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Forcherite from
Holzbrücken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria


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Forcherite

Holzbrücken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
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Forcherite

Holzbrücken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
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Forcherite

Holzbrücken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
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Forcherite

Holzbrücken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
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Forcherite

Holzbrücken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
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Forcherite

Holzbrücken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
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Forcherite

Holzbrücken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
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Forcherite

Holzbrücken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
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Forcherite

Holzbrücken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
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Forcherite

Holzbrücken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
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Forcherite

Holzbrücken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
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Forcherite

Holzbrücken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Opal var: Forcherite
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forcherite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Holzbrücken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:265275
Long-form Identifier:1:3:265275:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Maly, R. (1862): Forcherit von der sogenannten Holzbrückenmühle bei Knittelfeld. Journal für praktische Chemie, 1862, 86.
Anoymous (1861): Der Forcherit, ein neues Mineral aus der Steiermark. Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, 43, 205. („Das w. M., Herr Prof. Gottlieb, übersendet eine Mittheilung:„Der Forcherit, ein neues Mineral aus Steiermark", untersucht von Herrn R. Maly“)
Forcherit aus der Steiermark (1862) : Jahrbuch der k.k. geolog. Reichsanstalt 1861/1862, Sect, XII, p-65, 66.
Exel, Reinhard (1993) Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs. Eigenverlag R. Exel. p.1-447.
 
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