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Skalny dump, Łaziska, Katowice area, Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Upper Silesia (Śląskie), Poland

(hałda Skalny, Łaziska, rejon Katowic, Górny Śląsk, Polska)

An already recultivated, burnt coal-dump. Hypergenic, fumarolic (so-called para- or pseudofumarolic) (mainly) and high-temperature mineral associations were observed. Some "minerals" may be of "technogenic" or anthropogenic origin.
Unknowns (likely artifacts) include Cd- and Cl- rich needle-like crystals, a Cd-Sn sulphate and Cu-(Zn)-Fe-W oxide (or a tungstate). The researches of "Skalny" dump were performed in connection with Mag. Thesis (unpublished) on Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, Faculty of Geology, Warsaw University, Poland (www.geo.uw.edu.pl).





Mineral List:
Alunogen
Bassanite
Blödite
Boussingaultite
Gypsum
Halite
Hannebachite
Hematite
Hexahydrite
Kieserite
Krasnogorite
Krasnoselskite
Magnetite
Mullite
Quartz
Salammoniac
Sulphur
Tschermigite
Voltaite


19 entries listed. 17 valid minerals.

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