Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania

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Formerly Kapnik, Hungary.

References:
- 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. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 963, 1101.
- Huber, P. & Muresan, I. (1996): Mineralienübersicht der wichtigsten Bergbaue des Bezirkes Maramures. Lapis, 21 (7), 60. (in German).
- Szakáll, S., Ed. (2002): Minerals of the Carpathians. Christian Weise Verlag, Munich, Germany, 480 pp.

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Mineral List:

Ankerite

Ca(Fe

,Mg,Mn

)(CO

)

Reference:

[]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© Peter Haas

Arsenic

Reference:

[Szakáll: Minerals of Carpathian Reg., 2004]

Roata Mine, Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© Tamás Ungvári 2005

Arsenopyrite

FeAsS - (Fe

0.90

0.10

)AsS

Reference:

[]

Baryte

BaSO

Reference:

[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: 412.]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© C.Thomson 2003

Bournonite

PbCuSbS

Reference:

[]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© GiovanniFraccaro

Calcite

CaCO

Reference:

[No reference listed]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© Dan Weinrich

Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite

(Ca,Mn)CO

Reference:

[No reference listed]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© Rob Lavinsky

Chalcopyrite

CuFeS

Habit:	Skeletal complex crystals and twins to several cm
Colour:	yellow
Fluorescence:	none
Description:	Spectacular crystals on white matrix
Reference:	[No reference listed]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© Marco Barsanti

Chalcostibite

CuSbS

Reference:

[LAPIS, 7-8./1996]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© Tamás Ungvári 2006

Covellite

CuS

Reference:

[Rocks & Minerals 81:296-300]

Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© willy

Dolomite

CaMg(CO

)

Reference:

[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: 214.]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© C.Thomson 2003

Fluorite

CaF

Reference:

[No reference listed]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© C.Thomson 2003

Galena

PbS

Reference:

[No reference listed]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© C.Thomson 2003

Gold

Reference:

[]

Roata Mine, Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© 2002 Thames Valley Minerals

Gypsum

Ca[SO

] · 2H

Reference:

[Szakáll: Minerals of Carpathian Reg., 2004]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© C.Thomson 2003

Gypsum
var: Selenite

Reference:

[]

Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© 2002 Thames Valley Minerals

Helvite

[S|(SiO

)

]

Reference:

[Szakáll: Minerals of Carpathian Reg., 2004]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© Tibor Horváth

Hübnerite

MnWO

Reference:

[No reference listed]

Marcasite

FeS

Reference:

[]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© Rob Lavinsky

Matildite

AgBiS

Reference:

[Damian, G. et al. (2008): Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 185, 199-213.]

Orpiment

Reference:

[Szakáll: Minerals of Carpathian Reg., 2004]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

Proustite

AsS

Reference:

[]

Pyrargyrite

SbS

Reference:

[]

Pyrite

FeS

Reference:

[No reference listed]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© Vitezslav Snasel

Quartz

SiO

Reference:

[Szakáll: Minerals of Carpathian Reg., 2004]

Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz

SiO

Reference:

[various added photos]

Realgar

Reference:

[Lapis Nr.9 Sept.2002 Page 8]

Rhodochrosite (TL)

MnCO

Type Locality:	Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania
Reference:	[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: 174; Zeitschrift für Kristallographie (1981): 156: 233.]

Sphalerite

(Zn,Fe

Reference:

[No reference listed]

Stibnite

Reference:

[No reference listed]

Tetrahedrite

(Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)

Reference:

[No reference listed]

Wavellite

[(OH,F)

|(PO

)

] · 5H

Reference:

[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. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 963; Szakáll, S., Ed. (2002): Minerals of the Carpathians. Christian Weise Verlag, Munich, Germany, 480 pp.]

Whewellite

Ca[C

] · H

Reference:

[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: 1101.]

Wurtzite

(Zn,Fe)S

Reference:

[Szakáll: Minerals of Carpathian Reg., 2004]

Zinkenite

Reference:

[Lapis Nr.9 Sept.2002 Page 8]

35 entries listed. 32 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region:


Romania
Maramures Co. Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik) Boldut Mine
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya)
Gottlieb mine
Roata Mine
Suior Mine
Cremenea vein
Varvara mine

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