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Carinthia, Austria

Kärnten, Österreich

NOTES:
Mineral collecting in the Central Eastern Alps ("Nationalpark Hohe Tauern", covering areas within Salzburg, Tyrol and Carinthia) is restricted by law since 2003: Collecting is generally forbidden within a central zone (except for scientific studies), and allowed under certain conditions within a border zone. The limits of these zones are given here: http://www.fg-traunstein.de/downloads/npht_zonierung.pdf (see also http://www.hohetauern.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=478&Itemid=48).

An additional license is necessary for mineral collecting in Carinthia. It can be obtained via the 'Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten' (in Klagenfurt).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
Aegirine
Agardite-(La)
Aikinite
Ajoite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Aleksite
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
'Allemontite'
Allophane
Almandine
Aluminocopiapite
Alumohydrocalcite
Alunogen
'Amber'
'var: Jaulingite'
'var: Rosthornite'
'Amphibole Group'
'var: Byssolite'
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Andradite
Anglesite
var: Barytoanglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annabergite
var: Magnesian Annabergite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite
var: Labradorite
Anorthoclase
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
Antimony
Antlerite
'Apatite'
'var: Phosphorite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
'Argentiferous Gold'
Argentopyrite
Arsenbrackebuschite
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenobismite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
'Asbestos'
Asbolane
Aschamalmite
'Asphaltum'
Augelite
Augite
var: Fassaite ?
Aurichalcite
Autunite
Awaruite
'Axinite'
Axinite-(Fe)
Azurite
Babingtonite
Barroisite
Baryte
Bavenite
Bayldonite
Bazzite
Beaverite-(Cu)
Benjaminite
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
β-Uranophane
Beudantite
Beyerite
Bianchite
Biotite
Birnessite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bixbyite
Bjarebyite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brannerite
Braunite
Brazilianite
Brochantite
Brookite
Brushite
Bukovskýite
Burangaite
Buserite
'Calamine'
'Calcioancylite'
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
var: Plumboan Calcite
Caledonite
Camerolaite
Cannonite
Carbonatecyanotrichite
Carrollite
Cassiterite
Celadonite ?
Celestine
var: Barian Celestine
Cerussite
Cervantite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chabazite-K
Chalcanthite
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chamosite
var: Bavalite
var: Thuringite
Chenite
Childrenite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chromatite
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Claraite
Cleusonite
Clinochlore
var: Leuchtenbergite
var: Nickeloan Clinochlore ?
var: Pennine
var: Ripidolite
Clinochrysotile
Clinohumite
'Clinoptilolite'
Clinotyrolite
Clinozoisite
'Coal
var: Anthracite'

Cobaltite
Cobaltpentlandite
Coffinite
Collinsite
Columbite-(Fe)
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copiapite
Copper
Cordierite
Corkite
Corundum
Cosalite
var: Antimonian Cosalite
Cotunnite
Covellite
Crandallite
Cristobalite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
var: Tile ore
Cupropavonite
Cuproroméite
Cyanotrichite
Cyrilovite
Dachiardite-Na
Datolite
Delafossite
Descloizite
var: Dechenite
Devilline
'Deweylite'
Diaboleite
Diadochite
'Diallage'
Diaphorite
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Dravite
Duftite
Dumortierite
Dundasite
Dypingite
Elyite
Emplectite
Enargite
Enstatite
Epidote
Epsomite
'Erionite'
Erythrite
var: Mg-rich Erythrite
Eskimoite
Euclase
'Fahlunite'
Fairfieldite
Famatinite
Felbertalite
'Feldspar Group'
Felsőbányaite
Ferberite
'Ferrierite'
Ferrierite-Mg
Ferrimolybdite
Ferrisicklerite
Ferrisymplesite
Fibroferrite
Fiedlerite
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Fougèrite
Fraipontite
Freibergite
'Gadolinite'
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
Galenobismutite
'Garnet'
Gersdorffite
var: Antimonian Gersdorffite
Gibbsite ?
Giessenite
Gladite
Glauconite
Glaucophane
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Gormanite
Goslarite
Goyazite
Graphite
Greenockite
Greifensteinite
Grossular
var: Hessonite
Groutite
Grunerite
'Gummite'
Gustavite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Harmotome
Hausmannite
Hawleyite
Heazlewoodite
Hedleyite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
var: Picotite

Hessite
Heteromorphite ?
Heterosite
'Heulandite'
Hexahydrite
Heyrovskýite
Hinsdalite
Hocartite
Hollandite
Holmquistite
'Hornblende'
Hörnesite
Humite ?
Hydrocerussite
Hydromagnesite
'Hydromuscovite'
Hydroniumjarosite
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite
Hydroxylherderite
Hydrozincite (TL)
Ice
Idaite
Illite
Ilmenite
Ilsemannite (TL)
Imiterite
'Ixolite'
Izoklakeite
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Jordisite
Joséite
Junoite ?
Kahlerite (TL)
Kaňkite
Kaolinite
Kermesite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
'Klaprothite (of Petersen)'
Koninckite
Krupkaite
Kulanite
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Langite
Lanthanite-(La)
Laumontite
Laurionite
Lead
Leadhillite
Lechatelierite
var: Fulgurite

Leogangite
Lepidocrocite
Liebigite
Lillianite
Limonite
var: Bean Ore
var: Stilpnosiderite
Linarite
Linnaeite
Litharge
Lithiophilite
Lizardite
Löllingite (TL)
Loseyite ?
Ludlamite
Ludlockite
'Lumachelle'
Mackinawite
Maghemite ?
Magnesioferrite
Magnesite
var: Breunnerite
var: Mesitine Spar
Magnetite
Malachite
Mallestigite (TL)
Manganite
Manganogel
Manganogrunerite
Marcasite
Margarite
Marialite
Massicot
Matildite
Matioliite
Matlockite
Maucherite
Mawsonite
Mcguinnessite
Meionite
Melanterite
Mellite
Melonite
Mercury
Mesolite
Messelite
Meta-autunite
Metacinnabar
Metakahlerite
Metastibnite
Metatorbernite
Miargyrite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite Group
var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
Milarite
Millerite
Millisite ?
Mimetite
Minium
Mixite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monohydrocalcite ?
Montanite
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Mordenite
Morenosite ?
Mottramite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Nacrite
Namuwite
Natrite
Natrolite
Népouite
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
Nitrobarite
Nontronite
Nordstrandite
Nsutite
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Omphacite
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orpiment
Orthoclase
Owyheeite
Oxyplumboroméite
Palmierite
Palygorskite
Paragonite
Paralaurionite
Pararammelsbergite
Pararealgar
Parasymplesite
Pargasite
var: Carinthine
Parnauite
Pavonite
Pekoite
Pentlandite
Perhamite
Perovskite
'Petrified Wood'
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Philipsburgite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Phosgenite
Phurcalite
Pickeringite
Picropharmacolite
'Pinite'
Pitticite
Plagionite
Plattnerite
Plumbojarosite
'Plumosite'
Polybasite
Posnjakite
'Pregrattite'
Prehnite
Preisingerite
'Prochlorite'
Proustite
Pseudoboleite
Pseudomalachite ?
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)
Purpurite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
'Pyrobitumen'
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Capped Quartz
var: Carnelian
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
Quartz
var: Jasper

var: Milky Quartz
var: Prase
var: Pseudocubic Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Sceptre Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
'Quartz-beta'
Rammelsbergite
Ramsbeckite
Ranciéite
Realgar
'Retinite'
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rockbridgeite
Romanèchite
Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite

Römerite
Rosasite
Roscherite
Rösslerite
Rozenite
Rutherfordine
Rutile
var: Niobian Rutile
var: Sagenite (of Saussure)
Safflorite
Saléeite
Sanidine ?
Saponite
'Scapolite'
'Schalenblende'
Scheelite
Schorl
Schulenbergite
Schultenite
'Schwarzer Glaskopf'
Scolecite
Scorodite
Scorzalite
Selenium
Seligmannite ?
Sénarmontite
Sepiolite
'Serpentine Group'
Serpierite
Shattuckite
Siderite
var: Pistomesite
var: Sideroplesite
var: Sphärosiderite
Siderotil
Siegenite
Sillimanite
Silver
Skutterudite
Slavíkite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
var: Marmatite
Spinel
Spodumene
Stannite
Staurolite
Stellerite
Stephanite
Stibarsen
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Stolzite
Strashimirite
Strontianite
Strontiodresserite
Sulphur
Sylvanite
Symplesite
'Synchysite'
Synchysite-(Ce)
Szomolnokite
Talc
var: Steatite
Talmessite
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tephroite
Tetradymite
Tetraferriannite
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite
Thaumasite
Theisite
Thomsonite-Ca
Titanite
Todorokite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite' ?
Tremolite
Tridymite ?
Triphylite
Tsumoite
Tunnerite (of Cornu)
Tyrolite
Ullmannite
'Unnamed (Orthorhombic dimorph of Barstowite)'
'Unnamed (Pb-Bi Telluride Sulphide II)'
'Unnamed (Pb-Bi Telluride Sulphide III)'
'Unnamed (Pb-Bi Telluride Sulphide IV)'
Uralolite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranophane
Uranopilite
Uranpyrochlore
Uvite
Valentinite
Valleriite
Vanadinite
Vashegyite
Vauquelinite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Violarite
Vivianite
Volborthite
'Wad'
Wardite
Weeksite
Weinebeneite (TL)
Wellsite
Whiteite-(CaFeMg)
Whiteite-(CaMnMg)
Whitlockite
Willemite
Witherite
Wittichenite
Wollastonite ?
Woodruffite
Wroewolfeite
Wulfenite (TL)
var: Calcian Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xenotime-(Y)
Yecoraite
Zálesíite
Zanazziite
Zaratite
'Zeiringite'
Zincite
Zincolivenite
Zippeite
Zircon
Zoisite (TL)
var: Pseudozoisite


750 entries listed. 501 valid minerals. 7 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region

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References

- Höfer, H. (1870): Die Mineralien Kärntens. Ferdinand von Kleinmayr, Klagenfurt, 84 pp.
- Brunlechner, A. (1884): Die Minerale des Herzogthums Kärnten. – Verlag Ferdinand von Kleinmayr, Klagenfurt, 130 pp.
- CANAVAL, R. (1893): Notizen über die Eisensteinbergbaue Oberkärntens. Carinthia II, Mitt. Naturwiss. Ver. f. Ktn., 83./3., 157-161.
- Wießner, H.: Geschichte des Kärntner Bergbaues. 3 Bände, 1950-53 [Teil I: Geschichte des Kärntner Edelmetallbergbaues. Klagenfurt 1950, xx pp.; Teil II: Geschichte des Kärntner Buntmetallbergbaues. Klagenfurt 1951, xx pp.; Teil III: Kärntner Eisen. Verlag des Geschichtsvereins für Kärnten, Klagenfurt 1953, xx pp.]
- Friedrich, O. M. (1955): Die Kärntner Erzlagerstätten. I. Teil: Quecksilberlagerstätten. Carinthia II, 145./65., 25-38. [http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/CAR_145_65_0025-0038.pdf]
- Meixner, H. (1957): Die Minerale Kärntens. I. Systematische Übersicht und Fundorte. Carinthia II, Sonderheft 21, 147 pp.
- Weninger, H. (1976): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 5: Steiermark und Kärnten. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 231 pp.
- Ucik, F. H. (1979): Geologische Karten von Kärnten - Bibliographie. Schriftenreihe für Raumforschung und Raumplanung, Band 19, 1-19 (& 4 maps).
- Niedermayr, G. und Praetzel, I. (1995): Mineralien Kärntens. Naturwissenschaftl. Verein für Kärnten, Klagenfurt, 232 pp.
- Pichler, A. (2003): Bergbau in Ostkärnten. Eine Bestandsaufnahme der noch sichtbaren Merkmale der historischen Bergbaue in Ostkärnten. 60. Sonderheft der Carinthia II, Klagenfurt 2003, 304 S.
- Paar, W. H., Günther, W. & Gruber, F. (2006): Das Buch vom Tauerngold. Revised, bilingual (German-Englisch) 2nd ed., Verlag Anton Pustet, 568 pp.
- Pichler, A. (2009): Bergbau in Westkärnten. Eine Bestandsaufnahme der noch sichtbaren Merkmale der historischen Bergbaue in Westkärnten. Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten, Sonderheft Nr. 63, 416 pp.

External Links

- http://www.indra-g.at/datenbanken/literaturnachweise/lit-nachw-einzel/
- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergbau_in_K%C3%A4rnten
- http://www.landesmuseum.at/biophp/ [List of various Austrian geology/biology journals, most of them with free download of PDFs of scanned articles]

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