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Idria Mine (Idrija Mine), Idrija (Idria), Slovenia
Idrija
A famous mercury mine started before 1850. Produced 2,000 flasks per year of Hg (1984).
NOTE: This mine was once part of Italy and also part of Austria. Old labels may carry the region name Carniola (see there).
Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities26 entries listed. 22 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).
Localities in this Region
Slovenia
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References
- Hitzinger, P. (1860): Das Quecksilber-Bergwerk Idria, von seinem Beginne bis zur Gegenwart. Laibach, xx pp.
- Kossmat, F. (1900): Ueber die geologischen Verhältnisse des Bergbaugebietes von Idria. Jahrbuch der k.k. Geologischen Reichsanstalt, 49, 259-286.
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 492, 618.
- Canadian Mineralogist (1963): 7: 751.
- Mining Annual Review (1985): 119.
- Bancroft, P.E.A. (1991). Famous mineral localities: The Idria mines, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Mineralogical Record 22, 201-208.
- Bogdan Kladnik & Ivana Leskovec (1995): Idrijski rudnik. Zaklad, Ljubljana, xx pp. (in Slovenian.)
- Rečnik, A., Režun, B. & Herlec, U. (2010): Idrija, eine weltberühmte Quecksilber-Lagerstätte. Mineralien-Welt 21 (3), 20-39 (in German).
- Rečnik, A. (2012): Mineralien der Quecksilberlagerstätte Idrija. Bode Verlag & Institut Jožef Stefan, Ljubljana, 112 pp. (in German).
- Kossmat, F. (1900): Ueber die geologischen Verhältnisse des Bergbaugebietes von Idria. Jahrbuch der k.k. Geologischen Reichsanstalt, 49, 259-286.
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 492, 618.
- Canadian Mineralogist (1963): 7: 751.
- Mining Annual Review (1985): 119.
- Bancroft, P.E.A. (1991). Famous mineral localities: The Idria mines, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Mineralogical Record 22, 201-208.
- Bogdan Kladnik & Ivana Leskovec (1995): Idrijski rudnik. Zaklad, Ljubljana, xx pp. (in Slovenian.)
- Rečnik, A., Režun, B. & Herlec, U. (2010): Idrija, eine weltberühmte Quecksilber-Lagerstätte. Mineralien-Welt 21 (3), 20-39 (in German).
- Rečnik, A. (2012): Mineralien der Quecksilberlagerstätte Idrija. Bode Verlag & Institut Jožef Stefan, Ljubljana, 112 pp. (in German).
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