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⇱ 332-MRQ - Cordierite


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Cordierite

Specimen ID: 332-MRQ

Cordierite : Mg2Al4Si5O18
Mindat locality:
Lower serpentinite quarry, Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
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Unaltered (apart from a very thin superficial layer) cordierite in pegmatite matrix. Collection Helmut Pristacz, photo Harald Schillhammer. This was one of the best specimens described in: Pristacz, H., Kolitsch, U., Löffler, E. & Knobloch, G. (2009): 1597) Cordierit, Dumortierit, Fluorapatit, Monazit, Rutil und Turmalin aus einem Pegmatit in einem Serpentinitsteinbruch bei der Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 216-218 in: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2009): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVIII. Carinthia II, 199/119, 189-236.
Harald Schillhammer - 5th October 2022
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