Vechec quarry
Vechec, Vranov nad Topľou District, Prešov Region, Slovakia
Andesite aggregate quarry owned by VSK Minerals, known for an interesting outcrop of columnar andesite (similar to the Giants Causeway).
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The site is famous for the quartz polymorphs that can be found there, cristobalite and tridymite being the best known amongst mineral collectors.
Mindat does list 68 minerals from the site though, so it isn’t just those two!
The site is the type locality for Fluorapophyllite-(NH4).
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-12696.html
- https://www.vskmineral.sk/en/lomy/vechec-quarry/
- https://depositsmag.com/2016/04/12/mineral-collecting-in-slovakia-2/
If you are interested in other classic Slovakian locales we may have stock from the following locales.
Slovakian locales
- Kremnica, Žiar nad Hronom District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
- Vechec quarry, Vechec, Vranov nad Topľou District, Prešov Region, Slovakia
For the rest of our Slovakian stock, see below.
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Minerals from Slovakia