Welcome!

Our institute offers the opportunity to delve deep into the fascinating world of minerals, crystalline matter and geomaterials.
Among other things, we deal with the structure and properties of crystals, the development of modern materials, and the origin and treatment of gemstones. The protection of the environment through the sustainable use of mineral resources, the knowledge of mineral components as energy or CO2 storage materials, but also the understanding of minerals under extreme conditions - such as in the interior of planets - are also part of our exciting research areas.
If you are interested in the natural sciences and are enthusiastic about the combination of research, technology, and environmental protection, then you are very welcome at our institute!

You can find out more about our key research areas here.

01.10.2024
 

The October 2024 issue of the renowned earth science magazine “Elements” is dedicated to the phenomenon of luminescence (light emission after energetic excitation). Prof. Lutz Nasdala led the team of guest editors.

15.01.2024
 

The Austrian Crystallographer Days 2024 (ACD'24) took place the 25 to the 26 February 2024 in Bad Aussee.

06.09.2023
 

Joint Meeting MinWien2023 took place September 17 to 21, organized by the Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography.

10.07.2023
 

Whilst two-dimensional dendrites of Fe or Mn oxides (e.g. at fractures) are a common phenomenon, three-dimensional dendrites are decidedly rare. Soch objects occurring in a porous zeolith rock were studied recently by an international team, among others by Raman spectroscopy in our institute.

10.02.2023
 

University of Vienna geologist Jennifer Zwicker is investigating whether archaea play a role in the formation of magnesite using the example of the Kraubath deposit in Styria (Austria). If so, the tiny microorganisms could help us in the fight against the climate crisis.

30.01.2023
 

As part of a cooperative project between the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (museum of the history of fine art) and the Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography of the University of Vienna, all 172 jewels of the Imperial Crown have now been examined and documented in detail.

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