Slovenské cechy, Gelnica, Gelnica District, Košice Region, Slovakia
Size of Tetrahedrite crystals: 3 mm
© Juraj Leško
Malachite needles up to 3 mm. Found on mine dump in August 2007
Lustrous sprays of malachite needles to 15 mm. Photo and collection Martin Števko.
5 mm crystal of chalcopyrite among quartz crystals on siderite. Some tiny greenish flakes of malachite are also present. Found in September 2010 on mine dumps.
Malachite from mine dumps at Gelnica - Cechy. Found during summer 2006. Size of specimen: 4 x 3 cm.
Size: 13 cm across Black mineral - Goethite White mineral - Quartz
© Martin Holicky
Green acicular crystals of atacamite on barite. Field of view is 4 mm. Both minerals were confirmed by PXRD. Gift from Rudolf Ďuďa. Martin Števko collection. Photographed by Pavel Škácha.
© Martin Števko
Green crystalline to botryoidal crust of cornwallite. Field of view is 22 mm. Cornwallite was confirmed by PXRD and EMPA-WDS. Obtained from Rudolf Ďuďa. Martin Števko collection. Photographed by Pavel Škácha.
Dark green botryoidal cornwallite associated with minor light green malachite. Cornwallite was confirmed by PXRD. Self collected in August 2022. Photographed by Luboš Hrdlovič. Martin Števko collection.
© Martin Stevko
Green crystals of brochantite. Self collected in July 2024.
© Vladimír Paprčka
Blue azurite crystals with green secondary copper mineral, probably malachite. Self collected in July 2024.
Botryoidal goethite aggregate. Self collected in July 2024.
Green needle crystals of malachite in limonite vug. Self collected in July 2024.
Green crystals of brochantite. Brochantite was confirmed by Raman spectroscopy. Self collected in July 2024.
Vugs in limonite and quartz filled by malachite. Malachite aggregates consists of small needles. Largest piece is almost 10 cm long. Found on November 27, 2011.
Old dumps from the Krížová vein situated near the Gelnica town. July 2010. Photographed by Martin Števko.
Mine dump at Gelnica-Cechy in morning mist. October 2008.
A view from the Gelnica - Cechy dumps towards the town.
© Łukasz Kruszewski 2020
Gelnica - Cechy dumps.
Gelnica - Cechy dumps. Photographed in July 2024.
