Mirošov, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

Fibrolitic aggregate of wollastonite with small orange garnets from contact zone of crystalline limenstones in quarry. Size 10 × 7 cm. Collection of author.

© Jakub Jirásek, 2005

Brown titanite crystal 1 cm large accompanied by adularia and black mineral of chlorite group. Collection of author.

© Jakub Jirásek, 2005

Sample with alpine paragenesis in Mirošov quarry(2006). Size 51 x 37 mm. Collected and collection J. Čermák.

© Jan Čermák

Exceptionally large graphic intergrowth of black lucchesiite with quartz associated with 1.8 cm long euhedral crystal of allanite-(Ce) at the right edge of the graphic intergrowth. A part of the co-holotype specimen. Personal collection of PG.

Calcsilicate rock with white fibrous wollastonite and red-brown garnet, approx. 7 x 7 cm.

© Zbyněk Buřival

Sample with two epidote crystals. Size 84 x 41 mm. Year 2007. Collected and collection J. Čermák.

© Jan Čermák

Two epidote crystals, bigger crystal is 19 mm long. Year 2007. Collected and collection J. Čermák.

© Jan Čermák

Specimen typical for this locality but common in large block, without possibility cut out. Size about 150 x 100 mm. Photo J. Čermák.

© Jan Čermák

Titanite crystal in alpine type fissure in amphibolite with clinochlore and feldspar. Size 104 x 66 mm. Collected and collection J. Čermák.

© Jan Čermák

FoV 4mm

© Vítězslav Snášel

Great example of zoned and folded skarn with well developed and sharply separated individual zones (see image).

Brown titanite and probably actinolite on white adularia. Collected, collection & photo J. Čermák.

© Jan Čermák

Spherical crystal of clinochlore with smaller pyramidal magnetite crystal (up behind clinochlore)and small crystals of titanite around. Size of clinochlore crystal 5mm. Collected and collection J. Čermák.

© Jan Čermák

Detail of clinochlore crystals. Size 30 x 24 mm. Year 2007. Collected and collection J. Čermák.

© Jan Čermák

Clinochlore balls with quartz. Size 87 x 61 mm. Collected & photo J. Čermák.

© Jan Čermák

Black Lucchesiite crystal fragment in unidentified matrix Acquired from Luděk Kráčmar

Titanite crystals on white adularia with clinochlore balls. Size of the biggest titanite crystal 6 x 3 mm. Collected, collection & photo J. Čermák.

© Jan Čermák

3 cm large rose-like intergrowths of tabular crystals in the pocket of an alpine-type vein. Collection and photo PG

Detail of clinochlore crystals from Mirošov quarry with minor quartz crystals. FOV 35 mm. Collected & photo J. Čermák.

© Jan Čermák

Nice black crystals of schorl-like lucchesiite, the calcium-oxygen-dominant analogue of schorl, from its second / co-type, Czech locality. This is a gift from my friend, Petr Gadas, who scientifically specialize in the tourmaline group. Many thanks, Petrku!

© Łukasz Kruszewski 2019

Black Lucchesite F O V mm 3,5 x mm 3,0 Photo with Canon Eos 600 D + Bellows + Rodenstock Rodagon 35 mm reversed Collection Simone Ferrero Photo Giovanni Scapin

© Giovanni Scapin 2019

Group black crystals of magnetite with aggregates and spherical crystals of clinochlore and quartz. Collection of. J.Hykš.

Globular brown aggregates of Chamosite. Photo and collection Frank Loman.

Nice brownish titanite crystal accompanied by adularia and black aggregates of clinochlore and epidote

Mirošov quarry, 2003.

© Jakub Jirásek, 2003

Left part of Mirošov quarry. In late June 2008

© Jan Čermák

Right part of Mirošov quarry. In late June 2008.

© Jan Čermák

Aerial photo of the Mirošov quarry, november 2009.

© Zbynek Burival

Mirošov quarry in late March 2011. Found just few smaller samples with clinochlore. Photo J. Čermák.

© Jan Čermák

The main level, june 2010.

© Zbynek Burival

State of the quarry in june 2010.

© Zbynek Burival