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Sericite from
Madzharovo deposit, Madzharovo, Madzharovo Municipality, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Madzharovo deposit, Madzharovo, Madzharovo Municipality, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:888317
Long-form Identifier:1:3:888317:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
27.8km (17.3 miles) ⓘAda Tepe Au deposit, Krumovgrad Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
38.9km (24.2 miles) ⓘStremtsi, Kardzhali Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
67.9km (42.2 miles) ⓘViper deposit, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
68.0km (42.3 miles) ⓘAgios Philippos Mine, Alexandroupoli, Evros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘDobroselets, Topolovgrad Municipality, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria
68.5km (42.6 miles) ⓘKassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
68.7km (42.7 miles) ⓘKonos Hill deposit, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
70.5km (43.8 miles) ⓘKoryfes Hill deposit, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
70.6km (43.9 miles) ⓘMelitena prospect, Iasmos, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
70.9km (44.0 miles) ⓘPagoni Rachi prospect, Alexandroupoli, Evros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
References
McCoyd, R. J. (1995). Isotopic and geochemical studies of the epithermal-mesothermal Pb-Zn deposits of SE Bulgaria (Doctoral dissertation, University of Aberdeen).
Marchev, Peter, Downes, Hillary, Thirlwall, Matthew F., Moritz, Robert (2002) Small-scale variations of 87Sr/86Sr isotope composition of barite in the Madjarovo low-sulphidation epithermal system, SE Bulgaria: implications for sources of Sr, fluid fluxes and pathways of the ore-forming fluids. Mineralium Deposita, 37 (6) 669-677 doi:10.1007/s00126-002-0278-3
 
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