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


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Hinsdalite
Formula:PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Comments:Was originally type locality for 'Orpheite', since discredited.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hinsdalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Madzharovo deposit, Madzharovo, Madzharovo Municipality, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:694357
Long-form Identifier:1:3:694357:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hinsdalite
56.0km (34.8 miles) ⓘChala mine, Spahievo ore field, Spahievo, Mineralni Bani Municipality, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria
67.9km (42.2 miles) ⓘViper 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
81.3km (50.5 miles) ⓘPefka deposit, Alexandroupoli, Evros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
82.6km (51.3 miles) ⓘMavrokoryfi prospect, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
References
abstract in CD of Abstracts, p. 498.
Mladenova, V., Schmitt, R.-T., Czaja, P. and Damaschun, F. (2004): Orpheite from Madzharovo deposit, Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria - a new look. Minerogenesis 2004, 22.-23. 1. 2004, St. Kliment-Ochridski University Sofia, Bulgaria, Abstract Volume, 78-79.
V. Mladenova, U. Kolitsch, T. Kenkman, L. Hecht and R.-T. Schmitt (2010): Reinvestigation of the type material of orpheite: is it a valid mineral species? Poster, 20th General Meeting of the IMA (IMA2010), Budapest, Hungary, August 21-27
 
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