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Apatite from
Bogovina occurrence, Boljevac, Zaječar District, Central Serbia, Serbia


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bogovina occurrence, Boljevac, Zaječar District, Central Serbia, Serbia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1412641
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1412641:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
13.6km (8.4 miles) ⓘOsoje occurrence, Boljevac, Zaječar District, Central Serbia, Serbia
19.4km (12.0 miles) ⓘČukaru Peki deposit, Bor, Bor District, Central Serbia, Serbia
26.8km (16.6 miles) ⓘSoko-Banja meteorite, Sokobanja, Zaječar District, Central Serbia, Serbia
37.2km (23.1 miles) ⓘSokobanja Volcanic Field, Sokobanja, Zaječar District, Central Serbia, Serbia
41.5km (25.8 miles) ⓘBigar Hill, Žagubica, Braničevo District, Central Serbia, Serbia
63.1km (39.2 miles) ⓘOkruglica Volcanic Breccia, Svrljig, Nišava District, Central Serbia, Serbia
71.9km (44.6 miles) ⓘKrupac theralite occurrence, Bela Palanka, Pirot District, Central Serbia, Serbia
85.2km (52.9 miles) ⓘTisa Lava Field, Golubac, Braničevo District, Central Serbia, Serbia
88.0km (54.7 miles) ⓘMraconia Valley, Almăj Mountains, Caraş-Severin County, Romania
References
Glišic, M. 1959. Pojava kajanita iz okoline Bogovine u Istočnoj Serbiji. Bulletin du Service Géologique et Géophysique de la R.P. de Serbie, Beograd, 17, 115-121 [English abstract].
Cvetković, V.; Prelević, D.; Downes, H.; Jovanović, M.; Vaselli, O.; Pécskay, Z. (2004) Origin and geodynamic significance of Tertiary postcollisional basaltic magmatism in Serbia (central Balkan Peninsula). Lithos, 73 (3-4). 161-186 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2003.12.004
Prelević, D., Foley, S. F., Romer, R. L., Cvetković, V., Downes, H. (2005) Tertiary Ultrapotassic Volcanism in Serbia: Constraints on Petrogenesis and Mantle Source Characteristics. Journal of Petrology, 46 (7) 1443-1487 doi:10.1093/petrology/egi022
 
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