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Ankerite from
Křižany, Liberec District, Liberec Region, Czech Republic


Locality type:Municipality
Classification
Species:Ankerite
Formula:Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorite1
Baryte1
Xanthoconite1
Native Silver1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ankerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Křižany, Liberec District, Liberec Region, Czech Republic
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:660229
Long-form Identifier:1:3:660229:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ankerite
38.0km (23.6 miles) ⓘKlunst Quarry, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
42.3km (26.3 miles) ⓘDoubravice quarry, Doubravice, Železnice, Jičín District, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic
50.3km (31.2 miles) ⓘCustoms facility, Ludwigsdorf, Görlitz, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
58.8km (36.5 miles) ⓘŘíp Hill Volcanic Neck, Mnetěš, Litoměřice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
75.5km (46.9 miles) ⓘFriederike Juliane mine, Ciechanowice field, Ciechanowice, Gmina Marciszów, Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
77.3km (48.1 miles) ⓘNovátor mine, Bernartice, Benešov District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
77.8km (48.3 miles) ⓘWilhelm Mine, Stara Góra deposit, Radzimowice, Gmina Bolków, Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
78.0km (48.5 miles) ⓘStara Góra deposit, Radzimowice, Gmina Bolków, Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
80.5km (50.0 miles) ⓘJenerálka, Nebušice, Prague, Czech Republic
80.6km (50.1 miles) ⓘTin mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
References
Fengl, M.: Mineralogie těžených fluoritových ložisek (1.). Minerál, 1998, 6, 2, 243–252.
 
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