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Leiteite from
Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria


Locality type:Mine Dump
Classification
Species:Leiteite
Formula:Zn(As2O4)
Comments:Re-analysis by SXRD (Uwe Kolitsch) showed the twinned "leiteites" (Schebesta, 1992) to be valentinites (Kolitsch, 2013; see also http://www.mindat.org/mesg-7-128482.html).
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Leiteite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:23669
Long-form Identifier:1:3:23669:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Schebesta, Karl (1992) Schlackenminerale aus der Walchen bei Öblarn/Steiermark [Slag minerals from the Walchen near Öblarn/Styria]. Lapis, 17 (2). 19-30; 50
Kolitsch, U. (2013): 1824) Plumbojarosit, Wroewolfeit und die Phase Ca[Zn8(SO4)2(OH)12Cl2](H2O)9 aus den Schlacken der Walchen bei Öblarn, Niedere Tauern, Steiermark. Pp. 133-134 in Niedermayr, G. et al. (2013): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXII. Carinthia II, 203./123., 91-146.
 
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