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Muscovite from
Dobšiná quarry, Dobšiná, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dobšiná quarry, Dobšiná, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1521820
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1521820:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘDobšiná mining district, Dobšiná, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘMalá Vlčia Valley pegmatite vein, Dobšiná mining district, Dobšiná, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘDedičná adit, Martini vein system, Dobšiná mining district, Dobšiná, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘEzechiel vein, Martini vein system, Dobšiná mining district, Dobšiná, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘGeorgi iron deposit, Dobšiná, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘZemberg-Terézia vein system, Dobšiná mining district, Dobšiná, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘGápeľ copper deposit, Dobšiná mining district, Dobšiná, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘTibor vein, Fe-Cu deposit, Vlachovo, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘFe-Cu deposit, Vlachovo, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘŠimon-Romoková vein, Fe-Cu deposit, Vlachovo, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
References
Štubňa, Ján, Bačík, Peter, Fridrichová, Jana, Hanus, Radek, Illášová, Ľudmila, Milovská, Stanislava, Škoda, Radek, Vaculovič, Tomáš, Čerňanský, Slavomír (2019) Gem-Quality Green Cr-Bearing Andradite (var. Demantoid) from Dobšiná, Slovakia. Minerals, 9 (3) 164 doi:10.3390/min9030164
 
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