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Pukanec, Levice, Štiavnické Mts, Nitra Region, Slovakia

(Pukanec, Levice, Štiavnické vrchy, Nitrianský Kraj, Slovenská Republika)

Au-Ag mining district.
The Pukanec ore district is situated in the Central Slovakia Neogene Volcanic Field in the SW part of the Banská Štiavnica stratovolcano. Beginning of mining was in the 14th century. Maximum of exploitation was in the 15th and the 16th century and the real end of mining was in the last century.







Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Oligoclase
Allophane
Ankerite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite

var: Labradorite
Arsenopyrite
Biotite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
'Chabazite'
'Chalcedony'
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
'Chrysolite'
Cinnabar
Cristobalite
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Fluorite
Galena
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Halloysite
Hausmannite
'Heulandite'
'Hornblende'
Illite
Ilmenite
Kaolinite
Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
'Metahalloysite'
Montmorillonite
Mordenite
Muscovite
'Olivine'
Opal
Opal
var: Opal-AN

var: Wax Opal
Orpiment
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Rock Crystal
var: Smoky Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Romanèchite
Rutile
Siderite
Silver
Sphalerite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Tetrahedrite
Tridymite
'Wad'
Zircon


66 entries listed. 40 valid minerals.

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