the mineral exhibition of the NHM Vienna / pt. 3

by Robert Kunze

Mikroklin_PikesPeak

The museum

The basic information about the museum can be found the first article. So I’m not repeating this here.

Click here to vitit the museums’ website.

The mineral collection

The basic information about the mineral collection can be found the first article. So I’m not repeating this here.

 

 

My visit of the collection

I visited the mineral collection for about 3 hours. In this time I got a good overview, but I could not look at every piece more closely. You will know this, with time the eye gets tired and it is hard to concentrate.

I tried to find the pieces that were interesting for me and also to take pictures. This is not easy, because of the shape of the showcases many pieces are not well lit. Of course, this also shows in the pictures (I had to use a mobile phone). The quality of the photos is not comparable to pieces in new display cases or even studio photos.

I hope it is still interesting to look at pieces of such an old collection.

In this third part are the pictures of about 38 specimens, more articles with pictures from the collection will follow.

I hope you’ll enjoy! Robert

museum sized specimens (38 photos)

Wulfenit_Bleiberg_2
Stibnite_Schlaining
SmokyQuartz_Koenigsalm
SmokyQuartz_Hocharn
Skolezit_Mickenhain
Siderit_Panasqueira
Siderit_Huettenberg
Siderit_Huettenberg
Mimetesit_Johanngeorgenstadt
Mikroklin_PikesPeak
Malachit_Schwaz
Halit_Hallstatt
Gold_Grosskirchheim
Goethite_Dachstein
Galenit_Bleiberg
Fluorite_Mauterndorf
Fluorite_Hocharn
Fluorite_Gams
Fluorit_Elmwood
Dolomit_Sunk
Diopsid_Zillertal
Descloizit_Hochobir
Calcite_Oberzeiring
Beryll_Unterweißenbach
Beryll_Untersulzbachtal
Beryll_Nepal
Azurite_Schwaz
Aragonite_Schwaz
Aragonite_Erzberg

blue aragonite from Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria

Aragonite_Erzberg

Aragonite var. flos ferri from Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria

Antimonit_Allchar
Andalusite_Luesens
Amethyst_Zillertal

Ametyhste from Zillertal valley, Tyrol. Austria (about 25 cm high)

Wulfenit_Bleiberg
Steinsalz_Polen
Steinsalz_Polen
Steinsalz_Polen

Halite (about 1 m wide!) from Wieliczka, Poland

This was the 3rd part of photos from this famous collection. I hope you enjoyed. Thank you very much!

Robert

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