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Gerhard Brandstetter
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Posted: Aug 19, 2013 16:50 Post subject: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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Hello all! I am a collector from Austria. Born 1960, mineral infected 1974. Like most of you with too less space for the collection, too less money but too many minerals. I usually collect Austrian minerals, minerals from the old Austro-Hungarian monarchy, other old classics but new finds too. I also have a special interest in Spanish minerals as my Austrian mother also grew up in Madrid and Andalusia. There are so many aspects of mineralogy - i simply love all! What i also love is to take photos from my own samples - hope you like them! So i wish you much fun with it.....
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Lazulite Höllgraben, Werfen, Salzburg, Austria FOV 25 mm I will begin with some Lazulites. Why? Because it is a classic Austrian Mineral! Type locality is Fressnitzgraben, Styria - but the very best come from Werfen area. |
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Gerhard Brandstetter
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Posted: Aug 19, 2013 16:56 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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Next Lazulite
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Lazulite Faerbergraben, Werfen, Salzburg, Austria Crystal 10 mm |
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GneissWare
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Posted: Aug 19, 2013 16:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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Gerhard Brandstetter wrote: | Next Lazulite |
Very nice!
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Gerhard Brandstetter
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Posted: Aug 19, 2013 16:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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and one more....
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Lazulite Poeham, Salzburg, Austria FOV 23 mm From a very limited find |
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Don Lum
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Posted: Aug 19, 2013 17:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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Hello Gerhard,
Nice specimens and good photography.
You are correct, the "mineral infection" we all have is a disease for which there is no cure.
Please keep posting your collection.
Regards,
Don
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Gerhard Brandstetter
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Posted: Aug 19, 2013 17:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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one more?
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Lazulite Höllgraben, Werfen, Salzburg, Austria 75 mm |
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Gerhard Brandstetter
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Posted: Aug 19, 2013 17:08 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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Thank you for your warm welcome. Hope my lazulites are not too boring. I promise this is my last for today!
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Lazulite Höllgraben, Werfen, Salzburg, Austria 45 mm Typical sample with small crystals. |
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Vitomorim
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Posted: Aug 19, 2013 17:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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I subscribe Don. And keep posting your lazulites. Just remember that you can post more than 1 photo at a time.
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Gerhard Brandstetter
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Posted: Aug 19, 2013 17:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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One of my biggest Austrian rarities: Gold wires on Uraninite! On the left side you can see a small mass of Cinnabar. The Gold wires in this area are 100 % natural Gold Amalgam! Very well documented find from around 1970. Biggest samples have more than 10 cm....
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Gold on Uraninite with Cinnabar and Goldamalgam Anna adit, Mitterberg, Hochkönig, Salzburg, Austria 25 mm |
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Gerhard Brandstetter
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Posted: Aug 19, 2013 17:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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An other classic from Mitterberg area. Mining started about 3500 years ago. Classic how i told you!
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Arsenopyrite Mitterberg, Mühlbach, Hochkönig, Salzburg, Austria FOV 23 mm |
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Gerhard Brandstetter
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Posted: Aug 19, 2013 17:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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Mitterberg was usually an ancient copper mine since celtic times. But good crystals always have been rare. Also "common" Chalcopyrite crytals have been scarce!
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Chalcopyrite Mitterberg, Mühlbach, Hochkönig, Salzburg, Austria 35mm |
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Gerhard Brandstetter
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Posted: Aug 19, 2013 17:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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So - last for today! Here you can see that i not only collect Austrian minerals. But Australia sounds similar....
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Gmelinite Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria, Australia 35 mm |
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Mark Ost
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Posted: Aug 19, 2013 18:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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Wilkomen Gerhard
Nice photos and don't let them discourage you. There are new antibiotics for mineral infections being developed every day. So there is hope! hang in there.
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Martin Rich
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Posted: Aug 19, 2013 21:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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Hello Gerhard,
Greetings from Lower Austria to Upper Austria!
This discussion sounds like that we are all members of a sanatorium. ;)
Gerhard, I know, you have a lot of rarities from Austrian localyties, so I'm looking forward to see your photos.
Nice greetings and we will see us.
Martin
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Gerhard Brandstetter
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Posted: Aug 20, 2013 01:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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Hello Martin! Nice to see you in this forum! So the next two photos are specially for you - we share the same type of infection......
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Apatite Luftenberg, Upper Austria, Austria 13 mm Some years ago this small specimen was pictured in german "Mineralen-Welt". Still like it! |
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Gerhard Brandstetter
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Posted: Aug 20, 2013 01:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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I think Herderite from this long abondand small quarry are probably europes best of this species. My friend Martin Rich has the largest: a 5 cm crystal of Hydroxyl-Herderite on small matrix. Usually we found the Hydroxyl varity, but also Herderite with more F than OH was confirmed.
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Hydroxyl-Herderite Luftenberg, Upper Austria, Austria 16 mm |
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Gerhard Brandstetter
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Posted: Aug 20, 2013 01:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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A few things from Saxonian Ore Mountains.... Visited Freiberg and other places a few weeks ago with my mineral club. Was a very good time!
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Argyrodite Himmelsfürst mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg district, Saxony, Germany 2 cm An old time find from the type locality. Oh - i love nice rare tn's! |
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Gerhard Brandstetter
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Posted: Aug 20, 2013 01:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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Freiberg again - whats about wire silver?
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Silver Freiberg, Saxony, Germany 19 mm |
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Silver Türkschacht, Katharina Flacher vein, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany 30 mm Obtained during Freiberg show this year. |
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Gerhard Brandstetter
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Posted: Aug 20, 2013 01:56 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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Germany again: Boracite from a 19th century find. Ex K.S.Mineralienniederlage in Freiberg. Not too common in this crystal size i think.
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Boracite Sehnde, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany 10 mm |
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Carles Millan
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Posted: Aug 20, 2013 03:33 Post subject: Re: Collection of Gerhard Brandstetter |
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Hi Gerhard!
Nice photos and specimens. Please, keep posting.
But remember that You can include up to 15 photos or images within each message, as recommended here. Including several photos in a single post is intended to prevent the system from sending too many notifications to the members, which is not any fun.
Many thanks for your newly open topic.
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