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Vysočina Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic

(Kraj Vysočina)

Vysočina region is partially in both historic regions of Moravia and Bohemia. Its geology is complicated and interesting, consisting of many types of igneous and methamorphic rocks of various genesis and age. Well known are many classical pegmatite sites (Dolní Bory, Rožná, Věžná) and uranium mining sites, sometimes with selenides and tellurides (Petrovice, Slavkovice). From these sites several TL minerals were published.

Vysočina is mostly hilly terrain with altitudes between 450-700m and contains alot of forests, fields and meadows. Most areas are pretty quiet countryside, many sites are difficult to localize or reach by public transportation. Though Vysočina is not much high altitude, winters could be surprisingly strong and long.




Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  • Acanthite
  • Actinolite
  • Aegirine
  • Aegirine-augite
  • Aeschynite-(Ce)
  • Aeschynite-(Nd)
  • Aeschynite-(Y)
  • Aguilarite
  • Albite
       var: Andesine
       var: Cleavelandite
       var: Oligoclase
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  • 'Allanite'
  • Allanite-(Ce)
  • Allophane
  • Alluaudite
  • Almandine
  • Amblygonite
  • 'Amphibole Group'
  • Analcime
  • Anatase
  • Andalusite
  • Andersonite
  • Andradite
  • Anglesite
  • Ankerite
  • Anorthite
       var: Labradorite
  • Anthophyllite
  • Antigorite
  • Antimony
  • 'Apatite'
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • 'Apophyllite'
  • Aragonite
  • Arseniosiderite
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Athabascaite
  • Augelite
  • Augite
       var: Soda-Augite
  • Aurichalcite
  • Auricupride
  • Autunite
  • 'Axinite'
  • Axinite-(Fe)
  • Azurite
  • Babefphite
  • Baddeleyite
  • Baotite
  • Barbosalite
  • Baryte
  • 'Bastnäsite'
  • Bavenite
  • Bellidoite (TL)
  • Benyacarite
  • Beraunite
  • Berthierine
  • Bertrandite
  • Beryl
  • Berzelianite
  • Betafite
  • Beusite
  • Billietite
  • Biotite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • Bohdanowiczite
  • Boltwoodite
  • Bornite
  • Boromuscovite
  • Boulangerite
  • Bournonite
  • Brabantite
  • Brannerite
  • Braunite
  • Brazilianite
  • Brochantite
  • Brockite
  • Brookite
  • Bukovite (TL)
  • β-Uranophane
  • Cacoxenite
  • Calciosamarskite
  • Calcite
  • Carnotite
  • Cassiterite
  • Celadonite
  • Cerussite
  • Cervantite
  • Cesstibtantite
  • 'Chabazite'
  • 'Chalcedony'
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcophyllite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chamosite
       var: Thuringite
  • Chernovite-(Y)
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Chloritoid
  • Chondrodite
  • Chromite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Chrysotile
  • Clausthalite
  • Clinochlore
  • Clinohumite
  • Clinozoisite
  • Clintonite
  • Cobaltite
  • Coffinite
  • 'Columbite'
  • Columbite-(Fe)
  • Columbite-(Mn)
  • Compreignacite
  • Cookeite
  • Copper
  • Cordierite
  • Corundum
  • Covellite
  • Crookesite
  • Cuprite
  • Cuprosklodowskite
  • Curite
  • Cyrilovite (TL)
  • Datolite
  • Delafossite
  • 'Delessite'
  • 'Diallage'
  • Diaspore
  • Digenite
  • Diopside
  • Djurleite
  • Dolomite
  • Dravite
  • Dumortierite
  • Earlshannonite
  • Edenite ?
  • Edingtonite
  • Elbaite
       var: Achroite
       var: Indicolite
       var: Rubellite
       var: Verdelite
  • Enstatite
  • Epididymite
  • Epidote
  • Epsomite
  • Eskebornite
  • Eucairite
  • Eudidymite
  • Evansite
  • Fairfieldite
  • Ferberite
  • Ferro-anthophyllite
  • Ferrogedrite
  • Ferropargasite
  • Ferroselite
  • Fischesserite
  • Fluorite
  • Foitite
  • Forsterite
  • Freibergite
  • Frondelite
  • Froodite
  • Fergusonite-(Y)
  • Galena
  • 'Garnet Group'
  • Geikielite
  • Goethite
  • Gold
  • Goyazite
  • Graftonite
  • Graphite
  • Greenockite
  • Grossular
  • Gypsum
  • Gyrolite
  • Hakite
  • Halloysite
  • Halotrichite
  • Hambergite
  • Harmotome
  • Harrisonite
  • Hedenbergite
  • Hematite
  • Hemimorphite
  • Hercynite
  • Herderite
  • Herzenbergite
  • 'Heulandite'
  • Hexahydrite
  • Hibschite
  • Hübnerite
  • Huntite
  • Huttonite
  • Hyalophane
  • 'Hydromuscovite'
  • Hydrotalcite
  • Hydroxylclinohumite
  • Hydroxylherderite
  • Ilmenite
  • Ixiolite
       var: Wolframoixiolite
  • 'Jahnsite'
  • Jarosite
  • Kanonaite
  • Kaolinite
  • 'K Feldspar'
  • Kinoshitalite
  • Klockmannite
  • Krut'aite (TL)
  • Lacroixite
  • Langite
  • Laueite
  • Laumontite
  • Lepidolite
  • Leucophosphite
  • Liddicoatite
  • Liebigite
  • Limonite
  • Lipscombite
  • Löllingite
  • Magnesiohornblende
  • Magnesite
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Malayaite
  • Maldonite
  • Marcasite
  • Marécottite
  • Margarite
  • Marialite
  • 'Marialite-Meionite Series'
  • Masutomilite
  • Melanterite
  • Meta-autunite
  • Metatorbernite
  • Michenerite
  • Microcline
       var: Amazonite
  • Microlite
  • Milarite
  • Mimetite
  • Molybdenite
  • Molybdite
  • 'Monazite'
  • Monazite-(Ce)
  • Montebrasite
  • Montmorillonite
  • Montroseite
  • Muscovite
  • Nastrophite
  • Natrodufrénite
  • Natrolite
  • Natrozippeite
  • Naumannite
  • Nickeline
  • Ningyoite
  • Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)
  • Nontronite
  • Olgite
  • Olivenite
  • 'Olivine'
  • Opal
  • Orthoclase
       var: Adularia
  • Palygorskite
  • Paragonite
  • Parasymplesite
  • Pargasite
  • Paulkerrite
  • Pectolite
  • Pentlandite
  • Permingeatite
  • Petrovicite (TL)
  • Pharmacosiderite
  • Phengite
  • Phlogopite
  • Phosphosiderite
  • Phosphuranylite
  • Pickeringite
  • Pitticite
  • Plumbojarosite
  • Pollucite
  • Polybasite
  • Polycrase-(Y)
  • Polylithionite
  • Posnjakite
  • Prehnite
  • Pretulite
  • Pseudobrookite
  • Pyrargyrite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrochlore
  • Pyromorphite
  • Pyrophanite
  • 'Pyroxene Group'
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Amethyst
       var: Milky Quartz
       var: Rock Crystal
       var: Rose Quartz
       var: Smoky Quartz
       var: Star Quartz
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Rockbridgeite
  • Rosenhahnite
  • Rossmanite (TL)
  • Rutile
       var: Niobian Rutile
  • Sabatierite (TL)
  • Samarskite-(Y)
  • Saponite
  • Sarcopside
  • Scheelite
  • Schorl
  • Schröckingerite
  • Scolecite
  • Scorodite
  • Scorzalite
  • Sekaninaite (TL)
  • Sepiolite
  • 'Sericite'
  • 'Serpentine Group'
  • Siderite
  • Siderophyllite
  • Sillimanite
  • Silver
  • Smithsonite
  • Sperrylite
  • Spessartine
  • Sphalerite
  • Spinel
  • 'Spinel-Hercynite Series'
  • Spodumene
  • Stephanite
  • Stibiobetafite (TL)
  • Stibiomicrolite
  • Stibnite
  • 'Stilbite'
  • Stokesite
  • Strengite
  • Sulphur
  • Symplesite
  • Stibiotantalite
  • Talc
  • Tantalite-(Mn)
  • Tenorite
  • Tephroite
  • Tetrahedrite
  • 'Thomsonite'
  • Thomsonite-Ca
  • Thorianite
  • Thorite
  • Tiemannite
  • Tinzenite
  • Titanite
  • Tobermorite
  • Topaz
  • Torbernite
  • 'Tourmaline Group'
  • Tremolite
  • Trilithionite
  • Triphylite
  • Triplite
  • Tsumoite
  • Tusionite
  • Tyrolite
  • Tyrrellite
  • Umangite
  • Unnamed (F-analogue of schorl)
  • Uraninite
  • Uranophane
  • Uranopilite
  • Uvite
  • Valentinite
  • Vanadinite
  • Vandenbrandeite ?
  • Vermiculite
  • Vesuvianite
  • Vivianite
  • Voglite ?
  • 'Wad'
  • Wagnerite
  • Wellsite
  • Whitmoreite
  • Wolfeite
  • Wolframite
  • Wollastonite
  • Wölsendorfite
  • Wurtzite
  • Xenotime-(Y)
  • Xonotlite
  • Yttropyrochlore-(Y)
  • Zincrosasite
  • Zinczippeite
  • Zinkenite
  • Zinnwaldite
  • Zippeite
  • Zircon
       var: Hafnian Zircon
  • Zirkelite
  • Zoisite
  • Zwieselite


    408 entries listed. 345 valid minerals. 9 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    Czech Republic
     
    • Moravia (Mähren; Maehren)
      • Vysočina Region
        • Bystřice nad Pernštejnem
        • Humpolec
        • Křižanov
        • Moravské Budějovice
    Czech Republic
     
    • Moravia (Mähren; Maehren)
      • Vysočina Region
        • Štěpánov nad Svratkou
          • Rouchovany
        • Velká Bíteš
          • Pernštejn
        • Želetava

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