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Tyrol, Austria

Tirol, Österreich

NOTE:
Mineral collecting in the Central Eastern Alps ("Nationalpark Hohe Tauern", covering areas within Salzburg, Tyrol and Carinthia) is restricted by law since 2003: collection is generally forbidden in 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 [Link Broken? May 2013] (see also http://www.hohetauern.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=478&Itemid=48).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
Aegirine
'Aeschynite'
Aeschynite-(Y)
Åkermanite
Albite
var: Pericline
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Allophane
var: Cupro-Allophane
Almandine
Alum-(K)
Alunite
'Amber
var: Kochenite'

'Ammonite
var: Ammolite'

Amphibole Supergroup
var: Byssolite

Anatase
Andalusite
Andradite
var: Melanite
var: Topazolite
Anglesite
Anhydrite (TL)
Ankerite
Annabergite
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
Antimony
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Aphthitalite
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
Arsenbrackebuschite
Arsendescloizite
Arsenogoyazite
Arsenopyrite
'Asbestos'
Asbolane
'Asphaltum'
Aspidolite
Atacamite
Augite
Aurichalcite
'Axinite Group'
Azurite
Babingtonite
Baddeleyite
Balkanite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Barstowite
Baryte
'Bauxite'
Bavenite
Bayldonite
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
'Betpakdalite Group'
Beudantite
'Biotite'
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
'Bismuth Ochre'
'Blaubleibender Covellite'
Blödite
Bornite
Botallackite
Botryogen
Bournonite
Braunite
Brianyoungite
Brochantite
Brookite
Brucite
'Calamine'
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
var: Plumboan Calcite
'Calcite Group'
Callaghanite
Calumetite
Carbonatecyanotrichite
Caryopilite
Celestine
var: Barian Celestine
Cerussite
Cervantite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chamosite
'Chert'
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chondrodite
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Claraite
'Clay'
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore
var: Pennine
Clinoclase
Clinohumite
var: Titanclinohumite
'Clinotyrolite'
Clinozoisite (TL)
Cobaltite
'Cobaltoan Arsenopyrite'
Conichalcite
'Conichalcite-Duftite Series'
Connellite
Copper
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Covellite
Crichtonite
'Crichtonite Group'
'Crichtonite-Senaite Series'
Crocoite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cuprite
var: Tile ore
Cuproroméite
Cyanotrichite
D'Ansite (TL)
Datolite
Descloizite
Devilline
'Diallage'
Diaspore
Digenite
Diopside
Dolomite
var: Greinerite
Duftite
Elyite
Enargite
Enstatite
Epidote
Erythrite
Ettringite
Euchroite
Euclase
Eugenite
Euxenite-(Y)
Famatinite
'Famatinite-Luzonite Series'
'Feldspar Group'
Fergusonite-(Y)
Ferrihydrite
Ferrimolybdite
Fibroferrite
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Freibergite
Friedelite
Gadolinite-(Y)
Gahnite
Galena
'Garnet'
'Garnet Structural Group'
'Genèvéite'
Geocronite
Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
'Glass'
Glauberite
Glaucodot
Glauconite
Glaukosphaerite
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
var: Hessonite
Gustavite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halite
Harmotome
Hedenbergite
Helvine
Hematite
var: Iron Rose
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Ca
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Hörnesite
Hydrobiotite
Hydrocerussite
Hydromagnesite
Hydrotungstite
Hydrozincite
Idaite
Ilmenite
'Ilsemannite'
Ilvaite
Jacobsite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Kambaldaite
Kaolinite
Karlite (TL)
'Keramohalite'
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Kipushite
Koutekite
Ktenasite
Kyanite
Lanarkite
Langbeinite
Langite
Laumontite
'Lechatelierite'
Leightonite
Leogangite
Lepidocrocite
'Limonite'
'var: Stilpnosiderite'
Linarite
Linnaeite
Litharge
Löweite
Ludwigite
'Lumachelle'
Luzonite
Mackinawite
Maghemite
Magnesiochromite
Magnesite
var: Breunnerite
var: Mesitine Spar
Magnetite
Malachite
Mallestigite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
'Manganomelane'
Marcasite
Margarite (TL)
'Margarodite'
Matildite
Mawsonite
Melanterite
Mercury
Metacinnabar
Metazeunerite
Microcline
Milarite
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium
Mirabilite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monohydrocalcite
'Moonstone'
Mottramite
Muscovite
var: Alurgite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Namuwite
Nesquehonite
Nickelhexahydrite
Olivenite
var: Leucochalcite
'Olivine'
Omphacite
Orpiment
Orthoserpierite
Oxyplumboroméite
Paragonite
Pararealgar
Pargasite
var: Carinthine

Parnauite
Pearceite
Pentahydrite
Pentlandite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Philipsburgite
Phoenicochroite
Picromerite
Piemontite
'Pinite'
'Pinolite'
'Pitticite'
Plumbojarosite
'Plumosite'
Polybasite
Polyhalite
Posnjakite
'Pregrattite'
Prehnite
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
Pseudorutile
'Psilomelane'
'Pumice'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
var: Oil Quartz
var: Prase
var: Pseudocubic Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Sceptre Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Realgar
Retgersite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Richelsdorfite
Romanèchite
'Roméite Group'
'var: Stetefeldtite'
'var: Stibiconite'
Rosasite
Rouaite
Rozenite
Rutile
var: Nigrine
Sabelliite
Safflorite
'Sagenite'
Salammoniac
Sanidine
Sarkinite
'Saussurite'
'Scapolite'
'Schalenblende'
Schallerite
Scheelite
Schorl
Schulenbergite
Scolecite
Semseyite
Serpierite
'Shungite'
Siderite
var: Pistomesite
Siderotil
Siegenite
Sillimanite
Silver
Smithsonite
Spangolite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
var: Marmatite
Spinel
Stanfieldite
Stannite
Staurolite
'Stibioenargite'
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stilpnomelane
Stranskiite
Strashimirite
Strontianite
var: Emmonite
Sulphur
Synchysite-(Ce)
Talc
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tephroite
Terlinguaite
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
var: Bismuthian Tetrahedrite
var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite
Theisite
Thenardite
Thermonatrite
Thomsonite-Ca
Tiragalloite
Titanite
Todorokite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tripuhyite
Tungstenite
Turquoise
Tyrolite (TL)
'Tyrolite-1M'
'Tyrolite-2M'
'U153 (of Schnorrer)'
Ullmannite
'Unnamed (Cu-Sb Oxyde-Chloride)'
'Unnamed (Cu-Zn Arsenate-Sulphate)'
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uvarovite
'Uvite'
Vaesite
Valentinite
Valleriite
Vanadinite
Vanthoffite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Violarite
'Wad'
'var: Cobaltian Wad'
Willemite
Witherite
Wittichenite
'Wolframite'
Woodwardite
Wroewolfeite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xenotime-(Y)
Yukonite
Zapatalite
Zeunerite
Zinc
Zincolivenite
Zircon
Zoisite


470 entries listed. 335 valid minerals. 6 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Austria

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References

Sperges, J. v. (1765): Tiroler Bergwerksgeschichte. Wien, xx pp.

Senger, J. v. (1806): Beiträge zur Geschichte des Bergbaues in Tirol. Sammler, 1, 75-150.

Doblicka, K. (1852): Tirols Mineralien. Reprint, xx 120 pp.

Liebener, L. (1852): Die Mineralien Tirols. Innsbruck, Wagner, 304 pp.

Wolfstriegl-Wolfskron, M. R. v. (1903): Die Tiroler Erzbergbaue 1301-1665. Innsbruck, xx pp.

Gasser, G. (1913): Die Mineralien Tirols einschließlich Vorarlbergs und der Hohen Tauern. Wagnersche Universitätsbuchhandlung, Innsbruck, 548 pp.

Srbik, R. (1929): Bergbau in Tirol und Vorarlberg in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Ber. d. Naturwiss.-med. Vereins, Innsbruck, 41, 113-279. [http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/BERI_41_0113-0279.pdf]

Klebelsberg, R. v. (1939): Nutzbare Bodenvorkommnisse in Nordtirol. Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum, 19, 1-56.

Vohryzka, K. (1968): Die Erzlagerstätten von Nordtirol und ihr Verhältnis zur alpinen Tektonik. Jb. Geol. B.-A., 111, 3-88.

Exel, R. (1982): Die Mineralien Tirols, Band 2: Nord- und Osttirol, Vorarlberg. Verlag Athesia, Bozen, 198 pp.

Neinavaie, H.; Ghassemi, B.; Fuchs, H. (1983): Die Erzvorkommen Osttirols. Veröffentlichungen des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum, 63, 69-114.

Kuntscher, H. (1986): Höhlen, Bergwerke, Heilquellen in Tirol und Vorarlberg. Band 1, Steiger Verlag, Berwang, xx pp.

Vavtar, F. (1988): Die Erzanreicherungen im Nordtiroler Stubai-, Ötztal- und Silvrettakristallin. Arch. f. Lagerst.forsch. Geol. B.-A. 9, 103-153.

Hochleitner, R. (1989): Mineralfundstellen im Land Tirol. Christian Weise Verlag, München, 128 pp.

Stöhr, W., Ed. (2006): Osttirol. Naturjuwele südlich des Felbertauern. StudienVerlag Innsbruck, 284 pp.

Niedermayr, G. & Wittern, A. (2009): Mineralreiches Österreich - Tirol, Salzburg, Vorarlberg. Bode Verlag, Haltern, 144 pp.

External Links

http://geschichte-tirol.com/
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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