Baryte from
Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

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Baryte

Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Baryte

Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Baryte

Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Baryte

Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Baryte

Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Baryte

Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Baryte

Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Baryte

Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Classification
Locality type:	Open-Cast Mine
Species:	Baryte
Formula:	BaSO₄
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Goethite	8
Malachite	5
Limonite	2
Hematite	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (17 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	216980
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:216980:4
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte

8.1km (5.0 miles)	ⓘ Buhovo Uranium Mine, Buhovo, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
29.6km (18.4 miles)	ⓘ Iskrets, Svoge Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
42.9km (26.7 miles)	ⓘ Sedmochislenitsi Mine, Vratsa Municipality, Vratsa Province, Bulgaria
44.7km (27.8 miles)	ⓘ Elatsite Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
47.1km (29.3 miles)	ⓘ Milin Kamak deposit, Breznik Municipality, Pernik Province, Bulgaria
48.0km (29.8 miles)	ⓘ Vozdol deposit, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
49.5km (30.8 miles)	ⓘ Bartoto prospect, Bresnik deposit, Breznik Municipality, Pernik Province, Bulgaria
50.3km (31.2 miles)	ⓘ Chelopech Au-Cu Mine, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
51.0km (31.7 miles)	ⓘ Svishti Plaz Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
54.4km (33.8 miles)	ⓘ Dalgi Rid ore occurrence, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
References
Damyanov, Z.K., Ratiev, L. (1994) Mineralogical-genetic types of siderite from Kremikovci deposit. Geologica Balcanica: 24(2): 71-82. Damyanov, Z. K. (1998) Ore petrology, whole-rock chemistry and zoning of the Kremikovtsi carbonate-hosted sedimentary exhalative iron(+Mn)-barite-sulfide deposit, Western Balkan, Bulgaria. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 174 (1). 1-42 doi:10.1127/njma/174/1998/1 Damyanov, Z.K., Vassileva, M., Kortenski, J., and Sotirov, A. (2001) Petrology of the organic matter in the Kremikovtsi siderite iron-formation, West Balkan Mountain, Bulgaria. 18th Annual Meeting Abstracts and Program of The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP). Vassileva, M., Damyanov, Z.K., and Atanassov, V. (2002) Dolomite-group Ferroan Carbonates From Kremikovtsi Deposit. Annual of the University of Mining and Geology "St. Ivan Rilski", 45, 77-82. Василева, М., Добрев, С., & Дамянов, Ж. (2003) СРАВНИТЕЛНА ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКА НА ЕНДОГЕНЕН КУТНАХОРИТ ОТ НАХОДИЩЕ РИБНИЦА И ЕКЗОГЕНЕН КУТНАХОРИТ ОТ НАХОДИЩЕ КРЕМИКОВЦИ. Comparative Characteristics of Endogenic Kutnahorite from Ribnitsa Deposit and Exogenic Kutnahorite from Kremikovtsi Deposit. Dimova, M., Panczer, G., and Gaft, M. (2006) Spectroscopic study of barite from the Kremikovtsi deposit (Bulgaria) with implication for its origin.Geološki Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva, 67, 101-108. Vassileva, M. and Ruskov, K. (2007) Ca-phyllomanganate (rancieite) from the Kremikovtsi iron deposit. Annual of the University of Mining and Geology "St. Ivan Rilski", 50, Part I, Geology and Geophysics, 29-36 (in Bulgarian with English abstract). 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 Petrov, P.M. and Pekov, I.V. (2013) Segnitite from Kremikovtsi Mine – a New Mineral for Bulgaria, 197-205. Sofia Initiative Preservation of Mineral Diversity.

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Baryte from Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Baryte from
Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria