Tomas Bancik's Photo Gallery

in the year 1868...

Šimonka, Dubník, Červenica, Prešov District, Prešov Region, Slovakia

The year 1868, which was engraved into the rock in galleries of the adit Gabriel.
Photo taken in 2001 by Tomáš Bancík.

30R-DGQAzurite Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂ , Malachite Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂

Piesky, Špania Dolina deposit, Špania Dolina, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Dimensions: 180 mm x 170 mm x 80 mm

Azurite sample with malachite.
This sample was found in 2017.
Photo: Tomáš Bancík

WXL-EL2Baryte BaSO₄

Mária Mine, Rožňava, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia

Dimensions: 100 mm x 70 mm x 70 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 25 mm

Crystals of supergene baryte variety wolnyne from higher parts of Mária mine in Rožňava.
Size of specimen: 100 x 70 x 70 mm
Photo: Tomáš Bancík

G7H-416Melanterite Fe²⁺(H₂O)₆SO₄·H₂O

Kremnica Au-Ag deposit, Kremnica, Žiar nad Hronom District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Dimensions: 95 mm x 70 mm x 40 mm

An aggregate of melanterite from old mining galleries located above the Andrej adit.
Sample size: 95 x 70 x 40 mm.
Photo and collection: Tomáš Bancík

JMD-Q8HRealgar As₄S₄

Králiky arsenic deposit, Králiky, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Dimensions: 90 mm x 80 mm x 45 mm

Quality specimen of realgar in sandstone from historical locality.
Specimen size: 90 x 80 x 45 mm.
Photo and collection: Tomáš Bancík

DK7-RDETintinaite Pb₂₂Cu₄(Sb,Bi)₃₀S₆₉ , Quartz SiO₂

Strieborná vein, Mária Mine, Rožňava, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia

Dimensions: 75 mm x 30 mm x 55 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 42 mm

Silver grey tintinaite needle in the quartz with dimension 42 mm.
6th level of Mária mine, Strieborná vein, Rožňava.
Specimen size: 75 x 30 x 55 mm
Ref: Mikuš T., Kondela J., Jacko S., Milovská S., (2018): Garavellite and associated sulphosalts from the Strieborná vein
in the Rožňava ore field (Western Carpathians). Geol. Carpathica,69, 3, 221-236 (in English).
Photo and collection: Tomáš Bancík

GVX-377Aragonite (Var: Flos Ferri) CaCO₃

Zemberg-Terézia vein system, Dobšiná mining district, Dobšiná, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia

Dimensions: 14 cm x 9 cm x 6.5 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 3.5 cm

A cabinet size specimen of aragonite var. "flos ferri" from Zemberg-Terézia vein system, Dobšiná mining district.
It is a high quality sample of this mineral.
Photo: Tomáš Bancík.

2QJ-M97Monohydrocalcite CaCO₃·H₂O , Vaterite CaCO₃

Piesky adit, Piesky, Špania Dolina deposit, Špania Dolina, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Dimensions: 15 cm x 10 cm x 4 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 2 cm

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

QKH-2LCMalachite Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂

Piesky, Špania Dolina deposit, Špania Dolina, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Dimensions: 15.5 cm x 10.5 cm x 8 cm

Nice specimen of malachite from old copper locality.
Collected in july of 2016.
Photo: Tomáš Bancík

QRK-A5MHydroxylapatite Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH) , Talc Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂

Muránska Dlhá Lúka, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Dimensions: 6.5 cm x 5.7 cm x 3 cm

Beautiful crystal of hydroxylapatite with gorgeous color reminiscent of chrysoberyl.
It was a few quality samples from small finding this specimens from Muránska Dlhá Lúka.
Crystal size is 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Photo: Tomáš Bancík