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Norsethite from
Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
| Locality type: | Open-Cast Mine | |||||||||||
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| Species: | Norsethite | |||||||||||
| Formula: | BaMg(CO3)2 | |||||||||||
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| Comments: | Mn-, Ca-, and Fe-bearing varieties occur. | |||||||||||
| Habit: | complex aggregates built by packets of fine platy crystals flattened on {0001}; sub-parallel aggregates of long prismatic crystals ending with sharp rhombohedra, which have faces c{0001}, m{1010} and a{1120}; clusters of needle prismatic crystals terminated by very sharp rhombohedra; spherulite aggregates with radiate fibrous structure. | |||||||||||
| Colour: | pale yellow | |||||||||||
| Luminescent properties: | weak dark red under UV = 366 nm, more brightly brownish red under UV = 254 nm. | |||||||||||
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| Validity: | Confirmed | |||||||||||
| Confirmation Methods: | Optical Analysis XRD SEM-EDS Ion Microprobe Infrared Spectroscopy | |||||||||||
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| Calcite | 1 | |||||||||||
| Data | ||||||||||||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Norsethite data | |||||||||||
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria | |||||||||||
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (12 photos) | |||||||||||
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 135489 | |||||||||||
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:135489:8 | |||||||||||
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |||||||||||
| References | ||||||||||||
Zidarov, Nikola, Petrov, Ognyan, Tarassov, Mihail, Damyanov, Zhelyazko, Tarassova, Eugenia, Petkova, Vilma, Kalvachev, Yuri, Zlatev, Zlati (2009) Mn-rich norsethite from the Kremikovtsi ore deposit, Bulgaria. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 186 (3) 321-331 doi:10.1127/0077-7757/2009/0152 | ||||||||||||
Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria