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Gahnite from
Luftenberg quarries (Steininger quarry), Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria


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Gahnite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Gahnite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Gahnite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Gahnite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Gahnite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Gahnite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Gahnite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Gahnite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Gahnite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Gahnite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Gahnite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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Gahnite

Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Gahnite
Formula:ZnAl2O4
Comments:Originally only analysed by PXRD (thus, Fe-bearing spinel or hercynite can not be excluded). Confirmed by Kolitsch (2016).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gahnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Luftenberg quarries (Steininger quarry), Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:732359
Long-form Identifier:1:3:732359:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Gahnite
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘMeitschenhof, Pregarten, Freistadt District, Upper Austria, Austria
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘLoitzendorf, Alberndorf in der Riedmark, Urfahr-Umgebung District, Upper Austria, Austria
95.7km (59.4 miles) ⓘHomolka Hill, Stráž nad Nežárkou, Jindřichův Hradec District, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
References
Brandstetter, G. & M. Reich (1998): Luftenberg - eine bedeutende Pegmatitmineralisation in Oberösterreich. OÖ. Geonachr. 13, 11-25
Brandstetter, Gerhard; Reich, Martin (1999) Luftenberg - eine bedeutende Pegmatit-Mineralisation in Oberösterreich [Luftenberg - an important pegmatite mineralization in Upper Austria]. Mineralien-Welt, 10 (3). 31-43
Kolitsch, U. (2016): 1977) Anatas, Gahnit und ein Mineral der Kaolinit-Gruppe von Luftenberg bei Linz, Oberösterreich. Pp. 224-225 in Walter, F. et al. (2016): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXV. Carinthia II, 206./126., 203-250.
 
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