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Zircon from
Nová Baňa deposit, Nová Baňa, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nová Baňa deposit, Nová Baňa, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:404269
Long-form Identifier:1:3:404269:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
9.4km (5.8 miles) ⓘZlatno, Vysoká, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘHodruša-Hámre mines, Hodruša-Hámre, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘBrezov štál, Jedľové Kostoľany, Zlaté Moravce District, Nitra Region, Slovakia
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘŠobov Quarry, Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘZlaté Moravce-1 well, Zlaté Moravce, Zlaté Moravce District, Nitra Region, Slovakia
32.3km (20.1 miles) ⓘJelenec quarry, Jelenec, Nitra District, Nitra Region, Slovakia
35.2km (21.9 miles) ⓘBreziny quarry, Breziny, Zvolen District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
41.0km (25.5 miles) ⓘRáztočno pegmatite, Jalovec, Prievidza District, Trenčín Region, Slovakia
53.8km (33.5 miles) ⓘČavoj Polymetallic deposit, Čavoj, Prievidza District, Trenčín Region, Slovakia
54.6km (33.9 miles) ⓘPolkanová, Staré Hory, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
References
Koděra, Miroslav; Kolektív, A. (1986) Topografická mineralógia Slovenska. Veda Vydavatel'stvo.
 
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