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Boussingaultite from
Skalny dump, Łaziska Górne, Mikołów County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Mine Dump
Classification
Species:Boussingaultite
Formula:(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Boussingaultite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Skalny dump, Łaziska Górne, Mikołów County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:384342
Long-form Identifier:1:3:384342:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Boussingaultite
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘDębieńsko Mine heap, Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘRybnik-Rymer (Stożki) coal-mining dump, Niedobczyce, Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
29.2km (18.1 miles) ⓘMarcel mine heap, Radlin, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
49.0km (30.4 miles) ⓘHeřmanice dump, Heřmanice, Ostrava, Ostrava-City District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic
References
Lukasz Kruszewski 2005: Minerals arising in cause of underground fires of "Skalny" coal mine dump in Laziska (Upper Silesia, Poland). Mag. Thesis (unpublished)
Parafiniuk, J. and Kruszewski, Ł. (2009): Ammonium minerals from burning coal-dumps of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland). Geol. Quart., 53, 341-356. http://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/stories/G_Q/53_3/parafiniuk.pdf]
 
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