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Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

Waldviertel, Niederösterreich, Österreich

A region comprising the political districts Gmünd, Horn, Melk, Waidhofen an der Thaya and Zwettl.


Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Actinolite
Aegirine-augite
Albite
var: Pericline
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Almandine
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Aluminocopiapite
Alunite
Alunogen
'Amphibole Group'
Amstallite (TL)
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Andradite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite

var: Labradorite
Anthophyllite
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
var: Anophorite

Arsenopyrite
Augite
var: Fassaite

'Axinite'
Azurite
Baileychlore
Baryte
Bavenite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
Biotite
var: Anomite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Calcite
var: Iceland Spar
Cassiterite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysotile
Cleusonite ?
Clinochlore
var: Sheridanite
Clinohumite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'
Columbite
Copper
Cordierite
Corundum
Covellite
Cowlesite
Crandallite
'Crichtonite Group'
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
Danalite
Delvauxite
Diaspore
Diopside
Dolomite
var: Gurhofian
Dravite
Dumortierite
Edenite
Elbaite ?
Enstatite
var: Bronzite

Ephesite
Epidote
Euxenite-(Y)
'Feldspar Group'
Felsőbányaite
Ferro-Actinolite
'Flint'
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Galena
Galenobismutite ?
'Garnet'
'Garnet Structural Group'
Gibbsite
'Gismondine'
Goethite
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
Gypsum
var: Alabaster
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Harmotome
Hedenbergite
Helvite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
'Heulandite'
Hibschite
'Hornblende'
Huntite
Ilmenite
Ixiolite
var: Wolframoixiolite

Jarosite
Kaolinite
Katophorite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Kyanite
Laumontite
Lepidolite
Limonite
Magnesiocopiapite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Margarite
Meionite
Meixnerite (TL)
Meta-autunite
'Metahalloysite'
Metauranocircite
Metavariscite
Metavoltine
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Milarite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
Natrodufrénite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Nontronite
Olenite
'Olivine'
'var: Pilite'
Omphacite
Opal
var: Diatomite
var: Milk Opal
var: Moss Opal
var: Opal-CT
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Oxy-rossmanite
Palygorskite
Paracoquimbite
Paratacamite
Phenakite
Phengite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
'Pinite'
Prehnite
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrope
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
Quartz
var: Chalcedony

var: Citrine
var: Eisenkiesel
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Richterite
Römerite
Rutile
Sampleite
Saponite
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schorl
Sepiolite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Sillimanite
Slavíkite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Pleonaste
Stannite ?
Staurolite
Stellerite
Stevensite
'Stilbite'
Synchysite-(Ce)
Szomolnokite
Talc
'Tektite
var: Moldavite'

Thomsonite-Ca
Thorianite
Thorite
Titanite
Tochilinite
Todorokite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
'var: Rubellite'
Tremolite
Triplite
Turquoise
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende

Uricite
Uvite
Variscite
Vermiculite
Vivianite
Wellsite
Wollastonite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon
Zoisite


250 entries listed. 158 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region

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References

- Huber, S. & Huber, P. (1977): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 8: Oberösterreich, Niederösterreich und Burgenland. C. Weise Verlag, München, 270 pp.
- Steininger, F. F. & Stürmer, F. (Hrsg.) (1990): Waldviertel - Kristallviertel. Katalogreihe Krahuletz-Mus., 11, Krahuletz-Museum-Katalog Nr. 11, Krahuletz-Museum Eggenburg, 190 S.
- Niedermayr, G. (1990): Systematische Übersicht der Mineralarten des Waldviertels.- In: Steininger, F. F. & Stürmer, F. (Hrsg.): Waldviertel - Kristallviertel, Katalogreihe Krahuletz-Mus., 11, 35-45, Eggenburg.
Krahuletz-Museum-Katalog Nr. 11, Krahuletz-Museum Eggenburg, 190 S.
- Götzinger, M. A., Beran, A. & Libowitzky, E. (1994): Exkursion A: Mineralvorkommen und Lagerstätten im östlichen Waldviertel. Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 139, 389-405.
- Steininger, F. F. (Hrsg.) (1996): Erdgeschichte des Waldviertels. Das Waldviertel 45, Heft 1, 1-160.
- Steininger, F. F. (Hrsg.) (2008): Waldviertel – Kristallviertel. Schriftenreihe Waldviertler Heimatbund, Bd. 49, 240 S.
- Thinschmidt, A. (2008): Systematische Übersicht der Mineralarten des Waldviertels.- In: Steininger, F. F. (Hrsg.): Waldviertel - Kristallviertel. Die steinerne Schatzkammer Österreichs, Schriftenr. Waldv. Heimatbund, 49, 125-143.


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