Harald Schillhammer's Photo Gallery

TF4-A2DCordierite (Mg,Fe)₂Al₃(AlSi₅O₁₈)

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

Field of View: 8.1 cm

Unaltered (apart from a very thin superficial layer) cordierite in pegmatite matrix.
Collection Helmut Pristacz, photo Harald Schillhammer.

This was one of the best specimens 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.

332-MRQCordierite (Mg,Fe)₂Al₃(AlSi₅O₁₈)

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

Field of View: 7 cm

Unaltered (apart from a very thin superficial layer) cordierite in pegmatite matrix.
Collection Helmut Pristacz, photo Harald Schillhammer.

This was one of the best specimens 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.

6L4-UL3Titanite CaTi(SiO₄)O , Clinochlore Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈

Gneiss quarry, Ebersdorf, Klein-Pöchlarn, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria

Field of View: 2.6 mm

Unusual habit of titanite: yellowish aggregates composed of subparallel tabular crystals. Associated with grey-greenish rounded aggregates of clinochlore.
Collection Erwin Löffler, photo Harald Schillhammer.

This photo was originally published in Löffler, E., Kolitsch, U. (2019): Der Steinbruch Ebersdorf bei Melk an der Donau und seine Mineralien. Der Steirische Mineralog 34, 27-42.

7CX-2QCAmphibole Supergroup AB₂C₅((Si,Al,Ti)₈O₂₂)(OH,F,Cl,O)₂

Turquoise ditch, Amstall, Mühldorf, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria

Field of View: 7 mm

Dark prismatic amphibole crystal in matrix. Found in November 2016 at the ‘Turquoise ditch North’ sublocality.
Collection Erwin Löffler, photo Harald Schillhammer.

KLW-TK0Rutile TiO₂ , Chlorite Group, Albite Na(AlSi₃O₈)

Pernegger Graben, Pernegg, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria

Field of View: 2.3 mm

Rutile pseudomorphous after brookite, with greenish chlorite, on albite.
Collection Erwin Löffler, photo Harald Schillhammer.

V8V-58RRutile (Var: Sagenite (of Saussure)) TiO₂

Pernegger Graben, Pernegg, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria

Field of View: 2.35 mm

Sagenitic rutile.
Collection Erwin Löffler, photo Harald Schillhammer.

JL1-HEVAlmandine-Spessartine Series

Brandner quarry, Ardagger-Markt, Ardagger, Amstetten District, Lower Austria, Austria

Field of View: 12.5 mm

A single garnet crystal in pegmatitic matrix.
In coll. E. Löffler.

72D-9K8Clinozoisite (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)

Ullrich quarry, Gebharts, Schrems, Gmünd District, Lower Austria, Austria

Field of View: 13 mm

in coll. H. Schillhammer, gift by H. Strunz.

4UH-JGPTourmaline AD₃G₆ (T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z

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

Field of View: 12.4 mm

Single, nicely terminated crystal of schorl/dravite (not analysed).

In coll. E. Löffler

The image was originally published in: Löffler, E., Kolitsch, U., Knobloch, G. (2021): Mineralien aus einem kleinen Serpentinit-Steinbruch und dem näheren Umfeld der Zwettler Leiten bei Felling im Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Der Steirische Mineralog 36, 43-49.

EGF-W6GDravite NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)

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

Field of View: 7 mm

Single dravite crystal showing the trend towards acicular/columnar habit.

In coll. E. Löffler

The image was originally published in: Löffler, E., Kolitsch, U., Knobloch, G. (2021): Mineralien aus einem kleinen Serpentinit-Steinbruch und dem näheren Umfeld der Zwettler Leiten bei Felling im Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Der Steirische Mineralog 36, 43-49.