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Saponite from
Mulató Hill, Erdőbénye, Tokaj District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary


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Saponite, etc.

Mulató Hill, Erdőbénye, Tokaj District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
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Saponite, etc.

Mulató Hill, Erdőbénye, Tokaj District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
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Saponite, etc.

Mulató Hill, Erdőbénye, Tokaj District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Saponite
Formula:Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Siderite1
- var Sphärosiderite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Saponite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mulató Hill, Erdőbénye, Tokaj District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:290876
Long-form Identifier:1:3:290876:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Saponite
99.7km (62.0 miles) ⓘHátsó Tarnóca Quarry, Kisnána, Gyöngyös District, Heves County, Hungary
References
Tokody, L., Mándy, T. & Nemes-Varga, S. (1957): Mauritzit, ein neues Mineral von Erdőbénye (Ungarn). Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte, 33-39. Tokody, L. (1962): Mauritzit ein selbständiges Mineral. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 54, 27-30. Weiszburg, T., Bada, G., Dódony, I., Jánosi, M., Lovas, Gy., Nagy-Balogh, J., Czakó-Nagy, I., Nagy, S. & Papp, G. (1993): "Mauritzite", a special saponite variety from Erdőbénye, NE Hungary. Topographia Mineralogica Hungariae, 1, 57-67 (in Hung. with English abstract).
Society of Economic Geologists Student Chapter University of Miskolc (2018) Short course – Industrial minerals in the NE part of Hungary. Telkibánya November 5–8. 2018.
 
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