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Ilmenite from
Basalt quarry, Klöch, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria


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Ilmenite

Basalt quarry, Klöch, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
06887790017370938883902.jpg
Ilmenite

Basalt quarry, Klöch, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
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Ilmenite

Basalt quarry, Klöch, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Ilmenite
Formula:Fe2+TiO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ilmenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Basalt quarry, Klöch, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:305232
Long-form Identifier:1:3:305232:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ilmenite
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘStradner Kogel, Wilhelmsdorf, Bad Gleichenberg, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘSteinberg, Mühldorf bei Feldbach, Feldbach, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
25.5km (15.9 miles) ⓘZgornji Štrihovec, Šentilj, Slovenia
41.9km (26.1 miles) ⓘBasalt quarry, Weitendorf, Wildon, Leibnitz District, Styria, Austria
54.3km (33.8 miles) ⓘRemšnik mine, Podvelka, Slovenia
54.6km (34.0 miles) ⓘStubenberg Quarry, Stubenberg am See, Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District, Styria, Austria
57.0km (35.4 miles) ⓘHoller quarry, Badersdorf, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria
59.2km (36.8 miles) ⓘAmphibolite quarry (Schwemmhoisl quarry; Burgegg quarry), Schwemmhoisl farm, Warnblick, Deutschlandsberg, Deutschlandsberg District, Styria, Austria
59.7km (37.1 miles) ⓘTalc mine, Rabenwald (Rabenwaldkogel), Anger, Weiz District, Styria, Austria
61.8km (38.4 miles) ⓘGupper quarry, Wildbachgraben, Deutschlandsberg, Deutschlandsberg District, Styria, Austria
References
Taucher, J. & Hollerer, C. E. (1998): Minerale eines Si- und Al-reichen Xenoliths aus dem Basaltsteinbruch von Klöch, Nördlicher Bruch, (Steiermark, Österreich). Mitt. naturwiss. Ver. Steiermark 128, 21-42.
 
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