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An unique As-Bi association from Jachymov

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Created on Wednesday, 07 December 2016 20:14
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An unique As-Bi mineralization of the Geister vein in Jáchymov.

 

The Jáchymov ore area is typical by its occurrences of various secondaries of arsenic, uranium and other elements. Very popular are recently growth secondaries from dumps or directly from the old workings, originated during last tenths or hunderts years. In Jáchymov above the Rovnost I shaft occurred very rich association of supergenne minerals of As, P, Cu and U, which belongs among the most interesting in Czech Republic of its kind. The age of this mineral association is about several dozens of thousands or lower hundreds of thousands years.

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Línekite - new rare uranyl carbonate from Jáchymov

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Created on Friday, 03 January 2014 19:56
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Línekite - new rare uranyl carbonate from Jáchymov

 

Another new mineral from Háchymov, which was described in 2012 is línekite. Its chemistry is K2Ca3[(UO2)(CO3)3]2 . 7H2O.

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Mathesiusite - new extremly rare mineral from Jáchymov

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Created on Tuesday, 05 November 2013 17:09
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Mathesiusit - new extremly rare mineral from Jáchymov

 

One of the freshly described uranium minerals from Jáchymov is also extremly rare mathesiusite. Its chemical composition can be expressed like K5(UO2)4(SO4)4(VO5).4H2O and mathesiusite has a new specific structure type.

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Selenium secondaries from Zálesí

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Created on Monday, 19 August 2013 19:15
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Selenium secondaries from Zálesí

Zálesí is worldwide good known locality of uranium mineralisation in Rychlebské Mts (NE part of the Czech Republic). It belongs between Czech most important uranium minerals localities, but Czech best erythrites and high quality arsenides were also found here. After the mining period was gradually found attractive association of the secondary selenium minerals.

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Vysokýite - new arsenate from Jáchymov

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Created on Monday, 01 April 2013 16:05
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Vysokýite is another very rare exotic Jáchymov mineral caming up from the 10th level of the Svornost shaft. It was found about 30 years ago on the so called "Arsenic lens" in the south part of the Geschieber vein between the Svornost and Josef shaft. We know today specimens of kaatialaite and claudetite from there. Vysokýite was described by Plášil et al. in the year 2013.

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  1. Marécottite from Jáchymov
  2. β-Uranophane from Zálesí
  3. Babánekite - new arsenate from Jáchymov
  4. Slavkovite from Jáchymov and Horní Slavkov

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