Vrábče
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihočeský kraj
District (town):
České Budějovice
Village:
Vrábče
Cadastre:
Vrábče
Map sheets:
32-22 České Budějovice, 32-223 Kamenný Újezd
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
sand pit
ID:
1245
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Partly active sand pit. Tertiary sediments with abundant grains of moldavites in sands. Well known collecting locality of moldavites by professionals, devoted naturalists and also dealers.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Southern Bohemian Tertiary Basins
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
mineralogy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
mineral
Genesis:
anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock:
gravel-sand
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
forestry, collection, open cast mining
References
- Chábera S. (l982): Geologické zajímavosti jižních Čech.- Jihočeská vlastivěda, str. l37 - l38, Jihočeské nakladatelství České Budějovice
- Buriánek, D., Karmazin, J., 2024: Těžké minerály z vltavínonosných sedimentů v okolí Vrábče: implikace pro paleogeografii. – Acta Mus. Morav., Sci. Geol., 109, 1, 99–124 (with English summary) http://scigeo.actamm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Burianek.pdf
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Antonín Plíšek, 06.11.2001
Updated by:
Poňavič Michal, 12.07.2010, Poňavič Michal, 12.07.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1245 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1245.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
minor
Geological importance:
Locality conditions:
no problems
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