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Tourmaline from
Gneiss quarry, Schneidergraben, Mörbisch am See, Eisenstadt-Umgebung District, Burgenland, Austria


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gneiss quarry, Schneidergraben, Mörbisch am See, Eisenstadt-Umgebung District, Burgenland, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:684245
Long-form Identifier:1:3:684245:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘKő hill quarry, Kópháza, Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary
29.3km (18.2 miles) ⓘBasalt quarry, Pauliberg, Markt Sankt Martin, Oberpullendorf District, Burgenland, Austria
34.8km (21.6 miles) ⓘSpratzau, Hollenthon, Wiener Neustadt-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
49.4km (30.7 miles) ⓘChina clay deposit ('Aspanger Weißerde' deposit), Aspangberg-Sankt Peter, Neunkirchen District, Lower Austria, Austria
52.2km (32.4 miles) ⓘCopper mine (Stuppachgraben), Silbersberg, Stuppach, Gloggnitz, Neunkirchen District, Lower Austria, Austria
53.0km (32.9 miles) ⓘAmphitheatre, Castle stone, Devín, Bratislava IV, Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
60.2km (37.4 miles) ⓘTalergraben (Thalergraben), Trattenbach, Neunkirchen District, Lower Austria, Austria
66.2km (41.1 miles) ⓘSchendleck (Schendlegg), Großau, Reichenau an der Rax, Neunkirchen District, Lower Austria, Austria
66.8km (41.5 miles) ⓘFeistritzwald (Feistritz valley), Northern District, Prinzkogel mines, Prinzkogel (Prinzenkogel), Rettenegg, Weiz District, Styria, Austria
72.8km (45.2 miles) ⓘHirnriegel, Ganz valley, Langenwang, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria
References
Brandstätter, F., Kolitsch, U. & Niedermayr, G. (2010): 1663) Apatit, Calcit, Klinochlor, Quarz und Titanit sowie andere Mineralien aus dem Gneis-Steinbruch im Schneidergraben bei Mörbisch, Burgenland. Pp. 247-248 in Niedermayr et al. (2010): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LIX. Carinthia II, 200./120., 199-260.
 
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