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Moldavite from
Sand pit, Dřenice, Cheb, Cheb District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Type:Moldavite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Moldavite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sand pit, Dřenice, Cheb, Cheb District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:825582
Long-form Identifier:1:3:825582:2
GUID (UUID V4):aea08af5-05e5-4d5e-838f-956bd7c1238d
Nearest other occurrences of Moldavite
4.3km (2.7 miles) Sand pit, Obilná, Odrava, Cheb District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
16.0km (10.0 miles) Sand pit, Velký Luh, Cheb District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
surroundings of the Ries impact structure and moldavite formation revisited Karel Žák , Roman Skála, Zdeněk...surroundings of the Ries impact structure and moldavite formation revisited, Geochimica et Cosmochimica...surroundings of the Ries impact structure and moldavite formation revisited Karel Žáka,*, Roman Skálaa...Geology, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojová 269, CZ-165 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic; zak@gli.cas...Institute, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Hlavní 130, CZ-250 68 HusinecŘež, Czech Republic; randa@ujf.cas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elsevier.com/locate/gca Moldavites from the Cheb Basin, Czech Republic Roman Skála a,b,*, Ladislav Strnad b...Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rozvojová 269 CZ-16500 Praha 6 – Lysolaje, Czech Republic Institute of...Science, Charles University CZ-12843 Praha 2, Czech Republic c Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth...Němcové 386, CZ-351 01 Františkovy Lázně, Czech Republic Received 13 May 2008; accepted in revised...estimated 2500–3000 individual moldavite pieces have been found in the Tertiary Cheb Basin, Western Bohemia.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EMPG XIV symposium, Kiel, Germany (March 2012) Moldavite porosity: a 3-D X-ray micro-tomography study ULRIKE...pores, and pore sizes throughout the tektite samples vary. The evaluated porosity volume of the Bohemian moldavites...The corresponding tektites are found in the Czech Republic, in the Bohemian sub-strewn field (Skála et...(Lange, 1995), the Austrian (Koeberl, 1986), and the Cheb areas (Skála et al., 2009). The samples were collected...the South-Bohemian sub-strewn field in the Czech Republic (Fig. 1). The associated source of these tektites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojová 269, CZ-165 00 Prague 6 – Lysolaje, Czech Republic b Czech...3, CZ-118 21 Prague 1, Czech Republic c Nuclear Physics Institute, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Hlavní...Hlavní 130, CZ-250 68 Husinec- Řež, Czech Republic * Corresponding author Tel: +420-233 087 240 E-mail...well-characterized moldavites and one sample of in-house moldavite standard material, three near-surface sediments...unconsolidated marine and freshwater sediments (sand, marl, clay), (ii) ~600–700 m of Triassic to Jurassic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojov a 269, CZ-165 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic 2 Geowissenschaftliches...University, Albertov 6, CZ-128 43 Praha 2, Czech Republic * Corresponding author. E-mail: zak@gli.cas...Stauffer and Butler 2010). Their sizes generally vary between one and several centimeters, but pieces...bediasite: 150 ppm, one sample, Moore et al. 1984; moldavite: 160 ppm, one sample, Moore et al. 1984;  ak...tektites, Czech Rep. Central European tektites, Czech Rep. Central European tektites, Czech Rep. Central
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Northrm Trrla~~l Geology and stratigraphy of moldavite occurrences VLADIK~R Department of Mineralogy...southern Bohemia and in southwestern Moravia. Moldavite occurrences can be divided into three groups:...courses To date I have no reliable evidence of a moldavite find in undisplaced eluvium. An explicit and safe...formulated. There exists evidence showing that the moldavite-bearing gravels are younger than the Mydlovary...The present research, however, shows that the moldavite-bearing gravels are also younger than the Ledenice
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the early 1990s, this (sporadically operated) sand pit has represented the sole outcrop of the Monheimer...discussed in this study were sampled in 1999 in a sand pit (“Sandgrube Rehau;” PETROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS...indochinites, Haines et al. 2004), may be incorporated into sand and gravel of tsunami flood deposits (Haines et...fluvial reworking have been reported from the Czech Republic (moldavites) Bouška (1964, 1988) and from Lusatia...Shocked quartz grains Several localities in the Czech Republic Several localities in the Lusatia area (Germany)
Journal (issue)
taken from the regions in which they were found. Moldavite is the variety of tektite most commonly encountered...the river Moldau which is called the Vltava in Czech a n d the term vltavite shows u p in some older...experimental data in which it was suggested that the moldavite substance originated when terrestrial silicate...however, can meet gem standards. One topquality moldavite may be selected from as many as fifty to seventy...the moldavites F I G . 5. T h e surfaces of moldavite drops after stream transport over various distances
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with two aspects of the moldavite-forming process: the formation of moldavite bodies by accretion of small...impact site. First, the chemical inhomogeneity of moldavite glasses is investigated in sections of 11 moldavites...different precursors, which accumulated to larger moldavite bodies at temperatures too low to be efficient...Danube, show chemical conformity of moldavites and sand samples with regard to the major parameters SiO2...impact produced at its encounter with the surficial sand formation at the impact site, and that the primary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
unbroken condition on the surface of a shallow sand pit in the Otway Ranges, Victoria, contains a double...was exposed on the surface of a shallow clayey sand pit approximately thirty feet across and situated...on the Otway Peninsula, Western Victoria. The sand pit is situated nearly half way between the Parker...below, showing distended character of the core region of the hollow button relative to solid australite...posterior surface of the specimen overhangs the core region to the extent of 0.5 mm all around its circumference
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ferreto soils occurring on different levels of sand and gravel sediments in southern Moravia, Cs.S.R...coloured (mainly red) products of the weathering of a sand and gravel substratum under tropical and subtropical...red weathered rocks, the substratum of which is sand and gravel with the prevailing content of quartz...soils" all red horizons occurring on the surface of sand and - .,# . ~ ' q , .... ~ . . .~ ....ov...~Loc. Htohovec{4A,B) 60- "~sand ............ ~0- ~ ~=. ~ pit / ~ ~ - " ~ Loc.Tasovice(5A,BI "
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that the rocks were disaggregated into granular sand. Vaporization of pore water probably aided fragmentation...rim (H€ orz et al. 1983). Total volume estimates vary based on method and range between INTRODUCTION...center (48°480 4800 N, 10°490 1300 E) in the Itzing sand pit (~1.54 final crater radii), and drill core Otting...mixture of different white and red Upper Triassic sand- and claystones. It is interrupted by solid blocks...that is mixed in an irregular pattern with white sand. Unit IIb (11.3–26.0 m) is a consolidated deposit
Book (volume)
Alaska, provided data on gemstones found in that region; the Southern Onyx and Marble Company of San Diego...well-known Texas agate localities of the Alpine Region were described in detail by J. Frank Woodward...photographs illustrating scenes and gemstones of this region were generously provided by George Ashley and Roy...Hiddenite crystals Hiddenite crystal Map of Pala District Clays and crystals in pocket Vanderberg Mine Pile...50) North American nephrites 240 Tundra in Kobuk region 242 Ross Hastie and jade boulder 243 Monterey jade
Book
imbricate fault) . fluitsand: musical sand, sgueaking sand, whistling sand [veroorsaak deur wrywing tussen...blyk dat daar 'n bepaalde geneigdheid bestaan om "sand-' as komponent vooraan hierdie ekwivalente te voeg;...waarna "bank" en "wal" verwys, nie noodwendig uit sand bestaan nie, maar ook deur ander tipe materiaal...[caused musical sand (sgueaking sand, whistling sand): fluitsand by friction between sand grains - associated...associated with sand dunes] piggyback style “US”: abbastruktuur (bv skubverskuiwing) [structural geology]
Report (issue)
_____________________________ _____ __ ___________ _ 755 Sand and gravel, by J. . Thoenen and Oliver Bowles ____________...in most bulky mineral products. ~faterials like sand and gravel are in almost all instances produced...assume a local and regional aspect, such as for sand and gravel. In areas, like the Pacific N ortbwest...reserves of low-silica, low-iron bauxite in the district have been largely depleted, TABLE 12.-Estimate...material suitable for the production of alumina. This district also h as large reserves of bauxitic and kaolinitic
Book
Völkerfreundschaft Dresden Printed in the German Democratic Republic VORWORT Mit diesem Buch liegt der deutsch-englische...Abbaubetrieb m working Abbaudistrikt m mining district Abbaudynamik f strata movement abbauen to mine;...Abbauschwerpunkt m focal point of workin n field, district, set unverritztes A. maiden field Abbauförderstrecke...advance, progress of mining Abbaugebiet n mining region Abbauteufe f depth of mining sichere A. secure...to sag [downward] absanden to sand Absanden n, Absandung f sanding, sand spreading (dressing) Absarokit
Book
perficie, zone, région, area -fr Gebiet, Fläche, Zone, Region, Areal, Area 1164 ablation a. -fr obszar ablacji...-fr région abyssale, zone abyssale -fr abyssische Region, abyssische Zone, Tief¬ seezone 1178 1179 1180...przestrzenny ареальный if aréal if areal if 1242 arena -> sand 1243 arenaceous if piaszczysty, piaskowy if песчанистый...минеральная смола й pissasphalte й Bergteer 1379- pit а. й asfalt miękki, malta й мягкий асфальт, мальта...caractéristique 41- Leitschicht 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 sand b. 44 wkładka piasku 41- про¬ слой песка 41- intercalation
 
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