Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opalised Wood

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opalised wood, a closeup on fragment of the root system of tree fern?

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Csaterberge, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Peter Huber photo, collection of Simone & Peter Huber

Opal

Csaterberge, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Peter Huber photo, collection of Engelbert Zmarits

Manganese Oxides, Limonite

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Thin layers of manganese oxide crusts (dark grey, on limonite) covering greenschist rock.

© J.Kornaga

Opalised Wood

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opalised stems of reeds

© J.Kornaga

Jasper

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Fresh water opals from opal occurence of Kohfidisch

© J.Kornaga

Chrysotile

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

© J.Kornaga

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Bluish chalcedony thin crusts

© J.Kornaga

Chrysotile

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Chrysotile coming from quarry wall

© J.Kornaga

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Chalcedony thin crusts

© J.Kornaga

Opalised Wood

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Fragments of opalised wood

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

© J.Kornaga

Opal (Var: Jasper Opal)

Csaterberge, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

© Takehiro Touge

Serpentine Subgroup

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Large clusters of fine and fragile serpentine minerals well exposed on rock portions built of serpentinites

© J.Kornaga

Opalised Wood

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opalised wood, a closeup

© J.Kornaga

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Chalcedony filling the emptiness of the rock

© J.Kornaga

Opalised Wood

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opalised wood, a closeup

© J.Kornaga

Opalised Wood

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opalised stems of reeds

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Fresh water opals from opal occurence of Kohfidisch

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Fresh water opals from opal occurence of Kohfidisch

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Fresh water opals from opal occurence of Kohfidisch

© J.Kornaga

Opal-AN (Var: Hyalite)

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Globular form of colourless opal inside empties of opal matrix

© J.Kornaga

Opal occurrence

Csaterberge, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opal occurrence Hoch-Tschater-Berg Photo by Alfred Passath in March 2015

© Alfred Passath

Crushing and sorting plant

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Crushing and sorting plant, before entering to the quarry

© J.Kornaga

GLÜCK AUF (Bergbau Gruß) auf dem Holzschuppen

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

An old mining greeting GLÜCK AUF on the wall of a wooden shed

© J.Kornaga

Opal occurence

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opal field with numerous, but overgrown depressions and holes after extraction of jasper and opal

© J.Kornaga

Opalfelsenblock

Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Dauerausstellung des Steinmuseums im Zentrum von Kohfidisch mit einem Opalfelsenblock

© J.Kornaga

Mine machinery

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

One of the curiosities of the quarry

© J.Kornaga

Steinmuseum of Csaterberg

Klein-Csater-Berg, Csaterberge, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Steinmuseum mit stein raritaten in Kleincsaterberg

© J.Kornaga

The second wooden shed with machines

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

A wooden shed in the Bauern Wald forest as part of the mining history of the region

© J.Kornaga

Gravel pit

Gravel pits, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

The one of gravel pitches in Kohfidisch

© J.Kornaga

Old quarry in Bauernwald

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

View on quarry walls

© J.Kornaga

Old heavy mine vehicles

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

© J.Kornaga

View on quarry wall

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

© J.Kornaga

Full view

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

GLÜCK AUF

© J.Kornaga

Gluck Auf

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

An old mining greeting GLÜCK AUF on the wall of a wooden shed

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Csaterberge, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Peter Huber photo, collection of Engelbert Zmarits

Opalised Wood

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opalised wood, a closeup on fragment of the root system of tree fern?

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Csaterberge, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Peter Huber photo, collection of Simone & Peter Huber

Manganese Oxides, Limonite

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Thin layers of manganese oxide crusts (dark grey, on limonite) covering greenschist rock.

© J.Kornaga

Opalised Wood

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opalised stems of reeds

© J.Kornaga

Jasper

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

© J.Kornaga

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Bluish chalcedony thin crusts

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Fresh water opals from opal occurence of Kohfidisch

© J.Kornaga

Chrysotile

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

© J.Kornaga

Chrysotile

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Chrysotile coming from quarry wall

© J.Kornaga

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Chalcedony thin crusts

© J.Kornaga

Opalised Wood

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Fragments of opalised wood

© J.Kornaga

Serpentine Subgroup

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Large clusters of fine and fragile serpentine minerals well exposed on rock portions built of serpentinites

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

© J.Kornaga

Opal (Var: Jasper Opal)

Csaterberge, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

© Takehiro Touge

Opalised Wood

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opalised wood, a closeup

© J.Kornaga

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Chalcedony filling the emptiness of the rock

© J.Kornaga

Opalised Wood

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opalised wood, a closeup

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Fresh water opals from opal occurence of Kohfidisch

© J.Kornaga

Opalised Wood

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opalised stems of reeds

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Fresh water opals from opal occurence of Kohfidisch

© J.Kornaga

Opal

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Fresh water opals from opal occurence of Kohfidisch

© J.Kornaga

Opal-AN (Var: Hyalite)

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Globular form of colourless opal inside empties of opal matrix

© J.Kornaga

GLÜCK AUF (Bergbau Gruß) auf dem Holzschuppen

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

An old mining greeting GLÜCK AUF on the wall of a wooden shed

© J.Kornaga

Opal occurrence

Csaterberge, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opal occurrence Hoch-Tschater-Berg Photo by Alfred Passath in March 2015

© Alfred Passath

Crushing and sorting plant

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Crushing and sorting plant, before entering to the quarry

© J.Kornaga

Opal occurence

Opal occurrence, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Opal field with numerous, but overgrown depressions and holes after extraction of jasper and opal

© J.Kornaga

Opalfelsenblock

Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Dauerausstellung des Steinmuseums im Zentrum von Kohfidisch mit einem Opalfelsenblock

© J.Kornaga

Mine machinery

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

One of the curiosities of the quarry

© J.Kornaga

Gravel pit

Gravel pits, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

The one of gravel pitches in Kohfidisch

© J.Kornaga

Steinmuseum of Csaterberg

Klein-Csater-Berg, Csaterberge, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

Steinmuseum mit stein raritaten in Kleincsaterberg

© J.Kornaga

The second wooden shed with machines

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

A wooden shed in the Bauern Wald forest as part of the mining history of the region

© J.Kornaga

Old quarry in Bauernwald

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

View on quarry walls

© J.Kornaga

Old heavy mine vehicles

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

© J.Kornaga

View on quarry wall

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

© J.Kornaga

Full view

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

GLÜCK AUF

© J.Kornaga

Gluck Auf

Unnamed serpentinite quarry, Kohfidisch, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria

An old mining greeting GLÜCK AUF on the wall of a wooden shed

© J.Kornaga