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Calcite from
Lainberg motorway tunnel, Sankt Pankraz, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria


Locality type:Tunnel
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lainberg motorway tunnel, Sankt Pankraz, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:770666
Long-form Identifier:1:3:770666:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘVOEST Quarry, Steyrling, Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘHuttererhöß, Hinterstoder, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘMoltersberg, Spital am Pyhrn, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘKaltau (Falkenmauertörl), Steyrling, Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
14.9km (9.2 miles) ⓘHinterstein Alp gypsum quarry (Pyhrn gypsum quarry), Spital am Pyhrn, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘTannberg, Spital am Pyhrn, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘHüttgraben, Spital am Pyhrn, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
17.3km (10.8 miles) ⓘGaisberg limestone quarry, Molln, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘKasberg, Grünau, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘGaisberg (Gaisberg - Dürres Eck area), Molln, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
References
J.Taucher, in: Nummer 1026: Dolomit und Calcit aus dem Richtstollen des Autobahntunnels Lainberg bei St.Pankraz, Windischgarsten, Oberösterreich. Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XLV. Carinthia II, Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Kärnten 186 / 106, Klagenfurt 1996, Seite 111 –151 (Seite 140).
 
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