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JHY-P0UAlmandine-Spessartine Series

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

Largest Crystal Size: 3 mm

Well-developed garnet crystal.
Collection and photo Josef Bauer jun.
Copyright: © Josef Bauer jun.      Photo ID: 1211693     Uploaded by: Uwe Kolitsch   Approval date: 2022-04-18   View Count: 139   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 2592 x 1944 pixels (5.0 Mpix)

5A7-YGDSchorl NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

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

Largest Crystal Size: 1.7 cm

Short prismatic schorl crystal (1.7 x 0.9 cm). Found in May 1995.
Collection and photo Erwin Löffler.
Copyright: © Erwin Löffler      Photo ID: 1211701     Uploaded by: Uwe Kolitsch   Approval date: 2022-04-18   View Count: 139   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 2783 x 1871 pixels (5.2 Mpix)

7WN-KT4Magnesite (Var: Gelmagnesite)

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

Field of View: 8 cm

Microcrystalline white gelmagnesite.
Collection and photo Erwin Löffler.
Copyright: © Erwin Löffler      Photo ID: 1371379     Uploaded by: Uwe Kolitsch   Approval date: 2024-05-06   View Count: 95   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 1920 x 1440 pixels (2.8 Mpix)

3QV-07LGraphic granite

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

Dimensions: 9 cm x 7 cm

Graphic granite ('Schriftgranit'). Found in 1999.
Collection and photo Erwin Löffler.
Copyright: © Erwin Löffler      Photo ID: 1371408     Uploaded by: Uwe Kolitsch   Approval date: 2024-05-06   View Count: 137   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 2646 x 1905 pixels (5.0 Mpix)

The pegmatite in 1995

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

The pegmatite, exposed by a forestry road.
Photo Erwin Löffler in 1995.
Copyright: © Erwin Löffler      Photo ID: 1211692     Uploaded by: Uwe Kolitsch   Approval date: 2022-04-18   View Count: 174   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 3599 x 2399 pixels (8.6 Mpix)

Working the pegmatite vein (2008)

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

Working the dumortierite- and cordierite-bearing desilicified pegmatite vein in the quarry wall (Sept. 2008).

The cordierites shown in https://www.mindat.org/photo-1248750.html and https://www.mindat.org/photo-1248749.html were found on that day.

The mineralogy of the pegmatite was described in
Pristacz, H., Kolitsch, U., Löffler, E. & Knobloch, G. (2009): 1597) Cordierit, Dumortierit, Fluorapatit, Monazit, Rutil und Turmalin aus einem Pegmatit in einem Serpentinitsteinbruch bei der Zwettler Leiten, Felling, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 216-218 in: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2009): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVIII. Carinthia II, 199/119, 189-236.
and some later publications.
Copyright: © Erwin Löffler      Photo ID: 1371366     Uploaded by: Uwe Kolitsch   Approval date: 2024-05-06   View Count: 125   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 3072 x 2304 pixels (7.1 Mpix)

The quarry after recultivation (2021)

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

The quarry after recultivation (July 2021).
Photo Erwin Löffler.
Copyright: © Erwin Löffler      Photo ID: 1371372     Uploaded by: Uwe Kolitsch   Approval date: 2024-05-06   View Count: 108   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 4032 x 3024 pixels (12.2 Mpix)

Quarry

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

The small serpentinite quarry showing the wall with the pegmatite (hardly visible) that yielded cordierite, dumortierite, monazite and other minerals. May 2009.
Copyright: © Erwin Löffler      Photo ID: 336442     Uploaded by: Uwe Kolitsch   Approval date: 2010-09-26   View Count: 799   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 1024 x 768 pixels (0.8 Mpix)

C20-FG7Cordierite Mg2Al4Si5O18

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

Field of View: 22 mm

"Pinite".
Beginning (?) pseudomorphosis of layer silicates after cordierite.

Coll. & Photo Martin Rich.

Nikon D5100, Mikro-Nikkor 85 mm 1:3.5 SG, tube. Camera remote with digiCamControl. Combine ZP (stack of 25 images - pyramid max. contrast).
Copyright: © Martin Rich      Photo ID: 621825     Uploaded by: Martin Rich   Approval date: 2014-06-28   View Count: 244   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 1000 x 678 pixels (0.7 Mpix)

YK9-XX8Ilmenite Fe2+TiO3 , K Feldspar, Quartz SiO2

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

Dimensions: 96 mm x 70 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 55 mm

In coll. H. Strunz.

Nikon D4; PC-E Nikkor 45/2.8
Copyright: © Harald Schillhammer      Photo ID: 722438     Uploaded by: Harald Schillhammer   Approval date: 2015-12-18   View Count: 241   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 1000 x 696 pixels (0.7 Mpix)
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