Vinařice, Kladno, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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(Vinařická hora)

Vinařická hora (Vinarice hill) is a Tertiary stratovolcano. Quarry was open from 19th century to 1980s. The profile in quarry is layers of effusive nephelinite, layers of tuff and pyroclastic metamorphosis of Cretaceous sediments. Locality famous for well-formed paulingite crystals.

References:
Lengauer, C. L., Giester, G. & Tillmanns, E. (1997): Mineralogical characterization of paulingite from Vinaricka Hora, Czech Republic. Mineralogical Magazine 61, 591-606.

Map Reference: 50°11'8"N , 14°5'44"E

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Mineral List:

Aragonite
Calcite
'Chabazite'
'Chlorite Group'
Gismondine
Gonnardite

'Heulandite'
Natrolite
Nepheline
Offretite
Opal
Paulingite-Ca

'Phillipsite'
Pyrite
Siderite
'Stilbite'
'Thomsonite'

17 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

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