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    "Saint Joachim's Valley". It later developed into the Czech name Jáchymov. Jáchymov is located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Karlovy Vary, on the...
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    Nový Jáchymov is a municipality and village in Beroun District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. Nový...
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    the historic mining and spa town known as Joachimsthal, the modern-day Jáchymov, on the Czech side of the mountains, where F. E. Brückmann described the...
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    ore from Jáchymov, several scientists started to isolate radium in small quantities. Later, small companies purchased mine tailings from Jáchymov mines and...
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    sample origins, including: eliasite from Elias – the name of a mine at Jáchymov, coracite – a variety from Lake Superior, pittinite, pechuran, urangummit...
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    Retrieved on 5 November 2016. Welcome to Jáchymov: the Czech town that invented the dollar. The tiny town of Jáchymov was just named one of Unesco's newest...
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  • uranyl groups. It was discovered in the Plavno mine in Jáchymov, Czech Republic. The Jáchymov site is known as a type locality for many rare and unique...
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    the mountain and a 24 meter high lookout tower. From the south side, the Jáchymov - Klínovec chairlift leads to the top (length 2,168 m and elevation 480...
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  • Metarauchite is a member of the autunite group, found at the Jáchymov ore district (type locality), Czech Republic and in Schneeberg, Germany. The autunite...
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    extracted from the Habsburg silver mines in Joachimsthal, Bohemia (now Jáchymov in the Czech Republic) in the Ore Mountains, and was used as a coloring...
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    Teplou Horní Blatná Jáchymov Ostrov Toužim Valeč Žlutice Kojšovice Kosmová Abertamy – Boží Dar – Horní Blatná – Mining Landscape Jáchymov Mining Landscape...
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    regions of the Sudetes. In the mining town of Sankt Joachimsthal (now Jáchymov), famous coins called Joachimsthalers were coined, which gave their name...
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    Minette (a type of lamprophyre), from Jáchymov in the Czech Republic...
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    UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other important spas are Luhačovice, Teplice, Jáchymov, Konstantinovy Lázně, Jeseník, Třeboň, Poděbrady, Bechyně or Velké Losiny...
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  • spelled Joachimstal, may refer to: Joachimsthal, Bohemia, former name of Jáchymov, Czechia, famous for its silver and uranium mines and which gave its name...
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    Uranium ore deposits were also exploited for the Soviet Union in Bohemian Jáchymov (St. Joachimsthal). Its processing was associated with serious health consequences...
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    infused radon water from the local hills were founded in 1906 and onwards in Jáchymov, Czech Republic, and still exist today. These spas were world-renowned...
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    the Geshiber vein, Svornost shaft, 8th level, in the northwest strike of Jáchymov, Czech Republic, in the Ore Mountains. The Ore Mountains are composed of...
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  • History Museum of Los Angeles County. Czech Republic: Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Jáchymov District, Krušné Hory Mts, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia Warr, L.N...
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    Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020. de:Jáchymov "RS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-06. Retrieved 2004-12-05.—historical...
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    (Czech: Hořovice) Jičin [de] (Czech: Jičín) Joachimsthal [de] (Czech: Jáchymov) Jungbunzlau [de] (Czech: Mláda Boleslav) Kaaden [de] (Czech: Kadaň) Kaplitz [de]...
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  • radiation on the body. Radioactive water baths have been applied since 1906 in Jáchymov, Czech Republic, but even before radon discovery they were used in Bad...
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    who first synthesized the compound. The type locality for brassite is Jáchymov of the Czech Republic. It occurs as an alteration of magnesium carbonate...
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    Darkov Františkovy Lázně (German: Franzensbad) Hodonín (German: Göding) Jáchymov (German: Sankt Joachimsthal) Jeseník (German: Gräfenberg) Karlova Studánka...
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    extracted from the Habsburg silver mines in Joachimsthal, Bohemia (now Jáchymov in the Czech Republic), and was used as a coloring agent in the local glassmaking...
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    James the Great Black Death memorial Church of Saint Ursula's Convent Jáchymov – another Bohemian silver mining town "Population of Municipalities – 1...
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    produced several publications and restored the educational trail 'Jáchymov Hell' in Jáchymov. The organisation is a member of the Platform of European Memory...
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  • (Římovsko, Libějovicko-Lomecko), areas with the remains of mining activities (Jáchymov, Krupka) or memorial lands, reminiscent of major battles (battlefield near...
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    quartz. Acanthite was first described in 1855 for an occurrence in the Jáchymov (Joachimsthal) district, Ore Mountains, Bohemia (today Karlovy Vary Region...
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