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Baryte from
Traun river dam (Traun power plant), Pucking, Linz-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria


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Baryte

Traun river dam, Pucking, Linz-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Baryte

Traun river dam, Pucking, Linz-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Baryte

Traun river dam, Pucking, Linz-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria
Locality type:Dam
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Traun river dam (Traun power plant), Pucking, Linz-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:906018
Long-form Identifier:1:3:906018:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘDanube power station, Abwinden, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
22.3km (13.8 miles) ⓘNöbling sand pit, Katsdorf, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
32.4km (20.1 miles) ⓘTrattenbach, Ternberg, Steyr-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria
33.1km (20.6 miles) ⓘAntersbach valley, Ternberg, Steyr-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria
33.4km (20.7 miles) ⓘWendbach area, Ternberg, Steyr-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria
43.9km (27.3 miles) ⓘPöchlauer Kogel (Ertl), Konradsheim, Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Lower Austria, Austria
46.3km (28.7 miles) ⓘRotgsol (Rotgsoll), Molln, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
46.7km (29.0 miles) ⓘGschliefgraben, Gmunden, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
47.2km (29.3 miles) ⓘMötlas, Königswiesen, Freistadt District, Upper Austria, Austria
47.8km (29.7 miles) ⓘKönigsau, Sandl, Freistadt District, Upper Austria, Austria
References
Neschen, Peter (n.d.) Personal communication.
Kolitsch, U. (2015): 1935) Almandin, Aragonit, Baryt, Heulandit-Na, Klinoptilolith-Na, ein Magnesiochromit-Spinell-Mischkristall und Schwefel vom Traunkraftwerk Pucking, Oberösterreich. Pp. 241-243 in Niedermayr, G. et al. (2015): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXIV. Carinthia II, 205./125., 207-280.
 
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