“Representative specimen of monohydrocalcite (next MHC) from Špania Dolina which is the first confirmed occurrence of MHC in Slovakia. MHC is occasionally coated with white layer of vaterite - the same rare hydrated calcium carbonate. MHC was identified by EMPA-WDS, PXRD, RTG. Size of specimen is 15x10 cm with xls to 2 cm. Ref.: Mikuš T., Patúš M., Luptáková J., Bancík T., Biroň A. (2017): Mineralogická charakteristika asociácie sekundárnych karbonátov vápnika zo Španej Doliny - prvý nález monohydrokalcitu z rudných ložísk na území Slovenska. Bull. Mineral. Petrolog. 25, 2, 318-326 (in Slovak with English abstract).
Collectors: T. Bancík, M. Patúš”
Tomas Bancik - 12th April 2019