Hall III

Systematic Mineralogy. The paintings in this room depict the following: Along the far wall, a picture by Leopold Munsch of Hohe Goldberg in der Rauris (gold mine in the Alps); the emerald deposits in the Leckbachrinne in Habachtal (Carl Hasch), and the opal pits in Dubnik (formerly Czerwenitza) in Slovakia (Carl Hasch). On one side wall there is a picture of the natural spring in Rank near Kaschau (A. Obermüller); on the other there is a picture of the oil spring near Baku in the Caucasus (Wilhelm v. Leopoldski).

The samples of the systematic mineral show (carbonates, borates, sulphates, phosphates and arsenates) include: magnesite/Oberdorf an der Laming, Styria (III/2); dolomite/Werfen (III/7); azurite/Chessy, Bisbee and Tsumeb (III/24); bastnaesite/Trimouns (III/27); leadhillite(Tsumeb (III/27); phosgenite/Monte Poni (III/28); jeremejevite/Soktuj mountains (III/32); chalcanthite/Planet Mine (III/53); devillite/Herrengrund (III/65); ettringite/N'Chwaning Mine (III/65); crocoite/Dundas (III/66); scheelite/Habachtal (III/67); wulfenite/Red Cloud (III/72); beryllonite/Paprok (III/72); wagnerite/Werfen (III/74); herderite/Virgem da Lapa (III/77); pyromorphite/Bad Ems (III/88); mimetesite/Johanngeorgenstadt and Cobar (III/90); hureaulite/Tacquaral (III/92); scorodite/Tsumeb (III/93); erythrite/Schneeberg (III/94), and euchroite/Libethen (III/96).

Of particular note in the wall cabinets along the sides are:

Baryte/Frizington (III/102); wulfenite/Mezica (III/103); crocoite/Beresowsk (III/103); apatite/Zillertal (III/107); mimetesite/Johanngeorgenstadt (III/108); vivianite/Anoua (III/108); variscite/Fairfield (III/109); epidote/Knappenwald (III/133); axinite/Bourg d'Oisans (III/134); adularia/St. Gotthard (III/137); pollucite/Paprok (III/137), and analcime/Tura, Siberia (III/138).

In one large glass cabinet, one can view the spectacular halite sample from the deposits in Wieliczka, weighing approx. 1 000 kg and with crystals up to 30 cm in length. A small table cabinet contains a magnificent sulphur sample from Girgenti, Sicily.

In two cabinets in front of the windows one can see new international acquisitions. As the contents of these cabinets frequently vary, details concerning specific pieces cannot be mentioned here.