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⇱ Opal from Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic


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Opal from
Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

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Locality type:Municipality
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:112660
Long-form Identifier:1:3:112660:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
12.3km (7.6 miles) Straßburger Glück Mine, Niederschlag, Bärenstein, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
13.2km (8.2 miles) Marie Terezie vein, Potůčky, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
16.0km (10.0 miles) Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Pöhla, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
16.8km (10.4 miles) Prospect 24, Pöhla, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
17.2km (10.7 miles) Nadějná, Měděnec, Chomutov District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
18.7km (11.6 miles) Shaft 235 (Weißer Hirsch mine), Crandorf, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
19.2km (11.9 miles) Himmelfahrt Mine, Eibenstock, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
21.3km (13.2 miles) Friedrich August adit, Riesenberg, Sosa, Eibenstock, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
26.4km (16.4 miles) Fahsel quarry, Blauenthal, Eibenstock, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
28.4km (17.6 miles) Ahníkov pyroxenite outcrop, Ahníkov, Málkov, Chomutov District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
References
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the Czech Geological Society 48/3–4(2003) 3 Geology and hydrothermal vein system of the Jáchymov (Joachimsthal)...(Joachimsthal) ore district Geologie a hydrotermální žilný systém jáchymovského rudního okrsku (26 figs...ANANDA GABAŠOVÁ 1 – JAN HLOUŠEK2 – VLADIMÍR ŠREIN3 Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3, CZ-118 21 Prague 1...specifically of the Jáchymov (Joachimsthal) deposit. Main types of rocks in the Jáchymov ore district and the role...processes are described. The position of the ore district is defined much like its tectonic borders. Geological
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cerchiaraite(Al) include bazirite, diopside, goethite, opal, quartz, sanbornite, titantaramellite, traskite...(2013) Štěpite, U(AsO3OH)2·4H2O, from Jáchymov, Czech Republic: the first natural arsenate of tetravalent...Vysokýite, U4+(AsO2(OH)2)4·4H2O, from Jáchymov, Czech Republic. Mineralogical Magazine, 77(8), 3055–3066...level of the Svornost (former “Einigkeit”) mine Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal) ore ditrict, Krušné Hory Mountains...(Erzgebirge), ~20 km north of Karlovy Vary, NW Bohemia, Czech Republic. The Jáchymov ore ditrict is a classic
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late-stage silicification. Associated minerals are: opal, carbonate-fluorapatite and hewettite. General appearance:...Locality: Miyabana seashore, Ohmi Town, Itoigawa–Ohmi district, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Occurrence: In a prehnite...member of the epidote group from Itoigawa–Ohmi district, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. Journal of...long-abandoned Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California, USA (Lat. 36°...Svornost mine, Jáchymov (St. Joachimsthal), approximately 20 km north of Karlovy Vary, northwestern Bohemia
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Journal of the Czech Geological Society 51/1–2(2006) 3 The Krásno Sn-W ore district near Horní Slavkov:...Museum Sokolov, Zámecká 1, Sokolov, CZ-356 00, Czech Republic Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National...68, Prague 1, CZ-115 79, Czech Republic The tin-tungsten Krásno ore district near Horní Slavkov (Slavkovský...most important areas of ancient mining in the Czech Republic. The exceptionally rich and variable mineral...reviews the data on geological setting of the ore district, individual ore deposits and mining history. Horní
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Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 42/4 (1997) 3 Secondary minerals of the Jáchymov (Joachimsthal)...(Joachimsthal) ore district Sekundární minerály jáchymovského rudního revíru (Czech summary) PETR ONDRUŠ1 - FRANTIŠEK...JIěÍ FRÝDA1 - JIěÍ ýEJKA3 - ANANDA GABAŠOVÁ1 1 Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3, 118 21 Prague 1 U Roháþových...seventy secondary minerals were known from the district before the present study. All known reliable data...data on the individual secondary minerals from Jáchymov are presented. New and more complete X-ray powder
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. 37 2.4.2. Geologic setting of Witwatersrand district, South Africa..................... 38 2.4.3. Ore...Ore geometry and metallogenesis of Witwatersrand district, South Africa...................................Geologic setting of Margnac, France and Jáchymov, Czech Republic deposits................................metallogenesis of Margnac, France and Jáchymov, Czech Republic deposits................................and production in Margnac, France and Jáchymov, Czech Republic deposits.............................
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(Russia), P. Bruneton (Europe), J. Cisovsky (Slovak Republic), G. Érdi-Krausz (Hungary), H. J. Förster (Germany)...Hruby (Czech Republic), E. Kirchner (Austria), B. Kirchner (Austria), J. Komínek (Czech Republic), I. Bojkov...J. Royall (Spain), and A. Kuestermeyer (Slovak Republic). M. Cuney deserves my particular gratitude for... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 West Balkan Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.1 Bukhovo District .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Journal of the Czech Geological Society 48/3–4(2003) 157 Ore-forming processes and mineral parageneses...parageneses of the Jáchymov ore district Rudotvorné procesy a minerální pragenze jáchymovského rudního okrsku...DOBEŠ1 – KAREL MALÝ1 – JAN HLOUŠEK2 – JIØÍ SEJKORA3 Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3, CZ-118 21, Prague 1...polyarsenides, fluid inclusions, stable isotopes, Jáchymov. ELEMENT SOURCES AND FRACTIONATIONS Mineralization...solutions coincide with deep-seated faults of Gera-Jáchymov fault zone. The ore mineralisation resulted from
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deposit, it will normally contain amorphous silica/opal rather than quartz in its initial stages, as is...comparison of all data (observation wave lengths vary considerably from one publication to the next)....of particular minerals. The associated textures vary from patchy, irregular crack fillings, regular linear...Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL If marked in description... Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (sample: Melcher/Oberthür); PPL D Fine-grained
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2 cm. Jáchymov (Sankt Joachimsthal), deposits of until 2013 when Karlovy Vary, Bohemia, Czech Republic...what the intermediate products are, and how they vary over time. Pseudomorphs of goethite after pyrite...corresponding to pyromorphite, if all the lead Turret district, Chaffee county, Colorado, where came from the...17 cm. Yangshuo mine, Guangxi, Zhuang autonomous region, China. its own chemical phyllosilicates rather...Creek mine, and the Rex Hill mine in the Mathinna district, Tasmania, Australia, as floater specimens of
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com/illustrious-opals-library. Also, the winner of the final Opal Prize Pack is Kim Sherwood. Congratulations to Ms...specimen from the Mibladen Mine, Upper Moulouya lead district, Midelt Khenifra Province, Morocco DIDIER DESCOUENS...Anthony Mine, St. Anthony Deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona. HERITAGE AUCTIONS, WWW.HA...everything we look at lines up with a caldera in this region.” The caldera hypothesis might also help explain...Contact him at rocksbob@sbcglobal.net. ROYAL PEACOCK OPAL MINE Dig your own Virgin Valley Fire Opals ALL YOU
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Beshtau uranium deposit, Mount Beshtau, Stavropol region, Northern Caucasus, Russia, and named after the...lermontovite, and older marcasite, pyrite, halloysite, and opal. Beshtauite occurs as well-shaped short-prismatic... Lermontov, and Zheleznovodsk in the Stavropol region, Russia. The new mineral was named beshtauite (Cyrillic:...vein containing subordinate pyrite, halloysite, opal, and uraninite and cross-cutting porphyry granite... Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic. Chernikov, A.A. (1981) Behaviour of Uranium
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from the Ratibořské Hory Ag–Pb–Zn deposit, Czech Republic Radana VRTIŠKOVÁ1,2*, Luboš VRTIŠKA2, Jiří...Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37, Brno, Czech Republic; radana.vrtiskova@nm.cz 2 Department of Mineralogy...National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, 193 00 Prague 9, Czech Republic 3 Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and...Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 43 Prague 2, Czech Republic * Corresponding author 1 Phosphates of the...deposit Ratibořské Hory (South Bohemia Region, Czech Republic). These phosphates form very finely dispersed
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walls of veinlets composed mainly of chalcedony and opal. Other associated minerals are dachiardite-Ca, dachiardite-Na...Na8[(UO2)(CO3)3](SO4)2·3H2O, a new uranyl mineral from Jáchymov, Czech Republic. Journal of Geosciences, 60(4), 259–267...the Svornost mine (10th level), Jáchymov, Western Bohemia, Czech Republic. The occurence is a classic example...honor of Bohuslav Ježek (1877–1950), a prominent Czech mineralogist and crystallographer, professor of...discovered at the Little Eva mine, Yellow Cat District, Grand County, Utah, U.S.A. (38°50′17″N, 109°31′35″W)
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K(UO2)(SO4)(OH)(H2O), a new uranyl sulphate mineral from Jáchymov, Czech Republic. Am. Mineral., 97, 447–454. Adolfpateraite...(Einigkeit) shaft, Jáchymov (Sankt Joachimsthal) ore district, western Bohemia, Czech Republic (50°22′ 21.136″N...is named in honor of Adolf Patera (1819–1894), Czech chemist, mineralogist, and metallurgist, who invented...the technology for processing uranium ores from Jáchymov for production of uranium colors. The type specimen...Museum in Prague, Václavské námestí 68, Praha 1 (Czech Republic), catalog number: P1P 3/2011. K.T.T. Chromschieffelinite*
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abandoned Plavno mine in the Jáchymov ore district, western Bohemia, Czech Republic. The uranium was mined...carbonate triangles and 2 H2O groups in the equatorial region of a hexagonal bipyramid. Linkages between the...uranyl–arsenate–phosphate mineral 1279 from Jáchymov (Czech Republic) with a unique uranyl-anion topology....private collection specimen from Jáchymov (St. Joachimsthal), Czech Republic (most likely from the Geister...chief of the radium factory in St. Joachimsthal (Jáchymov) from 1916 to 1918, and his grandson, Vladimír
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of the Czech Geological Society 48/3–4(2003) 19 Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district Primární...– ROMAN SKÁLA1 – JIØÍ SEJKORA4 – MILAN DRÁBEK1 Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3, CZ-118 21 Prague 1...Approximately seventy primary minerals were known from the district before the present study. All known reliable data...data on the individual minerals from Jáchymov are presented. New and more complete X-ray powder diffraction...described and/or referenced minerals in the Jáchymov ore district to 384. Key words: primary minerals, XRD
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historical Ag-Pb-Zn ore deposit Ratibořské Hory (Czech Republic) Luboš Vrtiška*, Radana Malíková, Zdeněk Dolníček...(southern Bohemia, Czech Republic). Their occurrence is bound to cracks, cavities and quarz - opal veins in altered...composition, Staré hory, Ratibořské Hory deposit, Czech Republic Obdrženo 9. 9. 2019; přijato 8. 11. 2019 Úvod...ČR - zelený Čavoj, SR Slivice, ČR Medvědín, ČR Jáchymov, ČR tato práce tato práce tato práce tato práce...Medvědín uranium deposit, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic. J Geosci 54: 15-56 Pouchou JL, Pichoir F (1985)
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mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Antofagasta region, Chile NIKITA V. CHUKANOV1,*, SERGEY M. AKSENOV2...Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432 Russia *Corresponding author, e-mail: chukanov@icp...Cerro Alcaparrosa, El Loa province, Antofagasta region, Chile, in two associations, one of which includes...rhomboclase, yavapaiite, voltaite and opal, and the other one is botryogen, opal, tamarugite, alum-(K), pickeringite...oxidation zone; Alcaparrosa mine; Chile. Antofagasta region, Chile. Additional material was collected at the
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Earth Elements in the Rožná Uranium Deposit, Czech Republic Bohdan Kříbek 1, *, Ilja Knésl 1 , Petr Dobeš...Earth Elements in the Rožná Uranium Deposit, Czech Republic. Minerals 2022, 12, 690. https://doi.org/ 10...Published: 29 May 2022 Czech Geological Survey, Geologická 6, 152 00 Prague, Czech Republic; ilja.knesl@geology...Masaryk University, Kotlářská 267, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic; rskoda@sci.muni.cz (R.Š.); copjak@sci.muni...Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 43 Prague, Czech Republic; filip.kosek@natur.cuni.cz Correspondence:
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Doynikova Uranous Mineralogy of Hypergene Reduction Region Using electron microscopy data Springer Mineralogy...Doynikova Uranous Mineralogy of Hypergene Reduction Region Using electron microscopy data Olga Alexandrovna...paleochannel sandstone-type deposits of the Vitim ore region, Russia, with a previously little-known new type...of weathering redox processes. In the supergene region, uranium blacks are present practically in all...deposits are Taboshar (Middle Asia, Karamazar ore region), Kosachinoye (Grachevskoye ore field, Northern
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comparison of all data (observation wave lengths vary considerably from one publication to the next)....Schwarzenthal, Krkonose Mts., Hradec Králové Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic [j]; Nic. // E Arsenolamprite (dark...Schwarzenthal, Krkonose Mts., Hradec Králové Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic [j]; Nic. + 82 Arsenolamprite A...slight bireflectance); Mohawk Mine, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA [j]; Nic. // C Native...to brownish anisotropy); Mohawk Mine, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA [j]; Nic. + 90 Tellurium
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Deposits, Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic; bacikp@fns.uniba.sk 2 Comenius University, Faculty...Petrology, Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic 3 State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Mlynská...Mlynská dolina 1, 817 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic 4 Geological Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences...Sciences, Severná 5, 974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic 13 MINERALOGIA POLONICA - SPECIAL PAPERS Volume...University, Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic; timea.balintova@post.sk 19 MINERALOGIA POLONICA
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transmission IR spectra of minerals in the far IR region. The PE discs are prepared at rather high temperatures...root-mean-square approximation of the spectrum in the region free of strong absorption. A review of the most...analysis for the IR spectrum of gmelinite-K in the region of Si–O-stretching vibrations carried out with...analysis for the IR spectrum of gmelinite-K in the region of Si–O-stretching vibrations carried out with...analysis for the IR spectrum of gmelinite-K in the region of Si–O-stretching vibrations carried out with
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Habsburg dynasty elite to the Lower Hungarian mining district around Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz, Slovakia):...(Pressburg) and the rather peripherally located mining region in the Western Carpathians, about 200 km east of...During the visit of the Lower Hungarian mining region the whole entourage was dressed in miner’s habit...and the balancing of power relations within each region in order to stabilize the entire territory. The...copper, and iron ore were exploited in the Banat region, and silver and salt in Transylvania (Slotta et
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