Minerals of the mercury ore deposit Idria

• Main Author: Recnik, Aleksander. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Geography.; Geology, economic.; Mines and mineral resources.; Mineralogy.; Earth Sciences.; Mineral Resources.; Economic Geology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31632-6

The present work is the first comprehensive study of mineralogy of the world's second largest mercury mine Idria. In the first chapter the readers are acquainted with the history of mining and its relation to mineralogy. Mineralogy is explained in terms of geological processes that were active...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The History of Mining
• Geology and Formation of the Ore Deposit (UH)
• Mercury Ores
• Minerals of the Idrija Ore Deposit
• Native Mercury
• Hydrocarbons and Idrialine
• Pyrite and other Sulfide Minerals
• On the Idrija Cinnabar
• Twinning of Cinnabar
• Mineralogical Expedition
• Metacinnabar and Calcite
• Dolomite and Quartz
• Silicate Minerals
• Baryte and Celestine
• Minerals of the Oxidation Zone
• Geological and Technical Heritage of Idrija (BR)
• References.