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Quartz from
Kasberg, Grünau, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria


Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kasberg, Grünau, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:770625
Long-form Identifier:1:3:770625:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
20.0km (12.4 miles) ⓘHuttererhöß, Hinterstoder, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘGypsum-anhydrite mine, Wienern, Grundlsee, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘTeltschen-Rötelstein (Teltschen-Röthelstein; Teltschengraben), Bad Mitterndorf, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘSchoberstein Mountain, Trattenbach, Ternberg, Steyr-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria
28.9km (18.0 miles) ⓘReiterndorf quarry, Bad Ischl, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘHinterstein Alp gypsum quarry (Pyhrn gypsum quarry), Spital am Pyhrn, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘBad Ischler Salzberg, Perneck, Bad Ischl, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
33.2km (20.6 miles) ⓘTannberg, Spital am Pyhrn, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
34.1km (21.2 miles) ⓘHüttgraben, Spital am Pyhrn, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘGroßauer quarry (Grossauer quarry), Reichraming, Steyr-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria
References
Postl, W. and Bojar, H.-J. (1999): 1181. Calcit, Coelestin, Gips, Markasit und Quarz vom Kasberg, südlich Grünau im Almtal, Oberösterreich. P. 225 in Niedermayr, G. et al. (1999): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XLVIII. Carinthia II, 189./109., 201-236.
 
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