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Lower Austria, Austria

Niederösterreich, Österreich

Notes:
- The literature on the Waldviertel area is listed separately (http://www.mindat.org/loc-24688.html).
- The mineralogy of Lower Austria is currently the focus of a long-term project (http://www.oeab.at/kulturgeologie/projekte.htm#minnoe); the first part of the project is on the Waldviertel and Weinviertel areas.


Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
var: Smaragdite
Adamite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Aeschynite-(Y)
Albite
var: Oligoclase
var: Pericline
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Almandine
'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Aluminoceladonite (TL)
Aluminocopiapite
Alunite
Alunogen
'Amber'
'var: Jaulingite'
'Amphibole Group'
Amstallite (TL)
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Andersonite
Andradite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite
var: Labradorite
Anthophyllite
'Antimony Ochre'
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
Arfvedsonite
var: Anophorite

Arsenopyrite
Arthurite
'Asbestos'
Augite
var: Fassaite

Aurichalcite
'Axinite'
Axinite-(Mg)
Azurite
Baileychlore
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
'Bauxite'
Bavenite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
Biotite
var: Anomite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Böhmite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
'Brauner Glaskopf'
Brucite
Brushite
'Calamine'
Calcite
var: Iceland Spar
var: Lublinite
Calderónite
Caledonite
Carminite ?
Cassiterite
Celestine
Cerussite
Cervantite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Cheralite ?
Chlorargyrite ?
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Cleusonite ?
Clinochlore
Clinochlore
var: Leuchtenbergite

var: Sheridanite
Clinohumite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'
Columbite
'Copalite'
Copiapite
Copper
Cordierite
Corundum
Covellite
Cowlesite
Crandallite
'Crichtonite Group'
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
Danalite
Delvauxite
Descloizite
Devilline
Diaspore
Digenite
Diopside
'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series
var: Ferrosalite'

Dolomite
var: Gurhofian
Dopplerite
Dravite
Duftite
Dumortierite
Ecandrewsite
Edenite
Eichbergite
Elbaite ?
Emplectite
Enargite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Ephesite
Epidote
Euxenite-(Y)
'Feldspar Group'
Felsőbányaite
Ferro-Actinolite
'Flint'
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Galena
Galenobismutite ?
'Garnet'
'Garnet Structural Group'
Gibbsite
'Gismondine'
'Glaskopf'
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Graftonite
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
Gypsum
var: Alabaster
var: Selenite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Harmotome
'Hartine'
Hartite (TL)
Hedenbergite
Helvite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
var: Picotite
Hessite
'Heulandite'
Heyite
Hibschite
'Hornblende'
Huntite
Hydrozincite
Hypersthene
Idaite
Ilmenite
Ixiolite
var: Wolframoixiolite

'Ixolite'
Jamesonite
Jarosite
'Jarosite-Natrojarosite Series'
Jordanite
Kaolinite
Katophorite
'Kelyphite'
Kesterite
'K Feldspar'
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Kobeite-(Y)
'Kupferpecherz'
Kyanite
Langite
Laumontite
Lazulite
Lepidolite
'Leucophyllite (of Starkl)'
Limonite
var: Bean Ore
Lithiophilite
Lizardite
Löllingite
Luzonite
Magnesiocopiapite
Magnesiohornblende
'Magnesioriebeckite-Riebeckite Series
var: Crocidolite'

Magnesite
var: Gelmagnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
Marcasite
Margarite
Mawbyite ?
Mawsonite
Meionite
Meixnerite (TL)
Melanterite
var: Cuprian Melanterite
'Melnikovite'
Meta-autunite
Metacinnabar
'Metahalloysite'
Metauranocircite
Metavariscite
Metavoltine
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Milarite
Mimetite
Mirabilite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
'Moonstone'
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Natrodufrénite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Nontronite
Olenite
'Olivine'
'var: Pilite'
Omphacite
Opal
var: Diatomite
var: Milk Opal
var: Moss Opal
var: Opal-CT
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Oxyplumboroméite
Oxy-rossmanite
'Ozocerite'
Palygorskite
Paracoquimbite
Paratacamite
Pargasite
Pearceite
'Perthite'
'Petrified Wood'
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Phengite
Philipsbornite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
'Pinite'
'Pinolite'
Plumbojarosite
Prehnite
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
Quartz
var: Amethyst

var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
var: Eisenkiesel
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Ranciéite
'Retinite'
Richterite
Riebeckite
Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite

Römerite
Rosasite
Rozenite
Rutile
Sampleite
Saponite
Sapphirine
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schorl
'Schraufite'
Segnitite
Seligmannite
Sepiolite
'Serpentine Group'
'var: Bastite'
Siderite
var: Sideroplesite
var: Sphärosiderite
Sillimanite
Silver
Slavíkite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Pleonaste
Stannite ?
Staurolite
Stellerite
Stevensite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Strontianite
Sulphur
Symplesite ?
Synchysite-(Ce)
Szomolnokite
Talc
var: Steatite
'Tektite
var: Moldavite'

Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorianite
Thorite
Titanite
Tochilinite
Todorokite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
'var: Rubellite'
Tremolite
Triphylite
Triplite
Turquoise
Tyrolite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende

Uricite
Uvite
Valentinite
Vanadinite
Variscite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Vivianite
'Wad'
'var: Cobaltian Wad' ?
Wellsite
Wittichenite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zincite
Zircon
Zoisite
var: Thulite


420 entries listed. 262 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals). 2 erroneous literature entries.

Localities in this Region

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References

- Stütz, A. (1807): Mineralogisches Taschenbuch. Enthaltend eine Oryctographie von Unterösterreich zum Gebrauche reisender Mineralogen. Hrg. von J. G. Megerle von Mühlfeld, Wien und Triest (Geistinger), 394 pp.
- Sigmund, A. (1902): Die Minerale Niederösterreichs. - Jahresber. k.k. Staatsgymn. Wien (XVIII. Bez.), 28, 1-46.
- Sigmund, A. (1909): Die Minerale Niederösterreichs. Wien und Leipzig, 194 pp.
- Sigmund, A. (1937): Die Minerale Niederösterreichs. 2., neu bearb. und erweit. Aufl., F. Deuticke, Wien und Leipzig, 247 pp.
- Huber, S. and Huber, P. (1977): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 8: Oberösterreich, Niederösterreich und Burgenland. C. Weise Verlag, München, 270 pp. (in German)
- Otruba, G. (1987): Überblick der Entwicklung des niederösterreichischen Bergbaus von seinen Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. In: Kusternig, A. (Hg.), Bergbau in Niederösterreich. - Studien und Forschungen aus dem Niederösterreichischen Institut für Landeskunde, 10, 61-308.
- Steininger, F. F. & Stürmer, F. (Hrsg.) (1990): Waldviertel - Kristallviertel. Ausstellungskatalog zur Sonderausstellung. Krahuletz-Museum-Katalog Nr. 11, Krahuletz-Museum Eggenburg, 190 pp.
- Kappelmüller, H. (1994): Mineralien-Fundstellen Niederösterreich. Bode Verlag, Haltern, 72 pp. (in German) [not very reliable]
- G. Wessely et al. (2006): Niederösterreich. Geol. Bundesanstalt, Wien, 416 pp.
- Hofmann, T. (Ed.) (2007): Wien Niederösterreich Burgenland. – Wanderungen in die Erdgeschichte. Band 22, Verlag Dr. Fritz Pfeil, 208 pp.

External Links

- http://mineralenoe.forenworld.at/index.php (Minerale Niederösterreichs; Plattform für Niederösterreichische Minerale und Sammler)
- http://www.landesmuseum.at/biophp/ [List of various Austrian geology/biology journals, most of them with free download of PDFs of scanned articles]
- http://www.noel.gv.at/Land-Zukunft/Karten-Geoinformation/Karten-Geodaten-Angebot/DownloadGeodatenKarten.html [Link dead. Feb 2012] [Download of maps]

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