Franz Bernhard's Photo Gallery
86P-Q2CBaryte BaSO4
Field of View: 25 mm
Mass of colorless, bladed and slightly frosted baryte crystals on a fissure of a fossiliferous conglomerate. Collected 07/23/2023 from the debris below the outcrop. The whole specimen is about 30x20 cm large, with a few more small areas with baryte, but these are not well crystallized.
Oncolite outcrop
Rare case of oncolite outcrop below beds of sand- and siltstone at point 113 east of Kreuzwirt, Geistthal. See also previous pic. The red object is ca. 12 cm high, pic taken 06/16/2022.
Oncolite outcrop
Rare case of oncolite outcrop (right of red object) below beds of sand- and siltstone at point 113 east of Kreuzwirt, Geistthal. See also following pic. The red object is ca. 12 cm high, pic taken 06/16/2022.
0YK-W0COncolite
Field of View: 140 mm
Small, weathered oncolite boulder from point 70 east of Kreuzwirt, Geistthal. Note the varying density of packing of oncoids, but I don´t know, whats up and whats down.
Oncolite boulder
Oncolite boulder at point 116 east of Kreuzwirt, Geistthal. Note co-occurrence of large and small oncoids. Field of view ca. 26 cm, the red object is ca. 12 cm large, pic taken 08/31/2023.
Overview Point 116
Overview of point 116 east of Kreuzwirt, Geistthal from the tractor track. At the red X, the dig site with many individual oncoids, to the lower left the hillside with mainly oncolite boulders. Pic taken 08/31/2023.
Overview Point 116
Overview of point 116 east of Kreuzwirt, Geistthal, from the creek. In the middle oncolite boulders, at the red x the dig site with many individual oncoids at a tractor track. Pic taken 08/31/2023.
Oncolite
Oncolite boulder with relatively large oncoids at point 116 east of Kreuzwirt, Geistthal. Field of view ca. 28 cm, pic taken 08/31/2023.
Lots of individual oncoids
Lots of relatively large, individual oncoids at the dig site at point 116 east of Kreuzwirt, Geistthal. Height of red object ca. 12 cm, pic taken 06/18/2023.
Oncolite dig site
Oncolite dig site at point 116 east of Kreuzwirt, Geistthal, with lots of individual, relatively large oncoids. Pic taken 06/18/2023.
