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Kremikovtsi, Sofiya (Sofia) Oblast, Bulgaria

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Carbonate-hosted sedimentary exhalative iron(+Mn)-barite-sulfide deposit.
Open pit mine, located north of Sofia.





Mineral List:
  		•  Ankerite
    Ca(Fe
    2+
     
    		 ,Mg,Mn
    2+
     
    		)(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.clmc.bas.bg/Annreps/ANNREP8/annrep8.htm]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [http://www.clmc.bas.bg/Annreps/ANNREP8/annrep8.htm]
    Site Photo
    Kremikovtsi, Sofiya (Sofia) Oblast, Bulgaria
    © Michael Shaw
  		•  Berthierine
    (Fe,Fe,Mg)
     
    2-3
    		(Si,Al)
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Brochantite
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Chamosite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg)
     
    5
    		Al[(OH)
     
    8
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: []
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.clmc.bas.bg/Annreps/ANNREP8/annrep8.htm]
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [anonymous (2001) "Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria: Locality Information." Mineral News, 17, #11, 5.]
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Kremikovtsi, Sofiya (Sofia) Oblast, Bulgaria
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Kremikovtsi, Sofiya (Sofia) Oblast, Bulgaria
    © Michael Shaw
  		•  Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Kutnohorite
    Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe)(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Lepidocrocite
    γ-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: []
  		•  Norsethite
    BaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Kremikovtsi, Sofiya (Sofia) Oblast, Bulgaria
    © O. Dziallas
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Pyrophyllite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: []
  		•  Rhodochrosite
    MnCO
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Romanèchite
    (Ba,H
     
    2
    		O)
     
    2
    		Mn
     
    5
    		O
     
    10
    Reference: []
  		•  Rosasite
    (Cu,Zn)
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [http://www.clmc.bas.bg/Annreps/ANNREP8/annrep8.htm]


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