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Actinolite from
Löffelbachgraben (Puchegg), Vorau, Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District, Styria, Austria


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Actinolite

Löffelbachgraben, Vorau, Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District, Styria, Austria
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Actinolite

Löffelbachgraben, Vorau, Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District, Styria, Austria
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Actinolite

Löffelbachgraben, Vorau, Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District, Styria, Austria
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Löffelbachgraben (Puchegg), Vorau, Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District, Styria, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:644100
Long-form Identifier:1:3:644100:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
26.6km (16.5 miles) ⓘKaltenbach valley (Kaltenbachgraben), Spital am Semmering, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria
31.8km (19.7 miles) ⓘSerpentinite quarry (Rumpersdorf quarry), Glashütten bei Schlaining, Unterkohlstätten, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria
41.4km (25.7 miles) ⓘLead mine, Graschnitzgraben, Sankt Marein im Mürztal, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria
42.1km (26.1 miles) ⓘKalapos-kő, Bozsok, Kőszeg District, Vas County, Hungary
44.3km (27.5 miles) ⓘTalc mine, Felsõcsatár, Szombathely District, Vas County, Hungary
44.6km (27.7 miles) ⓘZöldpala Quarry, Felsõcsatár, Szombathely District, Vas County, Hungary
44.8km (27.8 miles) ⓘS35 motorway tunnel (Kirchdorf tunnel), Kirchdorf, Pernegg an der Mur, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria
62.5km (38.8 miles) ⓘHäuselberg, Leoben, Leoben District, Styria, Austria
64.0km (39.8 miles) ⓘRailway tunnel, Galgenberg, Leoben, Leoben District, Styria, Austria
68.8km (42.7 miles) ⓘLobminggraben quarry, Lobminggraben, Sankt Stefan ob Leoben, Leoben District, Styria, Austria
References
Tufar, Werner (1968) Fuchsit vom Puchegg bei Vorau (Oststeiermark) Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 12 (2) 182-203 doi:10.1007/bf01130260
 
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