http://www.mindat.org/msgboard-86.html Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:56:05 +0000 Phorum 5.2.15a http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,259719,296505#msg-296505 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,259719,296505#msg-296505 Indicolite is a general unofficial name for blue tourmaline. The IMA (International Mineral Association) is a group of mineralogists made up of mineralogists from all over the world. Each country that has a professional mineralogical association like the American Society of America nominates a mineralogist to be that countries representative to the IMA. The IMA has a committee that oversees the naming of minerals, and it that list of official minerals that this website uses as real official mineral names. However they don't try and regulate mineral names that are used historically or by various trade groups or other groups of people like metaphysical practitioners. Indicolite is one of those many unregulated names that are popular with non mineralogists and have more or less gained acceptance as meaning blue tourmaline. But like ruby, it is a general term and everyone argues about about how much green a blue tourmaline has to have before it is not longer indicolite or how pink a ruby must be before it is no longer a ruby. The IMA won't allow themselves to get sucked into this kind of argument. There is no practical way to settle it. It is only in the eye of the beholder. People selling pink sapphires like to call them rubies because it is a higher value name and of course people buying them want to call them sapphires to negotiate on the basis of a lower value name. A number of tourmaline species can be blue or have a bluish color. I hope the above comments may be helpful to you.]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals T Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:53:35 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,259719,296419#msg-296419 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,259719,296419#msg-296419 Scott Rider Best Minerals T Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:59:29 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,279275#msg-279275 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,279275#msg-279275 Rock Currier Best Minerals T Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:42:11 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,279185#msg-279185 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,279185#msg-279185 thank you for your appreciation.
I followed your suggestions. There is one thing I could not do - linking the article to the data on the Titanite species page. As there was no edit button I think that only managers are allowed to edit this page.

Rudolf]]> Rudolf Hasler Best Minerals T Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:30:23 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,279161,279161#msg-279161 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,279161,279161#msg-279161 Best Minerals and here for Best Minerals tourmaline group minerals, here for Best Minerals chromium-dravite, here for chromo-alumino-povondraite, here for darellhenryite, here for dravite, here for elbaite, Afghanistan to Nigeria, here for elbaite, Pakistan to Zambia here for feruvite, here for fluor-buergerite here for fluor-dravite, here for fluor-elbaite, here for fluor-feruvite, here for fluor-liddicoatite, here for fluor-schorl, here for fluor-tsilaisite, here for fluor-uvite, here for foitite, here for liddicoatite, here for luinaite-(OH), here for magnesiofoitite, here for olenite, here for oxy-chromium-dravite, here for oxy-dravite, here for oxy-rossmanite, here for oxy-schorl, here for oxy-vanadium-dravite, here for povondraite, here for rossmanite, here for schorl, here for tsilaisite and here for uvite, and here for vanadio-oxy-chromium-dravite and here for vanadio-oxy-dravite. Click here for Best Minerals T and here for Best Minerals A to Z and here for Fast Navigation of completed Best Minerals articles.

Can you help make this a better article? What good localities have we missed? Can you supply pictures of better specimens than those we show here? Can you give us more and better information about the specimens from these localities? Can you supply better geological or historical information on these localities?


Tailaisite : Trigonal: The OH analogue of fluor-tsilaisite.
Na(Mn²⁺)₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)

Tailaisite, FOV 1.3mm, Elba, Italy	© Yaiba Sakaguchi

The above image of a tsilaisite specimen is from Grotta d'Oggi Quarry, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy. Mindat lists only two localities for Taliaisite.

Mindat currently lists only two localities for tailaisite. The type locality for tailaisite is Grotta d'Oggi Quarry, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy. Mindat has only one picture of a tailaisite specimen.


Click here to view Best Minerals and here for Best Minerals tourmaline group minerals, here for Best Minerals chromium-dravite, here for chromo-alumino-povondraite, here for darellhenryite, here for dravite, here for elbaite, Afghanistan to Nigeria, here for elbaite, Pakistan to Zambia here for feruvite, here for fluor-buergerite here for fluor-dravite, here for fluor-elbaite, here for fluor-feruvite, here for fluor-liddicoatite, here for fluor-schorl, here for fluor-tsilaisite, here for fluor-uvite, here for foitite, here for liddicoatite, here for luinaite-(OH), here for magnesiofoitite, here for olenite, here for oxy-chromium-dravite, here for oxy-dravite, here for oxy-rossmanite, here for oxy-schorl, here for oxy-vanadium-dravite, here for povondraite, here for rossmanite, here for schorl, here for tsilaisite and here for uvite, and here for vanadio-oxy-chromium-dravite and here for vanadio-oxy-dravite. Click here for Best Minerals T and here for Best Minerals A to Z and here for Fast Navigation of completed Best Minerals articles.

[The first draft of the Best Minerals article on tailaisite was finished in May 2013]]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals T Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:01:36 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,279072#msg-279072 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,279072#msg-279072 An excellent job. Your format is slightly different from the standard format, bit I'm not sure, but I think I like it better so I don't think you need to change anything. You did a good job aligning the images. One trick you might consider using is that when you insert the code string for images when you want to put two next to each other and stick them together is to use a width of 405 pixels rather than 400. Like this:

[ pic id=XXXX width=405 float=left][/pic] [ pic id=XXXX width=405 float=center][/pic]
[ pic id=XXXX width=405 float=left][/pic] [ pic id=XXXX width=405 float=center][/pic]

When you do this, the space between the images is narrowed and more closely matches the image spacing between the images below.

You might consider commenting on the maximum size know for titanite crystals and the number of localities for titanite. I use the number of localities listed on Mindat. That's the best number I know about. You also need to link the article to the data on the titanite species page. At the bottom of the page you should put the date when you did the image selection, so that when the article is updated in the future, you or some other person working on the article can search mindats images from that date forward rather than have to go through the entire number of titanite entries again. I wish all our best minerals looked as good as yours.]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals T Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:10:55 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,279005#msg-279005 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,279005#msg-279005 Not a bad idea. Put it in the general forum and lets see what kind of reaction we get.]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals T Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:17:16 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278998#msg-278998 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278998#msg-278998
Even with the new layout there is space for a "Mineral of the month" next to the photo of the day. This can be one of the articles that are "completed" or one of the articles we expect to work with the next month. I think there are so many good articles now that this could be justified.

Olav]]> Olav Revheim Best Minerals T Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:56:32 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278958#msg-278958 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278958#msg-278958 I don't have the gas to make changes in the home page and really don't want the responsibility to make changes anyway. No matter what you do, others argue that it should be done a different way. In addition I have way more than I can do anyway and am glad to have the nice little quiet play pen of Best Minerals, hidden away at the end of the message board to work in. Right now there is a link to the best minerals pages buried in the data sections of the various species pages which I think is not used very much.

I know Jolyon would like to make some changes in best minerals and take it out of the message board and perhaps incorporate it in a more prominent fashion in the database. As it stands now, I think the crawlers from Google and other search engines can't really find it since it is kind of hidden in the message board so it doesn't show up in Google etc. as far as I can tell. Many of our articles are probably the best things written about what particular minerals look like and where they come from etc. We have developed a significant amount of content that I am sure would be picked up instantly by the search engines if each one had its unique URL like the Mindat articles. Yes, it would be nice to have more face time out there on the net, however I am happy not to have all that much attention which means that we don't have to answer so many questions or suggestions about what we are doing. However my article on cleaning quartz, though it has thus far been hit on ~95K times and I haven't gotten all that many comments on it. But I think that in the not too distant future something will be done to give best minerals a higher profile.]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals T Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:37:59 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278931#msg-278931 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278931#msg-278931 I am absolutely certain that you will live to see your work finished.
There is just one thing that should be changed in my opinion: I noticed that most of my friends have difficulties in finding the best minerals articles as there is no comment about them in the mindat homepage. Why not fixing a link (Best Minerals) on the left side of the home page?

Rudolf]]> Rudolf Hasler Best Minerals T Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:39:05 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278505#msg-278505 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278505#msg-278505 There are a lot of Titiante specimens in the world and we only pick the good ones. Sometimes, rarely, we will pick images of micromounts, but more often than not these images have been created by the processing of "image stacks" which helps a lot with the depth of field problem of most micro photographs. There is no grantee that Rudolf will choose to include your images, but an image of the full specimen or a micro where image stacking has improved the depth of field will give it a better chance for inclusion. The policy here in the best minerals forum is that the author gets to pick the images. Often the selection process is a bit arbitrary and when I do it, I try to not even look at who took the photograph in making the decision. Thanks however for bringing your images to our attention. Some of these articles, although they are only two years old or so already need updating. I am currently working on an update on the prehnite article and I am amazed at how many additions I feel compelled to that article. The good part of this type of publishing is that we can make any changes we need at any time. The bad part is the tens of thousands of hours needed to include most of the minerals. We have done a lot, but when you compare it to all that needs to be done we have hardly scratched the surface. I am sure this project will see me into my grave and it is sometimes discouraging because you know that you will never live to see it finished.]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals T Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:03:18 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278497#msg-278497 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278497#msg-278497 Yes they can be to take photographs of the whole sample but (due to the miniature size of crystals) in which almost nothing is visible. But I'll try to do at least the photo titanite from Pakistan on matrix! When I have it I will put a link.

Vita]]> Vítězslav Snášel Best Minerals T Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:46:45 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278494#msg-278494 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278494#msg-278494 Can you supply images of the entire specimen? With the exception of micromounts, we like to show pictures of the entire specimens.]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals T Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:37:33 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278490#msg-278490 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278490#msg-278490 David Von Bargen Best Minerals T Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:33:44 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278482#msg-278482 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278482#msg-278482 small contribution for your topic .

Titanite from Shigar Valley , Pakistan [www.mindat.org]

Titanite from Czech rep. loc. Mirošov [www.mindat.org]

Vita]]> Vítězslav Snášel Best Minerals T Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:30:02 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278474#msg-278474 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278474#msg-278474 can somebody give me information about geology around Capelinha in Brazil? What size are the biggest Titanite crystals found there?

Rudolf]]> Rudolf Hasler Best Minerals T Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278320#msg-278320 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278320#msg-278320 It would be better to ask for information about very specific localities. Usually we have to rely on collectors and or dealers to give us information about them, but occasionally a professional may have sufficient knowledge about particular localities. We will hope for the best.]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals T Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:24:49 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278246#msg-278246 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,278246#msg-278246 as I do not know anything about Titanite localities in Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic I am asking you all to give me useful information that I can put into the article.

Rudolf]]> Rudolf Hasler Best Minerals T Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:48:48 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,275981#msg-275981 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,275981#msg-275981 thanks al lot for the excellent information. I will use much of it for the article as soon as I find some time.

With best regards from Austria

Rudolf]]> Rudolf Hasler Best Minerals T Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:07:40 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,275930#msg-275930 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,275930#msg-275930
I have written a mindat article about the Huonville Sphene location, you can find it on my home page. I did find some information about the Arkaroola titanites but I cant find much on the Harts Ranges.

The large titanite crystals on Arkaroola occur in diopside-titanite veins that are exposed in Radium Creek, just south of its intersection with the Ridgetop Road. These were noted up to 50cm across and of a dark brown colour - J.E. Johnson - Catalogue of South Australian Minerals 1983.

I have found a recent description

"The diopside–titanite veins are up to 1.5 m wide and are hosted by Mesoproterozoic A-type granites. They have a sharp angular contact with the host rock, and wall-rock interaction is not detected in outcrops. They consist of large, up to 60 cm long, often euhedral crystals of diopside with or
without euhedral crystals of titanite, up to 40 cm long. Most commonly, diopside comprises 90% of the volume of the veins and titanite 10% with minor quartz and magnetite. The contact between diopside and titanite is approximately along rational faces of both minerals, without any trace of corrosion or reactions. Both diopside and titanite, therefore, belong to the same crystallization event, and appear to have grown in open space."

A good photo of the vein is shown on this site Arkaroola Geology

I'll upload a photo of my small crystalline sample from this location. My titanite sample shows good wedge shape as it has been etched out of calcite. The large titanites rarely come out intact and I do not know if there are any good samples around to photograph. It could be worthwhile contacting Allan Pring at the South Australian museum.

Trevor]]> Trevor Dart Best Minerals T Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:49:41 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,275894#msg-275894 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,275894#msg-275894
thank you for your instant response. I have just put your image into the article.
Could you give us some information about Australian Sphenes? What size are the biggest? Are there any outstanding specimens on display somewhere?

Cheers
Rudolf]]> Rudolf Hasler Best Minerals T Sat, 10 Nov 2012 07:38:08 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,275889#msg-275889 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,275889#msg-275889
I have some photos of titanite from Huonville Station (Broken Hill)

©

I'm happy to take some more photos of titanites from this locality. I also have some titanites from the Harts Ranges - NT and a single sample of the chocolate brown titanite from Arkaroola - S.Aust.

Cheers Trev]]> Trevor Dart Best Minerals T Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:42:39 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,275873#msg-275873 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,275873#msg-275873
Is anybody out there who can provide useful photos of Australian Titanites?

Rudolf]]> Rudolf Hasler Best Minerals T Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:16:07 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,272518#msg-272518 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,272518,272518#msg-272518 Best Minerals T, and here for Best Minerals A to Z and here for Fast Navigation for finished first draft Best Minerals articles.

Can you help make this a better article? What good localities have we missed? Can you supply pictures of better specimens than those we show here? Can you give us more and better information about the specimens from these localities? Can you supply better geological or historical information on these localities?


Titanite
CaTi(SiO₄)O Monoclinic

Titanite from Graukogel 5 x 3,5cm	© Chr. Hager

Titanite also known as sphene (from Greek sphenos which means wedge-shaped), forms flattened wedge-shaped crystals, commonly twinned with prominent re-entry angles; massive, compact and lamellar forms are also found. It occurs as an accessory mineral in igneous rocks; in schists, gneisses and other metamorphic rocks, and is also found as a detrital mineral in some sedimentary deposits.
The type locality of Titanite is: Germany, Bavaria, Bavarian Forest, Passau, Graphite mines. It was discovered in 1795. Source localities include: Pakistan; Italy; Russia; China; Brazil; Tujetsch, St. Gothard, Switzerland; Madagascar; Salzburg, Austria; Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; Sanford, Maine, Gouverneur, Diana, Rossie, Fine, Pitcairn, Brewster, New York and California in the USA.
Mindat currently lists 3806 localities where Titanite has been found.
The biggest crystals measuring 16cm have been found at Capelinha in Brazil.
As a gemstone it is very high prized for its exceptional dispersive power which is said to even exceed that of diamonds.


Titanite
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province (Badakshan Province; Badahsan Province), Jurm District, Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Jurm (Firghamu; Firgamu), Auraghuq

Titanite 2,4 x 1,3cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province (Badakshan Province; Badahsan Province), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley)[/b]

Titanite 2 x 1,3cm	© H. Obodda

Titanite 3,4 x 1,2cm	© Jose Zendrera

Titanite
Australia
Australia, New South Wales, Yancowinna Co., Huonville Station

Titanite xls 3,2cm & 2,1cm across	©

Approximately thirty kilometres south of Broken Hill, on the flank of a small rise, is a curiosity of sorts. On this hill is a pit that was worked periodically over the last seventy years as a source of gem quality sphene – the old alternative gemstone name for the mineral titanite.
The titanite occurs in a pipe style deposit that is suggested to have formed during retrograde metamorphism along fracture zones in the Little Broken Hill Gabbro. This gabbro is largest of several ultrabasic intrusives in the Broken Hill block post dating the high-grade metamorphic rocks that dominate in the region. The outcrop of the gabbro has a distinct red-brown colour and is clearly seen on aerial photographs contrasting darker against the surrounding metamorphic rocks.
_{Trevor Dart}


Titanite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Hohe Tauern, Ankogel group, Ankogel area, Grauleitenspitze (south slope)

Titanite, Albite 1,5cm on an edge	©

Titanite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Hohe Tauern, Ankogel group, Ankogel area, Arnoldhöhe

Titanite 0,9cm, Quartz	© Rudo

Titanite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Hohe Tauern, Ankogel group, Dösenbach valley

Titanite, Quartz 7cm wide	© H. Prasnik

Titanite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Hohe Tauern, Ankogel group, Mallnitz, Auernig

Titanite, Pericline xls up to 1cm	© Rudo

Titanite, Pericline xls up to 1,8cm	© Rudo

Titanite, Pericline 8cm wide	© Rudo

Titanite, Quartz 2,8cm	© Rudo

Titanite on Quartz xls up to 1,8cm	© G. Hörnler

Titanite 2,5cm	© G. Hörnler

Titanite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Hohe Tauern, Ankogel group, Seebach valley

Titanite on Quartz 13,5cm wide	© G. Hörnler

Titanite, Quartz 8cm high	© G. Hörnler

Titanite 6cm on an edge	© G. Hörnler

Titanite xls up to 4cm	© Rudo

In 1997 it was Gerhard Hörnler to open the best Carinthian Titanite cleft in Seebach valley not far away of the road. The quartz vein had been inspected by lots of 'Stansuacha' (Carinthian expression for people collecting alpine minerals) including the author of these lines. Nobody had expected that this long vein (over 10 meters) would reveal such a treasure. Funnily enough the pocket was right under the place where many of us had been sitting and having our lunch when working at this locality.
It took Gerhard only about a quarter of an hour to break through the quartz vein. Together with his friend Axel Krappinger he rescued Titanite crystals in outstanding size and quality. The biggest crystal is measuring 6cm on an edge. Sometimes Rock Crystals are the matrix for grass green Titanites.


Titanite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Hohe Tauern, Ankogel group, Seebach valley, Törlkopf - Törlspitz area

Titanite 4 x 3cm	© Rudo

Titanite 3,5cm wide	© Rudo

Titanite xls up to 1cm	© M. Döpper

Titanite xls up to 1cm	© M. Döpper

Titanite, Pericline 15cm wide	© H. Fink

Although Titanite crystals (Sphene) can be found at lots of localities in the Eastern Alps, good or excellent specimens are rather rare and are concentrated on only a few mountains. One of these is the Ankogel group in Carinthia. Alpine clefts in Amphibolite schists have produced beautiful crystals in yellow, brown, and most desirable green color which sometimes are decoratively placed on white Albite.


Titanite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Hohe Tauern, Reißeck group, Kolbnitz, Riekengraben, Moos Alp (Untere Mooshütte - Obere Mooshütte area)

Titanite, Stilbite 1,6cm	©

Titanite xls up to 1,4cm	©

Titanite
Austria
Austria, Tyrol, East Tyrol, Kals valley, Dorf valley, Laperwitzgraben

Titanite, Albite 14cm wide	©

Titanite 3,7cm	© Martin Gruell

Titanite 5,5 x 3cm	© H. Fink

In 1968 Austria's cleft of the century containing unbelievable amounts of dark green Sphenes (Titanites) in sizes up to 8cm was discovered in Laperwitzgraben near Kals by the policeman Kurt Tscharitsch and the tailor Sepp Walder. As both were very unexperienced prospectors they were not at all aware what they had found. They carelessly threw Scheelites weighing more than 3 kg and Milarite crystals measuring 2cm on the dump. By showing off with their crystals in pubs they caused a run to the cleft that almost reminded to a gold rush. Several groups were working the cleft then, some even using dynamite. Most of the precious minerals were damaged or broken. Buckets were filled with loose Titanite crystals in very best quality but undamaged specimens with Sphenes on matrix remained an exception.


Titanite
Austria
Austria, Tyrol, East Tyrol, Kals valley, Teischnitz valley, Gramul

Titanite, Calcite 8 x 8cm	© Gerd Stefanik

Titanite on Calcite xtl size 2,4cm	© G. Hörnler

Titanite
Austria
Austria, Tyrol, East Tyrol, Virgen valley, Prägraten, Timmelbach valley, Gastacherwände

Titanite, Albite 3,5cm wide	© Rudo

Titanite xtl size 1,6mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite, Calcite 6cm wide	© Rudo

Titanite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Untersulzbach valley, Käferfeld glacier - Schwarzes Hörndl area

Titanite xls up to 3,5cm	© H. Fink

Titanite FOV: 1,8cm	© 2005 M. Kampf

Titanite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Habach valley, Teufelsmühle

Titanite FOV: 0,6cm	© Harjo

Titanite 5,2cm	© Anton Watzl Sr.

Titanite xls up to 2,5cm	© H. Fink

Titanite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Habach valley, Graukogel

Titanite & Adularia xls up to 4cm	© Chr. Hager

Titanite 6cm wide	© Chr. Hager

Titanite 4cm	© Chr. Hager

Titanite 16 x 9cm	© Chr. Hager

Titanite 4cm	© Chr. Hager

Titanite on Adularia 8cm wide	© Chr. Hager

Titanite, Adularia 5 x 3,5cm	© Chr. Hager

Heinz Kirchtag and Andreas Steiner were on their way to the Lienzinger mountain in Hollersbach valley. They had started from the Habach valley. Near the top of Graukogel mountain they inspected some quarz veins although they did not really expect to find something nice there. But what they found were probably the best Titanites of the Alps in the most beautiful dark green color. The biggest one measures incredible 13cm.


Titanite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Habach valley, Gamsmutter, East slope

Titanite xls up to 2,4cm	© www.mineralienkluft.at

Titanite xls up to 1cm	© Martin Gruell

Titanite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Hollersbach valley, Bruchgraben

Titanite 9,5cm high	© Gerd Stefanik

Titanite, Albite xls up to 1,3cm	© Chr. Hager

The Bruchgraben, a small eastern side valley of the Hollersbach valley, branches roughly opposite to the Scharnbachgraben. Clefts in rocks of the Habach formation in the upper valley yielded well crystallized specimens with very large crystals of scheelite, titanite, calcite and rock crystal.
The Titanite crystals found in Bruchgraben are in most cases of outstanding gem quality.


Titanite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Hollersbach valley, Senning gorge (Speibing gorge)

Titanite 3,5cm high	© Chr. Hager

Titanite 3,5cm high	© Chr. Hager

Titanite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Felben valley

Titanite 5 x 3,7cm	© Conny Larsson

Titanite, Adularia 2,5cm high	© Rudo

Titanite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Felben valley, Amerbach valley, Wag Alp

Inside a great Titanite cleft	© A. Steiner

Titanite 15,5 x 8,5cm	© Wegener

Titanite 5cm high	© Wegener

Titanite 5,2cm high	© Wegener

Titanite on Quartz 8cm	© Wegener

Titanite crystal size 4,6cm	© Wegener

"Mr. Titanite" Andi Steiner at his cleft on Wag Alp	© Wegener

In 2011 Andi Steiner discovered a great Titanite cleft on Wag Alp at a place where avalanches had exposed amphibolite rocks. To rescue the wonderful Titanites in best quality and green color he washed away the tough pressed Chlorite by using the water of a nearby brook.This careful technique had also been successfully used by his father when finding Titanite clefts.


Titanite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Felben valley, Schiedergraben

Titanite, Actinolite FOV: 1cm	© mk

Titanite FOV: 0,6cm	© Harjo

Titanite FOV: 0,8cm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite 0,6cm	© Harjo

Titanite 15 x 8cm	© www.mineralienkluft.at

Titanite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Stubach valley, Ödenwinkel area, Eiskögele (north face)

Titanite 4,5 x 3,5cm	© Chr. Hager

Titanite on Albite 10cm high	© Chr. Hager

Titanite, Albite 3,5 x 3cm	© Chr. Hager

In the Eiskögele north face the Hofer brothers, Hannes and Gerhard, found the three wonderful specimens displayed above like a heavenly gift lying on a little rock platform. They were the only rest of cleft which must have fallen down on the glacier. It is not hard to imagine what kind of material there must have been ruined.


Titanite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Gastein valley, Anlauf valley, Knallkar

Titanite, Rock Crystal, Clinochlore 7 x 7,5cm	©

Titanite
Austria
Austria, Styria, Koralpe, Deutschlandsberg, Warnblick, Schwemmhoisl farm, Amphibolite quarry (Schwemmhoisl quarry)

Titanite on Albite 7 x 4cm	©

Titanite 17cm high	© H.P.Bojar

Titanite 15cm wide	© H.P.Bojar

Titanite 5 x 4,5cm	© H. Fink

In the 1970's some remarkable alpine clefts were opened in the amphibolite quarry that contained huge Rock Crystals, Albites, and Titanites measuring up to 10cm.


Titanite
Belgium
Belgium, Luxembourg Province, Bastogne, Sur les Roches Quarry

Titanite 3 x 2,4cm	© JDehove

Titanite, Chamosite FOV: 1cm	© Harjo

Titanite, Anatase FOV: 0,6cm	© Harjo

Titanite
Brazil
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Jequitinhonha Valley, Capelinha

xtl 3,2cm	© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

Titanite xls up to 2,7cm	© Bráulio

Titanite 7,5cm	© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

Titanite 3,8 x 2,7cm	© Henry Minot 2010

Titanite xtl 1,8cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite 3,5 x 2,9cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite 3,5 x 2,3cm	© Collectors Edge

Titanite, Epidote 7cm high	© Rudo

Alpine-type clefts. Titanites in sizes up to 16cm. The area around Capelinha is one of the world's best Titanite occurrences.


Titanite
Brazil
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Jequitinhonha Valley, Capelinha, Campo do Boa Mine

Titanite 9,3 x 5,8cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite 6,3 x 6cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite 7,3 x 5,1cm	© Antonio Borrelli

Titanite, Albite xls up to 3cm	© LAZZARI FRANCO

Titanite FOV: 2,5cm	©

Titanite
Brazil
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Jequitinhonha Valley, Capelinha, Fazenda Rubin Pimenta Mine

Titanite 13,6cm high	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite, Quartz 8,1 x 5,5cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite
Canada
Canada, Ontario, Haliburton Co., Cardiff Township, Cardiff Uranium Mine

Titanite 3,5 x 3cm	©

Titanite 2,3 x 2cm	© Maggie Wilson

In veins cutting amphibolite & syenite gneiss; crystalline limestone.
The deposit was originally explored for fluorite in 1943 by Cardiff Fluorite Mines Limited: exploration for uranium was conducted by Cardiff Uranium Mines Limited from 1953 to 1955. The mineralization extends for about 3 kilometers along the contact of geniss and crystalline limestone. The development at the South Zone consists of two adits, a shaft to a depth of 83.8 meters, and trenches. The openings are on the eastern slope of a ridge overlooking Irondale River.


Titanite
Canada
Canada, Ontario, Haliburton Co., Cardiff Township, Clark Mine (Ball mine; Topspar mine)

Titanite 2,1cm	© M.Adamowicz

Titanite 5,6 x 4,3cm	©

In syenite pegmatite intruding hornblende gneiss.
"The deposit was worked for fluorite by Mr. W.E Clark from 1940 to 1942; shipments totalling 27.2 t of acid-grade fluorite were made. The ore was obtained from several pits and trenches extending over a distance of 180 m along the top of a hill. In 1950 Topspar Fluorite Mines, Limited conducted exploration consisting of an open-cut (3 m by 24 m) and an adit driven 27 m from the south end of the cut on the north side of the hill. A mill was conducted on the site."


Titanite
Canada
Canada, Ontario, Haliburton Co., Monmouth Township, Gooderham, Bear Lake diggings (Gibson Road Western occurrence)

Titanite, Scapolite 2,5 x 2cm	© 2001 John H. Betts

Titanite 2,8 x 2cm	© 2001 John H. Betts

Titanite 4cm high	© D.K.Joyce

Titanite 5,3cm	© CCURTO2010

Titanite, Microcline Titanite 22cm across	© David K. Joyce

Titanite
Canada
Canada, Ontario, Haliburton Co., Monmouth Township, Tory Hill, Millar's Mine

Titanite 2,5cm across	©

In calcite veins cutting graphic granite pegmatite.
Was opened around 1900 as a radioactive mineral and phosphate prospect and consists of two open-cuts, two trenches, and an adit (9 m long).


Titanite
Canada
Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Bonnechere Valley Township (formerly the Village of Eganville and the former Townships of Grattan; Sebastopol and South Algona), Eganville

Titanite 5cm wide	©

Titanite 3,9 x 2,7cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite
Canada
Canada, Québec, Montérégie, Rouville RCM, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire)

Titanite FOV: 0,4cm	© Stephan Wolfsried

Titanite FOV: 0,4cm	© Stephan Wolfsried

Titanite
Canada
Canada, Québec, Outaouais, Pontiac RCM, Litchfield, Bear Lake

Titanite 2,8 x 2,2cm	© 2002 John H. Betts

Titanite 10cm wide	©

Titanite
Czech Republic
Czech Republic, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Olomouc Region, Jeseník, Žulová (Friedeberg), Boží Hill (Gotteshausberg)

Titanite xtl size: 0,6cm	© Filip Kopecky

Titanite xtl size: 0,5cm	© A.Tomek

Abandoned quarries and diggings at contacts between Zulová massif granitoids and Ca-marbles.


Titanite
Czech Republic
Czech Republic, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Olomouc Region, Šumperk (Mährisch Schönberg), Krásné

Titanite xls up to 0,4cm	© fabreminerals.com

Titanite
France
France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Hautes-Alpes, Briançon

Titanite xtl size: 2,02mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite 1,81mm, Quartz	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite xtl size: 1,52mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite
Germany
Germany, Bavaria, Lower Bavaria, Bavarian Forest, Hauzenberg, Titanite occurrence

Titanite "type specimen" 9 x 6cm	© Humboldt-Universität, Berlin

Titanite
Germany
Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Eifel, Laach lake volcanic complex

Titanite FOV: 5mm	© Stephan Wolfsried

Titanite FOV: 5mm	© Stephan Wolfsried

Titanite FOV: 8mm	© Stephan Wolfsried

Titanite FOV: 3mm	© Stephan Wolfsried

Titanite FOV: 3mm	© Stephan Wolfsried

Titanite FOV: 3mm	© Stephan Wolfsried

Titanite
Germany
Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Eifel, Laach lake volcanic complex, Mendig, Niedermendig, In den Dellen quarries

Titanite FOV: 2,5mm	© Fred Kruijen

Titanite FOV: 4mm	© Elmar Lackner

Titanite FOV: 2,3mm	© Elmar Lackner 2009

Titanite xtl size: 2,15mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite
Germany
Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Eifel, Mayen, Ettringen, Bellerberg volcano, Caspar quarry

Titanite FOV: 4mm	© Stephan Wolfsried

Titanite FOV: 5mm	© Stephan Wolfsried

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Campania, Naples Province, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Monte Somma

Titanite xtl size: 1,78mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite 2,93mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Aosta Valley, Châtillon, Bellecombe

Titanite xtl 1,2cm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Aosta Valley, Courmayeur, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Veny Valley, Miage Glacier

Titanite xtl 4mm	©

Titanite 6 x 3,3cm	©

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Aosta Valley, Courmayeur, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Veny Valley, Punta Helbronner

Titanite xtl 3,5mm	© Fontana Gianluca

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Aosta Valley, Saint-Marcel, Prabornaz Mine (ex Praborna Mine)

Titanite (Var. Greenovite) xtl 1cm	© GiovanniFraccaro

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Parma Province, Varsi, Ceno Valley, Rocca Predellara quarry (Tosca quarry)

Titanite xtl 1,79mm	© D. Preite - M.C.

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Latium, Rome Province, Tolfa Mts District, Allumiere, Monte Sassetto

Titanite xtl 1mm	© Di Domenico Dario

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Latium, Rome Province, Tolfa Mts District, Allumiere, Spizzicatore Hill

Titanite 3 x 2mm	© Di Domenico Dario

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Latium, Viterbo Province, Làtera volcano, Onano, Montenero quarry

Titanite on Hauyne xtl 2mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite FOV 3mm	© Stephan Wolfsried

Titanite xtl 1,51mm	© D. Preite - M.C.

Titanite xtl 1,74mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite FOV 3,3mm	© Yaiba Sakaguchi

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Piedmont, Torino Province, Sesia-Lanzo zone, Lanzo Valley, Viù Valley, Usseglio, Margone

Titanite 7,25mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Piedmont, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Formazza Valley, Formazza

Titanite, Anatase xtl 1,59mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Piedmont, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Formazza Valley, Formazza, Forno glacier

Titanite xtl 7mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Piedmont, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Ossola Valley, Beura-Cardezza, Beura Quarries

Titanite xtl 2,59mm	© D. Preite - M.C.

Titanite xtl 1,51mm	© D. Preite - M.C.

Titanite xtl 1,14mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano Province (South Tyrol), Aurina Valley (Ahrnbach Valley)

Titanite xtl 1,2cm	© Chinellato Matteo

5,07mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite 3,6 x 2,2cm	© Simone Citon

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano Province (South Tyrol), Aurina Valley (Ahrnbach Valley), Vento Valley (Wind Valley)

Titanite xtl 1,8cm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano Province (South Tyrol), Pusteria Valley (Puster Valley), Vandoies, Fundres Valley

Titanite xtl 7,5mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite
Italy
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano Province (South Tyrol), Pusteria Valley (Puster Valley), Vandoies, Fundres Valley, Cora Mt. (Gschirn)

Titanite xtl 1,2cm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite xtl 1,2cm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite
Madagascar
Madagascar, Antsiranana Province, Sava (Northeastern) Region, Vohémar District, Ankarafa

Titanite 5,1 x 2,7cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite 6,5 x 5cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite 3,2 x 1,8cm	© www.quebulfineminerals.com

Titanite
Madagascar
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Province, Vatovavy-Fitovinany Region, Mananjary District, Mananjary emerald District, South Zone, Morafeno

Titanite 3 x 2cm	© Arliguie M

Titanite
Morocco
Morocco, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Er Rachidia Province, Imilchil

Titanite 3 x 2,8cm	© fabreminerals.com

Titanite, Orthoclase 4,3 x 3,8cm	© fabreminerals.com

Titanite xtl 1,3cm	© fabreminerals.com

Titanite 5,8cm wide	© www.spiriferminerals.com

Titanite
Namibia
Namibia, Khomas Region, Gamsberg Area

Titanite 5 x 2,8cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite 5,1 x 2,4cm	© E.A. Schnaitmann

The Gamsberg Mt. is a 2.437 m high granite peak in the Khomas Region, it's the third highest mountain of Namibia.
The area is known for Alpine-type cleft minerals. Strictly speaking, the localities are in the Gamsberg foreland (outland).
The Gamsberg Area refers to a loosely-defined area roughly 70 by 70 kilometers from east to south. The area is east of the Gamsberg and Hakos Mountains, located in the southwestern part of central Namibia.
The Gamsberg Mountain is the most important landmark in the area, but no known alpine-type fissures or minerals have been found on the actual mountain. The position of specific finds is difficult to find details on, due to the erratic distribution of the fissures as well as the fact that the whole area is subdivided into privately owned farmland.
In general, the farmers are extremely reluctant to allow anyone, including local prospectors, onto their properties. Therefore, some local miners have taken to moonlighting when the farmers are away on other business, and will not divulge any specific localities to mineral collectors for fear of reprisal.
However, collectors are seriously warned not to attempt to enter any of these farms without explicit prior consent from the farm owners.


Titanite
Norway
Norway, Nordland, Fauske, Sulitjelma, Stokkviknakken Tunnel

Titanite 2,2cm wide	© OT. Ljostad

A road tunnel along the road "Fylkesvei 830", between Finneid and Sulitjelma in the municipality of Fauske. The road is laid on the old railway tracks of the now closed Sulitjelma Railroad. More than 100 specimens of collector-quality titanite specimens were found here in 1991. Specimens from this find were often labelled just "Fauske" or "Sulitjelma".


Titanite
Pakistan
Pakistan, Balochistan (Baluchistan)

Titanite 2,2 x 1,7cm	©

Titanite
Pakistan
Pakistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Khyber Agency, Mulla Ghori

Titanite 4,4 x 4,2cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite xtl 3,5cm	© 2009 Jesse Fisher

Titanite 2,2 x 2,2cm	© TVM

Titanite 9,4 x 6cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite 3,5cm	© C. Stefano '12

Titanite
Pakistan
Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Baltistan

Titanite, Diopside 3 x 1,8cm	© Michael C. Roarke

Titanite
Pakistan
Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Baltistan, Skardu district, Basha Valley (Basha Nala; Basna), Arondu (Arundu; Arandu)

Titanite, Adularia 3 x 2,1cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite 3,5 x 2,1cm	© www.quebulfineminerals.com

Titanite
Pakistan
Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Baltistan, Skardu District, Haramosh Mts.

Titanite xtl 2,9cm	© 1995-2001 Trinity Mineral Co.

Titanite xtl 1,8cm	© Rudo

Titanite 6,4 x 5cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite 7 x 4,4cm	© fabreminerals.com

Titanite 4,4 x 3,5cm	© fabreminerals.com

Titanite, Albite 5,5 x 4,2cm	© Lopatkin Oleg

Mountain range north of the Indus River between Gilgit and Skardu, hosting numerous complex granitic pegmatite fields and alpine cleft-type metamorphic deposits. Mountain range crossed the border between the Skardu and Gilgit Districts.


Titanite
Pakistan
Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Baltistan, Skardu District, Haramosh Mts., Tormiq valley (Tormic; Tormik; Tormig; Turmiq)

Titanite, Adularia 2,1 x 2cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite xls up to 1,8cm	© Carles Millan

Titanite xtl 1,2cm	© Rob Lavinsky

3,7 x 3,5cm	© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

2,9cm	© Weinrich Minerals, Inc.

Titanite 5,1 x 3,3cm	© www.quebulfineminerals.com

Titanite, Calcite 2,1 x 1,6cm	© www.quebulfineminerals.com

Titanite
Pakistan
Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Baltistan, Skardu District, Shigar Valley

Titanite 3 x 2cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite, Schörl 4,9 x 4,7cm	© Carles Millan

Titanite
Pakistan
Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Baltistan, Skardu District, Shigar Valley, Hachupa (Hashupi)

Titanite, Albite 10 x 7cm	© Weinrich Minerals, Inc.

Titanite
Pakistan
Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Baltistan, Skardu District, Shigar Valley, Hachupa (Hashupi), Hachupa Epidote Locality

Titanite, Epidote 3cm wide	©

A village in the Shigar River Valley, between Alchuri and Shigar. Alpine cleft-type metamorphoc deposits in the area.


Titanite
Pakistan
Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Diamar District (Diamir District), Tangir Valley

Titanite 3 x 1,3cm	© TVM

Titanite
Portugal
Portugal, Leiria District, Leiria, Monte Redondo, Montijos Quarry

Titanite FOV: 14mm	© 2005 M. Kampf

Titanite xtl 5mm	© Rui Nunes 2013

Gabbro quarry.
In the area known as "Montijos Quarry" there were 3 distinct mining concessions
1 - "Quinta dos Montijos" concession nr 1102, operated by Pedreiras de Monte Redondo, Lda, closed on August 17, 1966.
2 - "Montijos Nr 1" concession nr 1323, operated by Domingos Pereira Amado and Others, closed on January 24, 1972.
3 - "Cabeço da Quinta" concession nr 917, operated by Sociedade de Paralelepípedos do Sul, Lda, closed on May 31, 1973.


Titanite
Russia
Russia, Urals Region, Middle Urals, Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast'

Titanite xtl size: 7mm	© B.Z. Kantor

Titanite
Russia
Russia, Urals Region, Middle Urals, Permskaya Oblast', Gornozavodskii area, Saranovskaya (Sarany) Village, Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe)

Titanite 3,2 x 1,5cm	© Dan Weinrich

Titanite 3,5 x 2,5cm	© Oleg Lopatkin

Titanite
Russia
Russia, Urals Region, Southern Urals, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Zlatoust, Nazyamskie Mts, Akhmatovskaya Kop' (Achmatovsk Mine)

Titanite FOV: 5 x 3,5cm	© Sergei Kolisnichenko

Titanite
Russia
Russia, Western-Siberian Region, Polar Urals, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Neroyka Mt

Titanite 6,6 x 4,1cm	© Weinrich Minerals, Inc.

Titanite
Russia
Russia, Western-Siberian Region, Prepolar Ural, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Khanty-Mansi (Khanty Mansiysk) Okrug, Saranpaul, Dodo Mine

Titanite 5,5 x 3,5cm	© CCURTO2010

Titanite 4,7 x 3,6cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite
Russia
Russia, Western-Siberian Region, Prepolar Ural, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Khanty-Mansi (Khanty Mansiysk) Okrug, Saranpaul, Puiva (Pouyva) Mount

Titanite xtl 1,1cm	© SMS 2008

Titanite
Spain
Spain, Andalusia, Granada, Monachil, Pradollano

Titanite FOV 4mm	© Antonio Pliego

Titanite
Switzerland
Switzerland, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Vorderrhein Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Curnera Valley

Titanite xtl 1cm

Titanite
Switzerland
Switzerland, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Vorderrhein Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Sedrun, Druntobel (Drun Tobel; Drun Sedrun; Krüzli valley; Kreuzli pass; Ruinas Plaunas)

Titanite 10cm high	©

Titanite
Switzerland
Switzerland, Ticino (Tessin), Maggia Valley, Lavizzara Valley, Mogno, Arena Alp

Titanite 6,5mm wide	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite xtl 2,82mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite
Switzerland
Switzerland, Wallis (Valais), Goms, Fiesch, Wannenhorn

Titanite xtl 2,07mm	© Chinellato Matteo

Titanite
Switzerland
Switzerland, Wallis (Valais), Zermatt - Saas Fee area, Saas Valley, Saas Fee

Titanite 2,4mm wide	© 2007 D. Schläfli

Titanite
Tanzania
Tanzania, Arusha Region, Lelatema Mts, Merelani Hills (Mererani), D-Block Mine

Titanite 2,1 x 1cm	© Marin Mineral

D-Block Mine is a gem (Tanzanite) mine worked by only a small group of miners.


Titanite
Tanzania
Tanzania, Morogoro Region, Mahenge

Titanite 3,7 x 3,2cm	© Oleg Lopatkin

Titanite
USA
USA, Maine, York Co., Sanford, Webster prospects (Sanford vesuvianite locality; Goodall Farm prospect; Webster vesuvianite prospect)

Titanite xtl 1,4cm	© 2007 Peter Cristofono

Profesor John W. Webster of Harvard University operated this quarry for specimens and described vesuvianite from this locality in an article in American Journal of Science in 1848. It was later worked by Mr. Goodall of Sanford whose family owned a famous mill in the town and where there was once a private natural history museum.


Titanite
USA
USA, Massachusetts, Bristol Co., Acushnet, Acushnet Quarry (P. J. Keating Quarry; Tilcon Capaldi Quarry; Warren Brothers Quarry; Blue Stone Quarry; Old Bluestone Quarry)

Titanite xtl 5mm	© 2008 Peter Cristofono

Crushed stone quarry originally operated by the Blue Stone Quarry Co.


Titanite
USA
USA, Montana, Jefferson Co., Boulder Batholith

Titanite 2,5 x 1,5cm	© Wm. C. van Laer

Titanite 1,7 x 1,4cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Titanite
USA
USA, New Hampshire, Hillsborough Co., Amherst, Joppa Hill

Titanite, Grossular xtl 4mm	© 2008 Peter Cristofono

The Joppa Hill prospects are in Amherst, close to the Amherst-Bedford line. A vesuvianite crystal from this locality was illustrated in the 2nd edition of Dana's System of Mineralogy (1844). Mineralization occurs in bedrock exposures of contact metamorphosed limestone and in a quartz vein, both in Amherst. Boulders extending across the town line into Bedford also produce specimens. This mineral list includes occurrences in both towns.

The locality was first discovered by a Dr. Spaulding of Amherst who noticed some unusual rocks in stone walls of the area. The source of these stones was discovered in a ravine on the land of Betsey Stevens. Dr. Spaulding (and a Mr. Peabody) guided geologist Charles Jackson to the locality. Jackson described the rock as being exactly like the "limestone" of Phippsburg, Maine. (Jackson, 1844)


Titanite
USA
USA, New Jersey, Bergen Co., Fort Lee, Interstate 95 and George Washington Bridge Lower Level roadcut

Titanite, Apatite FOV 5,4mm	© Saul Krotki 2005

Titanite, Apatite FOV 4,8mm	© Saul Krotki 2005

This locality was a massive, deep roadcut into the Palisades diabase cliffs to accomodate the interstate highways and the lower level installation of the George Washington bridge. The excavations encountered some coarsely crystallized and vuggy areas of the diabase.


Rudolf Hasler 12/13/2012



Click here to view Best Minerals T and here for Best Minerals A to Z and here for Fast Navigation of completed Best Minerals articles.]]> Rudolf Hasler Best Minerals T Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:50:02 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,198178,261719#msg-261719 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,198178,261719#msg-261719
Tanks for the tip. I will do as you suggested when I revisit this article :-)

Olav]]> Olav Revheim Best Minerals T Fri, 25 May 2012 12:29:18 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,198178,261706#msg-261706 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,198178,261706#msg-261706 You could contact Jordi Fabre and ask about the specimen. He might even have some of the stuff laying around or be able to put you in touch with the source. I think Jordi would like to help out with this kind of investigation if he can. I know I would.]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals T Fri, 25 May 2012 09:26:02 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,198178,261698#msg-261698 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,198178,261698#msg-261698
Thank you very much for you offer to positively ID this specimen. The only problem is that the only thing we have is the 4 year old photograph uploaded by Fabre Minerals. It is not possible to tell the current whereabouts of the specimen, unless of course the current owner reads this thread and is sufficiently intrigued by the possibility that his "tremolite" may be a more exotic amphibole and contact you.

I would however appreciate very much if you had the time and opportunity to review some of the amphibole articles that are posted in the "best minerals" section of the Mindat database. With your experience from working with amphiboles I am sure you will be able to find errors and omittions in these articles that should be corrected. A list of the "first draft" status articles with links to the individual articles can be found here[/url

Best regards

Olav Revheim]]> Olav Revheim Best Minerals T Fri, 25 May 2012 08:07:38 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,198178,261664#msg-261664 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,198178,261664#msg-261664 drmgermine@gmail.com. Let me know by email what you would like to do and I will gladly get the data for you, as my mineralogical work is primarily with the monoclinic amphiboles.

Sincerely,

Mark Germine]]> Mark Germine Best Minerals T Thu, 24 May 2012 19:45:10 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,145805,260328#msg-260328 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,145805,260328#msg-260328 Rick Dalrymple Best Minerals T Wed, 09 May 2012 19:15:31 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,145805,260292#msg-260292 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,86,145805,260292#msg-260292 Apatite is indeed much more likely. I copied your remarks in the article, and leave it to the reader until further study has proved anything conclusive.
Thanks!!]]> Harjo Neutkens Best Minerals T Wed, 09 May 2012 05:50:14 +0000