ncat JP547 Kolbeckite, Schlarbaum quarry, Klause, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria
A single white cluster of crystals on matrix. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Austria
1163 Kolbeckite, Schlarbaum quarry, Klausen, Bad Gleichenberg, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
Clusters of white bladed crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA8 113 Titanite, Chlorite Group, Albite, Teufelsmühle, Habach valley, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Green titanite crystals with tiny worms of dark green chlorite and colourless-white albite. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Click here for a...
0032 Ferrierite-Mg, Calcite, Basalt quarry, Weitendorf, Wildon, Leibnitz District, Styria, Austria
White sprays of ferrierite on tan calcite. Heulandite crystal not in photo. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2569 Chayesite, Basalt quarry, Pauliberg, Kobersdorf, Oberpullendorf District, Burgenland, Austria
You can’t always have a perfect mineral specimen. So sometimes you make do until you can upgrade. This is one of those less than perfect ones. However, you can still see the hexagonal habit of...
4790 Claraite, Kaiserbründl, Gratlspitz, Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
Tiny sky blue platelets of claraite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 15 images. Ex Helmut Braith. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8521 Motukoreaite, Calcite, Phillipsite-K, Stradner Kogel, Wilhelmsdorf, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria
Pale blue rosette of platy crystals of motukoreaite on grey-brown calcite and colourless phillipsite. Tiny blue hemispheres of motukoreaite dotted around calcite also. Width of view 3.5mm. Top image: Stack of 50 images. Bottom image:...
5716 Epidote, Maltatal, Malta, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia (Kärnten), Austria
Sharp prismatic green crystals with quartz, dark green chlorite, and unknown pink balls. Height of view 5mm. Stack of 60 images. Locality not specifically in Mindat. Maltatal is a river north of Malta.
2068 Vanadinite, Hochobir, Carinthia, Austria
Lots of orange-brown hexagonal crystals, some with prism faces. Matrix exhibits a bright creamy fluorescence.
4667 Clinochlore, Titanite, Albite, Calcite?, Bockstein, Gastein valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Labelled as “pennin” = clinochlore, Helmut Braith
4811 Clinotyrolite, Weisser Schrofen, Ringenwechsel District, Schwaz, Brixlegg – Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
Munchener Micromounter, Helmut Braith
4796 Fluorapatite, Rutile, Beryller, Abichl Alp – Beryller area, Untersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Ex Erwin Schuhbauer Collection, Helmut Braith
4806 Epidote, Diopside, Sollnkar, Krimmler Ache valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Ferrian diopside, originally labelled as augite, Helmut Braith
3986 Anatase, Quartz, Orthoclase (Adularia), Ankogel area, Tauern, Austria
Diederik Visser 3/2005
6006 Weinebeneite, Spodumene prospect, Brandracken, Carinthia, Austria
Type locality. No matrix group of crystals.
1156 Dundasite, Hemma adit, Schwall, Zeltschach, Friesach – Huttenberg area, Carinthia, Austria
White sprays on gossan. Have previous Jrgen label.
4995 Monazite-(Ce), Hopffeldboden, Austria
A pale yellow transparent crystal of monazite-(Ce) from Hopffeldboden, Hopffeld area, Obersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria.
4708 Zircon, Albite, Schellgaden, Austria
An unusual dark purple zircon on colourless albite from Schellgaden, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria.
5547 Fluorite, Ungerhammerplatzl, Unterlaussa, Austria
Purple fluorite cubes with a number of other small faces, from Ungerhammerplatzl (Platzl), Unterlaussa, Altenmarkt bei Sankt Gallen, Liezen, Styria, Austria.
5550 Titanite, Plattenkogel north slope, Anlauf valley, Salzburg, Austria
A group of golden titanite crystals, the front one being 2mm across, from Plattenkogel north slope, Anlauf valley, Gastein valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria. Other species present include adularia, a chlorite-group mineral, and albite.