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Valentinite, vanadinite,
variscite,
vashegyite, vesuvianite, violarite,
vivianite,
volborthite, voltaite. |
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Variscite
AlPO4·2H2O
orth. |
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Index of occurence in Slovakia: 1 |
Identification rating of mineral in Slovakia: 1 |
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Type locality:
lom Meßbach, Altmannsgrün, Plauen, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany (Breithaupt,
1837) |
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Oldest description
from Slovakia area: Sirk -
Železník (Zimányi, 1909) |
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Localities in Slovak Republic (2) and
identification rating
(in parenthesis):
Sirk - Železník (1), Špania Dolina (3) |
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Size:
macroscopic |
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Largest crystal from
Slovakia area:
- ; only massive aggregates
was found up to now (in Slovak Republic) |
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Variscite from Železník; field of view ~
2 cm (Photo D. Ozdín) |
Variscite from Železník; field of view ~
2 cm (Photo D. Ozdín) |
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Notes:
Fiala (1937) mentioned variscite from Špania Dolina. Probably is
concerned mistaken evidence because in Špania Dolina do not occur
phosphate minerals. |
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References |
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Breithaupt F. A.,
1837: Journal für praktische Chemie,
Leipzig, 10, 506. (in German) |
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Fiala F., 1937:
O rudných nerostech Malých Karpat. Sborník Štátneho
banského Múzea Dionýza Štúra, 92-99. (in Czech) |
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Zimányi K., 1909:
Über ein Aluminiumphosphat von Vashegy in Comitat
Gömör. Math.-Naturwiss. Ber. Ungarn, 25, 241-245.
(in German) |
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Vivianite
Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O
mon. |
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Index of occurence in Slovakia: 3 |
Identification rating of mineral in Slovakia: 1 |
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Type locality:
Wheal
Kind (Wheal Kine), St. Agnes, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom (Werner,
1817) |
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Oldest description
from Slovakia area: Dobšiná (Cotta
& Fellenberg, 1862) |
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Localities in Slovak Republic (12) and
identification rating
(in parenthesis):
Ardovo (3), Baška (2), Dobšiná (1), Kremnica (2), Lúčka (3), Medzev (3), Námestovo
(3), Poniky (1), Ruská (1), Sirk (3), Smolník (3), Zvolenská Slatina (2) |
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Size:
macroscopic |
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Largest crystal from
Slovakia area: 1
cm, lamellar aggregates up to 4 cm (Dobšiná; Szakáll et al., 2002) |
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Vivianite from Poniky; size of
crystals ~
0.8 mm (Photo D. Ozdín) |
Vivianite from Poniky; size of
crystals ~
0.8 mm (Photo D. Ozdín) |
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Notes:
Finds of blue cover of vivianite in sediments of Slovakia are often very
thin and x-ray amorphous such that is impossible in practice say that is
it vivianite. |
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References |
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Cotta B.
&
Fellenberg E., 1862: Die
Erzlagerstätten Ungarns und Siebenbürgens. Freiberg, 228
p.
(in German) |
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Dobra E.
& Ďuďa R.,
1976:
Výskyt vivianitu v kvartérnych sedimentoch
východoslovenskej nížiny. Mineralia Slovaca, 8, 2, 157-162.
(in Slovak) |
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Szakáll S., Udubasa G., Ďuďa R., Kvasnytsya V.,
Koszowska E., Novák M., 2002: Minerals of
the Carpathians. Granit, Praha, 479 p. |
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Werner A.G., 1817:
Letztes Mineral-System. Freiberg and Vienna. A catalogue with notes: 41 (as
Vivianit).
(in German) |
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Volborthite
Cu2+3V5+2O7(OH)2·2H2O
mon. |
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Index of occurence in Slovakia: 1 |
Identification rating of mineral
in Slovakia: 1 |
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Type locality:
Solomirskii Cu mine,
Yugovskii Zavod,
Perm, Middle Ural, Russia (Hess,
1837) |
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Oldest description
from Slovakia area: Kociha (Novák
et al., 2003) |
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Localities in Slovak Republic (2) and
identification rating
(in parenthesis):
Kociha (1), Sirk - Železník (3) |
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Size:
macroscopic |
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Largest crystal from
Slovakia area:
0.4 mm, spherulitic agreggates up to 0.8 mm (Kociha; Novák et al., 2003) |
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Volborthite on alophane (Kociha); field of view 2.5 mm (Photo D. Ozdín) |
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Notes:
Mention about occurrence of volborthite is from locality Železník near
Sirk (Hyršl & Korbel) probably mistaken. This one is include in the list
of minerals in locality and no another data about this mineral does not
exist and wasn´t published. |
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References |
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Hess H., 1837:
Bull. Scient. Acad. Petersburg, 4, 22. |
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Hyršl J. & Korbel P., 2008:
Tschechien & Slowakei. Mineralien und
Fundstellen. Bode Verlag, Haltern,
576 p.
(in German) |
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Novák F.,
Pauliš P., Ševců J., Kopista J., Zeman M., 2003:
Koninckit, evansit, vashegyit a volborthit z
Kocihy u Rimavské Soboty (Slovensko). Bull. mineral.-petrogr. odd. Nár.
muz. v Praze, 11, 159-166. (in Czech) |
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Volborth A.,
1838:
Ueber den Volborthit, ein neues
vanadinhaltiges Mineral. Journal für praktische Chemie, 14, 1, 52-54.
(in German) |
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