General Characteristics
County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Karlovy Vary
Cadastre: Javorná u Toužimi
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1123, 11232
Geological region: Teplá, Tachov, Smrčiny, Svatava, Cheb-Dyleň a Slavkov crystalline complexes, Thüringen - Vogtland Palaeozoic; Karlovy Vary Massif (SE part)
Accessibility: - access without footpath
ID : 354
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: Balancing rock consisting of porphyritic biotite granite. The boulder size is 3.5 x 1.5 x 2 metres. Instructive example of a mechanical weathering of the Karlovy Vary pluton.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: geomorphology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: balancing stone
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: granite
Territorial conservation
Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts
References
Bez literatury Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: Žáček Vladimír, 18.10.94
Updated by: Breiter Karel 27.01.04, Žáček Vladimír 14.06.10 Citation
The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 354 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/354. Location in map:
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