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Pseudomalachite from
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia


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Pseudomalachite, etc.

Rainer mining field, Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
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Pseudomalachite

Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
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Pseudomalachite

Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
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Pseudomalachite, etc.

Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
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Pseudomalachite, etc.

Rainer mining field, Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
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Pseudomalachite

Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
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Pseudomalachite

Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
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Pseudomalachite, etc.

Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
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Pseudomalachite, etc.

Rainer mining field, Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
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Pseudomalachite

Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
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Pseudomalachite

Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
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Pseudomalachite, etc.

Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Pseudomalachite
Formula:Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Habit:rare small tabular crystals, superb botryoidal aggregates
Colour:dark green
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Libethenite11
Quartz9
Ludjibaite5
Mrázekite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pseudomalachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (69 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:59794
Long-form Identifier:1:3:59794:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pseudomalachite in this Region
Rainer mining field, Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Nearest other occurrences of Pseudomalachite
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘRainer mining field, Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘŠpania Dolina deposit, Špania Dolina, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
20.2km (12.5 miles) ⓘPiesky, Špania Dolina deposit, Špania Dolina, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
61.4km (38.1 miles) ⓘMedená vein, Španie Pole, Rimavská Sobota District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
78.9km (49.0 miles) ⓘDorothea vein-western section, Gočovo, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
79.3km (49.3 miles) ⓘDorothea vein, Gemerská Poloma, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
81.6km (50.7 miles) ⓘZadné Breziny copper occurrence, Dlhá Valley, Gemerská Poloma, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
83.6km (51.9 miles) ⓘŠramky, Gemerská Poloma, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
88.5km (55.0 miles) ⓘBreziny vein, Henclová, Gelnica District, Košice Region, Slovakia
References
Hyršl, J. (1991) Three polymorphs of Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4 from Ľubietová, Czechoslovakia. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte, 1991 (6) 281-287
Braithwaite, R. S. W., Ryback, G. (1994) Reichenbachite from Cornwall and Portugal. Mineralogical Magazine, 58 (392) 449-454 doi:10.1180/minmag.1994.058.392.09
Andráš, P., Lichý, A., Križáni, I., & Rusková, J. (2009). The heavy metal sorption on clay minerals and risk of the AMD formation at the Reiner and Podlipa dump-fields at Ľubietová deposit (Slovakia). Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 4(2), 133-146.
 
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