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Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca Valley, Misox (Mesolcina Valley), Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland

(Arvigo, Val Calanca, Misox (Val Mesolcina), Graubünden (Grisons; Grischun), Schweiz (Suisse; Svizzera))

Quarries in biotite gneisses.
Access and collecting is strictly forbidden since 2007.
Swiss coordinates 727´996 / 128´975.

Refs.:
- Weiss, S. and Forster, O. (1997): Lapis 22(6), 13-42.
- Wagner, A. and Stalder, H.A. (2000). "Arvigo - L'une des localités les plus connue de Suisse (1° partie)." Le Cristallier Suisse, 12(2), 41-70.





Mineral List:
'Adularia'
Albite
Andalusite
'Apatite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
'Asbestos'
Babingtonite
Beryl
Biotite
Calcite
'Chlorite Group'
Epidote
Epistilbite
Fluorite
Grossular
Heulandite-Ca
'Hornblende'
Ilmenite
Kyanite
Laumontite
Mesolite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Muscovite
Prehnite
Pyrite
Quartz
Rutile
Scolecite
Sphalerite
'Stilbite'
Titanite
Vanadinite


33 entries listed. 25 valid minerals.

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