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Wollastonite from
Pcheloyad mine, Pcheloyad, Krumovgrad Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wollastonite
Formula:Ca3(Si3O9)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wollastonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pcheloyad mine, Pcheloyad, Krumovgrad Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:888544
Long-form Identifier:1:3:888544:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Wollastonite
53.8km (33.4 miles) ⓘLefkopetra, Abdera, Xanthi, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
56.0km (34.8 miles) ⓘKimmeria, Xanthi, Xanthi, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
63.8km (39.6 miles) ⓘMaroneia, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
71.5km (44.4 miles) ⓘLaki tailings dam, Laki, Laki Municipality, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria
References
Tzvetanova, Y., Titorenkova, R., Piroeva, I., Цветанова, Я., Титоренкова, Р., & Пироева, И. Melilite from skarns, Zvezdel-Pcheloyad ore deposit, Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria Мелилит от скарни, Звездел-Пчелоядско рудно поле, Източни Родопи, България.
Yana Tzvetanova, Mihail Tarassov, Valentin Ganev, Iskra Piroeva (2018) Mineralogical control of REE and trace element distribution in the skarns from Zvezdel-Pcheloyad ore deposit, Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria. XXI International Congress of the CBGA, Salzburg, Austria, September 10–13, 2018, Abstracts. p182
 
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