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Magnesite from
Wanzenau, Gars am Kamp, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria


Classification
Species:Magnesite
Formula:MgCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wanzenau, Gars am Kamp, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:926366
Long-form Identifier:1:3:926366:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnesite
15.3km (9.5 miles) Dörrmühle (Hofmühle), Rastbach, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
22.5km (14.0 miles) Serpentinite quarry, Pingendorf, Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
22.7km (14.1 miles) Lower serpentinite quarry, Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
23.7km (14.7 miles) Graphite quarry, Wollmersdorf (Zettlitz-Wollmersdorf), Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
25.9km (16.1 miles) Hengl quarry, Eibenstein an der Thaya, Raabs an der Thaya, Waidhofen an der Thaya District, Lower Austria, Austria
27.1km (16.9 miles) Klein-Heinrichschlag, Albrechtsberg an der Großen Krems, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
34.2km (21.3 miles) Trandorf, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
34.3km (21.3 miles) Turquoise ditch (Weinberg Forest), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
37.4km (23.2 miles) Mitterbachgraben, Gansbach, Dunkelsteinerwald, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria
38.8km (24.1 miles) Sand pit, Rosenthal, Karlstetten, Sankt Pölten-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
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