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Burgenland, Austria

Burgenland, Österreich

Prior to 1921, this region belonged to Hungary and was composed of three comitats (counties, Hungarian: vármegye):
- Wieselburg (Moson)
- Ödenburg (Sopron)
- Eisenburg (Vas)

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Aegirine
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Amphibole Supergroup
Analcime
Andradite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Anorthoclase
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Augite
var: Titanian Augite
Azurite
Baryte
'Basaltic Hornblende'
Bassanite
Berthierite
'Biotite'
Braunite
Calcite
var: Lublinite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Cervantite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcopyrite
Chayesite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Clinochlore
Clinochlore
var: Pennine

'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
Copper
Cordierite
Cristobalite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Diopside
Dolomite
Enstatite
Epidote
Epsomite
'Erionite'
Fluorapatite
Fluoro-edenite
Fluoro-richterite
Forsterite
'Garnet'
Gehlenite
Goethite
Graphite
Grossular
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Harmotome
Haüyne
Hematite
var: Martite
Hercynite
Hexahydrite
Hollandite
Hydroxylapatite
'Iddingsite'
Ilmenite
Indialite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Kermesite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

'Leucoxene'
'Limonite'
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
'var: Manganese Dendrites'
Marcasite
'Mica Group'
Montmorillonite
Mullite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
Nepheline
Nontronite
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Osumilite
Parasymplesite
Pargasite
Periclase
Perovskite
'Phillipsite'
Phillipsite-Ca
Phillipsite-K
Phlogopite
Pseudobrookite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
Ranciéite
Rhönite
'Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite'

Rozenite
Rutile
Sanidine
Scorodite
Siderite
Sodalite
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Talc
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
Todorokite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Uricite
Valentinite
Valleriite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Vivianite
'Wellsite'
Zoisite


135 entries listed. 104 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

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References

Holzer, H. (1960): Die Vorkommen von Erzen, Steinen und Erden im Burgenland. Burgenländische Heimatblätter 22, No. 4, 161-166.

Huber, S. and Huber, P. (1977): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 8: Oberösterreich, Niederösterreich und Burgenland. C. Weise Verlag, München, 270 pp. (in German)

TUMA, F. (1991): Über Fundstellen im südlichen Burgenland. Mineralien-Welt, 2 (6), 32-40.

MÖRTL, E. (2000): Das österreichische Burgenland – neue Fundstellen und Neues von bekannten Lokalitäten. Mineralien-Welt, 11 (1), 36-47.

MÖRTL, E. (2000): Mineralfundstellen aus dem Burgenland. MEFOS, 11, Nr. 20, 18-21.

Schönlaub, H. P., Ed. (2000): Geologie der österreichischen Bundesländer. Burgenland. Erläuterungen zur Geologischen Karte des Burgenlandes 1 : 200.000. Geologische Bundesanstalt, Wien, Austria, 130 pp.

Hofmann, T. (Ed.) (2007): Wien Niederösterreich Burgenland. – Wanderungen in die Erdgeschichte. Band 22, Verlag Dr. Fritz Pfeil, 208 pp.

Erich Keck, Ernst Cemak, Anton Mayer und Rudolf Pavuza (2008): Höhlen und Stollen im Burgenland. Band 122 der Wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten aus dem Burgenland, Landesmuseum Burgenland, Eisenstadt, 158 pp.

Autorenkollektiv (Red. M. A. Götzinger und P. Huber) (2009): Die Mineralien des Burgenlandes - Geologie, Mineralogie und mineralische Rohstoffe. – Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten aus dem Burgenland, Band 126, Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung, Abteilung 7 - Landesmuseum, Eisenstadt, 256 S.

Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung, Abteilung 7 - Landesmuseum (2012): Als das Burgenland noch am Meer lag. Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten aus dem Burgenland (WAB), Band 142, 80 S.

External Links

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.burgenland-bunch.org/Villages/Villages.htm [Link Broken? Mar 2013] [with old Hungarian names of Burgenland villages]

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