cuprite in this Region
Barbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘBarbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘPleschitzkogel (Pleschitzen; Pleschutz; Knappenloch), Hirt, Micheldorf, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘMarble quarry (Bürgergilt quarry; Bürgergilde quarry), Olsa, Friesach, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘEmma adit, Ratteingraben, Guttaring, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘMartis Mine (Schmiede Mine), Ratteingraben, Guttaring, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
14.9km (9.3 miles) ⓘSlag localities, Waitschach, Guttaring, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘGaisberg, Olsa, Friesach, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
19.8km (12.3 miles) ⓘSankt Martin am Silberberg, Hüttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
22.3km (13.8 miles) ⓘModre quarry, Dragonerfels, Rammersdorf, Völkermarkt, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria
28.9km (18.0 miles) ⓘJohanniskogel, Flattnitz, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
References
Niedermayr, G. (1987): 656. Aurichalcit, Hemimorphit, Serpierit und andere Oxydationsmineralien aus dem Barbarastollen von Meiselding. Pp. 292-293 in Niedermayr G., Brandstätter F., Moser B. & Postl W. (1987): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XXXVI. Carinthia II, 177./97., 283-329.
Niedermayr, G.; Praetzel, I. (1995) Mineralien Kärntens. Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten. 232 pp.
 
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