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Sphalerite from
Herichová, Chyžné, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia


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Sphalerite

Herichová, Chyžné, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
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Sphalerite

Herichová, Chyžné, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
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Sphalerite

Herichová, Chyžné, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-WDS
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Jamesonite2
Quartz2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Herichová, Chyžné, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:405737
Long-form Identifier:1:3:405737:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘMalá lúka, Chyžné, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘKubejka, Chyžné, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
1.4km (0.8 miles) ⓘHladomorná Valley, Chyžné, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘSlnná ore occurrence, Magnezitovce, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘSkaličná ore occurrence, Magnezitovce, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘZa Hôrkou, Slavošovce, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘDúbrava magnesite deposit, Jelšava, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
4.9km (3.0 miles) ⓘJelšavská Dúbrava, Jelšava, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed granite quarry, Mokrá Lúka, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘOchtiná-Rochovce Mo-W deposit, Ochtiná, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
References
Koděra, Miroslav; Kolektív, A. (1986) Topografická mineralógia Slovenska. Veda Vydavatel'stvo.
Števko, M., Bačík, P., Bálintová, T. (2009): Supergénna síra z antimonitového ložiska Chyžné-Herichová, Slovenská republika. Bull. mineral.-petrolog. Odd. Nár. Muz.(Praha), 17, 2, 35-38.
 
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