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Pyrite from
Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Prehniteⓘ1 photo of Pyrite associated with Prehnite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:43534
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43534:9
GUID (UUID V4):a7a8ad77-5a2e-47b9-bd69-f7bc8ab989fe
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Alfredo Quarry, Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘCastione, Arbedo-Castione, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘBodengo Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
16.0km (10.0 miles) ⓘValetta, Morobbia Valley, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
19.7km (12.2 miles) ⓘStarleggia Valley quarries, Campodolcino, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
22.5km (14.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed pegmatite, Chiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
22.5km (14.0 miles) ⓘIron mines (Crotto Mine; Tegano Mine), Dongo, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
23.0km (14.3 miles) ⓘVamlera, Febbraro Valley, Madesimo, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘMarble quarries, Musso, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
23.7km (14.7 miles) ⓘLa Selva prospect, San Nazzaro Val Cavargna, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
23.9km (14.9 miles) ⓘIsola Quarry (Isola Quarries), Madesimo, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Conucroa. PYRITE "SUNS" IN COAL SHALE. Br Ror HOPPING. THESE ïŹ‚at concretions or discs of pyrite occur in...coal shale, very thin, between two convex discs of pyrite. The centers of the discs, generally, have a druse...evident cubic crystallization shows that they are pyrite beyond all question. It might be just as well to...likely to be?" and Mr. Ashby said he had never seen pyrite in radiated forms, except rarely, but marcasite...Hill through the southern, famous for its gneiss quarries and mineral de posits, and Tim’s Hill lies
Journal (issue)
that from Piedmont is said to form a small vein in gneiss about one inch wide. This particular locality I...this mineral has not been found in situ here in gneiss, as the original locality in this coun— 66 ‘...adjoining town to the south, where it was found in gneiss, and named Sillimanite in honor of Professor Silli...brilliant and of a rich ruby red color. The feldspar quarries 0f Haddam Neck all produce garnets. Some interesting...The feldspar veins that are met with in the gneiss quarries, often contain beautiful small dodecahedrons
Book
localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...in 2002 in a calcite-carbonatite vein intruding gneiss, together with very large Baveno-law-twinned crystals...Alberene and Old Dominion quarries, Albemarle County. In these two soapstone quarries, tabular ilmenite crystals...9: 1 (Gaines, 1971; Pimentel er al., 2009). SWITZERLAND Maderanertal east of Arnsteg, Uri. In the world...in numerous localities in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri
Report (volume)
mineral content, and origin___________________ Gneiss and granite___ _ ______ ________ 7 9 9 9 ' 11..._________________________ 43 Geologic observations at the quarries, by T. Nelson Dale_______ 45 Microstructure____________________...Inclusions _________________________________ 47 Plicated gneiss structure_________________________ 47 Granite ...discussion Continued. Geologic observations at the quarries Continued, Page. Segregations__l_.____ '.____...Nelson Dale_______________ Description of the quarries and their product__________ ____ Method______
Book (volume)
sphalerite. 4. GRAPHITE. (8) Graphite occurs, with gneiss and quartz on A.Johnson's farm E. from Feastcrvillc...Berks Co. 11. PYRITE. (19) I have seen some remarkably fine stalactical masses of pyrite, from a limonite...mine near Shimersville, Lehigh Co. It occurs with gneiss at Paxon'sfarm, near Feasterville, Bucks Co. ...quantities of pyrite at the Wheatfield magnetite mine, near Fritztown. Berks Co. In Blair Co. pyrite occurs...Keystone zinc mines, near Birmingham. In York Co. pyrite coated with limonite, two miles from York city
Book (edition)
John G. Smock, and that for the Eocky Mountain region by Mr. C. Whitman Cross. To these gentlemen is...of the plateau portion of this field The basin region of the field lies to the southwest of Cullman county...gneisses and mica schists of metamorphic region. Fine quarries at Tallahassee falls on Tallapoosa river...county. These localities are at a distance from any region where gold-bearing rocks are in place, and the...from a distance. Localities in the metamorphic region. Worked for local sup Granite . ply mainly. Near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kingston"] at 01:16 05 June 2016 Figure 48 (top). Pyrite and calcite on stilbite from Water Tunnel No. 3...garnets to 2.5 cm across were 224 Figure 49 (above). Pyrite crystal, 9 mm across, in Inwood Marble from Dyckman...Libraries, Kingston"] at 01:16 05 June 2016 Figure 50. Pyrite from Water Tunnel No. 3, Manhattan. 18 × 18 × 42...Kingston"] at 01:16 05 June 2016 Figure 51 (above). Pyrite crystal, 2 mm across, on orthoclase crystals, to...52 (right). Limonite pseudomorphous after 10-mm pyrite from Broadway at 207th Street, Manhattan. 5 × 4
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontenac Quarries Limited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melochville quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . Shawinigan and St-Maurice quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . St-Marc -des -Carrieres quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riviere -a-Pierre quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book
Tetrahedrite and realgar from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71: Fluorite crystals from the People's...crystals is described. Take, for example, a crystal of pyrite with a cubic shape, and use it to perform two symmetrical...from Baveno, Piedmont, Italy. Above: A group of pyrite crystals showing a perfect example of cubic symmetry...spinel. Penetrating twins are typical in fluorite, pyrite and orthoclase; polysynthetic twins are typical...sulfides, such as silver, gold, chalcopyrite, galena, pyrite and pyrrhotite. Minerals that presÂŹ ent non-metallic
Report (volume)
........................ The Maryland Piedmont region....................................... Distribution............................. 51 Descriptions of quarries................................... 51 Baltimore............................. 54 Descriptions of quarries................................... 54 Woodstock............................. 56 Descriptions of quarries .................................. 57 Port Deposit...Jones Falls quarries .......................................... 67 Gwynns Falls quarries............
Book (volume)
..377 North Carolina – Spruce Pine – Little Switzerland Area Map .....................379 North Carolina.........................511 Virginia – Leesburg quarries Site Map .......................................407 ft. Cheaha Mt. This crystalline or mineral region is composed primarily of metamorphosed Paleozoic...counties. In this contorted, structurally complicated region of slates, phyllites, marbles, quartzites, and...above sea level. From this predominantly farming region the widespreading Tuscaloosa formation disgorges
Book
Tetrahedrite and realgar from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71: Ruorite crystals from the People's...crystals is described. Take, for example, a crystal of pyrite with a cubic shape, and use it to perform two symmetrical...from Baveno, Piedmont, Italy. Above: A group of pyrite crystals showing a perfect example of cubic symmetry...spinet. Penetrating twins are typical 'in fluorite, pyrite and orthoclase; polysynthetic twins are typical...sulfides, such as silver, gold, chalcopyrite, galena, pyrite and pyrrhotite. Minerals that present non-metallic
Book
traversing limestone and con~aining ga~ena and pyrite. Irgn Ore (Litonite) Pits (95(area of 42 14'39"...02'34"}65)--Quartz-plagioclasemicrocline.bioti te gneiss. Acc>essory minerals: clinozoisi te, garnet, zircon... magnetite, muscovite, hornolende. 'Actinolite Gneiss >and Cpondrodite Limestone (76(locality uncertain}ltl)--westward...with aome large masaea of pale-green pyroxene and pyrite. It contains amethyst, much titanite in the usual...worked. Assoc1.ted with pyrite, Plrrhotite, ahd calcite in hornDlendle gneiss. Eaat of Center Pend, oa
Report (volume)
Clay County, with pyrite in T. 21, R. 6 E., and near Ashland. Cleburne County, with pyrite in mica schist...County, extensive quarries near Birmingham and Bessemer. Talladega County, several quarries. Clay (brick)...Corundum (emery). Found in various places in gold region, including Coosa County, near Mount Olive and Hanover;...(indigo copper). Clay County, small quantities with pyrite in sec. 24, T. 19, R. 7 E. Dolomite. See Marble... Gneisses and mica schists of metamorphic region. Quarries at Tallassee Falls in Elmore County. Galena
Book (volume)
407 ft. Cheaha Mt. This crystalline or mineral region is composed primarily of metamorphosed Paleozoic...counties. In this contorted, structurally complicated region of slates, phyllites, marbles, quartzites, and...above sea level. From this predominantly farming region the widespreading Tuscaloosa formation disgorges...⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet...mines⎯Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, etc.; f limestone and dolomite quarries⎯Barite and Calcite. ANGEL STATION
Book (volume)
407 ft. Cheaha Mt. This crystalline or mineral region is composed primarily of metamorphosed Paleozoic...counties. In this contorted, structurally complicated region of slates, phyllites, marbles, quartzites, and...above sea level. From this predominantly farming region the widespreading Tuscaloosa formation disgorges...⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet...mines⎯Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, etc.; f limestone and dolomite quarries⎯Barite and Calcite. ANGEL STATION
Report (volume)
uranium and vanadium minerals in the high plateau region of the West. The present bulletin, like the earlier...vol. 1, 1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept...County, with pyrite in T. 21 S., R. 6 E., and near Ashland. Cleburne County, with pyrite in mica schist...County, extensive quarries near Birmingham and Bessemer; Talladega County, several quarries. Used for road...Corundum (emery). Found in various places in gold region, including Coosa County, near Mount Olive and Hanover;
Report (volume)
examples_________________ Fluidal cavities in granite gneiss.________ Fluidal cavities in small dikes or veins_____...England granite quarries____ Descriptions of the quarries, granites, and product__________ Method of tr...The granite railroads_______________________ The quarries, their granite and finished product_______ Caledonia...________ Geology of Byegate quarries__________ Quarries ________________________ Groton____________________________...Descriptions of the quarries, granites, and product Continued. Vermont Continued. Page. The quarries, their granite
Book
because of the immense heat developed; it is in this region of contact metamorphism where many great mines...Igneous intrusives Dark minerals, Limestone quarries Calcite, celestite, dolomite, fluorite, galena...original mineral is preserved, a pseudomorph eral pyrite is morphe, form) results. The minfrequently replaced...ferric oxide (Fe 0 0 H)*nH 20 known ( ) after pyrite. In time, morphs in the field, to mineral collectors...their “civilized” appurtenances. Not only is the region of the Old West much more was eighty years ago
Book
the ancient gems), calcite, fluorspar, jadeite, pyrite, quartz family minerals ( agate, carnelian, chalcedony...delving beneath the surface or looking into nearby quarries, road cuts, and bluffs beyond the immediate boundaries...‱ ‱ -. ... ' -- Jay Ellis Ransom . RocK QUARRIES. The best place f-:)f hunting minerals, crystals...mineral environments of whichever more distant region you plan to visit on any gem collecting trip. The...variety of minerals they can find throughout the region, especially in the pegmatite intrusions (dikes)
Report (issue)
occupied parts of two field seasons. All of the large quarries were visited, and notes of their location, extent...extent, geological relations and ownership of the quarries, and their statistics of capital, plant, labor...facts bearing on the geological horizon of our quarries. statistics. ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;...formations Descriptive notes of quarry districts and quarries I. 18 18 Calciferous Sandrock 3. 17, _ Catskill...Limestone Slate Appendix Index : Statistics of Quarries 45-143 45-93 45-51 51-57 57-71 71 7 1-85 71-78
Report (issue)
York, tind on the location, and ownership of the quarries of building stone, Ayas published by the State...in it, on the extent, location and statisof the quarries^ and on the markets and use of the stone in cities...incorporated in the descriptive notes of the quarries, so far as space would permit. The work of collecting...series. The desirability of a larger our leading quarries sufficient. Want their extension. is so evident...III. Descriptive notes of quarry districts and quarries. I. . 228-255 Crystalline rocks GraniteS;,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
black olivine-enstatite rock and the inclosing gneiss. Professor Emerson says :9 “A gainst the olivine...pegmatites of granitic composition in which feld­ spar quarries have been opened are fairly abundant over parts...black olivine-enstatite rock and the inclosing gneiss. Here it occurs abundantly in granular anorthite...stituent of the Hatfield tonalite and of the Pelham gneiss, but the finest crystals are found at Grilbertville...etcetera, and in Athol on the road to Westminster in gneiss. Prof. A. C. Lane, of Tufts College, who kindly
Book
153 Archaic copper tools from the Lake Superior region, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Copper deposits...experimented with the minerals saltpeter, cinnabar, pyrite, orpiment, and galena and the chemical elements...earths (Sects. 48–69) found in the Mediterranean region and the Near East. His interest is focused on the...was that marble regenerated itself in certain quarries. Nevertheless he was suspicious of claims that...group of minerals including, but not limited to, pyrite, marcasite, arsenopyrite, arsenic, bismuth antimony
Book (edition)
Iron— Magnetite, Hematite, Limonite, Siderite, Pyrite. Glance, Pyrolusite, Manganite, Psilomelane, ...Rhodocrocite. and Silver Ores. — — Gold—Vein Gold, in Pyrite, in Quartz, in Tellurium Wash Gold, in Slate, in...Nickelite, Glance. Cobalt —Smaltite, Cobaltite, Cobalt Pyrite, Cobalt Bloom. Chrome — Chromite. — — CONTENTS...Limestone stone Slate Granite Syenite Porphyry. Gneiss — — XII. — Cements Cements Rosendale, Cumberland...Sometimes it is in large pockets in granite or gneiss and then can be split up into transparent plates
 
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