the mineral exhibition of the NHM Vienna / pt. 5
by Robert Kunze
The museum
The basic information about the museum can be found the first article.
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The mineral collection
The basic information about the mineral collection can be found the first article.
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 5th and last part are the pictures of more than 70 specimens.
I hope you’ll enjoy! Robert
Apatite (17 photos)
Dufrenite (1 photo)
Herderite (1 photo)
Celestine (7 photos)
Baryte (17 photos)
Anhydrite (3 photos)
Azurite & Malachite (4 photos)
Scheelite (7 photos)
Ettringite (1 photo)
Zippeite (1 photo)
Wulfenite (14 photos)
This was the 5th and last part of photos from this famous collection. I hope you enjoyed.
Feel free to leave a comment below, for example which specimen you enjoyed most or what kind of specimen you haven’t seen before.
Robert
Hallo, was soll der baryt von clarashall kosten? Grüße
Es handelt sich um eine öffentliche Sammlung eines Museums, die Stücke sind nicht zu verkaufen.
Hallo Robert,
hast du auf einem deiner Beiträge zum NHM auch die Knappenwandinger abgelichtet, da das Museum ja für längere Zeit die Arbeiten an der Knappenwand über hatte?
LG
Hallo Julian,
ich bedaure. Die Knappenwandstufen habe ich nicht fotografiert.
Robert
Dear Robert,
Thank you for these posts! Wonderful photos and a great journey through XIX century Central European mineralogy. What was new to me: dufrenite! Amazing!
Greetings from Serbia!