Laumontite from the Sobotín-Štětínov (Moravia, Czech Republic)
Article PDFLaumontite from the Sobotín-Štětínov (Moravia, Czech Republic)
Sobotín-Štětínov (also Kožušná or Fellberg) is classic Moravian locality of low-temperature hydrothermal fissure alpine-type mineralization. Most prominent zeolite finds came from the end of 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, when two quarries were active in the rocks of the Sobotín Massif. Laumontite find was mentioned in 1965, but questioned by later authors. New find comming from the eastren of those two quarries proved presence of above mentioned mineral, forming aggregates of white pseudo-tetragonal crystals up to 6 mm. It is accompanied by minor albite, actinolite, calcite, and quartz. Powder-XRD data are closer to partially dehydrated laumontite than to fully hydrated one.
Jakub Jirásek, Institute of Geological Engineering, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Vysoká škola báňská – Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic, e-mail: jakub.jirasek@vsb.cz
Dalibor Matýsek, Institute of Geological Engineering, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Vysoká škola báňská – Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic, e-mail: dalibor.matysek@vsb.cz