Epidote

Monte Rosso di Verra, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

Epidote

Monte Rosso di Verra, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

Epidote

Monte Rosso di Verra, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

Epidote

Monte Rosso di Verra, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

Epidote

Monte Rosso di Verra, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

Epidote

Monte Rosso di Verra, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

Epidote

Monte Rosso di Verra, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

Epidote

Monte Rosso di Verra, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

Epidote

Monte Rosso di Verra, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

Locality type:

Mountain

Classification

Species:

Epidote

Formula:

(CaCa)(AlAlFe³⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Diopside

ⓘ10 photos of Epidote associated with Diopside at this locality.

Clinochlore

ⓘ1 photo of Epidote associated with Clinochlore at this locality.

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

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Photo Gallery

View Gallery (9 photos)

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

4918

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:4918:4

GUID (UUID V4):

482b3e62-a385-4e5e-9e40-99ceb44b4e2d

Nearest other occurrences of Epidote

1.4km (0.9 miles)

ⓘ Palon di Resy, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

1.5km (1.0 miles)

ⓘ Blu Lake (Bleu Lake), Gobba di Rollin-Rocca di Verra ridge - Blu Lake area, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

2.3km (1.4 miles)

ⓘ Rocca di Verra, Gobba di Rollin-Rocca di Verra ridge - Blu Lake area, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

4.4km (2.7 miles)

ⓘ Gobba di Rollin, Gobba di Rollin-Rocca di Verra ridge - Blu Lake area, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

4.9km (3.1 miles)

ⓘ Polluce (Pollux), Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

5.0km (3.1 miles)

ⓘ Pollux, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland

5.8km (3.6 miles)

ⓘ Biel, Gressoney-la-Trinité, Aosta Valley, Italy

11.4km (7.1 miles)

ⓘ Gouffre des Busserailles, Valtournenche, Aosta Valley, Italy

11.5km (7.1 miles)

ⓘ Stockchnubel, Stockhorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland

11.6km (7.2 miles)

ⓘ Les Perrères Dam, Valtournenche, Aosta Valley, Italy

References

Zambonini, F. (1903) Sull'epidoto del passo Bettolina, vallone di Verra. Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, serie 5, Rendiconti, Classe di scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali, 12 (2° semestre): 567-571

Boeris, G. (1909) Sull'epidoto della valle di Ayas. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, Classe di scienze fisiche, serie 6, 6, 145-155

Carpanese, T. (1925a) L'epidoto del Monte Rosso di Verra (Gruppo del Monte Rosa). Nota I: studio morfologico. Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, serie 6, Rendiconti, Classe di scienze fisiche matematiche e naturali, 2, 2 sem., 276-283

Carpanese, T. (1925b) L'epidoto del Monte Rosso di Verra (Gruppo del Monte Rosa). Nota II: studio ottico e chimico. Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, serie 6, Rendiconti, Classe di scienze fisiche matematiche e naturali, 2, 2 sem., 349-355

Dal Piaz, G.V. (1967) Le "granatiti" (rodingiti l.s.) nelle serpentine delle Alpi occidentali italiane. Memorie della Società Geologica Italiana, 6, 267-313

Del Caldo, A., Moro, C., Gramaccioli, C.M., Boscardin, M. (1973): Guida ai minerali. Fratelli Fabbri Editori, Milano, 208 pp.

De Michele, V. (1974): Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol., 408 pp.

Gramaccioli, C.M. (1975) Minerali alpini e prealpini. Istituto Italiano Edizioni Atlas, Bergamo, 2 vol., 472 pp.

Dal Piaz, G.V. (2004) From the European continental margin to the Mesozoic Thetyan Ocean: A geological map of the upper Ayas Valley (Western Alps). In: Pasquaré, G., Venturini C., (Eds), Groppelli G., (Ass.t Ed.), Mapping Geology in Italy. APAT - Agenzia per la Protenzione dell'Ambiente e per i Servizi Tecnici, Dipartimento Difesa del Suolo - Servizio Geologico d’Italia, S.EL.CA., Firenze, pages 267-272.

Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., Lombardo, B. (2007) Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta - Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" Alba.

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	minerals include aegirine, allanite, calcite, epidote, prehnite, titanite, and microcline (Horváth and...superb examples of titanite as well as allanite, epidote, scheelite, and vesuvianite. Colorless crystals...Chaffee County. They are associated with quartz, epidote, clinochlore, and actinolite after diopside (uralite)...actinolite after diopside (uralite), quartz, and epidote. A group of brown-red grossular crystals associated...include orthoclase (variety adularia), clinozoisite, epidote, and diopside (Cannon 1975). The California drawers
	Bonazzi, P., Menchetti, S. (1995) Monoclinic members of the epidote group: effects of the AI ? Fe3+ ? Fe2+ substitution and of the entry of REE3+. Mineralogy and Petrology, 53 (1) 133-153 doi:10.1007/bf01171952	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Printed in Austria Monoclinic members of the epidote group: effects of the Al.--~ Fe 3÷ ~ Fe 2÷ substitution...Bonazzi and S. Menchetti Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Firenze, Italy With 7 Figures Received October...11, 1994 Summary Minerals of the clinozoisite-epidote series (with Fe 3+ ranging from 0.24 to 1.14 a...of parageneses. The members of the clinozoisite-epidote series are typical products Of regional metamorphism...present in low-temperature veins and joint fillings. Epidote as a relatively late but magmatic mineral was observed
	*(1979) March - April 1979. The Mineralogical Record* Vol. 10 (2) The Mineralogical Record, Inc.**	Journal (issue)
	Williams Minerals of the Alpine Rodingites of Italy ............................ 85 By C. M. Gramaccioli...assemblages. The occurrence of the grossular-prehnite-epidote group-vesuvianitediopside assemblage at the contact...magnesium than the green. Three members of the Epidote Group have been identified from this locality:...Gemstones We offer choice mineral specimens from PALA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA • MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL • CLASSIC EUROPEAN...Collector Correspondence Invited Jim Dupont 391 Valley Road W atchung, NJ 07060 P.O. BOX 1311 QUARTZITE
	*(1979) March - April 1979. The Mineralogical Record* Vol. 10 (2) The Mineralogical Record, Inc.**	Journal (issue)
	Williams Minerals of the Alpine Rodingites of Italy ................ 85 By C. M. Gramaccioli An interesting...It was noI until I 88 1 (some five year� after 1he di covery of 1he nearby Thetford Mine asbc tos deposit)...serpentinizarion culminating in asbestos formation. The di tribution of shears and fractures. which channeled...assemblages. The occurrence of the gro sular-prehnite-epidote group-ve uvianice diopsidc assemblage at the contact...crysta l structure. The available nickel egregated a di crete bleb of nickel-iron in the erpentine rock and
	*Deer, W. A., Howie, R. A., Zussman, J. (1962) Rock-Forming Minerals* (1st ed.) Vol. 1 - Ortho- and Ring Silicates. Longman.**	Book (volume)
	DATOLITE.171 SAPPHIRINE.176 EPIDOTE GROUP 183 Zoisite Clinozoisite, Epidote 185 . - .193 Piemontite...R. (Sobolev, 1947). Olivine, tuff, Alban Hills, Italy (Fornaseri, 1951). Olivine, dunite, Dun Mountain...E. Tosnja i. 21. Talasskite, pegmatite, Talassa Valley, Siberia (Nikitin, 1936). »* Includes Na 0-045...birefringence. Fayalite is distin¬ guished from epidote by the yellow-green pleochroism, larger optic axial... p. 149. Grill, E., 1935. I minerali del granito di Baveno. La Fayalite. Periodico Min. Roma, vol. 6
	*Clopton, E. L., Wilson, W. E. (1996) The Mineralogical Record Index* - Volumes I - XXV 1970 - 1994. Mineralogical Record Inc.**	Book
	[the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by F. Olmi, C. Sabelli & G. Brizzi) 19:305-310...ALBERTINI, CLAUDIO Famous mineral localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario:...8:287-293 Minerals of the Alpine rodingites of Italy (by C. M. Gramaccioli) 10:85-89 Micromounting in...Arcu su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari, Sardinia [Italy] (by R. Vochten & G. Brizzi) 18:181-184 AREM, JOEL...Wilson) 19:75 ARNO RNER VALLEY Minerals from the upper Arno River Valley, Tuscany, Italy (by M. Corazza, G
	*O'Donoghue, Michael - Ed.* (1976) The Encyclopedia of Minerals and Gemstones. Orbis Publishing Ltd.**	Book
	Congress Catalog Card Number: 76-1419 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara 77-04773 Content* Introduction...are garnet, staurolite, andalusite, kyanite and epidote. Before discussing in more detail the mineralogy...been metamorphosed may include chlorite, albite, epidote, sphene, calcite, hornblende, biotite and almandine...magnificent stalactitic grotto at Castel/ana in Italy. Ground water trickling through the roof deposits...installations and tips from the pyrite mines of Niccioieta, Italy. Despite crushing during the ore -extraction process
	*O'Donoghue, Michael - Ed.* (1976) The Encyclopedia of Minerals and Gemstones. Orbis Publishing Ltd.**	Book
	Distributed by Crown Publishers, Inc. Printed in Italy Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data... Typical porphyroblast minerals are garnet, epidote. staurolite, Before andalusite, discussing...limestones This specimen from Val d‘Ala. Piedmont, Italy 1s rise, in minerals pite, impure and limestones...sandstone metamorphosed may include chlorite, albite, epidote, sphene, calcite, hornblende, biotite and almandine...magnificent Stalactitic grotto at Castellana in Italy. Ground water trickling through the roof deposits

Epidote from Monte Rosso di Verra, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

Epidote from
Monte Rosso di Verra, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy