 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | high-pressure ophiolite metasediments of Praborna ore deposit (Aosta Valley, Western Alps) SIMONE TUMIATI1,*...Studi di Milano, via Botticelli 23, 20133 Milano, Italy *Corresponding author, e-mail: simone.tumiati@unimi...degli Studi di Padova, via Giotto 1, 35137 Padova, Italy 3 Equipe Géobiosphère actuelle et primitive; Institut...deposit of Praborna crops out in the Zermatt-Saas unit of the Western Alps, in the St. Marcel valley. It represents...to the bulk-rock chemistry. Compared to shales, Praborna is enriched in Mn (up to 38.7 wt% Mn2O3) and in |  | | Catalog/List | | flat calcite-- attractive piece 6x4. Whitesmith Mine Stontian Scotland £25 7 ElJDIAL YTE rich red masses...all over the top surface 4x3cm Cassagna Mine, Ne Liguria Italy £ 25 14 STRONTIO-ORTHO JOAQU1N1TE one yellow...pinkish micro crystals on Boracite crystals Boulby mine Loftus Yorkshire 3x2cm £18 16 PRICEITE hard white...crystal sections on lx2cm surface Molinello Mine, Val Graveglia Italy £8 18 NATIVE COPPER a cleaned piece 8x5cm...Braunite, Piemontite and quartz Praboma Mine, St Marcel ,Aosta Italy 3.5 x3cm £12 25 RHODIZlTE glass tube |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, 20133 Milano, Italy Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi...Studi di Padova, Via G. Gradenigo 6, 35131 Padova, Italy; silvana.martin@unipd.it Dipartimento di Scienze...di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125 Torino, Italy; andrea.festa@unito.it (A.F.); gianni.balestro@unito...particularly on the metaophiolites exposed in the Aosta Valley and in the Monviso Complex because, due to their...the Alps. In the northwestern Alps, as in the Aosta Valley for example, the high-pressure metamorphic peaks |  | | Catalog/List | | Ce rich dark grey mass with Actinolite, large 2x3 inch ..Bastnas Mine Sweden £30 12. SCAPOLITE completely...small quartz crystals, possibly some with faces. lxl Mine, Washoe County Nevada USA £30 Olinghouse ......on lxl inch matrix Arizona USA £18 · Inspiration mine, Gila County, 21. HAMBERGITE chalky-white crystalline...tabular twinned crystal about 1cm size ( Telino Mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais Brazil) £25 . 1'fa Be PO4...TITANITE variety "Greenovite" (Praborna Mine, St Marcel, Aosta Italy) pink vein about 3mm wide and 3cm |  | | Catalog/List | | with micro Sphalerite on 2x2 matrix Lers Malines Mine, Gard, France £20 4. BENTORITE a very rare, Cr containing...mineral as a single crystal like this £30 . Koksha Valley, Badakshan, Afganistan 7. SCOLECITE single terminated...crystals, possible Dickite micros too. Panteg-y-Gaseg Mine, Amlwch Anglesey, Wales £18 I 0. PENNANTITE small...matrix. Plates are about I to 1.5 mm size (Benallt Mine,Lleyn, Wales) £30 11. BOURNONITE good blocky grey...crystals,. all over 2.5 x2.5 inch surface Likasi Mine, Katanga Congo £25 14. SIDERITE rich red-brown |  | | Catalog/List | | be on the Invoice sent with the parcel. 97 ■ ACTINOLITE Achmelvich. near Lochinver. Scotland 84 ■ CHLORITE...1077 ■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 220 ■ CLINOSAFFLORITE Capitol Mine. Gowganda, Ontario.Canada...£3 lx2£6 CurichAdamile 766 ■ DIOPTASE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona ,USA Green elongated micro...lxl£6 CuSi0 .. - - -- -·- 131 ■ DOLOMITE Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria FERROAN DOLOMITE, rich...massive lxl £1 lx2 £2 2x2 £5 104 ■ EMMONSITE Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mexico Green crusts on matrix. quite |  | | Report (issue) | | 062 c = 5.300 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kajlidongri mine, India. (ICDD 20-1390). 2.699 (100), 8.40 (90),...4.01 0.16 Total 97.18 97.20 (1) Kajlidongri mine, India; by electron microprobe, total Fe as Fe2O...tremolite (Ka jlidongri mine, India); omphacite, garnet, rutile, quartz, actinolite, epidote, albite, titanite...titanite, apatite (Margarita Island, Venezuela); actinolite, glaucophane, albite, quartz (Ward Creek, California...California, USA). Distribution: In the Ka jlidongri mine, Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh, India. From near |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | found at Hashupa and at Alchuri, in the Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Blauwet 2006). • Good...several centimeters long are associated with actinolite, variety byssolite, and numerous other species...striated epidotes in matrix, from the Calumet iron mine, Colorado. Epidote was described in 1801 by Haüy...collectors. Within the United States, the Green Monster mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, has yielded superb...quartz (Leavens and Thomssen 1977); the Calumet iron mine, Chaffee County, Colorado, is a notable locale for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ECLOGITES FROM VERRES, VAL D'AOSTA, WESTERN ALPS, ITALY C. B A L D E L L I 1, G.V. D A L P I A Z 1 and B...Istituto di Geologia, UniversiM di Padova, Padova (Italy) ~ Centro di Studio sui Problemi dell'Orogeno delle... (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), Torino (Italy) (Accepted for publication October 23, 1984) Abstract...eclogites from Verres, Val d'Aosta, Western Alps, Italy. In: D.C. Smith, G. Franz and D. Gebauer (Guest-Editors)...and Fe-rich layers of the Verres metagabbro in Italy, a large gabbro body belonging to the Piedmont ophiolite |  | Hughes, Lewis, Burgess, Ray, Chavrit, Déborah, Pawley, Alison, Tartèse, Romain, Droop, Giles, Ballentine, Chris J., Lyon, Ian (2018) Halogen behaviour in subduction zones: Eclogite facies rocks from the Western and Central Alps. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 243. 1-23 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2018.09.024 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ocean floor origin for the complex. The St. Marcel valley (Fig. 1, locality 3) includes both oceanic and...collected from Servette and Fontillon, near St. Marcel. They are representative of a suite of eclogitised...collected from the Lago di Cignana and the Praborna manganese mine areas. DC50B is a garnet mica schist, in...phases such as albite, quartz, talc, chlorite and actinolite (Fig. 2i). 3.2. Central Alps samples 3.2.1...Lustres Formation in the Alps (Saint-Veran, France and Traversiera Massif, Italy). In: Baumgartner P.O., O’Dogerthy |  | | Catalog/List | | pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4...guite rich black masses in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...CO/3 0 Quite rich yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins...MINERAL !I dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Piemonte–Ligurian units south of Aosta Valley: New evidence from Urtier Valley (Western Alps) Alessandro Ellero1...Ellero1 1 CNR‐IGG, Pisa, Italy 2 San Giuliano Terme, Italy | Andrea Loprieno2 Correspondence Alessandro...Ellero, CNR‐IGG, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy. Email: a.ellero@igg.cnr.it Handling Editor: C....investigations performed in the Urtier Valley, located south of Aosta Valley at the northern flank of the Gran...the nappe stack exposed south and north of the Aosta Valley are reported. In fact, contrary to what is observed |  | | Catalog/List | | CA4osuECAwcå.s i • Hå ~~ ,. ·" / 1 1 ACTINOLITE grPen crystal sections in yellow green Tale....matrix hl !3 5 AGARDITE (Ce) r ...fe green micro's Mine, Wolf;_n, West Germany) 'h ins f.3. 60 6 ALBITE...'i X 'i f.2 1:.-:1 fA 1x2" t7 Bl~ck masses in Actinolite. CBastnasMine, Riddarhyttan,Sweden) 10 ALMANDINE...fi1icaeousscales on matrix a (St M~rcel, Val d'Aosta Italy) W 1J:1 7Cp 1x2 f 1. 30 2x2 :t3. 00 brc~n ~~ss...yellow pea size masses &crusts on Quartz (les Anglais Mine, Massiac,Brouse France) lxl 60p 1x2 fl.10 56 BIOTITE |  | | Book (volume) | | a) Anfiboli monoclini Cummingtonite Tremolite Actinolite Richterite Orneblenda I Edenite Kaersutite Glauc6fane...esagonali di calcite. Monte Rosso di Verra, presso Saint Jacques, Champoluc, Val d'Aosta. In basso, a destra:...aghi sottili, anche in Val d ' Aosta (Montjo vet e Bellecombe presso Saint Vincent, Monte Rosso di Verra...si trova rararnente nella miniera di Saint Marcel in Val d' Aosta, come localita unica al mon do. Il violano...4 - Violano, in masse tipicamente violacee. St. Marcel, Val d'Aosta (1 x). 264 Traversel l ite Un'altra |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Saas-Fee area (Switzerland) to the Aosta valley (Italy; Fig. 1c), belongs to the internal Liguro–...2008). Serpentinite breccias from the southern Aosta valley (Mont Avic area) described by Tartarotti et...pseudomorphs in the whole ophiolite unit (Täsch valley: Bearth, 1966; Fry and Fyfe, 1971; Fry and Barnicoat...Valtournanche: Ernst and Dal Piaz, 1978; Saint-Marcel valley: Martin and Tartarotti, 1989). Complexity...Fig. 2 III) to ~60% in Mont Courquet slice (St-Marcel–Clavalité areas, Fig. 2 II; Table 1). In all studied |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | composed of green minerals such as chlorite and actinolite and of albite, quartz, clinozoisite, epidote...a for Clz, all iron is Fe2O3. Assemblages of actinolite and paragonite surrounding glaucophane minerals...1995. Geology of the Internal Zone of the Grand Saint Bernard Nappe: a metamorphic Late Paleozoic volcano-sedimentary...volcano-sedimentary sequence in South-Western Aosta Valley (Western Alps). In: Lombardo, B. (Ed.), Studies..., 1987. The HP–LT manganiferous quartzites of Praborna, Piemont ophiolite nappe, Italian Western Alps |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | International Eclogite Conference held in Courmayeur, Italy, September 2nd– 10th, 2013 (www.iec2013.unito.it...include metamorphic grades from the pumpellyite–actinolite facies to the quartz– eclogite facies and show...Mn-silicate assemblages from the manganese ore of Praborna (Aosta Valley, Italian Western Alps), which are embedded...(Chogo Lungma Glacier, Deosai Plateau and Hunza Valley). Bruno Lombardo (1944–2014) Acknowledgments We...of Earth Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy Gaston Godard Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris |  | | Catalog/List | | crystals on dar~ matrix. (not radioactive) (Leonie Mine, huerbach, Oberpfal Genany) Sto 10mmf3 l/2in;; ES...Silicate pinkish massiv~ with black Allanite (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhytt2n Vastm~~l2nd,Sw2deri) Cu/2 Se 039...(Ti Nb 0 rich black nasses in matrix (Karnasurt Mine, Revda, Kola Peninsula, Russia) lxl E2.50 lx2 ins...PO/~ • yellowish plates on mauvEUssingit~ (UmDa Mine, Reuda, Kola Peninsula • Russia) (6a pure plate...plate E3) l x ~ E6 lxl ins f9.0 001 ACTINOLITE Amphibole Group. Dark green crystal sections in pale Tale |  | | Catalog/List | | Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2 £7 2x2 £12 2x3 £20 97 ■ ACTINOLITE Achmelvich...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...x2 £ 1.50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting...~-------·-·-- ·· -·· 1077 ■■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black...Kola Russia 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with |  | | Catalog/List | | available at £17 plus post of£5.50. ~ -- - 97 ■ ACTINOLITE Achmelvich, near Lochinver, Scotland 12 ALUMINITE...___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...- - --··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker...North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety)...217 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia 1129 ■ ALMANDINE Brnstad iron Mine near Arendnl ,Norway Pure |  | | Catalog/List | | Cornwall Achmclvich, near Lochinvcr, Scotbnd 97 ACTINOLITE 1144 / MAGNESIOI-IORNBLENDE, dark green fibrous...lx2 £2 lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal...Andalucia Spain. Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal..._lx2_ _80 _ _____ _,o 1129 ALMANDINE Braslad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Unknown location I 1 63 □a...lxl£2 2x3£6 3x4£8 feldspar ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland ANDRADITE Grua. Oppland Norway 5 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Large barite crystals from the Elandsrand gold mine, South A fr ic a ................................. Lyckberg Prehnite from La Combe de la Selle, Saint Christophe-en-Oisans, Isere, France...............Paterson (NJ), Brumado district Museum, Himalaya mine $10 (Brazil), Bosch Collection $10 v.9/#5 Turkish...(PA-MD), Mcguinnessite v Pereta Mine (Italy), Cetine Mine (Italy) v Mineral Fraud, LeadhillsWanlockhead...$10 v .15/#5 Jacupiranga mine (Brazil), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Baixa mine, Paulkerrite $10 .16/#4 |  | | Catalog/List | | mass. small pale blue crystals on matrix. Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales lxl £5 lx2 £8 Parclho, Pariba,Brazil)...Parnmirim Region, Agua Quen1a,Bal1ia, Brazil Benallt Mine, Llcyn Wales A)£3 B) £5 3mm £4 5mm £6 lxl £6...micros gemmy yellow-green crystal section. Bcckermet Mine. Cumbria lxl £2 131 40 BARYfES 211 BRAZILIANITE...Goldstrike Pit, Elko,Nevada. U.S.A Divino des Laranjeiras Mine, Minas Gerias,Brazil Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA ½...Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl £3 Funauchi Mine, Aikta Prefecture.Japan Venice Dome, Lousiana, U |  | | Catalog/List | | Vetralla Italy) Ixlins £4.50 396 TORBERNITE Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall)...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl £10 14 x 54 ins £5...CO/3 0 Quite rich yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | magnetitess, quartz, and Ti- and Fe3+-free ferro-actinolite at a range of temperatures for appropriate µH2O...titanite can coexist with a Ti- and Fe3+-free actinolite, augite, two oxides, and quartz at constant pressure...conditions (≤3 logfO2 units above FMQ), titanite and actinolite can coexist with two oxides and either orthopyroxene...XFeOpx. We argue that coexistence of titanite and actinolite will always require appropriately high µH2O....water activity will increase the stability of actinolite + titanite regardless of oxygen fugacity. In |
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Praborna Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy