Hajnáčka, Rimavská Sobota Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

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Hajnáčka, okres Rimavská Sobota, Banskobystrický kraj, Slovenská republika

Old classic occurrence of sapphire in the Carpathian. Maximal size of sapphire crystals is 0.7 cm.

References

- Szádeczky G., 1899: Magyarországi korundok. Földt. Közl. 29, 240–252. (in Hungarian)
- Uher P., Sabol M., Konečný P., Gregáňová M., Táborský Z., Puškelová Ľ., 1999: Sapphire from Hajnáčka (Cerová Highlands, Southern Slovakia). Slovak Geological Magazine, Bratislava, 5, 4, 273–280.
- Uher P., Gregáňová M., 2002: Zafír z Hajnáčky na južnom Slovensku. Minerál, 10, 4, 297-299. (in Slovak)
- Uher P., Giuliani G., Szakáll S., Fallick A., Strunga V., Vaculovič T., Ozdín D., Gregáňová M. (in press): Sapphires related to alkali basalts from Hajnáčka and Gortva, Cerová Highlands, Western Carpathians (Southern Slovakia): composition and origin. Geol. Carpath.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Aegirine-augite Albite var: Oligoclase Allanite-(Ce) Almandine Analcime Anorthite var: Bytownite var: Labradorite Anorthoclase Aragonite

Augite var: Titanian Augite Calcite Clinoenstatite Corundum var: Sapphire Diopside Enstatite Euxenite-(Y) Forsterite 'Garnet'

Ilmenite Kaersutite Laumontite Leucite Magnesiochromite Magnetite var: Titaniferous Magnetite Monazite-(Ce) 'Olivine' Pargasite

'Phillipsite' Pigeonite Pyrrhotite Rhönite Sillimanite Spinel Titanite Zircon

38 entries listed. 29 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region Rimavská Sobota Co. Hajnačka Gortva