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Slovakia

Slovenská republika

Also known as Slovak Republic.

Since 1949 (except 1990–1996), Slovakia has been divided into a number of kraje (singular kraj; usually translated as "Regions"). Their number, borders and functions have been changed several times, but most of them retained their borders from the 11th century. There are currently 8 regions of Slovakia. Each region (kraj) is further sub-divided into counties (okresy). There currently are 79 counties in Slovakia.

Present-day Slovakia was formerly part of:
- Realm of Samo (623 - 658)
- different pricipalities (658 - 833)
- Great Moravian Empire (833 - 907)
- different pricipalities (907 - 997)
- the Kingdom of Hungary or Austro-Hungarian Kingdom (997 (1000) – 1918)
- Czechoslovakia (1918–1939)
- Slovak Republic (1939-1945)
- Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Czecho-Slovakia (1945-1992)

Since 1.1.1993 Slovak Republic (= Slovakia) is a independent state in Europe.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
'Aeschynite'
Aeschynite-(Ce)
Aeschynite-(Y)
'Agalmatolite'
Aikinite
Akaganeite
Alabandite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Alloclasite
Allophane
Almandine
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Altaite
Aluminite
Aluminoceladonite
Aluminocopiapite
Alumohydrocalcite
Alunite
Alunogen
Amarantite
'Amber'
Ammoniojarosite
Amphibole Supergroup
var: Byssolite
var: Uralite
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Andersonite
'Andorite'
Andorite IV
Andorite VI
Andradite
var: Demantoid
var: Melanite
var: Topazolite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Anilite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Annite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite
var: Labradorite
Anorthoclase
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
var: Picrolite
Antimony
Antlerite
'Apatite'
'Aphrosiderite'
Apjohnite
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
var: Plumboan Aragonite
Aramayoite
Arcubisite
Ardealite
Argyrodite
Armalcolite
'Arrojadite Group'
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Artinite
Asbolane
Astrophyllite
Atacamite
Augite
var: Fassaite
var: Titanian Augite
Aurichalcite
Autunite
Awaruite
Axinite-(Fe)
Axinite-(Mn)
Azurite
Baksanite
Bannisterite
Bariopharmacosiderite
'Barrandite'
Barroisite
Baryte
Barytocalcite
Bassanite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bastnäsite-(Nd)
Beaverite-(Cu)
Beidellite
Bementite
Benjaminite
Benleonardite
Berryite
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
Bieberite
'Biotite'
Birnessite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
var: Horobetsuite
Bismutite
Bohdanowiczite
Böhmite
'Bonchevite'
Bornite
Botryogen
Boulangerite
Bournonite
'Brabantite'
Brammallite
Brandholzite
Brannerite
Braunite
Breithauptite
Brianyoungite
Britholite-(Y)
Brochantite
Brookite
Brucite
var: Nemalite
Brushite
Calcite
var: Cobaltoan Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Calomel
Camerolaite
Canfieldite
Carpathite
Carrollite
Caryopilite
Cassiterite
Celadonite
Celestine
var: Barian Celestine
Cerianite-(Ce)
Cerussite
Cervantite
Cervelleite
'Chabazite'
'var: Phacolite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcanthite
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chamosite
var: Corundophilite
var: Daphnite
var: Thuringite
'Chamosite-Clinochlore Series'
Chapmanite
Charlesite
Cheralite
'Cheralite-(Ce)'
Chernovite-(Y)
'Chevkinite'
Chlorapatite
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chovanite (TL)
Chromite
var: Aluminian Chromite
Chrysocolla
'Chrysolite'
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Claudetite
Clausthalite
Clinochlore
var: Delessite
var: Leuchtenbergite
var: Pennine
var: Ripidolite
var: Sheridanite
Clinochrysotile
Clinoclase
Clinoenstatite
'Clinoptilolite'
'Clinotyrolite'
Clinozoisite
Clintonite
Cobaltite
'Cobaltoan Arsenopyrite'
Coesite
Coffinite
Cohenite (TL)
'Columbite'
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
Copiapite
Copper
Coquimbite
Cordierite
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Corundum
var: Sapphire
Cosalite
Costibite
Covellite
Crandallite
Cristobalite
Crocoite
Cronstedtite
'Crossite'
Cryptomelane
Cualstibite
Cubanite
Cumengeite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Cuprobismutite
Cyanotrichite
Dadsonite
Danburite
Datolite
'Davidite'
Dawsonite
Delafossite
Delvauxite
Destinezite
Devilline
'Deweylite'
Diadochite
'Diallage'
Diamond
Diaphorite
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
Dissakisite-(La)
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Dravite
'Dravite-Schorl Series'
Dumortierite
Dyscrasite
Eclarite
Edenite
Emplectite
Enargite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Epidote
Epistilbite
Epsomite
var: Manganoan Epsomite
Erythrite
Euchroite (TL)
Euxenite-(Y)
'Evansite' (TL)
Evenkite
Falkmanite
Famatinite
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Felsőbányaite
Ferberite
Fergusonite-(Y)
'Ferrierite'
Ferri-ghoseite
Ferrihydrite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferrisymplesite
Ferro-Actinolite
Ferro-aluminoceladonite
Ferrohexahydrite
Ferro-hornblende
Ferro-kaersutite
Ferro-pargasite
'Ferropargasite-Pargasite Series'
Ferrosilite
Ferro-tschermakite
Ferro-winchite
Ferrowodginite
Fersmite
Fibroferrite
Fichtelite
Fizélyite
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite
Fluorcalciomicrolite
Fluorellestadite
Fluorite
Fluor-uvite
Foitite
Forsterite
Freibergite
Freieslebenite
Friedrichite
Fülöppite
Gahnite
Galena
Galenobismutite
'Ganomatite'
Garavellite
'Garnet'
Garronite
Gasparite-(Ce)
Gaylussite
Geikielite
Geocronite
Georgiadèsite
Gersdorffite
var: Antimonian Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
Giessenite
'Gismondine'
Gladite
'Glass'
Glaucodot
Glauconite
Glaucophane
Goedkenite
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Goldfieldite
Goldmanite
Gorceixite
Goslarite
Goyazite
Grandidierite
Graphite
var: Cliftonite
Greenockite
Greigite
Grossular
var: Hessonite
var: Hibschite
Grunerite
Gudmundite
Guildite
Gustavite
Gypsum
var: Alabaster
var: Selenite
Gyrolite
Halite
'Halloysite'
'var: Ferrian Halloysite'
Halotrichite
Hammarite
Harmotome
Hastingsite
'Hatchettite'
Hauchecornite
Hauerite (TL)
Hausmannite
Heazlewoodite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
var: Martite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
var: Chrompicotite
var: Picotite
Herzenbergite
Hessite
Heteromorphite
'Heulandite'
Hexahydrite
Heyrovskýite
Hingganite-(Y)
Hocartite
Hodrušite (TL)
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Howlite
Huanzalaite
Hübnerite
'Hyalophane'
'Hydrogoethite'
'Hydrogrossular'
Hydromagnesite
'Hydromuscovite'
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)
'Hydroxylbastnäsite-(La)'
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Nd)
Hydroxylellestadite
Hydrozincite
'Hypersthene'
Ianthinite
Ice
Idaite
'Iddingsite'
Idrialite
Ikunolite
Illite
Ilmenite
var: Iserine
Ilvaite
Inesite
Ingodite
Iodargyrite
Iron
var: Kamacite
Ixiolite
var: Wolframoixiolite
Izoklakeite
Jadeite
Jalpaite
Jamesonite
var: Sakharovaite
Jarosite
Jaskólskiite
Jennite
Jonesite
'Joséite'
'Joséite-A'
'Joséite-B'
Junoite
Kaersutite
Kaolinite
Kerimasite
Kermesite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Kieserite
'Klaprothite'
Klebelsbergite
Kobellite
Koninckite
Kornelite (TL)
Kornerupine
Koutekite
Krupkaite
Krutovite
Kupčíkite
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Lacroixite
Laitakarite
Lanarkite
Langite
Laumontite
Launayite
Lawrencite
Lawsonite
Lazulite
Lazurite
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
Leucite
'Leucoxene'
Libethenite (TL)
Lillianite
'Limonite'
'var: Stilpnosiderite'
Linarite
Lindströmite
Linnaeite
Liroconite
Lizardite
Löllingite
Loparite-(Ce)
Luanheite
Ludjibaite
Luzonite
Maghemite
Magnesiochromite
var: Picrochromite
Magnesiocopiapite
Magnesioferrite
Magnesiofoitite
Magnesio-hastingsite
Magnesio-hornblende
Magnesite
var: Breunnerite
var: Ferroan Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Mushketovite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Makovickyite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides
var: Manganese Dendrites'

Manganite
Manganocummingtonite
Manganogrunerite
Mantienneite
Marcasite
Margarite
Marrucciite
Mascagnite
Massicot
Matildite
Mckinstryite
Melanterite
var: Cuprian Melanterite
var: Cuprokirovite
var: Kirovite
'Melnikovite'
Mendozite
Meneghinite
Mercury
Mesolite
'Meta-alunogen'
Metacinnabar
'Metahalloysite'
Metastibnite
Metavoltine
Metazeunerite
Miargyrite
Microcline
Microlite Group
var: Plumbomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium
Mirabilite
Mogánite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
'Montanite'
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
Montroseite
Mordenite
Mrázekite (TL)
Mukhinite
Mullite
Mummeite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Gilbertite
var: Sericite
Nacrite
Nambulite
Natroalunite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Natrozippeite
Naumannite
Nepheline
Nesquehonite
Newberyite
Nickel
Nickeline
Nickelphosphide
Nickelskutterudite
var: Chathamite
var: Chloanthite
Nontronite
Nuffieldite
'Obsidian'
Olivenite
var: Zincian Olivenite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Fire Opal
var: Hydrophane
var: Jasper Opal
var: Milk Opal
var: Moss Opal
var: Mother of Pearl Opal
var: Onyx Opal
var: Opal-AN
var: Opal-Agate
var: Opal-CT
var: Precious Opal
var: Wash Opal
var: Wax Opal
var: Wood Opal
Orpiment
Orthobrannerite
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Ourayite
Owyheeite
Oxyplumboroméite
Oxy-schorl
'Ozocerite'
Padĕraite
Palygorskite
Papagoite
Paragonite
Pararammelsbergite
Pararealgar
Paraschachnerite
Pargasite
'Parisite'
Parisite-(Ce)
Parnauite
Pavonite
Pearceite
Pekoite
Pellouxite
Pentlandite
Periclase
Perovskite
Perroudite
Petrukite
Petzite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
'Phengite'
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Pickeringite
var: Ferropickeringite
var: Kasparite
Picropharmacolite
Pigeonite
Pilsenite
'Pitticite'
Plagionite
Platinum
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
'Plumosite'
Poitevinite
Polybasite
Polybasite-Tac
Polycrase-(Y)
Polydymite
Posnjakite
Povondraite
Prehnite
Prismatine
'Prochlorite'
Proudite
Proustite
Pseudobrookite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
'Pulszkyite'
'Pumpellyite'
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)
Pumpellyite-(Mg)
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
'Pyrobitumen
var: Thucholite'

Pyrochlore Group
'Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)'

'var: Stibiobetafite (of Černý et al.)'
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)
Pyrosmalite-(Mn)
Pyrostilpnite
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
Qitianlingite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Aventurine
var: Bloodstone
var: Carnelian
var: Chalcedony
Quartz
var: Citrine

var: Eisenkiesel
var: Ferruginous Quartz
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Sceptre Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
'Quartz-beta'
Quenstedtite
Ramdohrite
Rammelsbergite
Ranciéite
Realgar
Rectorite
Reichenbachite
Retgersite
'Rezbanyite (of Frenzel)'
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rhomboclase (TL)
Rhönite
Richterite
Rickardite
Riebeckite
Robinsonite
Romanèchite
'Roméite Group'
'var: Stibiconite'
Römerite
Roquesite
Rosasite
Roscoelite
Rouxelite
Rozenite
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
var: Niobian Rutile
var: Strüverite
Safflorite
'Sagenite'
Samarskite-(Y)
Sanidine
Saponite
Scainiite
'Scapolite'
Schachnerite
Schafarzikite (TL)
Schapbachite
Scheelite
'Schirmerite'
Schorl
Schreibersite (TL)
Schwertmannite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Sekaninaite
Semseyite
Sénarmontite
Sepiolite
'Serpentine Group'
'var: Bastite'
Serpierite
Shattuckite
Siderite
var: Manganoan Siderite
var: Oligonite
var: Sphärosiderite
'Siderogel'
Sideronatrite
Siegenite
Sillimanite
Silver
var: Kongsbergite
var: Küstelite
Skinnerite
Skutterudite
var: Smaltite
Slavíkite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
var: Monheimite
Smythite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
var: Cleiophane
var: Marmatite
Spherocobaltite
Spinel
var: Ceylonite
var: Chromspinel
var: Pleonaste
Stannite
Starkeyite
Staurolite
Stephanite
'Stevensite'
Stibarsen
'Stibioenargite'
'Stibiomicrolite (of Groat et al.)'
Stibiotantalite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stilpnomelane
Stolzite
Strashimirite
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
Stützite
Sulphotsumoite
Sulphur
Svanbergite
Sylvanite
'Sylvinite'
Synchysite-(Ce)
Szaibélyite
Szomolnokite (TL)
Taenite
Talc
'Tantalite'
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)
'Tapiolite'
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Taranakite
Teallite
Tellurantimony
Tellurium
Tellurobismuthite
Telluronevskite (TL)
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tephroite
Tetradymite (TL)
Tetrahedrite
var: Bismuthian Tetrahedrite
var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite
Thaumasite
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorianite
Thorite
var: Uranothorite
Thorogummite
Tin
Tintinaite
Titanite
Tobermorite
Todorokite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Traskite
Tremolite
Tridymite
Tripuhyite
Tritomite-(Y)
Trögerite
Troilite
Tschermakite
Tschermigite
Tsumoite
Tungstenite
Tungstite
Tyrolite
Tyuyamunite
Ullmannite
'Unnamed (Bi Sulphide)'
'Unnamed (Bi Telluride Sulphide II)'
Uraninite
Uranopilite
Uranopolycrase
'Uranpyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)'
Uvarovite
'Uvite'
Uytenbogaardtite
Vaesite
Valentinite
Valleriite
Vanadinite
Variscite
Vashegyite (TL)
Vermiculite
'Vernadite'
Vesuvianite
Vihorlatite (TL)
Viitaniemiite
Vikingite
Violarite
'Viséite'
Vivianite
Volborthite
Voltaite
Vyacheslavite
'Wad'
'var: Cobaltian Wad'
Wavellite
Weissite
Whewellite
Willemite
Willyamite
Winchite
Witherite
Wittichenite
'Wittite'
'Wolframite'
Wollastonite
Wroewolfeite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xanthoconite
Xenotime-(Y)
'Zeiringite'
Zellerite
Zeunerite
Zincite
Zincocopiapite
Zinczippeite
Zinkenite
'Zinnwaldite'
Zippeite
Zircon
var: Cyrtolite
Zoisite
Zunyite
var: Dillnite


990 entries listed. 680 valid minerals. 16 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

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Bernard, J. H., Ed. (1981): Mineralogie Československa. 2.vyd., Academia, Praha, 645 p. (in Czech)

Tuček, K. (1981): Meteority a jejich výskyty v Československu. - Academia, Praha, 272 p. (in Czech)

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Koděra, M., Andrusovová-Vlčeková, G., Belešová, O., Briatková, D., Dávidová, Š., Fejdiová, V., Hurai, V., Chovan, M., Nelišerová, E., Ženiš, P. (1986-1990): Topografická mineralógia Slovenska. I-III. Veda, Bratislava, 1592 p. (in Slovak)

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Papp, G. (2004): History of Minerals, Rocks and Fossil Resins Discovered in the Carpathian Region. Studia Naturale 14, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 215 p. [for corrections and additions see http://www.nhmus.hu/~pappmin/errata.rtf & http://www.nhmus.hu/~pappmin/addenda.rtf]

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Ďuďa, R. & Pauliš, P. (2005): Minerály Slovenskej republiky. KUTTNA, Kutná Hora, 136 p. (in Slovak)

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