Rare Mineralogy Book: Haidinger, W.; Über die Pseudomorphosen. & Über den durchsichtigen Andalusit aus Brasilien & Über den Diaspor von Schemnitz. 1845.

Haidinger, Wilhelm Karl von;; Über die Pseudomorphosen. & Über den durchsichtigen Andalusit aus Brasilien & Über den Diaspor von Schemnitz. Abhandlungen derr Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften. Gratz, 1845. Quarto, pp.  231 - 275 mit 1 Tafel. 

This offprint set is complete and tipped into a modern archival folder. Minor soiling to title page, very minor foxing, text never trimmed. In very good condition.

Haidinger (1795-1871); an Austrian mineralogist and geologist; was the son of the noted mineralogist Karl Haidinger. His principal works were on Austrian geology, the mineralogy of pseudomorphs, meteorites and fossil footprints. He published several works and over 320 papers on these various subjects. In 1827, Haidinger became interested in pseudomorphs and the absorption of light in crystals-the later studies probably sparked by his association with David Brewster in Edinburgh. The results of some of these studies are found in the above three papers.