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Opal from
Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:986237
Long-form Identifier:1:3:986237:1
GUID (UUID V4):e41c21a1-1f1d-4762-800f-86c15ca6c30e
Localities for Opal in this Region
Banky, Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Červená Studňa, Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Kremenisko, Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
1.4km (0.9 miles) Červená Studňa, Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
3.6km (2.2 miles) Banky, Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
3.7km (2.3 miles) Kremenisko, Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
8.4km (5.2 miles) Hodruša-Hámre mines, Hodruša-Hámre, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
10.1km (6.3 miles) Hliník nad Hronom rhyolite quarry, Hliník nad Hronom, Žiar nad Hronom District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
14.0km (8.7 miles) Ladomerská Vieska quarry, Ladomerská Vieska, Žiar nad Hronom District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
15.7km (9.8 miles) Sitnianska Lehôtka, Hontianske Nemce, Krupina District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
15.8km (9.8 miles) Žarnovická Huta, Žarnovica, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
17.0km (10.5 miles) Stará Kremnička quarry, Stará Kremnička, Žiar nad Hronom District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
18.8km (11.7 miles) Nová Baňa deposit, Nová Baňa, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
References
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Lower Hungarian mining district around Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz, Slovakia): Today is the second day...(Pressburg) and the rather peripherally located mining region in the Western Carpathians, about 200 km east of...During the visit of the Lower Hungarian mining region the whole entourage was dressed in miner’s habit...authorities in Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Kremnica (Kremnitz), and Banská Bystrica (Neusohl). It contains...Štátny Archív V Banskej Bystrici - Pobočka Banská Štiavnica. consists of an index arranged according
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outside of Romania. Rudolf Duda (1944, Vojany, Slovakia) Head of the Department of Natural History, Eastern...Poland (Ewa Kos/.owska) Romania (Gheorghe Udubasa) Slovakia (Rudolf Duda) Ukraine (Orest Matkovs'ky) 31 31...(Ewa Kos/.owska). Romania (Gheorghe Udubasa), Slovakia (Rudolf Duda). Ukraine (Victor Kvasnytsya) 127...Czech Republic (Moravia) Hungary Poland Romania Slovakia Ukraine 397 397 399 409 412 419 425 References...Rudabánya. HUN: MSM = Middle Slovak Museum, Banská Bystrica, SLK; MU = University of Miskolc, Miskolc.
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strana obálky: Žezlov;í ametyst, ,rr 20mm, Banská Štiavnica, BB Kermezit, 20mm, Pezinok, AR Pseudomalachit...Dubník-Libanka, JM ,• I strana 1: Chalkopyrit, 65 mm, Banská Štiavnica, PK strana 2: Kermezit, 75 mm, Pezinok, MŠ...a sfalerit, 90mm, Banská Štiavnica, PŠ strana 24: Ametyst, xx 40mm, Banská Štiavnica, PŠ strana 25: Devillín...Russovi (Bratislava), Milanovi Okruhlicovi (Banská Bystrica) a Jozefovi Molnárovi (Košice), Bohuslavovi...Škáchovi (PNbram), Stanislavovi Jeleňovi (Banská Bystrica) Viktorovi Jágerovi a Lászlovi Tóthovi (Maďarsko)
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Metaliferi Mts. 15 4. Baia Mare metallogenic district 64 5. Other sources of native gold from Romania...belonged to mining companies based in the Brad region. Today, it is owned by S.C. “MINVEST” S.A. Deva...more than 2000 year old mining activity in the region. 2. Collections and exhibitions The expositional...(about 80% of the specimens originate in the Brad region, especially Musariu and Brădişor deposits). The...unit. For instance, in BradSăcărâmb metallogenic district, the Au:Ag ratio is relatively uniform (45% to
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bergmännischer Volkskunde stammen hauptsächlich aus der Region des Steirischen Erzberges (HUBER, 2001a, 2004c...und 62. 2007 HUBER, P. (2007): Classic Slowakia - Opal / The Phenomenal Gemstone. - Lithographie, LLC,...unique minerals of Slovakia, Tagungsband mit Vortragszusammenfassungen, Banská Štiavnica, 6.-7.9.2007, 21-23...23-33. 2015 HUBER, P. (2015): Handsteine from Slovakia and Bohemia / Bergmännische Handsteine aus der...Internationales Erbe-Symposium, 15.-20.6.2015, Banská Štiavnica, Slowakei, Abstracts, 90-91. HUBER, S., HUBER
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island of Sylt (Sylt community, Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 54◦ 550 000 N, 8◦...sites in Yakutia (Udachnaya, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia, 66◦ 250 5900 N, 112◦...Russia, kimberlite pipes, Mir (Mirny, Mirninsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia 62◦ 310 45.9200 N, 113◦...the Kishon, (6) Is River, (7) Luobusha mining district, (8) Dalihu, (9) Manitanyrd Ridge of the Ray-Iz...Krasnovishersky district, (25) Cherdynskiy district, (26) Gornozavodsky district, (27) Alexandrovsky district, (28)
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Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Bratislava, Slovakia). Considering an Ag:Hg ratio of ~1:1, the idealized...monticellite are known in the Mgskarn of the Yerington District, Nevada, where brucite appears as pseudomorph...Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia E-mail: hybler@fzu.cz Introduction Nagybörzsöny...IN PRECIOUS AND BASE METAL DEPOSIT ZLATÁ BAŇA (SLOVAKIA) JELEŇ, S.1,2, KURYLO, S.2 & WEIS, K.1 1 Department...University, Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic 2 Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Banská Bystrica
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Afghanistan | Olshanskyite from Japan | Yellow Opal from Tanzania | Titanite (Sphene) Inclusions in...Identified by Infrared Spectroscopy | Sphalerite from Slovakia | The Kimberley Diamond and Its Fluorescence and...and China, followed by Japan. India and the Gulf region saw slight declines, while the rest of the world...beryls, feldspar, ruby and sapphire, garnet, jade, opal, pearl, quartz, spinel and tourmaline. Download...booth of Emmanuel Thoreux (White River Gems, Alsace region, France), the author noticed a few cabochons of
commonly of a quartz composition such as chert, opal and chalcedony, and occur in limestones and serpentines...serpentines. Also, some sorts of chalcedony and opal form nodules which are due to the deposition of different...originate in some other manner, such as limonite and opal — which originate by deposition from water. If...curved surfaces, shell-like in character (guartz, opal, most silicates). Uneven — the surface is rough...of (5) correspond to the hardness of glass, e.g. opal, (6) and (7) can be scratched by a steel file (chalcedony)
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
area of the Kristineberg VHMS deposit, Skellefte district, Sweden .......................................A. Massive Zn-Cu-Pb deposits in the Røros ore district, Norway: setting and formation ................ The Jörn granitoid complex, Skellefte mining district, Sweden: petrography, lithogeochemistry and emplacement...for VHMS deposits, Kristineberg area, Skellefte District, Sweden ........................................pyritic Zn-Pb-Cu-(Au-Ag) sulphide deposit, Bergslagen region, south-central Sweden . . ....................
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borders gave weight to Habsburg pretensions in the region. 1 Introduction On 23 December 1769 an unwanted...could substitute for first-hand knowledge of a region and inform imperial policies. During his 1773 journey...not only with the other imperial players in the region (the Russians and the Ottomans) but also with the...Districtului Năsăudean [The History of Năsăud District]. Arhiva Someşană 9:1–63 Roider K (1982) Austria’s...importance of water in the physical geography of the region. In the centuries of the devastating Turkish Wars
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Instrumentation for Identifying Sugar-AcidTreated Opal 746 An Historical Alexandrite from the Mineralogy...Dr Peter Bačík Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia Dr Ján Štubňa (janstubna@gmail.com) Gemmological...Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, Slovakia References Hsu, T. 2013. Gem News International:...near-colourless and comes from the Thuong Xuan District of Thanh Hoa Province in north-central Vietnam...The most important locality is the Thuong Xuan District, where the topaz is associated with aquamarine
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Enigmatic Alluvial Sapphires from the Orosmayo Region, Jujuy Province, Northwest Argentina: Insights...Cr-Bearing Andradite (var. Demantoid) from Dobšiná, Slovakia Reprinted from: Minerals 2019, 9, 164, doi:10...and Allan Pring A Review of the Classification of Opal with Reference to Recent New Localities Reprinted...on another occurrence of sapphires in the same region of the South Urals occurring in anorthosites (kyshtymites)...evolution of alluvial sapphires from the Orosmayo region (Jujuy Province, NW Argentina) and importantly
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Gressman tom.gressman@minrec.org The Tintic District: Juab and Utah Counties, Utah...................CLINOCLASE, 3.9 cm, from the Mammoth mine, Tintic District, Utah. Rock Currier collection; Jeff Scovil photo...locality, the Gray Dawn mine in the La Sal Creek District, and the Effie F mine in Polar Mesa, among others...Brent Thorne, particularly to the nearby Tintic District, where the trio particularly enjoyed collecting...many extremely rare minerals that were new to the district. Chuck Adan said the following of Alex: Alex was
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originating deep in the lower crust and upper mantle region evolved as immiscible carbonate/silicate phases...Fluid overpressure in andesite melts from Central Slovakia: evidence from inclusions in minerals. Petrology...deposit is situated in the northernmost Neogene ore district of South Apuseni Mts., precisely Bucium-Roșia...TAILINGS PONDS OF FUNDU MOLDOVEI – LEȘU URSULUI MINE DISTRICT, ROMANIA Dan STUMBEA1, Marius CHICOȘ1 1 University...tailings from the Fundu Moldovei – Leșu Ursului mine district shows some common properties, as follows: (i)
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of Szeged On the cover: Map of the Carpathian region with type localities of new mineral species, rocks...Mineralogical Society of Romania Geological Society of Slovakia, Mineralogical-Geochemical Branch Eötvös Loránd...(Romania) (Romania) (Austria) (Croatia) (Hungary) (Slovakia) (Greece) (Hungary) (USA) (Hungary) (Egypt) (Austria)...(Hungary) (Hungary) (Hungary) (Croatia) (Hungary) (Slovakia) (Serbia) (South Africa) (Austria) (France) (Hungary)...(Hungary) (Hungary) (Croatia) (UK) (Slovakia) (USA) (Austria) (Romania) (Slovakia) (China) (Germany) (Poland)
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FineMineral.com APATITE Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 11.5cm. Fine Minerals...LOCATION The Kalahari Manganese Field occupies a region of the Kalahari Desert about 1,000 meters above...CaMn21(CO3)2 Kutnohorite occurs typically in the district as opaque pink, rounded masses and as fan or club-shaped...Figure 4. Gold crystals to 2.5 cm, from the Cariboo District, British Columbia. Anthony Fraser (Gold Nugget...gold crystal groups from somewhere in the Cariboo district of British Columbia, Canada. Some of the specimens
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Nontronite Nosean Nsutite Nyerereite Olivenite Olivine Opal Orpiment Otavite Paladium Paragonite Paralstonite...the Alpine region, and (3) Mid-Triassic to early Jurassic extension in the extra-Alpine region. Isotope...make a contribution to the cultural heritage of a region and may successfully be used in exploration (Mascaro...two years. The economic potential of a particular region or mining camp can be deduced from the economic...about 50% of them concentrated in the Steelpoort region of the eastern Bushveld Complex. Stratiform deposits
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Nontronite Nosean Nsutite Nyerereite Olivenite Olivine Opal Orpiment Otavite Paladium Paragonite Paralstonite...the Alpine region, and (3) Mid-Triassic to early Jurassic extension in the extra-Alpine region. Isotope...make a contribution to the cultural heritage of a region and may successfully be used in exploration (Mascaro...two years. The economic potential of a particular region or mining camp can be deduced from the economic...about 50% of them concentrated in the Steelpoort region of the eastern Bushveld Complex. Stratiform deposits
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CARPATHIAN REGION LIFE OF THE PAST James O. Farlow, editor FOSSILS OF THE CARPATHIAN REGION ISTVÁN...ősmaradványai. English] Fossils of the Carpathian region / István Főzy and István Szente ; English text...Fossils—Carpathian Mountains Region. 3. Paleontology—Hungary. 4. Paleontology—Carpathian Mountains Region. 5. Geology...Stratigraphic. 6. Geology—Carpathian Mountains Region. 7. Geology—Hungary. I. Szente, István, 1960– II...Transdanubia Fossils from Northern Hungary Fossils from Slovakia, Romania, and Croatia MESOZOIC 2. Triassic Fossil-Rich
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 West Balkan Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.1 Bukhovo District .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Deposits in the West Balkan Region . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 East Balkan Region .. . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Western Sredna Gora Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Massif-Rila Mountains-Pirin Mountains-Struma River Region 2.4.1 Struma River-Pirin Mountains . . . . . .
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smelting sites and metal workshops in a mining district in certain periods. This book focuses on ores...postulated again a development of metallurgy in a region in eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq, from where...mountain range in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan) this region is the so-called Tethyan Eurasian metallogenic... can be considered a highly frequented transit region between Anatolia, the Caucasus and Iran on the...millennium and about 3000 BC suggests that this region had also a position as a major innovation centre
 
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