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Nežilovo, Veles, Republic of Macedonia

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Marbles and schists of the Pelagonian massif at the upper part of Babuna river, about 40 km SW of Skopje.
Lower schistose part of the Precambrian polymetamorphic series: Barite-baring schists, quartz-cymrite schists, pink dolomitic marbles, micaschists and gneisses.



References:
- Baric, L. (1960): Piedmontite, gahnite, and rutile from the Pb-Zn ores of Nezilovo, Macedonia. Glasnik prirod. muzeia, Beogradu, Ser. A, Mineral., geol., paleontol. 13, 199-204. (in German)
- Bermanec, V., Armbruster, T., Oberhänsli, R., and Zebec, V. (1994): Crystal chemistry of Pb- and REE-rich piemontite from Nežilovo, Macedonia. Schweizerische mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen 74: 321-328.
- Jancev, S. (2001): Peculiar antimony-bearing minerals of the spinel group in metamorphic rocks from near Nezilovo village, Macedonia. Geokhimiya, Mineralogiya i Petrologiya 38, 73-78.




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


Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.the-conference.com/JConfAbs/4/720.html]
  		•  'Albite-Anorthite Series'
    Description: In marbles.
    Reference: [V. Bermanec et al. : "Zn-rich magnetoplumbite from Nezilovo, Macedonia", Eur. Journ. Mineral., 1993, 5, pp 957-960]
  		•  Ardennite-(As)
    Mn
    2+
    4
    		[(Al,Mg)
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    6
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		,VO
     
    4
    		)|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Description: In schists. In marbles.
    Reference: [Schweiz. mineral. petrogr. Mitt. (1994) 74, 321-328; Can.Min.(1996) 34, 1287-1297]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Description: In schists and marbles.
    Reference: [V. Bermanec et al. : "Zn-rich magnetoplumbite from Nezilovo, Macedonia", Eur. Journ. Mineral., 1993, 5, pp 957-960]
  		•  Braunite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		Mn
    3+
    6
    		[O
     
    8
    		|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Description: In marbles.
    Reference: [Bermanec,V., Holtstam,D., Sturman, D., Criddle, A.J., Back, M.E.,Scavnicar, S. (1996): Nežilovite, a new member of the magnetoplumbite group, and the crystal chemistry of magnetoplumbite and hibonite. The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 1287-1297]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [V. Bermanec et al. : "Zn-rich magnetoplumbite from Nezilovo, Macedonia", Eur. Journ. Mineral., 1993, 5, pp 957-960]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Description: In marbles.
    Reference: [V. Bermanec et al. : "Zn-rich magnetoplumbite from Nezilovo, Macedonia", Eur. Journ. Mineral., 1993, 5, pp 957-960]
  		•  Cymrite
    BaAl
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		(O,OH)
     
    8
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Description: In schists with quartz.
    Reference: [Bulletin Scientifique, Section A: Sciences Naturelles, Techniques et Medicales (Zagreb) (1975), 20 (9-10), 274; V. Bermanec et al. (1993): "Zn-rich magnetoplumbite from Nezilovo, Macedonia", Eur. Journ. Mineral., 5, 957-960]
    Site Photo
    Nežilovo, Veles, Republic of Macedonia
    © 2008 Jesse Crawford
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [V. Bermanec et al. : "Zn-rich magnetoplumbite from Nezilovo, Macedonia", Eur. Journ. Mineral., 1993, 5, pp 957-960]
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.the-conference.com/JConfAbs/4/720.html]
  		•  Epidote-(Pb)
    {CaPb}{Al
     
    3
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Geologia Croatica 51 (1998) 23-26 [http://www.geologia-croatica.hr/abstract/gc-51-1-04.html]
  		•  Franklinite
    Zn
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Schweiz. mineral. petrogr. Mitt. (1994) 74, 321-328; Jancev, S. (2001): Peculiar antimony-bearing minerals of the spinel group in metamorphic rocks from near Nezilovo village, Macedonia. Geokhimiya, Mineralogiya i Petrologiya 38, 73-78. ]
  		•  Gahnite
    ZnAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Description: In schists. In marbles.
    Reference: [Schweiz. mineral. petrogr. Mitt. (1994) 74, 321-328; Jancev, S. (2001): Peculiar antimony-bearing minerals of the spinel group in metamorphic rocks from near Nezilovo village, Macedonia. Geokhimiya, Mineralogiya i Petrologiya 38, 73-78. ]
  		•  Hedyphane
    Pb
     
    3
    		Ca
     
    2
    		[Cl|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Description: In marbles.
    Reference: [Geologia Croatica (1993) 46, 229-32; Can. Mineral. (1996) 34, 1287-1297]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Description: In marbles.
    Reference: [http://www.the-conference.com/JConfAbs/4/720.html]
  		•  Magnetoplumbite
    (Pb,Mn)(Fe,Mn)
     
    12
    		O
     
    19
    Description: Zn-rich. In marbles.
    Reference: [Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1993) 481-486; Eur. J. Mineral. 5 (1993) 957-960]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.the-conference.com/JConfAbs/4/720.html]
  		•  Nežilovite (TL)
    PbZn
     
    2
    		(Mn
    4+
     
    		,Ti
    4+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
    8
    		O
     
    19
    Type Locality: Kalugeri Hill, Babuna Valley, Jakupica Mts, Nežilovo, Veles, Republic of Macedonia
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (1996): 34: 1287-1297.]
    Site Photo
    Nežilovo, Veles, Republic of Macedonia
    © Thomas Witzke
  		•  Piemontite
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Mn
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Description: REE- and Pb-rich epidote group mineral (up to 10wt % PbO) related to piemontite. In marbles.
    Reference: [Schweiz. mineral. petrogr. Mitt. (1994) 74, 321-328]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.the-conference.com/JConfAbs/4/720.html]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.the-conference.com/JConfAbs/4/720.html]
  		•  Sanbornite
    Ba
     
    2
    		[Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Description: In schists.
    Reference: [V. Bermanec et al. : "Zn-rich magnetoplumbite from Nezilovo, Macedonia", Eur. Journ. Mineral., 1993, 5, pp 957-960]
  		•  Senaite
    Pb(Ti,Fe,Mn)
     
    21
    		O
     
    38
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Talc
    Mg
     
    3
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Description: In marbles.
    Reference: [V. Bermanec et al. : "Zn-rich magnetoplumbite from Nezilovo, Macedonia", Eur. Journ. Mineral., 1993, 5, pp 957-960]
  		•  Tilasite
    CaMg[F|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Description: In marbles.
    Reference: [Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1994), 289-94; Canadian Mineralogist (1996): 34: 1287-1297.]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    AD
     
    3
    		G
     
    6
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		[T
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]Y
     
    3
    		Z
    Reference: [http://www.the-conference.com/JConfAbs/4/720.html]
  		•  Zincohögbomite-2N6S (TL)
    (Zn,Al)
     
    7
    		(Al,Fe,Ti,Mg)
     
    16
    		O
     
    31
    		(OH)
    Type Locality: Nežilovo, Veles, Republic of Macedonia
    Reference: [Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 78 (1998) 469-477; T. Armbruster (2002): Revised nomenclature of högbomite, nigerite, and taaffeite minerals.- Eur. J. Mineralogy 14, 389-395]


    27 entries listed. 24 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    Republic of Macedonia
     
    • Veles
      • Nežilovo
        • Jakupica Mts
          • Babuna Valley

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