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Simplon Railway tunnel (north section), Simplon pass area, Brig, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

(Simplon-Eisenbahntunnel (Nordabschnitt), Simplonpassgebiet, Brig, Wallis (Valais), Schweiz (Suisse; Svizzera))

Finds in material excavated during construction of the two tubes of the tunnel (1898-1905, and 1912-1921). The north portal is located near Biela, east of Brig, its south portal near Iselle in the Ossola Valley (Italy).

Ref.: Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 834.





Mineral List:
Actinolite
Aikinite
Albite
var: Pericline

Anatase
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Arsenopyrite
Baryte
Biotite
Calcite
Celestine
'Chlorite Group'
Dawsonite
Dolomite
Epidote
Fluorite
Galena
Goyazite
Gypsum
Hematite
var: Iron Rose
Hyalophane
Laumontite
Magnesite
Muscovite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rutile
Siderite
var: Pistomesite
Smythite
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Sulphur
Titanite
'Tourmaline'


37 entries listed. 30 valid minerals.

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