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Gemstone deposits of Serbia

In: Geologica Carpathica, vol. 67, no. 3
Zoran Miladinović - Vladimir Simić - Rade Jelenković - Miloje Ilić

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Year, pages: 2016, 211 - 222
Language: eng
Keywords:
gemstone, genetic-industrial classification, metallogenic localization, genetic types
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Gemstone minerals in Serbia have never been regarded as an interesting and significant resource. Nevertheless, more than 150 deposits and occurrences have been recorded and some of them preliminarily explored in the last 50 years. The majority of deposits and occurrences are located within the Serbo-Macedonian metallogenic province and the most significant metallogenic units at the existing level of knowledge are the Fruška Gora ore district, Cer ore district, Šumadija metallogenic zone, Kopaonik metallogenic zone and Lece-Halkidiki metallogenic zone. The most important genetic type of deposits is hydrothermal, particularly in case of serpentinite/peridotite as host/parent rock. Placer deposits are also economically important. The dominant gemstones are silica minerals: chalcedony (chrysoprase, carnelian, bluish chalcedony etc.), jasper (picture, landscape, red etc.), common opal (dendritic, green, milky white etc.), silica masses (undivided), and quartz (rock crystal, amethyst etc.). Beside silica minerals significant gemstones in Serbia include also beryl (aquamarine), garnet (almandine and pyrope), tourmaline, fluorite, rhodochrosite, carbonate-silica breccia, carbonate-silica onyx, silicified wood, howlite, serpentinite, marble onyx, and kyanite. This paper aims to present an overview of Serbian gemstone deposits and occurrences and their position based on a simplified gemstone metallogenic map of Serbia, as well as genetic-industrial classification of gemstone deposits and gemstone varieties.
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Miladinović, Z., Simić, V., Jelenković, R., Ilić, M. 2016. Gemstone deposits of Serbia. In Geologica Carpathica, vol. 67, no.3, pp. 211-222. 1335-0552. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geoca-2016-0014

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Miladinović, Z., Simić, V., Jelenković, R., Ilić, M. (2016). Gemstone deposits of Serbia. Geologica Carpathica, 67(3), 211-222. 1335-0552. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geoca-2016-0014
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