Smolné Pece
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Karlovy Vary
Village:
Smolné Pece
Cadastre:
Smolné Pece
Map sheets:
11-21 Karlovy Vary, 11-213 Chodov
Technical object:
old mine workings
ID:
1962
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
An exposure after exploitation of a large pegmatite body at Smolné Pece, Karlovy Vary area. Pegmatites belong to the Nejdek massif and are hosted by biotite granites. The exposed body consists of an aplitic outer zone and a central zone of quartz and K-feldspar. It contains large tourmaline crystals. The only pegmatite outcrop in the western Krušné hory Mts.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory Mts. (Erzgebirge) Pluton
Stratigraphy:
Devonian - Permian
Subject:
petrology
Geological phenomenon:
dyke, characteristic rock
Genesis:
magmatic
Rock:
pegmatite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Part of national geopark:
Egeria
Conflicts of interests:
collection
References
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Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Karel Breiter, 26.02.2004
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1962 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1962.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
Educational assesment:
Significance:
Representativeness:
Geological importance:
geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
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