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Pipji glacier, Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Turtmannite
Pipji glacier, Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Wallis, Switzerland

Photo: Thomas Witzke
Latitude: 46°9'57"N
Longitude: 7°43'24"E
Pipjigletscher, Pipjitälli, Turtmanntal, Wallis (Valais), Schweiz (Suisse; Svizzera)

Fe-Mn ores in paleokarst pockets in Triassic marbles of the Barrhorn unit.

References

- Brugger, J. & Meisser, N. (2006): Manganese-rich assemblages in the Barrhorn Unit, Turtmanntal Central Alps, Switzerland. Canadian Mineralogist 44, 229-248.
- Brugger, J., Armbruster, T., Meisser, N., Hejny, C. & Grobety, B. (2001): Description and crystal structure of turtmannite, a new mineral with a 68 Å period related to mcgovernite. Am. Mineral. 86, 1494-1505.

Mineral List

Algodonite
Baryte
Biotite
Birnessite
Bornite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Copper
Crednerite
Cuprite
Dolomite
Fluorapatite
Galaxite
Hausmannite
Hollandite
Jacobsite
Kutnohorite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Manganocummingtonite
Manganosite
Pennantite
Pyrite
Pyrobelonite
Pyrolusite
Pyrophanite
Reppiaite
Rhodochrosite
Ribbeite
Sarkinite
Spessartine
Takanelite
Talc
Tephroite
Titanite
Turtmannite (TL)


37 entries listed. 36 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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