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U obrázku quarry, Písek, South Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Photo: A.Tomek
lom U obrázku (V živci, U boudy, U píseckého obrázku)

Abandoned pit quarry in granitic pegmatite used for mining of quartz and feldspar. The quarry was active from 1883 to 1897. Area 25 x 30m, depth 40m. The quarry was closed due to the flooding with water. The quarrying was attempted again unsuccessfully in 1925. The quarry was famous for its up to 50 cm long schorl crystals, common beryl crystals up to 25 cm and beryl gem varieties (heliodor, aquamarine), monazite as tabular crystals (up to 1,5 x 2 cm and dipyramidal, up to 5 mm large xenotime crystals.

Mineral List

Albite
var: Cleavelandite
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Anatase
'Apatite'
Arsenopyrite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
var: Goshenite
var: Heliodor
var: Morganite
Biotite
Chalcopyrite
Chondrodite
Delvauxite
Dravite
Elbaite
Foitite
Ilmenite
Jarosite
Lepidolite
Limonite
Magnetite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Natrojarosite
Orthoclase ?
Pharmacosiderite
Phlogopite
Písekite-(Y)
Pitticite
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Citrine
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rossmanite
Rutile
Schorl
Symplesite
Titanite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline
var: Achroite'

'var: Indicolite'
'var: Rubellite'
'var: Verdelite'
Uvite
Xenotime-(Y)


58 entries listed. 34 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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References

(Listed alphabetically.)
- Anonym (1925): Obnovení živcového lomu U obrázku v píseckých horách. Báňský svět, roč. 4, str. 80-82. Praha.
- Bernard J.H. et al. (1981): Mineralogie Československa, 2.vyd., 645 str. Praha.
- Fišera M. et al. (1978): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1:25 000, list 22-412 Kluky. ÚÚG, 58 str. Praha.
- Chábera S.(1989): 105 let od založení lomu U obrázku, významné mineralogické lokality. Sborník Jihočeského muzea v Českých Budějovicích, přírodní vědy, roč. 29, str. 29-30. České Budějovice.
- Chalupský J.(1930): Beryl drahý v píseckém živcovém lomu U obrázku. Otavan, roč. 13, č. 1, str. 5. Písek.
- Krječí A.(1923): Pisekit, novy radioaktivni nerost nebo klamotvar, Casopis pro Mineralogii a Geologii, pp 2-5
- Krječí A.(1925): Živcový lom U obrázku u města Písku, jeho historie a mineralogie. Báňský svět, roč. 4, str. 98-100. Praha.
- Krejčí A.(1925): Minerály písecké a jich naleziště.Časopis Národního muzea, oddíl přírodovědný, roč. 99, str. 49-65. Praha.
- Sochor A.(1884): Živcové lomy u města Písku. Vesmír, roč. 14, str. 242-243. Praha.
- Želízko J.V.(1928): Ložisko živce u Písku. Věstník Stát. geol. úst. Československé republiky, roč.4, str.23-30. Praha.

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