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Albite from
Luftenberg quarries (Steininger quarry), Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria


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Albite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Albite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Albite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Albite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Albite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Albite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Albite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Albite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Albite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Albite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Albite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Albite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorapatite5
Columbite-(Fe)3
Muscovite2
Quartz2
Rutile2
Apatite1
Bertrandite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Luftenberg quarries (Steininger quarry), Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
Photo GalleryView Gallery (13 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:647245
Long-form Identifier:1:3:647245:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘFloriani quarry (Haider quarry), Pulgarn, Steyregg, Urfahr-Umgebung District, Upper Austria, Austria
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘMeitschenhof, Pregarten, Freistadt District, Upper Austria, Austria
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘLoitzendorf, Alberndorf in der Riedmark, Urfahr-Umgebung District, Upper Austria, Austria
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘPoschacher Quarry (Granite quarry), Perg, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
32.2km (20.0 miles) ⓘOberbergen quarry, Grein, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
35.9km (22.3 miles) ⓘPlöcking, St. Martin im Mühlkreis, Rohrbach District, Upper Austria, Austria
36.8km (22.9 miles) ⓘSteinhaus quarry (Maria-Luise quarry), Kleinzell im Mühlkreis, Rohrbach District, Upper Austria, Austria
39.5km (24.5 miles) ⓘSarmingstein, Sankt Nikola an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
40.4km (25.1 miles) ⓘMalaschofsky quarry, Waldhausen im Strudengau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
40.9km (25.4 miles) ⓘGloxwald quarries, Waldhausen im Strudengau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
References
various correctly added photos
Brandstetter, G. & M. Reich (1998): Luftenberg - eine bedeutende Pegmatitmineralisation in Oberösterreich. OÖ. Geonachr. 13, 11-25
Brandstetter, Gerhard; Reich, Martin (1999) Luftenberg - eine bedeutende Pegmatit-Mineralisation in Oberösterreich [Luftenberg - an important pegmatite mineralization in Upper Austria]. Mineralien-Welt, 10 (3). 31-43
 
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