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Amethyst from
Zvezdel, Momchilgrad Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite1 photo of Amethyst associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Zvezdel, Momchilgrad Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:722120
Long-form Identifier:1:3:722120:0
GUID (UUID V4):ea6a3c4d-eb66-474a-b268-7a53364e2e06
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
20.3km (12.6 miles) Potochnitsa, Krumovgrad Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
33.6km (20.9 miles) Madzharovo deposit, Madzharovo, Madzharovo Municipality, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria
51.0km (31.7 miles) Chala mine, Spahievo ore field, Spahievo, Mineralni Bani Municipality, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria
52.5km (32.6 miles) Viper deposit, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
52.9km (32.8 miles) Agios Demetrios deposit, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
53.9km (33.5 miles) Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
54.9km (34.1 miles) Konos Hill deposit, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
61.4km (38.2 miles) Kirki Mines, Alexandroupoli, Evros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
67.5km (41.9 miles) Droujba mine, Djurkovo Complex, Laki, Laki Municipality, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria
70.3km (43.7 miles) Dadia, Soufli, Evros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
County; and as yellow and brown crystals in the Amethyst vein at Creede, Mineral County (Eckel 1961). It...Momtschilgrad, and the Zvezdel mine, both in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Exceptional clusters of...locality given as the Yang Shuo mine, Guangxi Province, China. These specimens span all price ranges
Journal (issue)
Halite-Thad and Barbara Dunbar collection, page 78; Amethyst-Farrar Stockton coUection, page 271; Scheelite-David...northeastem Gillespie County locality known as Amethyst Hili once produced fine, pale to medium-violet...exploited the Taxco silver mines and the Guerrero amethyst deposits in the 1930s, among many others. Their...Gracias mine, Diego de Almagro, EI Salado, Chaiiaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile. Don and Laura Aaron photo...photo. Calcite, 3 cm, from Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China. Don and LauraAaron photo. Malachite, 12 cm
Journal (issue)
outstanding organizer of science and museum business in Bulgaria, a bright public figure , a humanist, a wonderful...Metallurgy and Mineral Materials of the Government of Bulgaria In the mid-1980s, one of the most important tasks...personal mineralogical collection, one of the best in Bulgaria Maleev served as director of the museum until...became an important general cultural center in Bulgaria, which was greatly promoted by the social activities...Mikhail Maleev Eanh and Man National Museum , Sofia, Bulgaria, maleevm@abv.bg This is a stoiy about episodes
Journal (issue)
NovPmbf'r 2001 5 Mineral News eRhodope Mountains, Bulgaria: Locality Information .. _ Along with information...Mihalkovo District Fluorite Madjarovo District Amethyst Nova Mahala. Pazardjik pegmatite Epidote Banite...Mountain pegmatite near Sofia Feldspar, schorl Zvezdel near Kardjali Pyromorphite MinDex 2000 Now Available
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2015). Within the western Tethyan metallogenetic province, the Oligocene- Miocene- and PliocenePleistocene...Greece (and its extension in western Turkey and Bulgaria and Serbia), is one of the richest mineral belts...belts (Heinrich and Neubauer, 2002). The Aegean province comprises precious- and base-metal deposits/prospects...the Paleogene-Neogene in the Rhodope massif in Bulgaria and northeastern Greece, to the present in the...The Oligocene magmatism in northern Greece and Bulgaria shows a decreasing influence of crustal contamination
Journal (issue)
ongeveer 10 X 30 cm, bekleed met ferrieriet, met amethyst, heldere kwartskristallen, calcietkristallen en...Council quarry, Unanderra Victoria, Phillip Island Zvezdel, Kurdzhali, Rhodope Mountains Karrenberg-groeve
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2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series...Administered Tribal Areas and North West Frontier Province. Ilmenite crystal clusters to 12 cm across have...Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier Province. Surface diggings worked by local people on Zagi...attributions-the Xinig mine, Quinghai Province, and the Nan Dang mine, Guangxi Province-and those seen at Tucson were...II mine, Kalahari field, Northern Cape [Cape] Province. Although not quite equaling the inesite specimens
Journal (issue)
(sometimes: Baluchistan), and North West Frontier Province (NWFP), contain the bulk o f the land and most...locality in the M ardan district, North West Frontier Province, and the Shamuzi emerald deposit, 12 km from Mingora...Chitral (a district of the North West Frontier Province), with the western boundary separating Northern...Mendi See Rondu Morkhun Northwest Frontier Province; Valley for south-flowing Kunhar River 35°12'...east o f Khapalu requires official permission. Amethyst (pale) Baltistan on Shigar River, 28 km northwest
Journal (issue)
Glasstab, Holzkohle, Indi1,482. Fundort: westlich von Zvezdel, Ost-Rhokatorpapier, Kompaß, Lötrohr, Lupe, Meßzy-...noch das seltene Aufireten von violett gefärbtem Amethyst. 11 Quarzkristalle überkrustet gen. Bildbreite...facettierter Chrysoberyll, Peridot, blauer Cordlerit, Amethyst, Citrin, Mond• stein etc. Auch 200 verschiedene
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Figure 79. Figure 79 Barite (XiChang, SiChuan Province, China). 5.2.6 Several Silicates, Zircon, and...Properties: Morphology (a) (b) Figure 106 An amethyst scepter (Brandberg, South Africa) (a) and an example...radiation such as X-rays. The purple color of amethyst and the dark color of smoky quartz are a result...number of colored varieties, including rose quartz, amethyst, smoky quartz, citrine (light-yellow), and milky...Artichoke (Shangbao, Leiyang Hunan Province, China) Quartz, Cactus Amethyst (Magaliesberg, South Africa)
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Figure 79. Figure 79 Barite (XiChang, SiChuan Province, China). 5.2.6 Several Silicates, Zircon, and...Properties: Morphology (a) (b) Figure 106 An amethyst scepter (Brandberg, South Africa) (a) and an example...radiation such as X-rays. The purple color of amethyst and the dark color of smoky quartz are a result...number of colored varieties, including rose quartz, amethyst, smoky quartz, citrine (light-yellow), and milky...Artichoke (Shangbao, Leiyang Hunan Province, China) Quartz, Cactus Amethyst (Magaliesberg, South Africa)
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Ostrosi Romania by V. Ianovici and M. Borcos Bulgaria by B. Bogdanov Greece by G. Marinos Cyprus by..._ Belgium; Southeast Europe includes Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia;...metallogenic prounce The Dinaric metallogenic province The western Macedonian district Iron ore deposits...rock ; ‘ ; : Serbo—Macedonian _—_metallogenic The province The pre-Devonian merallGeeuie epoch The Hercynian...Mineral deposits Internal zones External zones Bulgaria by B. Bogdanov Introduction : Structural netallogenic
Journal (issue)
as well have applied to other lead mines in the province (e.g. the Hochobir mines, the Mezica mines, or...District (AZ), Goldschmidt $10 v.21/#3 American Amethyst Lo­ calities, Terlingua, Davis Hill, Edgarbaileyite...80-pages, many illustr. $10 v.26/#2 Hopkinton amethyst (RI), v.26/#3 Kipushi mine (Zaire), Sinhalite...86°N, 14.27°E), Bergslagen ore district in the province of Varmland, south central Sweden. Flink’s numbers...proud of his eight large, beautiful groups of amethyst crystals, these dug ten months ago at the Old
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surrounding monzonitic to granodioritic intrusions in Bulgaria in the order (with increasing temperature) mordenite-quartz...volcanic rocks in the eastern Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria in the order (with increasing temperature) qu...Minas Gerais and in Sao Paulo (Hintze, 1897). BULGARIA Analcime is found in cavities in basalt at Dealu...cliffs along the Bay of Fundy, particularly at Amethyst Cove, Cape Blomidon, Cape d'Or, Pinnacle Rock...associated with pale, brick-red natrolite and amethyst quartz at North Berwick, Haddingtonshire. Opaque
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surrounding monzonitic to granodioritic intrusions in Bulgaria in the order (with increasing temperature) mordenite-quartz...volcanic rocks in the eastern Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria in the order (with increasing temperature) qu...Minas Gerais and in Sao Paulo (Hintze, 1897). BULGARIA Analcime is found in cavities in basalt at Dealu...cliffs along the Bay of Fundy, particularly at Amethyst Cove, Cape Blomidon, Cape d'Or, Pinnacle Rock...associated with pale, brick-red natrolite and amethyst quartz at North Berwick, Haddingtonshire. Opaque
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Figure 45. Pyromorphite from Zvezdel-Ptcheloyad, Kurdzhali, Bulgaria. Subject: 71 x 90 mm. Dihexagonal...be found in more isolated crystal groups, as in amethyst. A special kind of parallel growth occurs when...epitaxially on augite. Figure 75. Quartz var. amethyst, a sceptre crystal from Hanekleivtunnelen, Holmestrand...This special mode of growth is seen most often in amethyst. Subject: 23 x 45 mm. MINERALOGY AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY... Quartz var. amethyst from VeracruzLlave, Mexico. The origin of the colour in amethyst is described in
Book (edition)
British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...Landsberg, near Obermoschel, Germany; Kremikovei, Bulgaria. BM NJMA 117:1(1972), AM 58:347(1973), R:338,...Republic; Sedmochislenitsi mine, Vratsa district, Bulgaria; Tort Kudak deposit, Kazakhstan; Sado mine, Niigata...Messina, Transvaal, and Nababiep West mine, Cape Province, South Africa. Uses: An important ore of copper...Italy; Trepca, Serbia; Madan, Rhodope Mts., Q, Bulgaria; Dalnegorsk, eastern Siberia, Russia; Tsumeb,
Book (edition)
ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico; ( center) vivianite, Bolivia;...Arizona; and at deposits in Mexico, Canada, France, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and elsewhere. SELECTED REFERENCE:...and Bailey, S. W., Am. Min., 66:185-195 (1981). AMETHYST = A purple variety of quartz AMICITE K2Na2Al4S...Wilagedera iron ore prospect in the Northwestern Province of Sri Lanka. SELECTED REFERENCES: Pattiaratchi...in Miocene clay at Bellaver de Cerdena, Gerona Province, Spain; in a bituminous clay rock at Messel, Hesse
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Lustrous black. Wilagedera prospect. North Western Province, Sri Lanka. H= 3-4, 0^= 3.94, Dg= 3.97, VIIIE...Lustrous black. Wilagedera prospect. North Western Province, Sri Lanka. H= 3-4, Djjj= 3.94, D(.= 4.22, VIIIE...Ardaite, (Pb,Fe)ioSb6Si7Cl4, Madyarovo deposit, Bulgaria. 0 Mon. Metallic greenish-gray in reflected light...Sedmochislenitsi mine, Vratsa district, Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria. H= 2.5, Djj4= 6.32, D(.= 6.41, HA 08. Atanassov...Cu)3Bi44Sig, @ Orth. Metallic grey. Rhodope Mts., Bulgaria. H= 2.5, Djn= 6.92, Dc= 7.23, IID 08. Rostov,
Book (edition)
Arizona; and at deposits in Mexico, Canada, France, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and elsewhere. SELECTED REFERENCE:...66:185-195 (1981). purple variety of quartz AMETHYST = A {010} and {001} poor. Brittle. Conchoidal...in Miocene clay at Bellaver de Cerdena, Gerona Province, Spain; in a bituminous clay rock at Messel, Hesse...Wilagedera iron ore prospect in the Northwestern Province of Sri Lanka. SELECTED REFERENCES: Pattiaratchi...places in Germany; in the Sierra Cabrera, Almeria Province, Spain; Bou-Azzer district, Morocco; as fine crystals
Journal (volume)
wurtzitesphalerite relationships in specimens from Zvezdel, Bulgaria // Mineralogy and Petrology. 1993. V. 49.... quartz (rock crystal, smoky quartz, citrine, amethyst, and chalcedony), topaz and beryl (emerald, aquamarine...Primorskiy Kray. Another morion with translucent amethyst sectors was received from the Bikchiyulskoe occurence...Zaire 26. Mongolia 27. Armenia 28. Afghanistan 29. Bulgaria 30. Bolivia 31. Turkmenistan 32. Austria 33. Morocco...from Fujian Province and and inesite with new mineral hubeite from Da Ye mine, Hubei Province were obtained
 
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