Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria (original) (raw)

Actinolite

Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Aeschynite-(Y) ?

Formula: (Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6

References:

Kolitsch, U. (2017): 2039) Allanit-(Ce), Cerianit-(Ce), Cheralith, Chernovit-(Y), Mineralien der Pyrochlorsupergruppe, Columbit-(Fe), Columbit-(Mn), Uraninit und weitere Mineralien aus einem Pegmatit im Blocherleitengraben im Mieslingtal bei Spitz, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 256-259 in Walter, F. et al. (2017): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXVI. Carinthia II, 207./127., 217-284.

Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

Localities: Reported from at least 31 localities in this region.

Albite var. Andesine

Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]

Localities:

Steiner quarry, Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Buschandlwand, Weißenkirchen in der Wachau, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Klein-Heinrichschlag, Albrechtsberg an der Großen Krems, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Albite var. Oligoclase

Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]

Localities:

Granulite quarry (Asamer quarry; Wanko gravel works), Meidling, Paudorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite mine, Wegscheid, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Klein-Heinrichschlag, Albrechtsberg an der Großen Krems, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Loiser Berg, Langenlois, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Description: In quartzofeldspathic granulites.

Allanite-(Ce)

Formula: (CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Localities:

Königsalm, Senftenberg, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Blocherleitengraben, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Wietzen, Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria ? (more information)

'Allanite Group'

Formula: (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Almandine

Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3

Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region.

Description: In quartzofeldspathic granulites : replaced by biotite.

'Almandine-Spessartine Series'

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Alunite

Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6

Alunogen

Formula: Al2(SO4)3 · 17H2O

Localities:

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Marble quarry (Thalinger quarry; Hausbruch), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

'Amphibole Supergroup'

Formula: A B2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

'Amphibole Supergroup var. Byssolite'

Formula: AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2

Localities:

Hartenstein castle, Maigen, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
St Johann, Großheinrichschlag, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Amstallite (TL)

Formula: CaAl[(Al,Si)4O8(OH)2](OH)2 · (H2O,Cl)

Type Locality:

Habit: prismatic to acicular crystals up to 10 mm long and 0.5 mm in diameter, elongate and striated <001>, rhombic to hexagonal in cross section, showing {100} and {110}

Colour: colorless, transparent to translucent

Description: Found in open fractures in pegmatoidal schlieren of plagioclase, K-feldspar, and quartz in the graphite deposit.

Anatase

Formula: TiO2

Localities:

Loiwein (incl. Herrengraben), Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Radlbachtal (Radlgraben; Huthof), Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Huthof ("Am Hut"; Buchberg), Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Gföhl Quarry (Gnant quarry; Zöchling quarry; Traunfellner quarry), Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Bengelbach (incl. Mitterfeld), Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Andalusite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Andradite

Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3

Localities:

Hartenstein castle, Maigen, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
St Johann, Großheinrichschlag, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Anglesite

Formula: PbSO4

Annite

Formula: KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Anorthite

Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)

Localities:

Amphibolite outcrops, Senftenberg, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Langenlois, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Klein-Heinrichschlag, Albrechtsberg an der Großen Krems, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Anorthite var. Bytownite

Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]

Anorthite var. Labradorite

Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]

Anthophyllite

Formula: ◻{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region.

Antigorite

Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4

'Apatite'

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 39 localities in this region.

'Apophyllite Group'

Formula: A B4[Si8O22]X · 8H2O

Aragonite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Arsenopyrite

Formula: FeAsS

'Asbestos'

Augite

Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6

Description: In garnet pyriclasites.

Augite var. Fassaite

Formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]

Description: In garnet pyriclasites.

Axinite-(Fe)

Formula: Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH

'Axinite Group'

Localities:

Radlbachtal (Radlgraben; Huthof), Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Axinite-(Mg)

Formula: Ca2MgAl2BSi4O15OH

Azurite

Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2

Baileychlore

Formula: (Zn,Fe2+,Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8

Bavenite

Formula: Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Beraunite ?

Formula: Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O

Description: Only based on visual ID (as many of Kappelmüller's specimens).

Bertrandite

Formula: Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Beryl

Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Beryl var. Aquamarine

Formula: Be3Al2Si6O18

Localities:

Radlbachtal (Radlgraben; Huthof), Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Bengelbach (incl. Mitterfeld), Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Huthof ("Am Hut"; Buchberg), Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Blocherleitengraben, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Localities: Reported from at least 25 localities in this region.

'Biotite var. Anomite'

Localities:

Straß im Straßertale, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Klein-Heinrichschlag, Albrechtsberg an der Großen Krems, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Wolfsgraben, Straß im Straßertale, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Bismuth

Formula: Bi

References:

Löffler, E., Kolitsch, U. & Brandstätter, F. (2011): 1699) Apatit, Chamosit, Diopsid, Epidot, Grossular, Klinozoisit, Meionit, Titanit, gediegen Wismut, Zirkon und weitere Mineralien vom Steinbruch Siebenhandl an der Kraxnerklippe bei Felbring, Waldviertel. Pp. 165-167 in Niedermayr, G. et al. (2011): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LX. Carinthia II, 201./121., 135-186.

Brochantite

Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6

Brookite

Formula: TiO2

Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 28 localities in this region.

Calcite var. Lublinite

Formula: CaCO3

'Calcite Group'

Formula: AXO3

'Calcium Amphibole Subgroup var. Hornblende-asbestos'

Cassiterite

Formula: SnO2

Localities:

Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Radlbachtal (Radlgraben; Huthof), Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Huthof ("Am Hut"; Buchberg), Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Windeckberg, Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Cerianite-(Ce)

Formula: (Ce4+,Th)O2

References:

Kolitsch, U. (2017): 2039) Allanit-(Ce), Cerianit-(Ce), Cheralith, Chernovit-(Y), Mineralien der Pyrochlorsupergruppe, Columbit-(Fe), Columbit-(Mn), Uraninit und weitere Mineralien aus einem Pegmatit im Blocherleitengraben im Mieslingtal bei Spitz, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 256-259 in Walter, F. et al. (2017): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXVI. Carinthia II, 207./127., 217-284.

Cerussite

Formula: PbCO3

'Chabazite'

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

'Chabazite var. Phacolite'

Chabazite-Ca

Formula: (Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2 · 12H2O

Chalcanthite

Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O

Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Chamosite

Formula: (Fe2+)5Al(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8

Localities:

Siebenhandl quarry (Kraxnerklippe), Felbring, Maria Laach am Jauerling, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Latzenhof, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Tannenfeld (Tannfeld), Maigen, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Cheralite

Formula: CaTh(PO4)2

Chernovite-(Y)

Formula: Y(AsO4)

References:

Kolitsch, U. (2017): 2039) Allanit-(Ce), Cerianit-(Ce), Cheralith, Chernovit-(Y), Mineralien der Pyrochlorsupergruppe, Columbit-(Fe), Columbit-(Mn), Uraninit und weitere Mineralien aus einem Pegmatit im Blocherleitengraben im Mieslingtal bei Spitz, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 256-259 in Walter, F. et al. (2017): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXVI. Carinthia II, 207./127., 217-284.

Chlorapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3Cl

'Chlorite Group'

Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region.

Chromite

Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4

Localities:

Granulite quarry (Asamer quarry; Wanko gravel works), Meidling, Paudorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Saugraben, Wiedendorf, Straß im Straßertale, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Lower serpentinite quarry, Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria ? (more information)

Description: In amphibolite-facies peridotite.

Chrysoberyl

Formula: BeAl2O4

Localities:

Miesling valley, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Windeckberg, Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Birileiten, Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Radlbachtal (Radlgraben; Huthof), Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Blocherleitengraben, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Chrysotile

Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Chrysotile var. Chrysotile asbestos

'Clay minerals' ?

References:

Löffler, E. & Kolitsch, U. (2013): 1813) Gips, Graphit, Heulandit-Klinoptilolith(?), Prehnit, Pyrit, Pyrrhotin, Quarz und weitere Mineralien vom Steinbruch Siebenhandl an der Kraxnerklippe bei Felbring, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. P. 126-127 in Niedermayr, G. et al. (2013): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXII. Carinthia II, 203./123., 91-146.

Clinochlore

Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Clinochlore var. Leuchtenbergite

Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8

Clinochlore var. Sheridanite

Formula: (Mg,Al,Fe)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8

Clinoptilolite-Ca

Formula: Ca3(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O

References:

Kolitsch, U. & Löffler, E. (2012): 1759) Apatit, Klinoptilolith-Ca, Meionit, Prehnit, Titanit, Zirkon und weitere Mineralien aus einem Steinbruch bei Zintring, Maria Laach am Jauerling, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 161-162 in Niedermayr, G. et al. (2012): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXI. Carinthia II, 202./122., 123-180.

'Clinoptilolite-Ca-Heulandite-Ca Series'

Localities:

Zeolite occurrence, Zintring, Maria Laach am Jauerling, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Gerichtsgraben, St Johann im Mauerthale, Rossatz-Arnsdorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Siebenhandl quarry (Kraxnerklippe), Felbring, Maria Laach am Jauerling, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Loiwein (incl. Herrengraben), Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

'Clinoptilolite Subgroup' ?

Formula: M3-6(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O

References:

Löffler, E. & Kolitsch, U. (2013): 1813) Gips, Graphit, Heulandit-Klinoptilolith(?), Prehnit, Pyrit, Pyrrhotin, Quarz und weitere Mineralien vom Steinbruch Siebenhandl an der Kraxnerklippe bei Felbring, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. P. 126-127 in Niedermayr, G. et al. (2013): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXII. Carinthia II, 203./123., 91-146.

'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

Localities:

Granulite quarry (Asamer quarry; Wanko gravel works), Meidling, Paudorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Milk opal occurrence, Dürrenberg (Dürnberg), Sankt Leonhard am Hornerwald, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Mosinggraben, Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Granulite outcrop, Sankt Leonhard am Hornerwald, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Clinozoisite

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region.

'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'

Localities:

Unnamed quarry, Zintring, Maria Laach am Jauerling, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Zeolite occurrence, Zintring, Maria Laach am Jauerling, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Siebenhandl quarry (Kraxnerklippe), Felbring, Maria Laach am Jauerling, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Columbite-(Fe)

Formula: Fe2+Nb2O6

Localities:

Radlbachtal (Radlgraben; Huthof), Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Huthof ("Am Hut"; Buchberg), Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Blocherleitengraben, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Windeckberg, Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Granulite quarry (Asamer quarry; Wanko gravel works), Meidling, Paudorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Columbite-(Mn)

Formula: Mn2+Nb2O6

Localities:

Blocherleitengraben, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Bengelbach (incl. Mitterfeld), Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Granulite quarry (Asamer quarry; Wanko gravel works), Meidling, Paudorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Copiapite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O

Localities:

Weinberg South, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Weinberg Middle, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Copper

Formula: Cu

Coquimbite

Formula: AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O

References:

Kolitsch, U. and Löffler, E. (2022): 2247) Alunogen, Coquimbit, Halotrichit, Magnesiocopiapit, Pickeringit, Römerit und Szomolnokit vom Marmorbruch südöstlich Amstall im Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 267-269 in Walter, F. et al. (2022): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXXI. Carinthia II, 212./132., 221-308.

Cordierite

Formula: (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Habit: crystals to 7 cm

Corundum

Formula: Al2O3

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Description: Well terminated and full crystals are rare. Most of the material is broken.

Corundum var. Sapphire

Formula: Al2O3

Covellite

Formula: CuS

Cowlesite

Formula: CaAl2Si3O10 · 6H2O

Crandallite

Formula: CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6

Cristobalite

Formula: SiO2

Cronstedtite

Formula: Fe2+2Fe3+((Si,Fe3+)2O5)(OH)4

Cummingtonite

Formula: ◻{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2

Cuprite

Formula: Cu2O

Delvauxite

Formula: CaFe4(PO4,SO4)2(OH)8 · 4-6H2O not confirmed

Localities:

Graphite mine, Wegscheid, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria ? (more information)

Diadochite ?

Formula: Fe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O

Diaspore

Formula: AlO(OH)

References:

Kolitsch, U. (2017): 2040) Diaspor, Keiviit-(Y), Margarit, Monazit-(Ce), Xenotim-(Y), Zirkon und weitere Mineralien in einer Korund-Almandin-Probe vom Latzenhof bei Felling im Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 259-261 in Walter, F. et al. (2017): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXVI. Carinthia II, 207./127., 217-284.

Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi2O6

Localities: Reported from at least 26 localities in this region.

'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'

Localities:

Unnamed quarry, Zintring, Maria Laach am Jauerling, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Arzberg (Atzberg; Michaeler Berg), Weißenkirchen in der Wachau, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Wietzen, Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO3)2

Localities:

Malaschofsky Quarry, Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Lower serpentinite quarry, Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Granulite quarry (Asamer quarry; Wanko gravel works), Meidling, Paudorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Dravite

Formula: NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region.

Habit: small prismatic crystals

Colour: light to dark green, containing vanadium

Description: Pale to dark greenish crystals up to 4 cm long and 2 cm thich (Löffler and Knobloch, 1997).

Dumortierite

Formula: Al(Al2O)(Al2O)2(SiO4)3(BO3)

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Elbaite

Formula: Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

Localities:

Tannenfeld (Tannfeld), Maigen, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Bengelbach (incl. Mitterfeld), Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Königsalm, Senftenberg, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria ? (more information)

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

(more information)

Enstatite

Formula: Mg2Si2O6

Localities:

Granulite quarry (Asamer quarry; Wanko gravel works), Meidling, Paudorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Amphibolite outcrops, Senftenberg, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Mosinggraben, Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Description: In amphibolite-facies peridotite. Fe/Ca-enstatite in big crystals (up to 9 cm long), as relicts of HT protolith in peridotite. They show strain-induced exsolutions of garnet and cpx lamellae and are marginally recrystallized to a neoblastoassemblage of opx + cpx + forsterite + later amphibole + spinel.

Enstatite var. Bronzite

Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)2[SiO3]2

Ephesite

Formula: NaLiAl2(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2

Description: "Ephesite"-bearing material was shown by Ertl (2019) to be a mixture of paragonite and muscovite.

Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

'Epidote Supergroup'

Formula: (A1A2)(M1M2M3)O4[Si2O7][SiO4]O10

References:

Kolitsch, U. & Löffler, E. (2012): 1759) Apatit, Klinoptilolith-Ca, Meionit, Prehnit, Titanit, Zirkon und weitere Mineralien aus einem Steinbruch bei Zintring, Maria Laach am Jauerling, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 161-162 in Niedermayr, G. et al. (2012): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXI. Carinthia II, 202./122., 123-180.

Euxenite-(Y) ?

Formula: (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6

References:

Kolitsch, U. (2017): 2039) Allanit-(Ce), Cerianit-(Ce), Cheralith, Chernovit-(Y), Mineralien der Pyrochlorsupergruppe, Columbit-(Fe), Columbit-(Mn), Uraninit und weitere Mineralien aus einem Pegmatit im Blocherleitengraben im Mieslingtal bei Spitz, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 256-259 in Walter, F. et al. (2017): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXVI. Carinthia II, 207./127., 217-284.

'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

Localities:

Biratalwand (Pyratalwand), Dürnstein, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Loiser Berg, Langenlois, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Wolfsgraben, Straß im Straßertale, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Dürnitzbügel (Dürnitzbiegl; Dürnitzbühel), Schiltern, Langenlois, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

'Feldspar Group'

Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region.

'Feldspar Group var. Perthite'

Description: Mesoperthite in quartzofeldspathic granulites : replaced by microcline + oligoclase.

Felsőbányaite

Formula: Al4(SO4)(OH)10 · 4H2O

Localities:

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Weinberg Middle, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria ? (more information)

Fibroferrite

Formula: Fe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O

Fluorapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F

Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region.

Fluor-elbaite

Formula: Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F

Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

Fluor-schorl

Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F

References:

Ertl, Andreas, Schuster, Ralf, Hughes, John M., Ludwig, Thomas, Meyer, Hans-Peter, Finger, Friedrich, Dyar, M. Darby, Ruschel, Katja, Rossman, George R., Klötzli, Urs, Brandstätter, Franz, Lengauer, Christian L., Tillmanns, Ekkehart (2012) Li-bearing tourmalines in Variscan granitic pegmatites from the Moldanubian nappes, Lower Austria. European Journal of Mineralogy, 24 (4) 695-715 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2012/0024-2203

Foitite

Formula: ◻(Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

References:

Ertl, Andreas, Schuster, Ralf, Hughes, John M., Ludwig, Thomas, Meyer, Hans-Peter, Finger, Friedrich, Dyar, M. Darby, Ruschel, Katja, Rossman, George R., Klötzli, Urs, Brandstätter, Franz, Lengauer, Christian L., Tillmanns, Ekkehart (2012) Li-bearing tourmalines in Variscan granitic pegmatites from the Moldanubian nappes, Lower Austria. European Journal of Mineralogy, 24 (4) 695-715 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2012/0024-2203

Forsterite

Formula: Mg2SiO4

Localities:

Granulite quarry (Asamer quarry; Wanko gravel works), Meidling, Paudorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Serpentinite outcrops, Sankt Leonhard am Hornerwald, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Milk opal occurrence, Dürrenberg (Dürnberg), Sankt Leonhard am Hornerwald, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Description: In amphibolite-facies peridotite.

Galena

Formula: PbS

Localities:

Malaschofsky Quarry, Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Mosinggraben, Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Arzberg (Atzberg; Michaeler Berg), Weißenkirchen in der Wachau, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Galenobismutite

Formula: PbBi2S4

Description: Reported as probable galenobismutite on the basis of an EDS analysis (Niedermayr et al., 2005). Later turned out to be robinsonite (Kolitsch & Brandstätter, 2012).

References:

NIEDERMAYR, G., C. AUER, F. BERNHARD, H.-P. BOJAR, F. BRANDSTÄTTER, A. ERTL, K. ETTINGER, V. M. F. HAMMER, B. LEIKAUF, W. POSTL, M. SABOR, R. SCHUSTER, R. SEEMANN & F. WALTER (2005): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LIV. – Carinthia II, 195./115.: 277-315.

'Garnet Group'

Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3

Localities: Reported from at least 21 localities in this region.

Gibbsite

Formula: Al(OH)3

Localities:

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Trandorf, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Turquoise ditch (Weinberg Forest), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Marble quarry (Thalinger quarry; Hausbruch), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

'Gismondine Subgroup'

Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Gold

Formula: Au

Graftonite

Formula: Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2

References:

Brandstätter, F. und Niedermayr, G. (1988): 719. Graftonit aus dem Mieslingtal bei Spitz. Pp. 203-204 in: Niedermayr, G., Brandstätter, F., Moser, B. & Postl, W. (1988): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XXXVII. Carinthia II, 178./98., 181-214.

Graphite

Formula: C

Localities: Reported from at least 25 localities in this region.

Greenockite

Formula: CdS

Grossular

Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Grossular var. Hessonite

Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

Localities:

Hessonite occurrence, Sankt Michael, Weißenkirchen in der Wachau, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Calcsilicate occurrence, Plank am Kamp, Schönberg am Kamp, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Gypsum

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Localities:

Arzberg (Atzberg; Michaeler Berg), Weißenkirchen in der Wachau, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Siebenhandl quarry (Kraxnerklippe), Felbring, Maria Laach am Jauerling, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Weinberg South, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Weinberg Middle, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Halloysite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Localities:

Trandorf, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite mine, Wegscheid, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Turquoise ditch (Weinberg Forest), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Road cut, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria ? (more information)

Halotrichite

Formula: FeAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O

Localities:

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Weinberg Middle, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Oberkienstock, Rossatz, Rossatz-Arnsdorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Marble quarry (Thalinger quarry; Hausbruch), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Krumau am Kamp, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

(more information)

Harmotome

Formula: Ba2(Si12Al4)O32 · 12H2O

Hedenbergite

Formula: CaFe2+Si2O6

Hedenbergite var. Ferrosalite

Helvine

Formula: Be3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S

Localities:

Tannenfeld (Tannfeld), Maigen, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Pegmatite II, Pegmatite occurrences, Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Hemimorphite

Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O

Hercynite

Formula: Fe2+Al2O4

Hercynite var. Picotite

Formula: (Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4

Description: In amphibolite-facies peridotite.

Heulandite-Ca

Formula: (Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O

'Heulandite Subgroup'

Formula: (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

'Hornblende Root Name Group'

Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Huntite

Formula: CaMg3(CO3)4

Localities:

Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Turquoise ditch (Weinberg Forest), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Hydrobiotite

Formula: K(Mg,Fe2+)6((Si,Al)8O20)(OH)4 · nH2O

Localities:

Dörrmühle (Hofmühle), Rastbach, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Wurschenaigen, Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Hydrohalloysite

Formula: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 · 2H2O

Localities:

Turquoise ditch (Weinberg Forest), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite mine, Wegscheid, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Trandorf, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Road cut, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Hydroxylapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(OH)

Hydrozincite

Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6

'Hypersthene'

Formula: (Mg,Fe)SiO3

Description: In quartzofeldspathic granulites (fenites).

Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

'Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series'

Formula: (Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe,Mn)4O8

'Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series var. Wolframoixiolite'

Formula: (Nb,W,Ta,Fe,Mn)2O4

Jarosite

Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

'Jarosite-Natrojarosite Series'

Description: No analytical details given.

'Jasper'

Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

'Kaolinite Subgroup'

Formula: Al2Si2O5(OH)4

Keiviite-(Y)

Formula: Y2Si2O7

References:

Kolitsch, U. (2017): 2040) Diaspor, Keiviit-(Y), Margarit, Monazit-(Ce), Xenotim-(Y), Zirkon und weitere Mineralien in einer Korund-Almandin-Probe vom Latzenhof bei Felling im Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 259-261 in Walter, F. et al. (2017): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXVI. Carinthia II, 207./127., 217-284.

'Kelyphite'

'K Feldspar'

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

'K Feldspar var. Adularia'

Formula: KAlSi3O8

'Kupferpecherz'

Kyanite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region.

Laumontite

Formula: CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

'Lévyne'

'Limonite'

Localities: Reported from at least 23 localities in this region.

Lithiophilite

Formula: LiMn2+PO4

Lizardite

Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4

Magnesiochromite

Formula: MgCr2O4

References:

Kolitsch, U., Winkler, R., Löffler, E. (2023): 2288) Andalusit, Anthophyllit, Aragonit, Chrysotilasbest, Columbit-(Fe), Columbit-(Mn), Dolomit, Dravit, Hämatit, Heulandit-Ca, Klinochlor, Laumontit, Limonit, Magnesiochromit, Opal-AN, Stellerit, Stilbit-Ca und Tremolit vom Granulit-Steinbruch bei Meidling, Paudorf, Niederösterreich. Pp. 302-307 in Walter, F. et al. (2023): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXXII. Carinthia II, 213./133., 237-330.

Magnesiocopiapite

Formula: MgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O

Localities:

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Marble quarry (Thalinger quarry; Hausbruch), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Magnesio-foitite

Formula: ◻(Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

References:

Ertl, Andreas, Schuster, Ralf, Hughes, John M., Ludwig, Thomas, Meyer, Hans-Peter, Finger, Friedrich, Dyar, M. Darby, Ruschel, Katja, Rossman, George R., Klötzli, Urs, Brandstätter, Franz, Lengauer, Christian L., Tillmanns, Ekkehart (2012) Li-bearing tourmalines in Variscan granitic pegmatites from the Moldanubian nappes, Lower Austria. European Journal of Mineralogy, 24 (4) 695-715 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2012/0024-2203

Magnesio-hornblende

Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2

Magnesite

Formula: MgCO3

Localities:

Dörrmühle (Hofmühle), Rastbach, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Turquoise ditch (Weinberg Forest), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Lower serpentinite quarry, Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Klein-Heinrichschlag, Albrechtsberg an der Großen Krems, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Trandorf, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Magnesite var. Gelmagnesite

Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Description: In amphibolite-facies peridotite.

Malachite

Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

'Manganese Oxides'

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

'Manganese Oxides var. Manganese Dendrites'

Localities:

Marble quarry (Thalinger quarry; Hausbruch), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Loiwein (incl. Herrengraben), Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Granulite quarry (Asamer quarry; Wanko gravel works), Meidling, Paudorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Marcasite

Formula: FeS2

Margarite

Formula: CaAl2(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2

Marialite

Formula: Na4Al3Si9O24Cl

Meionite

Formula: Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3

Localities:

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Siebenhandl quarry (Kraxnerklippe), Felbring, Maria Laach am Jauerling, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Unnamed quarry, Zintring, Maria Laach am Jauerling, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Wietzen, Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Melanterite

Formula: Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O

Metavariscite

Formula: AlPO4 · 2H2O

Metavoltine

Formula: K2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O

Localities:

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Marble quarry (Thalinger quarry; Hausbruch), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

'Mica Group'

Localities:

Lower serpentinite quarry, Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Danube alluvials, Oberarnsdorf, Rossatz-Arnsdorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Birileiten, Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Microcline

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Milarite

Formula: K(◻H2O)Ca2(Be2Al)[Si12O30]

Localities:

Pegmatite I, Pegmatite occurrences, Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

(more information)

Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

(more information)

Description: Several "milarite" crystals were reinvestigated by SXRD (Uwe Kolitsch) and all turned out to be apatite.

'Monazite'

Formula: REE(PO4)

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: Ce(PO4)

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Montmorillonite

Formula: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

'Moonstone'

Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 22 localities in this region.

Muscovite var. Fuchsite ?

Formula: K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2

Description: Probably confused with V-bearing muscovite.

Muscovite var. Phengite

Formula: KAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2

Muscovite var. Vanadium-bearing Muscovite

Formula: K(Al,V)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

References:

Ertl, Andreas, Rakovan, John, Hughes, John M., Bernhardt, Heinz-Jürgen, Rossman, George R. (2019) Vanadium-rich Muscovite from Austria: Crystal Structure, Chemical Analysis, and Spectroscopic Investigations. The Canadian Mineralogist, 57 (3) 383-389 doi:10.3749/canmin.1900020

Natrojarosite

Formula: NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6

Localities:

Trandorf, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Arzberg (Atzberg; Michaeler Berg), Weißenkirchen in der Wachau, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Road cut, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Weinberg Middle, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Nontronite

Formula: Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

Localities:

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Turquoise ditch (Weinberg Forest), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Nordstrandite

Formula: Al(OH)3

Olenite

Formula: NaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)

Localities:

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Tannenfeld (Tannfeld), Maigen, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

'Olivine var. Pilite'

Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)2SiO4

Opal

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Opal var. Hyalite

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

Opal var. Milk Opal

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

Opal var. Opal-AN

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Orthoclase

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'

Localities:

Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Klein-Heinrichschlag, Albrechtsberg an der Großen Krems, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Granulite quarry (Asamer quarry; Wanko gravel works), Meidling, Paudorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Oxycalcioroméite ?

Formula: Ca2Sb2O6O

References:

Kolitsch, U. (2017): 2039) Allanit-(Ce), Cerianit-(Ce), Cheralith, Chernovit-(Y), Mineralien der Pyrochlorsupergruppe, Columbit-(Fe), Columbit-(Mn), Uraninit und weitere Mineralien aus einem Pegmatit im Blocherleitengraben im Mieslingtal bei Spitz, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 256-259 in Walter, F. et al. (2017): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXVI. Carinthia II, 207./127., 217-284.

Paragonite

Formula: NaAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities:

Turquoise ditch (Weinberg Forest), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria ? (more information)

Pargasite

Formula: NaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2

Description: In amphibolite-facies peridotite.

Pentlandite

Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8

'Phillipsite Subgroup'

Phlogopite

Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Pickeringite

Formula: MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O

Localities:

Weinberg South, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Krumau am Kamp, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Weinberg Middle, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Marble quarry (Thalinger quarry; Hausbruch), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

'Pinite'

'Plagioclase'

Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

Description: In garnet pyriclasites.

'Plumasite'

Plumbojarosite

Formula: Pb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6

'Polylithionite-Trilithionite Series'

Prehnite

Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 37 localities in this region.

'Protodolomite'

Formula: (Ca,Mg)CO3

'Pumpellyite Subgroup'

Formula: Ca2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A

Localities:

Weinberg Middle, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Trandorf, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

(more information)

Description: 1) "Pumpellyite" was erroneously assigned to Trandorf by Brandstätter (1987). However, it occurs in the areas "Korundgraben" and "Weinberg Mitte". 2) Re-interpretation of the analysis in Brandstätter (1987) suggests that the sample is possibly Al-dominant, even if taking into account the dominant-constituent rule. (Comment Uwe Kolitsch)

Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 31 localities in this region.

'Pyrochlore Supergroup'

Formula: A2-mD2X6-wZ1-n

References:

Kolitsch, U. (2017): 2039) Allanit-(Ce), Cerianit-(Ce), Cheralith, Chernovit-(Y), Mineralien der Pyrochlorsupergruppe, Columbit-(Fe), Columbit-(Mn), Uraninit und weitere Mineralien aus einem Pegmatit im Blocherleitengraben im Mieslingtal bei Spitz, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 256-259 in Walter, F. et al. (2017): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXVI. Carinthia II, 207./127., 217-284.

Pyrolusite

Formula: Mn4+O2

Pyromorphite

Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl

Pyrope

Formula: Mg3Al2(SiO4)3

Localities:

Dürnsteiner Waldhütten, Dürnstein, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Granulite quarry (Asamer quarry; Wanko gravel works), Meidling, Paudorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Serpentinite outcrops, Sankt Leonhard am Hornerwald, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Milk opal occurrence, Dürrenberg (Dürnberg), Sankt Leonhard am Hornerwald, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Saugraben, Wiedendorf, Straß im Straßertale, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Pyrophyllite

Formula: Al2Si4O10(OH)2

Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 74 localities in this region.

Description: In quartzofeldsoathic granulites.

Quartz var. Agate

Localities:

Dürnitzbügel (Dürnitzbiegl; Dürnitzbühel), Schiltern, Langenlois, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Malaschofsky Quarry, Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Schiltern, Langenlois, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Quartz var. Chalcedony

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Quartz var. Milky Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Quartz var. Rock Crystal

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 17 localities in this region.

Quartz var. Rose Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Quartz var. Star Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Ranciéite

Formula: (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2 · 0.6H2O

Robinsonite

Formula: Pb4Sb6S13

Römerite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4 · 14H2O

References:

Kolitsch, U. and Löffler, E. (2022): 2247) Alunogen, Coquimbit, Halotrichit, Magnesiocopiapit, Pickeringit, Römerit und Szomolnokit vom Marmorbruch südöstlich Amstall im Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 267-269 in Walter, F. et al. (2022): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXXI. Carinthia II, 212./132., 221-308.

Rutile

Formula: TiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 21 localities in this region.

Rutile var. Sagenite (of Saussure)

Formula: TiO2

'Sagenite'

Sampleite

Formula: NaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl · 5H2O

Saponite

Formula: Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

'Scapolite'

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Scheelite

Formula: Ca(WO4)

Schorl

Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 23 localities in this region.

Sepiolite

Formula: Mg4(Si6O15)(OH)2 · 6H2O

'Serpentine Subgroup'

Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

'Serpentine Subgroup var. Bastite'

Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn

Siderite

Formula: FeCO3

Localities:

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Gföhl Quarry (Gnant quarry; Zöchling quarry; Traunfellner quarry), Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Malaschofsky Quarry, Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Weinberg South, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Blocherleitengraben, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Sillimanite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Description: In quartzofeldspathic granulites.

Slavíkite

Formula: (H3O+)3Mg6Fe15(SO4)21(OH)18 · 98H2O

'Smectite Group' ?

Formula: A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O

References:

Kolitsch, U. (2017): 2040) Diaspor, Keiviit-(Y), Margarit, Monazit-(Ce), Xenotim-(Y), Zirkon und weitere Mineralien in einer Korund-Almandin-Probe vom Latzenhof bei Felling im Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 259-261 in Walter, F. et al. (2017): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXVI. Carinthia II, 207./127., 217-284.

Smithsonite

Formula: ZnCO3

Spessartine

Formula: Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3

Localities:

Königsalm, Senftenberg, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Blocherleitengraben, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Birileiten, Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

Localities:

Malaschofsky Quarry, Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Arzberg (Atzberg; Michaeler Berg), Weißenkirchen in der Wachau, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Spinel

Formula: MgAl2O4

Localities:

Blocherleitengraben, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Granulite quarry (Asamer quarry; Wanko gravel works), Meidling, Paudorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Bengelbach (incl. Mitterfeld), Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria ? (more information)

Staurolite

Formula: Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)

Stellerite

Formula: Ca4(Si28Al8)O72 · 28H2O

References:

Kolitsch, U., Winkler, R., Löffler, E. (2023): 2288) Andalusit, Anthophyllit, Aragonit, Chrysotilasbest, Columbit-(Fe), Columbit-(Mn), Dolomit, Dravit, Hämatit, Heulandit-Ca, Klinochlor, Laumontit, Limonit, Magnesiochromit, Opal-AN, Stellerit, Stilbit-Ca und Tremolit vom Granulit-Steinbruch bei Meidling, Paudorf, Niederösterreich. Pp. 302-307 in Walter, F. et al. (2023): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXXII. Carinthia II, 213./133., 237-330.

Stevensite

Formula: (Ca,Na)xMg3-x(Si4O10)(OH)2

Stilbite-Ca

Formula: NaCa4(Si27Al9)O72 · 28H2O

References:

Kolitsch, U., Winkler, R., Löffler, E. (2023): 2288) Andalusit, Anthophyllit, Aragonit, Chrysotilasbest, Columbit-(Fe), Columbit-(Mn), Dolomit, Dravit, Hämatit, Heulandit-Ca, Klinochlor, Laumontit, Limonit, Magnesiochromit, Opal-AN, Stellerit, Stilbit-Ca und Tremolit vom Granulit-Steinbruch bei Meidling, Paudorf, Niederösterreich. Pp. 302-307 in Walter, F. et al. (2023): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXXII. Carinthia II, 213./133., 237-330.

'Stilbite Subgroup'

Formula: M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O

Sulphur

Formula: S8

Localities:

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Weinberg Middle, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Szomolnokite

Formula: FeSO4 · H2O

Localities:

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Marble quarry (Thalinger quarry; Hausbruch), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Talc

Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

Localities:

Langenlois, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Dürnitzbügel (Dürnitzbiegl; Dürnitzbühel), Schiltern, Langenlois, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Dörrmühle (Hofmühle), Rastbach, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Malaschofsky Quarry, Lichtenau im Waldviertel, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Mosinggraben, Spitz, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria ? (more information)

'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series' ?

Description: No analytical data or description given. Never confirmed during 30 years of collecting by Amstall specialists Gerald Knobloch and Erwin Löffler (pers. comm. to Uwe Kolitsch, April 2021). Possibly confused with black anhedral rutile.

Thorianite

Formula: ThO2

References:

Kolitsch, U. (2017): 2040) Diaspor, Keiviit-(Y), Margarit, Monazit-(Ce), Xenotim-(Y), Zirkon und weitere Mineralien in einer Korund-Almandin-Probe vom Latzenhof bei Felling im Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 259-261 in Walter, F. et al. (2017): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXVI. Carinthia II, 207./127., 217-284.

Thorite

Formula: Th(SiO4)

References:

Kolitsch, U. (2017): 2040) Diaspor, Keiviit-(Y), Margarit, Monazit-(Ce), Xenotim-(Y), Zirkon und weitere Mineralien in einer Korund-Almandin-Probe vom Latzenhof bei Felling im Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 259-261 in Walter, F. et al. (2017): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXVI. Carinthia II, 207./127., 217-284.

Titanite

Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O

Localities: Reported from at least 36 localities in this region.

Todorokite

Formula: (Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12 · 3-4H2O

Localities:

Maria Laach am Jauerling, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Turquoise ditch (Weinberg Forest), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Trandorf, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Weinberg Middle, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria ? (more information)

Topaz

Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2

'Tourmaline'

Formula: A D3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

Localities: Reported from at least 22 localities in this region.

'Tourmaline var. Rubellite'

Formula: A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

Localities:

Maigen, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Tannenfeld (Tannfeld), Maigen, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Blocherleitengraben, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Königsalm, Senftenberg, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Tremolite

Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region.

Triphylite

Formula: LiFe2+PO4

Triplite

Formula: Mn2+2(PO4)F

References:

Kolitsch, U., Löffler, E., Pristacz, H. & Brandstätter, F. (2010): 1654) Triplit und weitere Mineralien aus einem anstehenden Pegmatit im Mieslingtal bei Spitz, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. P. 241 in Niedermayr et al. (2010): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LIX. Carinthia II, 200./120., 199-260.

Turquoise

Formula: CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O

Localities:

Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Turquoise ditch (Weinberg Forest), Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Uraninite

Formula: UO2

References:

Kolitsch, U. (2017): 2039) Allanit-(Ce), Cerianit-(Ce), Cheralith, Chernovit-(Y), Mineralien der Pyrochlorsupergruppe, Columbit-(Fe), Columbit-(Mn), Uraninit und weitere Mineralien aus einem Pegmatit im Blocherleitengraben im Mieslingtal bei Spitz, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 256-259 in Walter, F. et al. (2017): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXVI. Carinthia II, 207./127., 217-284.

Variscite

Formula: AlPO4 · 2H2O

Vermiculite

Formula: Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 · 8H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Vesuvianite

Formula: Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Vivianite

Formula: Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O

Localities:

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Weinberg Middle, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Wollastonite

Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)

Description: Only in one sample.

Xenotime-(Y)

Formula: Y(PO4)

Localities:

Graphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Königsalm, Senftenberg, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Latzenhof, Felling, Gföhl, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Blocherleitengraben, Weinzierl am Walde, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
Trandorf, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Habit: crystals to 4 cm

'Zeolite Group'

Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Localities: Reported from at least 17 localities in this region.

Zoisite

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.