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Muscovite from
Faustianka, Gmina Rudniki, Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Faustianka, Gmina Rudniki, Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:824837
Long-form Identifier:1:3:824837:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
40.5km (25.1 miles) ⓘLisowice clay pit, Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
70.7km (43.9 miles) ⓘSt. Anne Mountain Geopark Quarry, Góra Świętej Anny, Gmina Leśnica, Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
74.6km (46.3 miles) ⓘMyszków Cu-Mo deposit, Gmina Żarki, Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
79.3km (49.3 miles) ⓘSanidine and pyroxene hornfels outcrops, Gracze, Gmina Niemodlin, Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
79.6km (49.5 miles) ⓘZeolitized basaltic tuffs, Gracze basanite quarry, Molestowice, Gmina Niemodlin, Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
84.5km (52.5 miles) ⓘRudniki iron mine, Rudniki, Gmina Włodowice, Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
84.9km (52.7 miles) ⓘZM Silesia zinc smelter slag locality, Świętochłowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
91.4km (56.8 miles) ⓘ"Alpy" dump, Wełnowiec-Józefowiec, Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
91.5km (56.9 miles) ⓘKnurów Mine, Knurów, Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
95.1km (59.1 miles) ⓘŁosień, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
References
Witkowska 2012, Paleoenvironmental significance of iron carbonate concretions from the Bathonnia (Middle Jurrassic) ore-bearing clays at Gnaszyn, Kraków Silesia Homocline
 
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