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Plagioclase from
Goldbichl prehistoric ritual immolation site slag locality, Igls, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria


Locality type:Ritual Immolation Site
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Goldbichl prehistoric ritual immolation site slag locality, Igls, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:833303
Long-form Identifier:1:3:833303:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
30.7km (19.1 miles) ⓘRinnerlahner, Vizze Pass (Pfitsch Pass; Pfitscher Joch), Sankt Jakob (San Giacomo), Pfitsch (Val di Vizze), Wipptal (Alta Vall'Isarco), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
37.8km (23.5 miles) ⓘUltramylonite occurrence, Finkenberg, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
42.0km (26.1 miles) ⓘHaderlehen (Knappenlöcher), Sautens, Imst District, Tyrol, Austria
45.0km (27.9 miles) ⓘLe Cave (Grasstein), Franzensfeste (Fortezza), Wipptal (Alta Vall'Isarco), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
53.0km (33.0 miles) ⓘVerpeilhütte, Verpeil valley, Kaunertal, Landeck District, Tyrol, Austria
57.8km (35.9 miles) ⓘNeuschwanstein I meteorite (Neuschwanstein meteorite), Schwangau, Ostallgäu District, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany
71.8km (44.6 miles) ⓘEmerald deposit, Leckbachgraben, Nasenkopf mountain, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
75.1km (46.6 miles) ⓘWeiß‑Spitze eclogites, Virgen valley, Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria
79.8km (49.6 miles) ⓘSteinsteg eclogite, Frosnitz valley, Matrei in Osttirol, Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria
80.8km (50.2 miles) ⓘMittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
References
Schneider, Philipp, Tropper, Peter, Kaindl, Reinhard (2013) The formation of phosphoran olivine and stanfieldite from the pyrometamorphic breakdown of apatite in slags from a prehistoric ritual immolation site (Goldbichl, Igls, Tyrol, Austria) Mineralogy and Petrology, 107 (2) 327-340 doi:10.1007/s00710-012-0255-1
 
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