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Narechen, Asenovgrad Municipality, Plovdiv Province, Bulgariai
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NarechenVillage
Asenovgrad MunicipalityMunicipality
Plovdiv ProvinceOblast
BulgariaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 53' 53'' North , 24° 44' 52'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mindat Locality ID:
18858
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:18858:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Naretschenski Bani
Name(s) in local language(s):
Нареченски бани, Асеновград Община, Пловдив Oбласт, България


Narechen (Bulgarian: Наречен), also called Narechenski Bani (Bulgarian: Нареченски Бани), is a village in Plovdiv Province, central Bulgaria. It is set amid a pine forest on the Asenitsa River (formerly named the Chepelare River) in the Rhodope mountains, 42 km southwest of Plovdiv. The village is notable for its hypothermal mineral springs, which was transformed into a spa resort.

A number of Pb-Bi-S minerals, including bonchevite, galenobismutite, and lillianite, have been recorded from scheelite-bearing quartz veins near the town of Narechen, in the Southern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. The quartz veins are up to 0.5 m thick and cut muscovite-biotite schists of the Rhodopian Complex (Bonev, 1982).

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7 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
'Bonchevite'
Galenobismutite
Formula: PbBi2S4
Lillianite
Formula: Pb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Pekoite
Formula: PbCuBi11S18
Habit: thin bladed crystals up to 1 mm wide and 2 cm long
Colour: steel-grey
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Scheelite
Formula: Ca(WO4)

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Pekoite2.HB.05aPbCuBi11S18
Lillianite2.JB.40aPb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6
Galenobismutite2.JC.25ePbBi2S4
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Scheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified
'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
'Bonchevite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
O BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O ScheeliteCa(WO4)
FFluorine
F BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
MgMagnesium
Mg BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
AlAluminium
Al BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S GalenobismutitePbBi2S4
S LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6
S PekoitePbCuBi11S18
S PyriteFeS2
KPotassium
K BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca ScheeliteCa(WO4)
TiTitanium
Ti BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
FeIron
Fe BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu PekoitePbCuBi11S18
AgSilver
Ag LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6
WTungsten
W ScheeliteCa(WO4)
PbLead
Pb GalenobismutitePbBi2S4
Pb LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6
Pb PekoitePbCuBi11S18
BiBismuth
Bi GalenobismutitePbBi2S4
Bi LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6
Bi PekoitePbCuBi11S18

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narechen
Wikidata ID:Q2654162

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