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Laumontite from
Fibbia, Fontana, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Laumontite
Formula:CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Laumontite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fibbia, Fontana, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:549899
Long-form Identifier:1:3:549899:4
GUID (UUID V4):f97cb3d6-2137-4738-8206-4c2926674e4d
Nearest other occurrences of Laumontite
7.8km (4.9 miles) Großtal, Zumdorf, Hospental, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland
9.8km (6.1 miles) Älprigenlücke, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
10.1km (6.3 miles) Lago Bianco, Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
15.6km (9.7 miles) Ägene Valley (Äginen Valley; Aeginen Valley), Ulrichen, Obergoms, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
20.4km (12.7 miles) Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
20.9km (13.0 miles) Schattig Wichel (Piz Giuv), Felli Valley, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
21.9km (13.6 miles) Acquacalda, Santa Maria Valley, Blenio Valley, Blenio, Ticino, Switzerland
23.9km (14.8 miles) Druntobel (Drun Tobel; Drun Sedrun; Krüzli valley; Kreuzli pass; Ruinas Plaunas), Sedrun, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
24.5km (15.2 miles) Arbola Glacier (Punta d'Arbola N and E slopes; Ofenhorn N and E slopes), Sabbione Glacier area, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
24.7km (15.3 miles) Forno Glacier, Vallone del Vannino, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
different zeolites is limited to six species: laumontite, stilbite and scolecite are abundant and common...order (old to young = hot to cold): scolecite, laumontite, heulandite, chabazite and stilbite. The necessary...particularly at low temperature. Key words: granite; laumontite; Swiss Alps; water–rock interaction; zeolite...H2O = laumontite + prehnite, at low-pressure end and epidote + chlorite + quartz + H2O = laumontite + pumpellyite...pumpellyite at high-pressure end; (2) laumontite + quartz + H2O = heulandite (Cho et al., 1987). Dashed
Book (volume)
San Gottardo . . . . . . Cap. XXXVI - 11 Canton Ticino e la Val Mesolcina .... . . . . Cap. XXXVJI - La...bei campioni dell' Alpe Cam­ polungo, nel Canton Ticino e di qualche dolo­ mia nelle vicinanze del Sempione...Passo del Como nell'alta Val Bedretto ( Canton Ticino); Monte Nevoso (Schneeberg) in Val Passiria; il...cristallini tabulari, associati soprattutto a laumontite. Prehnite, cristalli tabu/ari incurvati, riuniti...Candoglia e Craveggia nel Piemonte; Claro nel Canton Ticino; Sondalo in Valtellina; Val d ' Ul­ timo e di Anterselva
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland and Mineralogical Institute of the University CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland Probably...excavations in GalloRoman sites in southern Switzerland (Canton Valais, Binn) several crystal treasures...in several large natural history museums in Switzerland and abroad were assembled (for example, the outstanding...of years. This mining activity, at least in Switzerland, came to an almost complete end after World War...Figure 5. Geological map of the Central Alps (Switzerland). Courtesy of Landeshydrologie und Geobgie, BUWAL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
order (old to young = hot to cold): scolecite, laumontite, heulandite, chabazite and stilbite (Weisenberger...showed that the abundant late fissure minerals laumontite and apophyllite predate stilbite. Stilbite formed...late at low temperature in the shallow crust. Laumontite formed at a maximum depth of 6,600 m and apophyllite...Qtz-Cc-Ms-Ttn-Stb Stb crystals up to 5 mm growing on Cc, Fibbia granite gneisses Gotthard road tunnel A4 Qtz-Kfs-Stb...stage of Alpine fissure mineralization is laumontite. Laumontite was later superseded by stilbite/stellerite
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11 San Gottardo . .. . .. Cap. XXXVI - 11 Canton Ticino e la Val Mesolcina ... . .. . . Cap. XXXVII - La...altro caro amico da ricordare e il Prof. Mario Fontana, autore di un pregevole libro sulle gemme che ha...cui questa mia stessa opera fa parte ; al Prof. Fontana va soprattutto il merito delle fotografie dei campioni...corindone e la tremolite (Alpe Cam­ polungo nel Canton Ticino) od anche lo spinello, la scapolite, la ftogopite...dell'Alpe Sponda presso il Pizzo Forno nel Canton Ticino, celeberrima in tutto il mondo per i cristalli
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9: 1 (Gaines, 1971; Pimentel er al., 2009). SWITZERLAND Maderanertal east of Arnsteg, Uri. In the world...hematite roses occur in numerous localities in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central...specimens reminiscent of those from Maderanertal, Switzerland, and remarkable for their bright luster, sharp...1\1cson show (2005: 292). JOURAVSKITE AFRICA SWITZERLAND Lengenbach quarry, Binntal [Binnental. Binnatal]...In 1984 the Natural History Museum of Bern, Switzerland acquired a large lot of the accumulated discoveries
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for naming stilbite, analcime, harmotome, and laumontite although he only popularized and more completely...faujasite, ferrierite, gmelinite, goosecreekite, laumontite, levyne, mazzite, merlinoite, montesommaite,...pressure collapses. At high pressure heulandite or laumontite is replaced by lawsonite, and analcime by albite...scattered sites. Rarely, erionite, mordenite, and laumontite are found. Merlinoite is found with plagioclase...natrolite, analcime, edingtonite, stilbite, and laumontite crystallize at temperatures below 2500 C. Primary
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for naming stilbite, analcime, harmotome, and laumontite although he only popularized and more completely...faujasite, ferrierite, gmelinite, goosecreekite, laumontite, levyne, mazzite, merlinoite, montesommaite,...pressure collapses. At high pressure heulandite or laumontite is replaced by lawsonite, and analcime by albite...scattered sites. Rarely, erionite, mordenite, and laumontite are found. Merlinoite is found with plagioclase...natrolite, analcime, edingtonite, stilbite, and laumontite crystallize at temperatures below 2500 C. Primary
Journal (issue)
Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland R H O D O C H R O S IT E fro m th e N ’C h w...Switz­ erland) Robert Sullivan, Jr. (Oberwil, Switzerland) Joseph Taggart (Socorro, NM) Doug and Fran Toland...diameter by 2 to 6 few large floaters from nearby Fibbia. mm in length, and were a bright tannish Frankly...in the Binntal (Binna Valley), canton Valais, Switzerland. Needless to say, it was “unavailable.” I thought...locality is given as Alp Lercheltini, Binnental, Switzerland. Does anyone know of a still bigger crystal than
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RudolfDuthaler. Girenhaldenweg 17, CH-4126 Bettingen, Switzerland e-Mail: rudolf.duthaler@gmail.com With the cooperation...Duthaler, Girenhaldenweg 17, CH-4126 Bettingen, Switzerland e-Mail: rudolf.duthaler@:gmail.com Coi·er. aboi·e...with associated :ea/ire fsrilbire)from Fibbia, Gou hard, Switzerland (1.8 cm @, photo to rhe left) was first...Duthaler, Girenhaldenweg 17, CH-4126, Bettingen, Switzerland. E-mail: rudolf.duthaler@gmail.com •Dr.Stefan...the dolomite pit Lengenbach in Binn Valley, Switzerland or the borate mines of Boron, California, localities
Journal (issue)
gmelinite (!5d), harmotome (x1), heulandite (!xl), laumontite (!xl) and all products ofits dehydration, being...Crimea, and zeolites (natrolite, heulandite, laumontite, and analcime) are abundant. Gornostaevskii broken-stone...1898); heulandite (t1) (Popov, 1898); gmelinite, laumontite, mesolite (!t1) (Zaitsev, 1910); mordenite (t1)...to 2-3 mm in size), aragonite, palygorskite, laumontite, heulandite, dolomite, ankerite, cinnabar, dickite...USSR. A number of zeolites (natrolite, analcime, laumontite, and gmelinite), forming well-faceted crystals
Book
trapezohedron faces (cp. Fig. 17, p. 131) . Switzerland. Be/,;w Elongated prismatic crysffiis (cp. Fig...cavities of Alpine type around the Gross Venediger. SWITZERLAND - Riffelberg near Zermatt. 77 ARGENTITE Ag...South-West Africa. &low Smoky ciuartz. Val Giuv, Switzerland. PLATE 15 Sea produced 'yellow copper' by...parallelintergrown crystals showing skeletal development. Switzerland. Bel()W left Phantom quartz. Minas Gerais, Brazil...covered with a dusting of chlorite. Maderanertal, Switzerland. Below right Smoky quartz: several crystals are
Journal (issue)
albite, stilpnomélane, pumpellyite, prehnite et laumontite. Dans les orthogneiss, la formation de quartz...(1993). The Scheelite-skam of Salanfe (Valais, Switzerland). Bull. Suisse Min. Petr. 73: 4/-5/. DELAMETTE...Western Swiss Alps Dans : Deep structure of Switzerland. • Results from the National Research Program...générations de chlorite tardive et des zéolites (laumontite), témoins de phénomènes qui se sont passés à...from a geotraverse through the Central Alps, (Switzerland). Geoch. Cosmoch. Acta. Vol. 58, 11 ° JO, pp
Book (edition)
common terms are not abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and...SwitzerlandItaly, overlooking Binntal, Valais canton, Switzerland, also crystals in Obersulzbachtal Valley, Salzburg...Kaltenberg mine, Turtmanntal Valley, Valais canton, Switzerland. In individual crystals to 1 mat Djida, Buryatia...533, 1.534, l.538, 2V= 57°, (+). In veins with laumontite, vivianite, etc., in pegmatitic schlieren of...localities are Lago della Sella. Passo de! S. Gottardo. Ticino canton. crystals to 3 cm in the Griesserental Valle)
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minerals in the Alpine ar,d Subalpine region [Switzerland,Austria and Iti:Jy](by C. M. Gramaccioli) 8:287-293...Record bookshelf-A Guide to rite Minerals of Switzerland; Connecticut Mines and Minerals; Mineral Collecting...minerals in the Alpine and Subalpine region [Switzerland, Austria and Italy] (by C. M. Gramaccioli) 8:287-293...a progress report (by F. T. Jones) 2:191-192 Laumontite from the Pine Creek mine, Bishop, California...14:7-12 CENOSITE Cenosite from [Val Cumera,] Switzerland (by M. Weibel) 1:98-100 CENTREVILLE Minerals
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Rien valley, near Géschenen, le neae Bi Uri, Switzerland. Rock crystal SiO, trigonal. Chlorite: mixed...cave discovered in 1719 on the Zinggenstock in Switzerland. The most common and characteristic mineral of...dark steely blue crystals. From Fibbia, on the Gotthard, Switzerland. Greek haima, blood, because of...transparent octahedra. Grimsel, near the Gotthard, Switzerland. See Pl. 8. Scale 2:8 :1 191 \ 7 4 ios...all smoky quartzes from a vein discovered in Switzerland in 1868. Smoky quartz is a smoky brown or brownish-black
growth. From Rien valley, near Géschenen, Uri, Switzerland. Rock crystal SiO. trigonal. Chlorite: mixed...discovered in 1719 on the Zinggenstock in ' Switzerland. ; The most common and characteristic mineral...dark steely blue crystals. From Fibbia, on the Gotthard, Switzerland. Greek haima, blood, because of...transparent octahedra. Grimsel, near the Gotthard, Switzerland. See Pl. 8. Scale 2°8:1 191 ae \ ‘ie a...all smoky quartzes from a vein discovered in Switzerland in 1868. Smoky quartz is a smoky brown or brownish-black
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growth. From Rien valley, near GOschenen, Uri, Switzerland. Rock crystal Si02 trigonal. Chlorite: mixed...cave discovered in 1719 on the Zinggenstock in Switzerland. ' The most common and characteristic mineral...dark steely blue t> crystals. From Fibbia, on the Gotthard, Switzerland. Greek haima, blood, because of...octahedra. t> From Grimsel, near the Gotthard, Switzerland. See Pl. 8. HAEMATITE FLUORSPAR Scale 2-8:...all smoky quartzes from a vein discovered in Switzerland in 1868. Smoky quartz is a smoky brown or brownish-black
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handsome twisted smoky-quartz crystals from Switzerland. This fine example is flawlessly clear and, when...rutile in quartz, Tavetsch, Canton Grisons, Switzerland; stibnite in quartz, Manhattan, Nye County, Nevada...Central Aar Massif region of Switzerland. The alpine clefts and vugs of Switzerland have produced excellent...specimens have come from many localities in Switzerland and Austria. Brazil, Korea, France, Japan, and...collections. This is the locality of Ticino and Pizzo Forno, Switzerland. Here a type of paragonite schist
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Crystals of binnite in Lengenbach, Binntal. Switzerland, up to 30 mm (l'/i6 in). Crystals up to 20 mm...Massachusetts, USA: also Val d'Anniviers, Wallis, Switzerland. Massive aggregates come from Dobsina, Slovakia;...cavities in dolomite from Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland. Livingstonite HgSb4S8 MONOCLINIC pyrargyrite...known in metamorphic veins in Val d'Anniviers, Switzerland. Betekhtinite Cu| 0 (Fe,Pb)S 6 ORTHORHOMBIC...Sartorite, 4 mm x. Binntal, ret MONOCLINIC • • Switzerland sphalerite, pyrargyrite, pyrite and other minerals
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arrangement but they are hydrated; for example, laumontite Ca(Al.SigO;2)*4H20. Orthoclase K(A1ISi;0s) monoclinic...Others, however, require high temperatures (e.g. laumontite (SigA1,012)Ca-4H20 only appears at 300 °C). Thus...temperature is increased from 350 °C to 400 °C, laumontite ceases to be stable and new minerals appear:...Similarly, it is possible to Brione 16 to 16°5 Fibbia 16:5 to 16 measuring device that makes this possible...the Western Alps on the borders of France and Switzerland. oceanic Alpine The 15.58. Fig. with legend the
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Hans A. Stalder: Natural History Museum, Bern, Switzerland. Hugo Strunz: Institute of Mineralogy, Technical..., Tulameen, BC, Canada; Kaltenberg, Valais, Switzerland; Bogota, near Canala, New Caledonia; Mt. Clifford...intrusion, NWT, Canada; Selva, near Poschiavo, Switzerland; Oko, near Koti, Japan; Red Hills, Wairaw R....(1893-1973), professor of mineralogy, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland. Mon C2/m. a=11.066, b = 8.085, c = 7.965, B...Miles Ridge, YT, Canada; Poschiavo, Grisons, Switzerland; Cap Corse, Corsica, France; Hirt, near Friesach
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l'échelle 1,5: 1 En bas, à gauche: gisement de Fibbia (Tessin). Rose de fer extraite d'une fissure alpine...une paragenèse minérale d'analcime Na[A1Si O laumontite Ca[ A1Si2O 6] 2 • 4 H 2O et la natrolite Na 2
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embedded in powdered natural quartz from G5schenen, Switzerland. Runs were carried out in the T-range 820 - 880...high-temperature 'yariety of adularia, with Zillertal-Fibbia morphQJogy @ monoclinic notation, {llO} > {01O}...states is commonly coarse-grained, with Zillertal-Fibbia morphology, turbid, overgrown by other hydrothermal...positions for protons in partially dehydrated laumontite (Artioli et al. 1989). The data are useful for...neutron diffraction study of partially dehydrated laumontite at 15 K. Zeolites 9: 377-391 Attwood D (1992)
 
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