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Benjaminite from
Vyšná Boca, Liptovský Mikuláš District, Žilina Region, Slovakia


Locality type:Municipality
Classification
Species:Benjaminite
Formula:Ag3Bi7S12
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Benjaminite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vyšná Boca, Liptovský Mikuláš District, Žilina Region, Slovakia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:397231
Long-form Identifier:1:3:397231:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Benjaminite
41.9km (26.0 miles) ⓘBohaté, Kokava nad Rimavicou, Poltár District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
84.0km (52.2 miles) ⓘRozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre mines, Hodruša-Hámre, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
84.2km (52.3 miles) ⓘKobaltová vein, Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia
References
Ozdín, D. and Chovan, M. (1999) New mineralogical and paragenetic knowledge about siderite veins in the vicinity of Vyšná Boca, Nízke Tatry Mts. Slovak Geological Magazine, 5 (4), 255-271.
 
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