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Cihelna v Bažantnici, Hloubětín, Prague, Czech Republici
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Cihelna v BažantniciNature Reserve
HloubětínCadastral area
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Mindat Locality ID:
208509
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:208509:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Cihelna v Bažantnici, Hloubětín, Praha 9


The brickyard in Bažantnice is a natural monument located in Prague-Hloubětín, on the slope below Kbely, northeast of the Kbelská - Poděbradská junction, north of the Prague – Turnov / Lysá nad Labem railway line and south of the Vysočanská radial, between gardening settlements. The protected area is in the care of the City of Prague.

Former brickworks situated in sedimentary deposits (claystones, sandstones) Cretaceous period, Cenomanian stage.

From 1988 onwards it has been preserved as a nature reserve for its rich fossil record (e.g. Drynaria tumulosa, Nehvizdya obtusa, Myricanthinum amentaceum, Myrtophyllum geinitzii).

In this mainly paleontological site can also be found some mineral specimens (clear isolated or tailed twins crystals of gypsum, destinezite concretions, pyrite and millerite, secondary sulphur).

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


4 valid minerals.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Millerite2.CC.20NiS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Destinezite8.DB.05Fe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
H DestineziteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
OOxygen
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O DestineziteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
PPhosphorus
P DestineziteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
SSulfur
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S MilleriteNiS
S PyriteFeS2
S DestineziteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
CaCalcium
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
FeIron
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe DestineziteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
NiNickel
Ni MilleriteNiS

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Wikipedia:https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cihelna_v_Ba%C5%BEantnici
Wikidata ID:Q11730929


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