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Gerlach Peak, Poprad, High Tatra Mts, Prešov Region, Slovakia

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(Gerlachovský štít, Poprad, Vysoké Tatry, Prešovský Kraj, Slovenská Republika)


Highest part of the Carpathians, with Gerlachovský štít as the highest mountain (2655 m AMSL).

A find of mafic apatite-rich ultrapotassic melasyenite (mesoladogalite) enclave in granite, on W slopes of the mountain, in the Batizovska Valley.





Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Gawęda A. 2006: Apatite-rich rock from the High Tatra granite, Western Carpathians. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 29, 127-130]
  		•  Almandine
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p]
  		•  Amphibole Group
    var: Uralite
    Reference: [Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [Gawęda A. 2006: Apatite-rich rock from the High Tatra granite, Western Carpathians. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 29, 127-130]
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [Gawęda A. 2006: Apatite-rich rock from the High Tatra granite, Western Carpathians. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 29, 127-130]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p]
  		•  Cinnabar
    HgS
    Reference: [Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p]
  		•  Diopside
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p]
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Gawęda A. 2006: Apatite-rich rock from the High Tatra granite, Western Carpathians. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 29, 127-130]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Gawęda A. 2006: Apatite-rich rock from the High Tatra granite, Western Carpathians. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 29, 127-130]
  		•  Microcline
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p]
  		•  'Monazite'
    Reference: [Gawęda A. 2006: Apatite-rich rock from the High Tatra granite, Western Carpathians. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 29, 127-130]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Gawęda A. 2006: Apatite-rich rock from the High Tatra granite, Western Carpathians. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 29, 127-130]
  		•  Orthoclase
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Gawęda A. 2006: Apatite-rich rock from the High Tatra granite, Western Carpathians. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 29, 127-130]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Gawęda A. 2006: Apatite-rich rock from the High Tatra granite, Western Carpathians. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 29, 127-130]
  		•  Sillimanite
    Al
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    AD
     
    3
    		G
     
    6
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		[T
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]Y
     
    3
    		Z
    Reference: [Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p]
  		•  Xenotime-(Y)
    YPO
     
    4
    Reference: [Gawęda A. 2006: Apatite-rich rock from the High Tatra granite, Western Carpathians. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 29, 127-130]
  		•  Zircon
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Gawęda A. 2006: Apatite-rich rock from the High Tatra granite, Western Carpathians. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 29, 127-130]


    22 entries listed. 17 valid minerals.

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