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Lower Austria, Austria

Niederösterreich, Österreich

Notes:
- The localities are ordered according to their position within the local communities (part of the larger districts).
- 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 Supergroup
var: Byssolite
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
Arsenopyrite
Arthurite
'Asbestos'
Augite
var: Fassaite

Aurichalcite
Axinite-(Fe)
'Axinite Group'
Axinite-(Mg)
Azurite
Baileychlore
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
'Bauxite'
Bavenite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
'Biotite'
'var: Anomite'
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Böhmite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
'Brauner Glaskopf'
Brochantite
Brucite
Brushite
'Calamine'
Calcite
var: Iceland Spar
var: Lublinite
'Calcite Group'
Calderónite
Caledonite
Cassiterite
Celestine
Cerussite
Cervantite
'Chabazite'
'var: Phacolite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Clinochlore
var: Leuchtenbergite
var: Sheridanite
Clinohumite
Clinoptilolite-Ca
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'
'Columbite'
Connellite
'Copal'
Copiapite
Copper
Cordierite
Corkite
Corundum
Covellite
Cowlesite
Crandallite
'Crichtonite Group'
Cronstedtite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
Danalite
Delvauxite
Descloizite
Devilline
Diaspore
Digenite
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
'var: Ferrosalite'
Dolomite
var: Gurhofian
'Dopplerite'
Dravite
Duftite
Dumortierite
Dypingite
Ecandrewsite
Edenite
'Eichbergite'
Emplectite
Enargite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Ephesite
Epidote
'Epidote Group'
Ettringite
Euxenite-(Y)
'Feldspar Group'
Felsőbányaite
Ferro-Actinolite
Ferro-hornblende
Ferro-katophorite
'Flint'
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Galena
'Garnet'
'Garnet Structural Group'
Gibbsite
'Gismondine'
'Glaskopf'
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Graftonite
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
var: Hibschite
Gypsum
var: Alabaster
var: Selenite
'Halloysite'
Halotrichite
Harmotome
'Hartine'
Hartite (TL)
Hedenbergite
Helvine
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
var: Picotite
Hessite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Ca
Heyite
'Hornblende'
Huntite
Hydromagnesite
Hydrozincite
'Hypersthene'
Idaite
Ilmenite
Ixiolite
var: Wolframoixiolite

'Ixolite'
Jamesonite
Jarosite
'Jarosite-Natrojarosite Series'
Jordanite
Kaolinite
'Kelyphite'
Kesterite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
'Kupferpecherz'
Kyanite
Langite
Laumontite
Lazulite
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
'Leucophyllite (of Starkl)'
'Limonite'
'var: Bean Ore'
Lithiophilite
Lithiophorite
'Lithomarge'
Lizardite
Löllingite
Luzonite
Magnesio-arfvedsonite
var: Anophorite

Magnesiocopiapite
Magnesio-hornblende
Magnesite
var: Gelmagnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
Marcasite
Margarite
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
Pyroaurite
Pyroaurite-2H
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
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
Riebeckite Group
var: Crocidolite

Robinsonite
'Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite'

Römerite
Rosasite
Rozenite
Rutile
'Sagenite'
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
Staurolite
Stellerite
'Stevensite'
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Strontianite
Sulphur
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

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


416 entries listed. 269 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).

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.

Glaßner, F. (1928): Niederösterreichischer Bergsegen in alten Tagen. Blätter für Naturkunde und Naturschutz 7, 49-55.

Sigmund, A. (1937): Die Minerale Niederösterreichs. 2., neu bearb. und erweit. Aufl., F. Deuticke, Wien und Leipzig, 247 pp.

Holzer, H. (1964): Die Flinzgraphitvorkommen im außeralpinen Grundgebirge Ober- und Niederösterreichs. Verh. Geolog. B.-A., 1964, 360-371.

Gerabek, K. (1973): Geschichte des Bergbaues in Niederösterreich. Blätter für Technikgeschichte 34, 81-109.

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]

Steininger, F. F. (Ed.) (1996): Erdgeschichte des Waldviertels. Das Waldviertel 45, Heft 1, 1-160.

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.

Steininger, F. F. (Ed.) (2008): Waldviertel – Kristallviertel. Schriftenreihe Waldviertler Heimatbund, Bd. 49, 240 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 Broken? May 2013] [Download of maps]

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