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Valentinite from
Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria


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Valentinite

Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
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Valentinite

Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
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Valentinite

Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
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Valentinite

Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
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Valentinite

Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
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Valentinite

Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
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Valentinite

Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
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Valentinite

Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
00231080017272735772337.jpg
Valentinite

Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
04585280017271989219021.jpg
Valentinite

Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
00422680017271989228644.jpg
Valentinite

Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
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Valentinite

Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
Locality type:Mine Dump
Classification
Species:Valentinite
Formula:Sb2O3
Comments:Yellow or white, often twinned (see http://www.mindat.org/mesg-7-128482.html); erroneously described by Schebesta (1992) as "leiteite".
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Valentinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:23685
Long-form Identifier:1:3:23685:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Valentinite
59.2km (36.8 miles) ⓘHickersdorferberg District, Zeltschach, Friesach, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
59.2km (36.8 miles) ⓘRaschenberg District, Zeltschach, Friesach, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
61.8km (38.4 miles) ⓘSankt Martin am Silberberg, Hüttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
65.8km (40.9 miles) ⓘSchottenauergraben, Schottenau, Mosinzgraben, Hüttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
67.4km (41.9 miles) ⓘHüttenberger Erzberg, Hüttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
85.3km (53.0 miles) ⓘHapatnikkogel stibnite deposit, Klein Sankt Veit, Völkermarkt, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria
87.8km (54.6 miles) ⓘUmberg, Wernberg, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
88.0km (54.7 miles) ⓘOswaldiberg tunnel (A10 Highway tunnel), Oswaldiberg, Villach, Carinthia, Austria
88.7km (55.1 miles) ⓘTerpetzen, Trixen, Völkermarkt, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria
88.8km (55.2 miles) ⓘSb deposit, Leßnig, Kleblach-Lind, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
References
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Schebesta, Karl (1992) Schlackenminerale aus der Walchen bei Öblarn/Steiermark [Slag minerals from the Walchen near Öblarn/Styria]. Lapis, 17 (2). 19-30; 50
Kolitsch, U. (2013): 1824) Plumbojarosit, Wroewolfeit und die Phase Ca[Zn8(SO4)2(OH)12Cl2](H2O)9 aus den Schlacken der Walchen bei Öblarn, Niedere Tauern, Steiermark. Pp. 133-134 in Niedermayr, G. et al. (2013): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXII. Carinthia II, 203./123., 91-146.
 
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