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Dravite from
Predsvätodušná, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia


Classification
Species:Dravite
Formula:NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Habit:prismatic
Colour:black
Luminescent properties:none
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Albite
Chamosite
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
Pyrite
Quartz
Rutile
Zircon
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dravite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Predsvätodušná, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:494231
Long-form Identifier:1:3:494231:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Dravite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘSvätodušná deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
29.7km (18.5 miles) ⓘBacúch magnetite deposit, Bacúch, Brezno District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
34.7km (21.6 miles) ⓘMagnet hill, Tisovec, Rimavská Sobota District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
37.1km (23.1 miles) ⓘViničky, Úderiná, Lučenec District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
38.4km (23.8 miles) ⓘBohaté, Kokava nad Rimavicou, Poltár District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
38.6km (24.0 miles) ⓘKremnica Au-Ag deposit, Kremnica, Žiar nad Hronom District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
42.3km (26.3 miles) ⓘMútnik deposit, Hnúšťa, Rimavská Sobota District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
63.6km (39.5 miles) ⓘOchtiná-Rochovce Mo-W deposit, Ochtiná, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
64.7km (40.2 miles) ⓘChvojnica metachert occurrences, Nitrianske Pravno, Prievidza District, Trenčín Region, Slovakia
70.6km (43.9 miles) ⓘMalá Vlčia Valley pegmatite vein, Dobšiná mining district, Dobšiná, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
References
Ozdín D., 2001: Metamorfno-hydrotermálne zrudnenie na výskyte Ľubietová - Predsvätodušná. Geologické práce, Správy, 105, 77-82.
Michňová J., Ozdín D., Bačík P., 2008: Fluid inclusion study and chemical composition of tourmaline from hydrothermal Cu-bearing deposit Ľubietová. Bulletin miner.-petrolog. Odd. NM (Praha), 16, 1, 100-108. (in Slovak with English abstract)
 
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