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Covellite from
Theisinger mill, Roßbachgraben, Obdach, Murtal District, Styria, Austria


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Covellite

Theisinger mill, Roßbachgraben, Obdach, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
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Covellite

Theisinger mill, Roßbachgraben, Obdach, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
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Covellite

Theisinger mill, Roßbachgraben, Obdach, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Theisinger mill, Roßbachgraben, Obdach, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:219481
Long-form Identifier:1:3:219481:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘGoldloch, Roßbachgraben, Amering, Obdach, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
0.2km (0.2 miles) ⓘSchwarzloch, Roßbachgraben, Amering, Obdach, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘSamer, Kothgraben (Kotgraben), Kleinfeistritz, Weißkirchen in Steiermark, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘGold mines, Kliening, Bad Sankt Leonhard im Lavanttal, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘSlag localities, Waitschach, Guttaring, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
21.7km (13.5 miles) ⓘBrunngraben district, Cu deposit (Schönberg), Flatschach, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘEmma adit, Ratteingraben, Guttaring, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
27.8km (17.3 miles) ⓘMarble quarry (Bürgergilt quarry; Bürgergilde quarry), Olsa, Friesach, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘAich quarry, Althofen, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
28.7km (17.9 miles) ⓘPleschitzkogel (Pleschitzen; Pleschutz; Knappenloch), Hirt, Micheldorf, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
References
Haditsch, J. G. (1963): Bemerkungen zur Arsenkies-Gold-Vererzung im oberen Lavanttal. Karinthin 48, 6-16.
 
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