| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Dumortierite |
| Formula: | Al(Al2O)(Al2O)2(SiO4)3(BO3) |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Dumortierite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Gföhl Quarry (Gnant quarry; Zöchling quarry; Traunfellner quarry), Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 506977 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:506977:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d77481b5-817c-4e98-a399-ef17dbd37c34 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Dumortierite |
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| 3.0km (1.9 miles) | ⓘGföhleramt, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria |
| 6.2km (3.8 miles) | ⓘUnnamed quarry, Lengenfeld, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria |
| 9.0km (5.6 miles) | ⓘUpper serpentinite quarry, Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria |
| 9.2km (5.7 miles) | ⓘLower serpentinite quarry, Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria |
| 13.1km (8.1 miles) | ⓘUnterkienstock, Rossatz, Rossatz-Arnsdorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria |
| 13.4km (8.4 miles) | ⓘKlein-Heinrichschlag, Albrechtsberg an der Großen Krems, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria |
| 19.1km (11.9 miles) | ⓘEngabrunn, Grafenegg, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria |
| 19.2km (11.9 miles) | ⓘGranulite quarry (Asamer quarry; Wanko gravel works), Meidling, Paudorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria |
| 19.3km (12.0 miles) | ⓘSaugraben, Wiedendorf, Straß im Straßertale, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria |
| 19.8km (12.3 miles) | ⓘAmstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria |
| References |
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Fuchs, Y., Ertl, A., Hughes, J.M., Prowatke, S., Brandstätter, F. & Schuster, R. (2005): Dumortierite from the Gföhl unit, Lower Austria: chemistry, structure, and infra-red spectroscopy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 173-183. |
Gföhl Quarry, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria