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Sphalerite from
Marble quarry, Kochholz, Dunkelsteinerwald, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria


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Sphalerite

Marble quarry, Kochholz, Dunkelsteinerwald, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
09564830017372556242523.jpg
Sphalerite

Marble quarry, Kochholz, Dunkelsteinerwald, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
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Sphalerite

Marble quarry, Kochholz, Dunkelsteinerwald, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tremolite2
Serpentine Subgroup2
Forsterite2
Calcite2
Dolomite2
Apatite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Marble quarry, Kochholz, Dunkelsteinerwald, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:475081
Long-form Identifier:1:3:475081:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘIm Liagl, Kochholz, Dunkelsteinerwald, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘIn der Luck’n, Häusling, Dunkelsteinerwald, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘPb-Zn mine, Arzberg (Atzberg), Weißenkirchen in der Wachau, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
14.9km (9.2 miles) ⓘAm Schuß quarry, Am Schuß, Weiten, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
15.7km (9.7 miles) ⓘAmstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
16.5km (10.3 miles) ⓘGraphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
17.9km (11.1 miles) ⓘRenz quarry, Elsenreith, Kottes-Purk, Zwettl District, Lower Austria, Austria
19.1km (11.9 miles) ⓘSchmoll quarry, Bernhards, Kottes-Purk, Zwettl District, Lower Austria, Austria
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘMalaschofsky Quarry, Brunn am Walde, Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘQuarry I, Loja, Persenbeug-Gottsdorf, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
References
Knobloch, Gerald (2004) Unverhofft kommt oft - die Entdeckung einer unbekannten kleineen Sphalerit-Lagerstätte im Dunkelsteinerwald, Niederösterreich [Unexpected things often happen - the discovery of an unknown small sphalerite deposit in the Dunkelsteinerwald, Lower Austria]. Mineralien-Welt, 15 (1). 28-33
Kurz, B. (2009): Zn-Fe-Pb-Cu-Mineralisationen in Marmoren der Bunten Serie, Böhmische Masse, Niederösterreich. Diplom Thesis, Universität Wien, 147 pp. [http://othes.univie.ac.at/6722/]
Kolitsch, U. (2018): 2095) Arsenopyrit (Co-haltig), Fluorapatit, Geikielith, Klinochlor und Zirkonolith im Spinell-Forsterit-Marmor von Kochholz, Dunkelsteinerwald, Niederösterreich. Pp. 238-240 in Walter, F. et al. (2018): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXVII. Carinthia II, 208./128., 185-254.
 
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