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


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Dessauite-(Y)2 photos of Albite associated with Dessauite-(Y) at this locality.
Crichtonite2 photos of Albite associated with Crichtonite at this locality.
Senaite2 photos of Albite associated with Senaite at this locality.
Rutile1 photo of Albite associated with Rutile at this locality.
Clinochlore1 photo of Albite associated with Clinochlore at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fibbia, Fontana, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1267743
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1267743:4
GUID (UUID V4):ee86a38f-0ad5-4a5f-a001-976aad626d84
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
2.1km (1.3 miles) St Gotthard pass area, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
2.2km (1.4 miles) Ri di Soria (Riale di Soria), Ossasco, Bedretto, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
3.3km (2.1 miles) Scimfuss, Pontino Alp, Tremola Valley, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
3.4km (2.1 miles) Monte Prosa, Prevat Valley, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
3.4km (2.1 miles) Sorescia Alp, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
4.6km (2.8 miles) Pizzo Canariscio, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
4.8km (3.0 miles) Cristallina Alp, Cristallina Valley, Ossasco, Bedretto, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
6.5km (4.0 miles) Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
6.9km (4.3 miles) Canaria Valley, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
7.1km (4.4 miles) Pizzo Giubine (Giübin), Prevat Valley, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AN ACCOUNT OF THE LONG FIELD MEETING HELD IN SWITZERLAND 6th-21st September, 1947 By J. CADISCH, P. NIGGLI...circulated amongst members of the party on arrival in Switzerland. Since these pamphlets included a great deal...made to the Director General of Post Offices of Switzerland for providing the Association with the coloured...polygenic or monogenic 183 FIELD MEETING IN SWITZERLAND conglomerates known as the "Nagelfluh" (=nailstudded...in the eastern, central and western parts of Switzerland consist principally of rocks derived from the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A lower amphibolite Alpine shear zone from the Fibbia metagranite (Gotthard Massif, Central Alps) has...shear zone from the Fibbia metagranite (Gotthard Massif, Central Alps, Switzerland), where syn-deformational...the Gambsboden granite in the northern part, the Fibbia granite and the Tremola granite in the southern... preserving magmatic assemblages, while in the Fibbia and Gambsboden granites, the deformation consists...a rm Aa Göschenen if ass H dm har tt Go Airolo 46 °30' E ON CZ km NI I NN Brig PE 0
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...feldspar minerals, such as orthoclase (adularia) or albite, and some micas and Be minerals (milarite, phenacite...of years. This mining activity, at least in Switzerland, came to an almost complete end after World War
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...Candoglia e Craveggia nel Piemonte; Claro nel Canton Ticino; Sondalo in Valtellina; Val d ' Ul­ timo e di Anterselva...nota ai collezionisti e ii Pizzo Forno nel Canton Ticino, ove ii minerale si presenta sotto forma di una
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Polymetamorphic Terrane in the Central Alps, Switzerland P. D. N u n e s * a n d R . H. Steiger Swiss...Geochemistry and Mass Spectrometry, CH-8006 Ziirich, Switzerland Received June 24, 1974 Abstract. U - - P b analyses...granitic stocks of Hereynian age (Rotondo granite, Fibbia gneiss, Medels gneiss and Gamsboden gneiss). 3...younger silieic stocks, the Rotondo granite and the Fibbia gneiss, dominate the central zone of the massif...stocks are labelled R for Rotondo granite, $' for Fibbia gneiss, (7 for Gamsboden gneiss and M for Medels
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from a geotraverse through the Central Alps, Switzerland * JOSEFMULLIS, ’ JEAN DUBESSY,’ BERNARD POTY...Institut, Bernoullistrasse 30, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland 2CREGU-BP 2344501 Vand~uv~-tenancy Cedex, France...along a geotraverse through the Central Alps, Switzerland. The methods employed include microthermometry...Rossbodenstock 2 Badus Val Canaria La Fibbia N Ri d’Albinasca Lago Cadagno La Fibbia S Camperio 37 38 39 40 41...basement, paragneiss Prehercynian basement, paragneiss Fibbia granite-gneiss Nelva zone, amphibolite Pontino
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
On crystals of Albite fi'om Alp Rischuna, and pericline twins from La Fibbia, Switzerland. (With .Plate...acquired a number of albite T Hspecimens from Alp Rischuna, near Yals Platz in Switzerland. ]~any of the crystals...collectors to denote places far removed from the Pass. Albite is common throughout the whole of the Central Alps...with the W. g. L E W I S ON ALBIT]~ FROM SWITZERLAND. 179 normal to (100) as axis of rotation and...twinned to the one on i~s left according to the albite law and to that o n its right accordi,~g to the
Journal (issue)
Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Harold and Erica...474 COVER: BERYL crystal (variety morganite) on albite matrix, 6.6 cm, from Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais...sio2ga@bellsouth.net Terry Ledford P.O. Box 239 Little Switzerland, North Carolina 28749 wiscottawatta@wmconnect...morphology. Most of the classic localities lie in Switzerland, where tireless Strahlers continue to seek new...The following survey of major localities in Switzerland and elsewhere includes a Strahler’s account of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland Received 1 August 1994; accepted 29 May 1995...the granite-gneiss stocks of Gamsboden (G) and Fibbia ( F ) and the leucocratic massive granites such...1, Fig. 1) and xenolith (* 5) samples from the Fibbia stock and a granite specimen (* 2) from the Gamsboden...albitization) led to the growth of microcline and albite and to saussuritization of the primary plagioclase...plagioclase, perthite-like exsolution and rims of albite can be recognized, whereas the central parts of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the dissolution of epidote, secondary calcite and albite that were originally formed during Alpine greenschist...BiascaEpi Camperio ⁄ Passo del Lucomango Domodossola La Fibbia, Gotthard Lodrino Mt Ceneri Pizzo Lucendro Val...districts: BE, Bern; GL, Glarus; GR, Grisons; TI, Ticino; UR, Uri; VS, Valais). Major associated fissure...Aar Massif (Zinggenstock) and Gotthard Massif (La Fibbia) occurred between 20 and 15 Ma. SAMPLING AND ANALYTICAL...bombardment. Natural and synthetic standards were used: albite (Na), periclase (Mg), wollastonite (Si), barite
Book (edition)
3-85977-002-0 Copyright by Wepf & Co., Basel Printed in Switzerland Buchdruckcrci Birkhauser AG, Basel inTIWNRI...die Zentren (Vorkommensgebiete des Adulars mit Fibbia-Habitus) 420 ± 20 °C, fiir die tibri­ gen Gebiete...nier Nordlich obiger Linie Adular (NISSEN 1967) Fibbia-Habitus hoch Maderaner Habitus tief Zwei noch...Andermatt-Oberalp­ Ambri- oberstes Maggiatal-Fiesch 2. Untere Leventina und unteres Bleniotal Obrige Schweizer Alpen ...nur im Binnatal, in der mittleren und unteren Leventina und in der Umgebung von Olivone gefunden worden
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
auf lit. 17, wo apatitführende Klüfte sowohl der Fibbia wie von Sella genau beschrieben und abgebildet...unterschieden werden zwischen Stufen mit den Angaben »Fibbia«, »Lucendro«, » Sella« und »Gotthard Hospiz«. Bei...e r zu prüfen. A) Stufen mit Fundortsangabe, ,,Fibbia". a) Die Großzahl der so beschriebenen Stücke lehnt...genaueren Bezeichnung »Poncione (Gipfel) della Fibbia« (Fundort I, 6, II nach Koenigsberger). Diese Serie...Stufen, und ist zuweilen Träger des Apatits. Die Albite sind weiß und recht klein und spärlich. Chlorit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
variety of orthoclase, the pericline variety of albite, calcite, epidote, muscovite, quartz, titanite...University, Oxford, Ohio. Figure 1. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 11.5 cm tall, Acushnet quarry, Bristol...any more material. They found pericline variety albite coated and uncoated with chlorite and a few small...find what was left. ❑ Figure 3. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 7.1 × 5.0 × 3.5 cm, Acushnet quarry...Columbia La Marina mine, Boyaca  ydrothermal albite-carbonate-pyrite-emerald H deposit Czech Republic
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the private Bally foundation at Schonenwerd, Switzerland; and the Folch Museum at Barcelona, Spain. Because...Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly because they...hematite "Iron rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und Lagerstattenlehre...FRG Brosso, Piemonte, Italy Piz Aul, Wallis, Switzerland 1 Room 1 0a 2 3 5 6 Tsumeb, Namibia Agrigento...1-2 Etiro mine, Namibia 1-5 Binntal, Wallis, Switzerland 11-2 lbbenburen, Osnabruck, FRG IV-1 Otjimbojo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
increase in the axial angle, the properties of albite and oligoclase are not changed by heat. On the...results obtained. Experiments have been conducted on albite from Alp Rischuna, Switzerland2; andesine from...On crystals of albite from Alp Rischuna, and perieline twins from Fibbia, Switzerland. Min. Mag., 1915...KSzu. The dispersion phenomena of albite from Alp Rischuna, Switzerland. Ibid., pp. 189-192. 3 A. Lacroix...felspars determined were twinned according to the albite law, in association, in some instances, with parallel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
high road we reach, perhaps about 550 feet above Airolo, a well-fbliated greyish biotite-gneiss in which...inverse proportion. 3 As at about 1400 feet above Airolo. Downloaded from http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection...A1ps, and joins the u Bedretto about ~ mile below Airolo. The floor is strewn hereabouts with large boulders...rocks in situ at a height of about 1200 feet above Airolo. I see no reason to doubt that the rocks exposed...undoubtedly felspar, a few exhibiting twinning on the albite-type. Two or three, which occur in small veins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of 理學 士 triclinic 加 feldspars 藤 磐 (‡U) Albite. 雄 (Iwao Kato) ABSTRACT. The orientations of...of the elastic axes and the optic axes of the albite from Alp Rischuna, which K. Chudoba, H. Fisher, A...J. from Lewis, La B. On Fibbia, crystals of Switzerland. albite Min. from Mag. 形 態 學 的研 津...dispersion 17, 189•`192, phenomena 1915. of albite from Alp Rischuna, Switz- 本48(2)岩 石 礦 物...質(1) ,岩 礦,26, 総61研 究 G.Tschermak1)に 報文 依りAlbite(Ab)及 る類 質 同 像 關 係 が,主 本49(3) びAnorthite(An)を
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colorado ; White Plains, N. Carolina ; Monte Sella and Fibbia, cn the S t . Gothard ; and refers to the presence...of harniotome. They are sometimes implanted on albite and orthoclase. Luat,re fatty to adamantine. Translucent...The green crystals from Facciatoja, implanted on albite, agree perfectly with those just described. The...are the following : (1.) The auriferous sand of Ticino, near Bernato, Buffalora, &c., where it is associated
Report (issue)
pegmatites, beryl is associated with quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, biotite, ferrocolumbite, and phosphates...association with microcline (amazonite), quartz, albite, tourmaline (schorl to elbaite and liddicoatite...one from the US and Canada and another from Switzerland, submitted proposals for a new mineral species...deep blue beryl from the granites of central Switzerland as "bazzite," but blue is not a diagnostic color...especially in the central massif of Switzerland (Rotondo granite and Fibbia granite­ gneiss), while there are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
components orthoclase, iron-orthoelase (KFeSi~Os), albite, and anorthite. Following Faust (1936), small amounts...figures are quoted. As the combined content of albite and anorthite is shown by chemical analysis and...COOMBS ON (1952, fig. 2) it can be seen t h a t an albite content of 9 %, the highest observed in the Madagascar...would raise the indices b y about 0"001 relative to albite-free members. An increase of refractive index t~...MADAGASCAR 417 comparable refractive indices and albite contents, have optic axial angles reaching 2389~
Book (volume)
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...veramente splendidi di epidoto, di adu laria, di albite, di a mianto di anfibolo e perfino di titanite...presenti, come ii la clorite e la calcite; ria, 1 'albite, 2) 1Vli11erali « guida •• e cioe manifesta ovunque
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the composition of a rock and the twins present. Albite and carlsbad twinning, for example, though common...there is difficulty in distinguishing between albite and albite Ala twins, as has been pointed out by Manolescu...a possibility of confusing albite Ala B twins of 33 per cent An with Albite-Carlsbad twins of 0.5 per...PRORORTION IN ATDIFFEIIENI HORIZONSA SILL -_- ALBITE ALB.-CARLS -CARLSBAD ,....'IIAN.ALAA _..- ALB...mainly to efiusive rocks (18); albite twinning is predominant in albite, and Carlsbad twinning in oligoclasefeldspars
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
transforms K-feldspar to albite by a process called albitization (K-feldspar ? Na? = Albite? K?). There is ample...the dissolution of epidote, secondary calcite and albite that were originally formed during Alpine greenschist...Qtz-Cc-Ms-Ttn-Stb Stb crystals up to 5 mm growing on Cc, Fibbia granite gneisses Gotthard road tunnel A4 Qtz-Kfs-Stb...reaction that formed stilbite/ stellerite uses albite and calcite of the rock matrix (in addition to...samples from the Gotthard rail base tunnel, Switzerland. Chem Geol 334:240–253. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phases in the Aar Massif and the Gotthard Nappe (Switzerland) using Th-Pb crystallization ages of fissure...phases in the Aar Massif and the Gotthard Nappe (Switzerland) using ThPb crystallization ages of fissure monazite-(Ce)...phases in the Aar Massif and the Gotthard Nappe (Switzerland) using Th-Pb crystallization ages of fissure... 1 Switzerland Natural History Museum of Geneva, Route de Malagnou 1, 1208 Geneva, Switzerland RI...University of Lausanne, Geopolis, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Institute of Geological Sciences, University
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a 5.5 cm quartz crystal. Val Giuv, Tavetsch. Switzerland. As we have seen, quartz· may, apart from the...in ultra-violet light. 29 nia, Spain, and Switzerland (RUST1997). Quartz crystals with hydrocarbons...an otherwise colourless quartz crystal. From Switzerland, particularly the methane containing quartz crystals...described from the northern carbonatitic Alps of Switzerland. These include the doubleterminated quartz from...(STALDER et al. 1998). The Helvetian platform in Switzerland reaches Voralberg and it is not surprising, that
 
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