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Adularia from
Hochfeistritz, Eberstein, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria


Locality type:Hamlet
Classification
Species:K Feldspar var: Adularia
Formula:KAlSi3O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Adularia data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hochfeistritz, Eberstein, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:200936
Long-form Identifier:1:3:200936:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Adularia
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘBuch, Wieting, Klein Sankt Paul, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘHohenwart, Bad Sankt Leonhard im Lavanttal, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
28.6km (17.7 miles) ⓘMining museum schist occurrences, Kreuzbergl massif, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Carinthia, Austria
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘA2 Highway tunnel (Falkenberg tunnel), Wölfnitz, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Carinthia, Austria
30.9km (19.2 miles) ⓘSpodumene prospect, Brandrücken, Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
44.4km (27.6 miles) ⓘAuenbach valley, Metnitz, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
44.4km (27.6 miles) ⓘNiedergößnitz, Maria Lankowitz, Voitsberg District, Styria, Austria
45.2km (28.1 miles) ⓘPuchbach (Grabenmühle), Maria Lankowitz, Voitsberg District, Styria, Austria
45.4km (28.2 miles) ⓘAmphibolite quarry (Schwemmhoisl quarry; Burgegg quarry), Schwemmhoisl farm, Warnblick, Deutschlandsberg, Deutschlandsberg District, Styria, Austria
46.9km (29.1 miles) ⓘFrauenalpe south slope, Metnitz, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
References
Niedermayr, G.; Praetzel, I. (1995) Mineralien Kärntens. Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten. 232 pp.
 
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