Aragonite-calcite veins of the ‘Erzberg’ iron ore deposit (Austria) : environmental implications from young fractures

• Main Authors: Boch, Ronny, Wang, Xianfeng, Kluge, Tobias, Leis, Albrecht, Lin, Ke, Pluch, Hannes, Mittermayr, Florian, Baldermann, Andre, Böttcher, Michael E., Dietzel, Martin
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Aragonite; Vein
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137003
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The well-known Erzberg site represents the largest siderite (FeCO 3 ) deposit in the world. It consists of various carbonates accounting for the formation of prominent CaCO 3 (dominantly aragonite) precipitates filling vertical fractures of different width (centimetres to decimetres) and length (ten...