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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.




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)
- 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.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
var: Smaragdite
Adamite
'Adularia'
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Aeschynite-(Y)
Albite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Almandine
'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
Aluminoceladonite (TL)
Alunite
Alunogen
'Amber'
'var: Jaulingite'
Amstallite (TL)
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Andersonite
Andradite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite
var: Labradorite
Anthophyllite
'Antimony Ochre'
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
Arfvedsonite
var: Anophorite

Arsenopyrite
Augite
var: Fassaite

Aurichalcite
'Axinite'
Axinite-(Mg)
Azurite
Baileychlore
Baryte
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
'Bauxite'
Bavenite
Bertrandite
Beryl
Bindheimite
Biotite
var: Anomite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Böhmite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
'Brauner Glaskopf'
Brushite
'Calamine'
Calcite
var: Iceland Spar
var: Lublinite
Calderónite
Caledonite
Cassiterite
Celestine
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Ca
'Chalcedony
var: Agate'

'var: Petrified Wood'
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chlorargyrite ?
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Clinochlore
var: Leuchtenbergite
var: Sheridanite
Clinohumite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'
Columbite
'Copalite'
Copiapite
Copper
Cordierite
Corundum
Covellite
Cowlesite
Crandallite
Cuprite
Danalite
Delvauxite
Descloizite
Devilline
Diaspore
Digenite
Diopside
Dolomite
var: Gurhofian
Dopplerite
Dravite
Dumortierite
Ecandrewsite
Eichbergite
Elbaite ?
Enargite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Ephesite
Epidote
Euxenite-(Y)
'Feldspar Group'
Fluorite
Forsterite
Galena
'Garnet Group'
Gibbsite
Gismondine
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Graftonite
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
Gypsum
var: Alabaster
var: Selenite
Harmotome
'Hartine'
Hartite (TL)
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'
'K Feldspar'
Kobeite-(Y)
Kyanite
Langite
Laumontite
Lazulite
Lepidolite
'Leucophyllite (of Starkl)'
Limonite
var: Bean Ore
Lithiophilite
Lizardite
Löllingite
Luzonite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesite
var: Gelmagnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
Marcasite
Margarite
Meionite
Meixnerite (TL)
Melanterite
var: Cuprian Melanterite

'Melnikovite'
Meta-autunite
'Metahalloysite'
Metauranocircite
Metavariscite
Metavoltine
Microcline
Milarite
Mimetite
Mirabilite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
'Moonstone'
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
Natrodufrénite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Nontronite
Olenite
'Olivine'
'var: Pilite'
Omphacite
Opal
var: Milk Opal
var: Moss Opal
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Oxy-rossmanite
'Ozocerite'
Paracoquimbite
Pargasite
Pearceite
'Perthite'
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Phlogopite
'Pinite'
'Pinolite'
Prehnite
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Citrine
var: Eisenkiesel
var: Milky Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
'Retinite'
Richterite
Riebeckite
var: Crocidolite
Römerite
Rutile
Sampleite
Saponite
Sapphirine
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schorl
'Schraufite'
Sepiolite
'Sericite'
'Serpentine Group'
'var: Bastite'
Siderite
var: Sphärosiderite
Sillimanite
Silver
Slavíkite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Pleonaste
Staurolite
Stevensite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Strontianite
Sulphur
Symplesite ?
Synchysite-(Ce)
Szomolnokite
Talc
var: Steatite
'Tektite
var: Moldavite'

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

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


958 entries listed. 218 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region:
Austria
 
  • Lower Austria
    • Bad Vöslau
      • St Veit an der Triesting
      • Statzendorf
      • Otterthal
      • Berg
    • Königsbrunn
      • Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge
      • Perchtoldsdorf
        • Neumühle
      • Neustadtl an der Donau
        • Zelking
    • Schwechat
      • Rabenstein an der Pielach
      • Schwerbach - Weißenburg area
      • Pottschach
    • Trübenbach
        • Hainfeld
          • Ramsau
      • Puchenstuben
        • Brandmäuer Mt.
      • Schwarzenbach an der Pielach
        • Marbach an der Kleinen Krems
          • Kottaun
        • Unterlembach
          • St Marein
          • Maiersch
          • Limberg
        • Messern
          • Stiefern
        • Altpölla
          • Bernhards
        • Raxendorf
        • Groß-Siegharts
          • Ludweis
        • Pfaffenschlag
        • Schwarzenau
      • Yspertal
        • Echsenbach
        • Groß-Gerungs
      • Ernstbrunn
      • Hohenwarth-Mühlbach am Manhartsberg
      • Dreistetten
      • Katzelsdorf
      • Rotengrub
      • Waldegg
        • Wopfing
        • Langau

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