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Elbaite from
Ctidružice deposit, Ctidružice, Znojmo District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Elbaite
Formula:Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Elbaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ctidružice deposit, Ctidružice, Znojmo District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:475129
Long-form Identifier:1:3:475129:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Elbaite
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘU starého Čihadla pegmatite, Biskupice-Pulkov, Třebíč District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
20.0km (12.4 miles) ⓘKyprův mlýn quarry, Krasonice, Jihlava District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
24.6km (15.3 miles) ⓘHengl quarry, Eibenstein an der Thaya, Raabs an der Thaya, Waidhofen an der Thaya District, Lower Austria, Austria
28.9km (18.0 miles) ⓘSedlatice granitic pegmatite, Sedlatice, Jihlava District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
41.9km (26.0 miles) ⓘPuklice pegmatites, Puklice, Jihlava District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
59.9km (37.2 miles) ⓘVěžná I pegmatite, Věžná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
60.1km (37.3 miles) ⓘDolní Rožínk pegmatite, Dolní Rožínka, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
61.8km (38.4 miles) ⓘRožná pegmatite (Rozna; Roschna), Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
61.8km (38.4 miles) ⓘRožná Hradisko, Rožná pegmatite (Rozna; Roschna), Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
62.3km (38.7 miles) ⓘKönigsalm, Senftenberg, Krems-Land District, Lower Austria, Austria
References
Čech, F. (1961) Occurrence of stokesite in Czechoslovakia. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 32 (252) 673-675 doi:10.1180/minmag.1961.032.252.01
Scarlett Urbanová, Jan Cempírek (2021) Evolution of tourmaline from Li-poor, F-rich pegmatites at the SE border of the Moldanubian Zone, Bohemian Massif. NATURA 111 (1): 109-110, 2021 - TUR2021 3rd International Conference on Tourmaline
 
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