| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Melanterite |
| Formula: | Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
| Comments: | Crystals can be found as a post-mining growth on the walls of old workings |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Melanterite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Mežica Mines, Mežica, Slovenia |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 72757 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:72757:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 6adf992e-4b4a-43ec-9c2a-d3952d4e05d7 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Melanterite |
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| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | ⓘLamprechtsberg mines, Lavamünd, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 25.1km (15.6 miles) | ⓘGrafenstein Alp District, Zauchen, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 38.7km (24.0 miles) | ⓘAldrian quarry (Hofstatt quarry), Lieschengraben, Oberhaag, Leibnitz District, Styria, Austria |
| 41.7km (25.9 miles) | ⓘAmphibolite quarry (Schwemmhoisl quarry; Burgegg quarry), Schwemmhoisl farm, Warnblick, Deutschlandsberg, Deutschlandsberg District, Styria, Austria |
| 47.3km (29.4 miles) | ⓘWindisch-Bleiberg, Ferlach, Klagenfurt-Land District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 51.1km (31.8 miles) | ⓘSitarjevec mine, Litija, Slovenia |
| 54.0km (33.5 miles) | ⓘSlag localities, Waitschach, Guttaring, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 55.1km (34.2 miles) | ⓘRadischberg, St Peter, Moosburg, Klagenfurt-Land District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 61.9km (38.5 miles) | ⓘBasalt quarry, Weitendorf, Wildon, Leibnitz District, Styria, Austria |
| 63.4km (39.4 miles) | ⓘSamer, Kothgraben (Kotgraben), Kleinfeistritz, Weißkirchen in Steiermark, Murtal District, Styria, Austria |
| References |
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Bancroft, Peter, Zorz, Mirjan, Krivograd, Franc, Kobler, Gregor (1991) Famous Mineral Localities: The Mezice Mine, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. The Mineralogical Record, 22 (2) 97-104 |
