Description of the Collection:

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The collection contends to more than 90 % of finds of ourselves. At the building of the collection cooperated:
Gerhard Granzer, born 31. Aug. 1949
DI Andreas Granzer, born 14. Jan. 1972
Bernhard Granzer, born 2. Feb. 1973
Start of the activities of collecting: 1980
The collection ist situated in many lighted class cupboards and shelfs in several rooms of the private residental building.

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Collection of minerals:

Lower Austria:
Ybbs-Valley: septaries from Neumarkt/Kemmelbach, calcites from the "Klippenzone" in the west of Waidhofen/Y., "Ybbssteine" = rubbles of colored limestone, paesine from Sonntagberg
"Waldviertel": Loja, Amstall, Dobersberg (opal), Maissau, Limberg n. Maissau, Langschwarza, ...)
"Wachau": Spitz - schorl, Lehen-Ebersdorf, Dunkelsteinerwald, Stratzing, pyrope-eklogite, Pöchlarn (granulite with dendrites)
The south-eastern part of Lower Austria: Sooß n. Baden, Puchberg/Schneeberg
Burgenland:
Forchtenstein (calcite), Kohfidisch (opal), Badersdorf
Upper Austria:
Gusen (pyrite, markasite), Au,Luftenberg, St. Georgen im Mühlv., Königswiesen
Salzburg:
Moosegg/Grubach (gypsum, sulfur, anhydrite), Rauris, Habachtal, Lammer-valley (Triassic limestone), Enns (Grünschiefer)
Styria:
Unterlaussa (fluorite), Kaswassergraben, Admont, Erzberg (!), Hohentauern (dolomite, magnesite), Oberzeiring, Pöls (calcite), Kraubath, Katsch, Donnersbachwald, Krieglach, Peggau (calcite), Weitendorf, Retznei, Stradnerkogel, Gossendorf, Klöch, Unterfresen (eklogite), ...
Carinthia:
Ankogelgebiet (anatase), Wurtenkees (quartzcristals), Koralpe, Hochobir (wulfenite), Dellach (auripigment), Goldeck (Bänderkalk-marble), Radenthein, Turrach (jasper)
Tyrol:
Zillertal, Schwaz-Brixlegg, Schmirn, Navis, Obernberg (fluorite), Sellrain (andalusite), Paznaun (calcite, quartzcristals), Ötztal (Granatenwand), Oberinntal, "Kundler" conglomerate
Osttirol: Hinterbichl (hessonite, epidote, diopside)
Vorarlberg:
Hohenems (calcite, pyrite)
South Tyrol:
Pfitscherjoch (schorl, magnetite, anatase), Seiseralm (Lafreider Hölle, Pufels), Piz Sella (natrolithe)
Italy:
Trentino: Fassatal (heulandite), Predazzo (pistazite), Buffaure (augite), Valfloriana
Lombardei: Selvino, Braone - Val Carmonica (vesuviane)
Toskana: Colline metallifiere, Roccastrada (gypsum!), Gavorrano, Viterbo (calcit-balls), Le Cetine (antimonite), Venturina (calcite), Roselle, Civitavecchia (paesine), ...
Elba: Rio Marina (pyrite, hematite), Terranera (pyrite, hematite), Calamita (chrysocolla), minerals from the pegmatite-area, ...
Switzerland:
Samnaun (calcite), Graubünden (Piz Beverin, Val Schons - quartzcristals), Zinggenstock, Binntal, Alpe Sponda, Val Bedretto (Needlequartz, artichoke-quartz), Saas-valley (Allalingabbro)
Germany:
Idar-Oberstein, Bundenbach, Freisen, Langenthal, ...
Schwarzwald (Grube Clara - fluorite, barite, Artenberg)
Sauerland (Brilon, Silbach)
Harz (Bad Grund)
Solnhofen, Langenaltheim, Eichstätt (dendrites, calcite), Fützen bei Blumberg (calcite),
Thüringerwald ("Schneekopfkugeln")
Saxony (Hammerunterwiesenthal - zeolithes)
France:
Septaries with "Mirabeau-Diamonds": Remuzat, Orpierre
Col de Pre Guittard (barite-septaries)
Spain:
Picos de Europa (quartzcristals with Cu-Minerals), Asturia (fluorite - Berbes, La Collada), Fuentes de Ebro (gypsum!), Olvega (hematite), Navajun (pyrite!), Valdeperillo, Ambasaguas (pyrite), Valverde de Alcalá (gypsum);
Aragon: Sigüenza, Luzon, Minglanilla (aragonite, red coloured gypsum), Ojos Negros, Azaila (yellow celestite), Montalban (gypsum), La Canada de Verich (calcite-geodes, gypsum);
Chella ("Eisenkiesel"), Almadén, Santa Eufemia (pyromorphite), Cerro Cortado (smokyquartz, yellow fluorite), Burguillos del Cerro (andradite, magnetite), Antequera (blue quartz), Jaen (celestine), El Fondo dels Frares (epidote, quartzcristals, melanite), Las Herrerias (barite), Pilar de Jaravia (celestine), Huercal-Overa (erythrine), Tharsis (goethite), Càceres (turquoise), Cullar-Baza (gypsum), Villamanin (aragonite), Agramon (menilithe), Ulea (celestine), Pantoja (aragonite)
Portugal:
Serra da Estrela (beryl, quartz), Villa Vicosa (pseudomalachite,libethenite), Goncalo (lepidolithe), Panasqueira, Cercal (pyrolusite) 
Czech Republic:
Strkovice (gypsum), Príbram (minerals of ore), Koneprusy, Horovice (phosphates), Teskov (phosphates), Böhmisches Mittelgebirge (zeolithes), Krupka (fluorite, molybdenite), Jenikov (baryte), Cibousov (japser, agate), Moravia - Tisnov (pegmatite minerals)
Slowakia:
Schemnitz (minerals of ore, quartzcristals, sceptre-quartz), Spania Dolina - Richtárová (langite), Lubietova - Reinera (libethenite), Maglovec bei Presov (chabasite), Herl´any (meat-opal), Vysna Kamenica (opal), Vechec near Vranov nad Topl´ou(trydimite), Cucma (rhodonite), Vel´ký Lipnik ("Marmaroscher Diamonds"), Vinicky (obsidian), Velky Dravce (aragonite),  Siatorska Bukovinka (zeolithes)
Hungary:
Tokajer mountains: opal (precious-, fire-, glassopal), chalcedony, jasper, agate, hyalithe, obsidiane, opalized wood
Rudabánya, Bajna (gypsum), Dunabogdány (zeolithes), Dorog, Polgárdi (calcite), Ùrkùt
Matra mountains: jasper, agate
Belgium: Landelies (calcite)


Prefered subjects or fields of interest, especially interesting findings:
"Ruinenmarmor" - landscape marble (Ybbs-Valley, Sonntagberg, Toskana, Northern Appennines)
calcite, pyrite, septaries

Collection of Fossiles:

Lower Austria:
Ybbs-Valley (ammonites of the "Klausschichten", Klippenzone)
"Waldviertel" (Horn, Eggenburg, Brunn/W., Gmünd)
"Weinviertel" (Ernstbrunn - diceras, Korneuburg, Stratzing - fossile wood)
Burgenland:
Müllendorf, St. Margarethen
Upper Austria:
Linzer Sande (shark teeth)
Reichraminger Hintergebirge (hippurites)
Gosau (corals, snails)
Salzburg:
Adnet (ammonites, corals), Hintersee (ammonites), St. Pankraz, Russbach, Tauglboden
Styria:
Hieflau (trochactaeon), Gams, Feuerkogel b. Bad Aussee (Triassic-ammonites), Weitendorf, Retznei (clypeaster)
Carinthia:
Nötsch b. Bleiberg (carbonian - brachiopodes, trilobites), Wietersdorf (sea urchins), carnic alps and Nockberge (plant fossiles)
Tyrol:
Brandenberg
South-Tyrol:
Gadertal
Italy:
Miozänic fossiles (Toskana, Northern Appennines), Eozänic fossils (Lonigo, Vicenza)
Switzerland:
Frick
Germany:
Bavaria: Unterstürmig (Pleuroceras), Kalchreuth, Drügendorf, Buttenheim, Gräfenberg (ammonites)
area of Neumarkt/Opf. (ammonites of the platynota strata), Sengenthal (Fossiles from the dogger)
Fränkische Schweiz, Mistelgau,
Solnhofen, Langenaltheim, Eichstätt, Mühlheim, Gundelsheim, Rehlingen, Erkertshofen-Petersbuch
Baden-Würtemberg: Wutachgebiet, Geisingen (ammonites), Ohmden, Dotternhausen
Niedersachsen: Misburg, Höver
France:
Lorraine, Vosges: sea urchins (Landaville, Jaulny) Paris Basin: fauna of snails (Daumery, Fleury-la-Rivière)
Normandy: Fresney-le-Puceux (ammonites, belemnites), Feuguerolles (ammonites),
Urville, Ranville (crinoides), Falaise des Vaches Noires, Bayeux, Dieppe (sea urchins), Port-en-Bassin, Trouville-sur-Mer
West of France (Touraine, Anjou, Poitou): Doue la Fontaine (sea urchins), Sauvigne sur Lanthan (teeth of sharks and mammals), Montreuil-Bellay, St. Laon bei Loudun (very rich fauna of ammonites from the Callovien), Airvault (Liassic ammonites), Niort, Nanteuil, ...
South of France: Cadenet (mussels), Graissessac (carbonian plants, Boussagues (crinoides), Montagnac (giant oysters), Apt, Orgon, Luberon, Mende (pyrite-ammonites), Le Clapier (pyrite-ammonites), Trigance, Carnoil, Graissessac, ...
Spain:
Morella (big snails- Natica), Cervera d. Maestrat (snail gymentone, mussel pterotrigonia), Capres (ammonites)
Czech Republic:
Trilobites of the Jince-Formation (Felbabka), Fossiles of the Koneprusy - reef
Hungary:
petrified pits of snails from Dudar, Bakonywald (Penzesgyör - ammonites, Upper-Cretacious), Bakonyoszlop ("Giant"-Nummulites), Jasd (fossile snails), Gerecse mountains (ammonites),  petrified wood of the Tokajer Mountains, Sümeg
Slowakia:
Litmanovà (pyrit. ammonites)

Prefered subjects or fields of interest, especially interesting findings:
petrified wood
ammonites (west of france)
sea urchins

Collection of Micromounts:

Lower Austria:
"Waldviertel" (Loja, Amstall, Trandorf, Limberg b. Maissau, ...)
"Wachau" (Spitz)
Upper Austria:
Luftenberg
Salzburg:
Moosegg/Grubach, Rauris, Habachtal
Styria:
Unterlaussa, Kaswassergraben, Admont, Erzberg (!), Bärndorf b. Rottenmann, Kraubath, Weitendorf, Retznei, Stradnerkogel, Klöch, ...
Carinthia:
Ankogel area, Wurtenkees, Pflüglhof (epidotes, rutil), Koralpe, Hochobir (lead-zinc-min.)
Tyrol:
Zillertal, Schwaz-Brixlegg (curls of malachite), Obernberg/Brenner
Osttirol: Hinterbichl (hessonite, epidote, diopside, titanite)
South Tyrol:
Pfitscherjoch, Burgumer Alm, Seiseralm (Lafreider Hölle), Piz Sella (natrolithe)
Italy:
Trentino: Fassatal, Predazzo, Valfloriana
Toskana: Colline metallifiere, Le Cetine
Elba: Rio Marina, Calamita, regions of the pegmatites, ...
Switzerland:
Binn-Valley
Germany:
Idar-Oberstein, Bundenbach
Schwarzwald (Grube Clara)
Saxony (Hammerunterwiesenthal - Zeolithe)
France:
Septaries with "Mirabeau-Diamonds": Remuzat, Orpierre, Col de Pre Guittard (barite-septaries)
Spain:
Picos de Europa (Cu-minerals), Asturia (Berbes, La Collada), Almadenejos, Santa Eufemia, La Celia (apatite), Albatera (titanite)
Czech Republic:
Pribram (ore minerals), Koneprusy, Horovice (very rarely phosphates)
Slowakia:
Schemnitz (ore minerals, quartzcristals, sceptre quartz), Spania Dolina - Richtárová (langit, devellin), Lubietova - Reinera (libethenite), Vechec (trydimite)
Hungary: Rudabánya, Tokajer Mountains (opal), Dunabogdány (zeolithes), Bazsi
 
Prefered subjects or fields of interest, especially interesting findings:
minerals of pegmatites (Lower- and Upper Austria), Brixlegg
lead-zinc-minerals
zeolithes
phosphates (Czech Republic)
Grube Clara

Collection of postcards:

Postcards (relating to mining) from Styria (priority Erzberg!), Tyrol, Czech Republic, France and so on.

Collection of mining-antiques: lamps, ...

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Characterization of the collection:

Because there was set store by finds of ourselves from the beginning, there are in the collection not many pieces with high material worth. Rather the collection contains numerous interesting findings and good till very good examples of partial not any more existing findplaces. The idealistic worth of the collection for all is the reason to reminiscences to personal adventures, beautiful mountain tours and a lot of journeys abroad. Nevertheless there are included some exceptionally good pieces of quality and size in the collection .
 

It is desiderable to contact other collectors for inspection of the collection, for exchange of experience or exchange of mineral or fossil localities!