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Vesuvianite from
Ochsenriegel, Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria


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Vesuvianite

Ochsenriegel, Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
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Vesuvianite

Ochsenriegel, Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
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Vesuvianite

Ochsenriegel, Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
Classification
Species:Vesuvianite
Formula:Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Grossular1
- var Hessonite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vesuvianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ochsenriegel, Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:200445
Long-form Identifier:1:3:200445:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vesuvianite
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘPfeiferstocker Inn, Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
8.1km (5.1 miles) ⓘKrennkogel, Sankt Georgen im Lavanttal, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘStraßerhalt, Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘBodenhütte, Sankt Georgen im Lavanttal, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘGressenberg, Bad Schwanberg, Deutschlandsberg District, Styria, Austria
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘHematite Mine, Waldenstein, Wolfsberg, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘSt. Leonhard auf der Saualpe, Griffen, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘRainerwald lodge, Rainerwald, Hirschegg-Pack, Voitsberg District, Styria, Austria
33.4km (20.8 miles) ⓘPlankogel, Knappenberg, Hüttenberger Erzberg, Hüttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
74.9km (46.6 miles) ⓘStubenberg Quarry, Stubenberg am See, Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District, Styria, Austria
References
ARGE Mineralogie d. Vereinigung Steirischer Mineraliensammler (1982) Neufund von der Koralpe. Granat und Vesuvian vom Ochsenriegel [New finds from the Koralpe. Garnet and vesuvianite from Ochsenriegel]. Lapis, 7 (12) 31
Niedermayr, G.; Praetzel, I. (1995) Mineralien Kärntens. Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten. 232 pp.
 
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