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| Type Locality: | Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș Co., Romania is the type locality for Fizélyite |
| Comments: | Herja has produced the world's largest fizelyite crystals and not a one is terminated!
Papp et al. (2007) also report a fizelyite-related mineral. |
| Habit: | Curved blades to ropey intergrowths to several cm |
| Colour: | black |
| UV Fluorescence: | none |
| Quality of samples: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| References: | Math. és Term.Tud.Ért. (1926) 42, 18-19; Palache et al (1944), Dana's System of Mineralogy, Seventh ed., Vol. 1: 450; Papp, Gábor, Alan J. Criddle, Chris J. Stanley, László Kriston and Géza Nagy (2007): Parajamesonite revisited: background of the discreditation of an enigmatic mineral species. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 100, 495-502. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fizélyite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș Co., Romania |
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