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Opal from
Haider quarry, Wald am Schoberpass, Leoben District, Styria, Austria


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Haider quarry, Wald am Schoberpass, Leoben District, Styria, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:767361
Long-form Identifier:1:3:767361:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
25.2km (15.7 miles) ⓘHolzbrĂŒcken mill, Ingering valley, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
30.7km (19.1 miles) ⓘKaintaleck Mine (Kaintalegg Mine; Hohenburg deposit), Oberdorf magnesite deposit, Oberdorf (Oberdorf an der Laming), TragĂ¶ĂŸ-Sankt Katharein, Bruck-MĂŒrzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria
32.3km (20.1 miles) ⓘWiesergut Mine (Wieser Mine), Oberdorf magnesite deposit, Oberdorf (Oberdorf an der Laming), TragĂ¶ĂŸ-Sankt Katharein, Bruck-MĂŒrzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria
45.6km (28.4 miles) ⓘSchwarzenberg quarry (Katsch quarry), Katsch an der Mur, Teufenbach-Katsch, Murau District, Styria, Austria
47.9km (29.7 miles) ⓘS6 motorway tunnel (Tanzenberg tunnel), Tanzenberg, Kapfenberg, Bruck-MĂŒrzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria
53.9km (33.5 miles) ⓘFrei-Gössnitz creek pegmatite outcrops, Maria Lankowitz, Voitsberg District, Styria, Austria
66.9km (41.6 miles) ⓘStoffhĂŒtte pegmatite, Deutschlandsberg, Deutschlandsberg District, Styria, Austria
71.4km (44.3 miles) ⓘBodenmoosgraben talc mine, Lessach, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
71.9km (44.7 miles) ⓘSpodumene prospect, BrandrĂŒcken, Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
76.4km (47.5 miles) ⓘSchwagbauer (Schwoagbauer), Osterwitz, Deutschlandsberg, Deutschlandsberg District, Styria, Austria
References
Josef Taucher & Christine Elisabeth Hollerer (2012): Chrysokoll und Opal mit Tetraedrit aus dem Steinbruch der GebrĂŒder Haider nördlich Wald am Schoberpaß, Steiermark. Der Steirische Mineralog 26, 54.
 
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