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Magnetite from
Arzberg, Kottaun, Geras, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria


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Magnetite

Arzberg, Kottaun, Geras, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
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Magnetite, etc.

Arzberg, Kottaun, Geras, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
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Magnetite

Arzberg, Kottaun, Geras, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
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Magnetite, etc.

Arzberg, Kottaun, Geras, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
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Magnetite

Arzberg, Kottaun, Geras, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
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Magnetite, etc.

Arzberg, Kottaun, Geras, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hematite3
Edenite2
Fluorite2
Albite1
Phlogopite1
Clinochlore1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Arzberg, Kottaun, Geras, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:265247
Long-form Identifier:1:3:265247:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed quarry ("Andradite quarry"), Kottaun, Geras, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘWolfsbach, Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘChalcedony occurrence, Langau, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘZissersdorf, Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘMagnetite mine, Wolfsbach, Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘHengl quarry, Eibenstein an der Thaya, Raabs an der Thaya, Waidhofen an der Thaya District, Lower Austria, Austria
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘNonndorf gabbro quarry, Nonndorf bei Raabs, Raabs an der Thaya, Waidhofen an der Thaya District, Lower Austria, Austria
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘTrabenreith, Irnfritz-Messern, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘDrösiedl (Klein-Ulrichschlag), Irnfritz-Messern, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘPernegger Graben, Pernegg, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
References
Götzinger, M. A. (1978): Vorläufige Mitteilung über die Hauptminerale der Eisenlagerstätte Kottaun-Arzberg nördlich Geras, NÖ. Österr. Akad. Wiss., math.-naturw. Kl., Anz., 22-26.
Götzinger, M. A. (1981): Mineralogische Untersuchungen des Magnetitvorkommens Kottaun bei Geras, niederösterreichisches Moldanubikum. Ein Beitrag zur Genese von Skarnen. Sitzungsber. Österr. Akad. Wiss., math.-naturw. Kl., 190, 45-78
Exel, Reinhard (1993) Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs. Eigenverlag R. Exel. p.1-447.
Kolitsch, U. (2016): 1985) Aurichalcit, teils F-reicher Edenit und Phlogopit sowie Hinsdalit und Mo-reicher Scheelit vom Arzberg bei Kottaun, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 229-231 in Walter, F. et al. (2016): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXV. Carinthia II, 206./126., 203-250.
 
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