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Isenwegg, Wasen Alp, Ganter valley, Simplon pass area, Brig, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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(Isenwegg, Wasenalp, Gantertal, Simplonpassgebiet, Brig, Wallis (Valais), Schweiz (Suisse; Svizzera))

A place on the north slope of Wasenhorn mountain, close to the Wasen Alp. Located in the upper Ganter valley, a small rift on the slopes northeast of the Simplon pass, just south of Berisal.



References:
- S. Graeser, C.J. Hetherington: Lapis 29(2), 37-40 (2004)





Mineral List:
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [Lapis 29(2), 37-40 (2004)]
  		•  Armenite
    BaCa
     
    2
    		Al
     
    6
    		Si
     
    9
    		O
     
    30
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: Stout hexagonal prisms to 3.5cm
    Colour: Milky white
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record (2001) 32:252]
    Site Photo
    Isenwegg, Wasen Alp, Ganter valley, Simplon pass area, Brig, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
    © Stephan Wolfsried
  		•  Celsian
    Ba[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Lapis 29(2), 37-40 (2004)]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 50]
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Lapis 29(2), 37-40 (2004)]
  		•  Ganterite (TL)
    (Ba,Na,K)(Al,Mg)
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Type Locality: Isenwegg, Wasen Alp, Ganter valley, Simplon pass area, Brig, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
    Description: In white-mica schist, and a Ba-rich leucocratic zoisite–celsian gneiss.
    Reference: [Can Min (2003) 41 (5), 1271-1280, 1281-1291; Lapis 29(2), 37-40 (2004)]
  		•  Muscovite
    var: Barian Muscovite
    (K,Ba)(Al,Mg)
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Lapis 29(2), 37-40 (2004)]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Lapis 29(2), 37-40 (2004)]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 50]
  		•  Zircon
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Lapis 29(2), 37-40 (2004)]
  		•  Zoisite
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    3
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Lapis 29(2), 37-40 (2004)]


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