The monograph 'Minerals of the lead and zinc ore deposit Mežica' is the first comprehensive overview of the mining history, geology and mineralogy of the Mežica mine (Carinthia, Slovenia) The Mežica mine is famous for the unusual pyramidal and bipyramidal wulfenite crystals. On this material two types of wulfenite twins were identified and named after their localities as the Igrčevo- and the Doroteja-Law of twinning. This richly illustrated monograph has over 240 high-quality photographs and drawings of superb mineral specimens. The monograph is published in Slovene, German and English.
COBISS.SI-ID: 24020775
Pb–Zn ore deposit Mežica was characterized as Mississippi Valley-type ore deposit, hosted by the Middle to Upper Triassic platform carbonate rocks in the Northern Karavanke/Drau Range geotectonic units of the Eastern Alps. The sulfide ?34S values indicate the contribution of H2S from hydrolysis of biogenic pyrite and thermal cracking of organo-sulfur compounds. The results suggest that the discordant orebodies originated by mixing of hydrothermal saline metal-rich fluids with H2S-rich pore waters, while the discordant orebodies were formed by remobilization of fluids.
COBISS.SI-ID: 873822