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Sean Price
The search for radioactive minerals is an exciting activity that requires special equipment and expertise.
Matthias Reinhardt
The rare copper-nickel-bismuth sulphide mückeit was first discovered in the Grüne Au mine in Siegerland, Germany. An outline of the special discovery site and the history of the unique find.
Walter Ungerank
It has long been known that the world-famous poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a passionate mineral collector. New research has now revealed that he was also interested in the minerals of the Zillertal.
Erwin Burgsteiner
In the summer of 1994, Erwin Burgsteiner discovered an intersting cleft with many excellent pericline-adular sphene and apatite specimens at the Großer Finagl in the Untersulzbachtal in Austria.
Michael Götzinger
A survey of mineral pigments is given along with their availability, occurrences and uses from prehistoric times up to current ecological trends.
The Knappenwand in the Untersulzbachtal in Salzburg has been a world-famous site for minerals like epidote for over a hundred years. Over the years, many different leaseholder have tried their...
Paul Gruber
A glittering, strikingly colored or strangely shaped stone, found in nature, given as a gift or bought cheaply, is sometimes a reason to want to know more about this part of nature. The...
Michael Wachtler
Thanks to state-of-the-art technology, one of the most important gold finds of the 21st century was made in the Alpine region. About a treasure hunt where the truth prevailed in the end.
