| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Actinolite |
| Formula: | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Comments: | In lenses of calcite and actinolite embedded in serpentinites. |
| Habit: | prismatic-acicular xx, up to 10 cm |
| Colour: | dark green |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Associates: | Calcite
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| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Manganberzeliite | ⓘ1 photo of Actinolite associated with Manganberzeliite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Actinolite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Varenche Mine, Saint-Barthélemy, Nus, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 346395 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:346395:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | ecf320f7-0f75-451c-824a-1554355e7241 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite |
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| 10.2km (6.3 miles) | ⓘServette-Chuc mining complex, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| 12.6km (7.8 miles) | ⓘPraborna Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| 13.0km (8.1 miles) | ⓘComba de la Sassa (Comba della Sassa; Sassa Valley), Bionaz, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| 14.0km (8.7 miles) | ⓘBellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| 20.8km (12.9 miles) | ⓘBrusson Mine, Brusson, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| 21.1km (13.1 miles) | ⓘFenêtre de Champorcher Pass, Champorcher, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| 23.0km (14.3 miles) | ⓘLillaz, Cogne, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| 30.9km (19.2 miles) | ⓘStolemberg (Stolemberg), Alagna Valsesia, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy |
| 35.5km (22.1 miles) | ⓘMoiry Glacier, Moiry Valley, Grimentz, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland |
| 36.2km (22.5 miles) | ⓘKiriaz (Chirriaz), Morgex, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| References |
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• Barresi, A.A., Kolitsch, U., Ciriotti, M.E., Ambrino, P., Bracco, R., Bonacina, E. (2005): La miniera di manganese di Varenche (Aosta, Italia nord-occidentale): ardennite, arseniopleite, manganberzeliite, pirofanite, sarkinite, thortveitite, nuovo As-Sc-analogo della metavariscite e altre specie. Micro (località), 2/2005, 81-122. |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Universiti di Firenze, via La Pira 4,l-50121 Florence, Italy 2lnstitut fiir Mineralogie, Ruhr-Universitiit Bochum...group was found at Varenche Mn-mine, Valle di Saint Barth6lemy, Western Alps, Italy becauseof its chemical...known REE-bearingmineral of di Saint Barth6lemy, Western Alps, Italy) is piemontite the epidote group...androsite;VA-1a: manganoanREE-richpiemontite from Varenche. z5 20 20 AR 20 40 ' T h e d v a l u e sc...abandonedMn mine at Varenche,Valle di Saint Barth6Iemy, a few kilometersnortheastof Nus, Valle d'Aosta |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERALI Località Mappe Varie Miniera di Prabornaz Saint-Marcel, Valle d'Aosta, Italia Piero Ambrino - Piero...dall'autostrada TO-AO a Nus. Percorso un breve tratto della statale in direzione di Aosta, si devia a sinistra...sinistra per Saint-Marcel, poi Plut e Seissogne ed in una mezz'ora circa di tornanti si raggiunge Druges per...costeggia così la parte più impervia del vallone di Saint-Marcel e si passa vicino ai livelli inferiori della...di Fenis e quelli della miniera di Varenche, nel vallone di Saint Barthelemy, sul lato orografico opposto |  | | Report (volume) | | greenish to dark colored varieties were termed actinolite or schorl and not distinguished from the minerals...according to the type locality Piemont in Northern Italy. The first Cr rich epidote occurrence was described...dolomite, and chlorite + dolomite = epidote + actinolite (Fig. 23). In the upper greenschist facies, transitional...to blueschist facies is given by the reaction actinolite + chlorite + albite = epidote + glaucophane +...in zoisite; sample HU93-8 from Sterzing, Tauern/Italy; photomicrograph with crossed polarized light (c) |  | | Report (chapter) | | latter maps are based on the structural model of Italy (Bigi et al. 1990). In general, the tectonic units... These ophiolitic units extend south of the Aosta valley, through the Cottian to the Ligurian Alps; these...metasediments are rare (Versoyen at the French/Italy boundary; Vals-Engadine and Chiavenna area in the..., R. 1983. Le quarziti a manganese e cromo di varenche-St. Barthélémy, una sequenza di copertura oceanica...stratigraphique du cristallin de la nappe du Grand Saint-Bernard dans le Valais (Suisse). In: D URAND , D |  | | Book (volume) | | Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...MgB6O7(OH)6·2H2O Locality: Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aktobe region, Kazakhstan (type locality). Description:...MgB6O7(OH)6·2H2O Locality: Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aktobe region, Kazakhstan (type locality). Description:...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:...Sr2[B5O8(OH)]2B(OH)3·H2O Locality: Billie mine, Death Valley, California, USA. Description: White platelets |
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