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Beryl from
Miage Glacier, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy


Locality type:Glacier
Classification
Species:Beryl
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Beryl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Miage Glacier, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:532779
Long-form Identifier:1:3:532779:9
GUID (UUID V4):8cd2a4f8-943d-4a45-ac6d-178a8acc12cb
Nearest other occurrences of Beryl
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘPetit Mont Blanc, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘEboulis des Charmoz, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘTriolet Glacier, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
31.8km (19.8 miles) ⓘMont Vélan south slope, Menouve Valley, Etroubles, Aosta Valley, Italy
47.0km (29.2 miles) ⓘPointe de Combe Bronsin, Bonneval-Tarentaise, La Léchère, Albertville, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
50.3km (31.3 miles) ⓘPic du Rognolet, Celliers, La Léchère, Albertville, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
52.3km (32.5 miles) ⓘLa Balme peak, Argentine, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
53.0km (33.0 miles) ⓘEntre Deux Roches, Celliers, La Léchère, Albertville, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
53.0km (33.0 miles) ⓘGrand Pic, Celliers, La Léchère, Albertville, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
54.4km (33.8 miles) ⓘLa Madeleine pass, Montgellafrey, Saint-François-Longchamp, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of the Miage Glacier, $1. Blanc.--In the moraine of the " Glacie_r_de Miage," crystals of quartz...micas, chlorite, asbestlos, and small crystals of beryl. B. H. B. + + Chalcomenite, a New Mineral Species
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Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7/A, 43124 Parma, Italy Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences,...Milano-Bicocca, Piazzale della Scienza 4, 20126 Milano, Italy Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental...Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 157/A, 43124 Parma, Italy Correspondence: danilo.bersani@unipr.it ...Environmental Sciences (DISAT) in Milano-Bicocca (Milano, Italy). The huge number of slides (more than 5500) prepared... Valle d’Aosta, Italy Pineta di Primolo, Valmalenco, Lombardia, Italy Miage Glacier, Val Veny, Valle
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mines are quieter, as fine specimens of emerald beryl and other species continue to trickle out. INTRODUCTION...of Muzo, occupies both slopes of a funnel-shaped valley above the little Itoco River, at elevations ranging...at 2300 meters above sea level, overlooking the valley of the Gauvi6 River, itself at 700 meters above...approximately 840 and 500 meters, respectively, above the valley of the Minero River, are the official guardians...Colombian emeralds. After penetrating the Guacheta Valley and receiving nine green stones as gifts from the
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acicular crystals of rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]...region of Alpine-type clefts along the Torrniq Valley produced small numbers of ilmenite specimens reminiscent...The thin-tabular ilmenite crystals of the Torrniq Valley also form spherical aggregates ("closed roses")...several centimeters diameter. However, many Torrniq Valley specimens labeled "ilmenite" prove upon testing...onalcommunication, 2007). 4 ITALY Rio Marina area, Island of Elba, Tuscany. Elba (Latin:
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Maria Gramaccioli. Matteo Boscardin. published in Italy in 1973 by Fratelli New Fabbri Editori. material...with its superb color States, illustrations in Italy in the lan- proved to be so well related to the...mineral collecting has become widespread here in Italy, as well as in the rest of Europe and America. Whether...(Val d'Aosta). southeast of Aosta in the extreme northwest part of Italy. 1 EQUIPMENT AND PREPARATION...into magnificent crystals of tourmaline, pink beryl, and ORGANIZING THE BACKPACK a limestone areas
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byssolite. Mono- coast of North America: Kobuk River Valley, Alaska, clinic, C2/m, a,b,c = 9.89, 18.20, 5.31... Actinolite - byssolite, 50 mm, Valle d'Aosta, Italy, G short-columnar crystals, usually in granular...overlooking Zillertal Valley, Tirol, Austria, and at Passo di Vizze, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Actinolite asbestos...Mont Blanc, as well as in Val Malenco, Lombardy, Italy. A component of some skarns and eclogites. With...western Sayan Mts., white at Burumskoye, Vitim River Valley, all Siberia, Russia. In many localities in New
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crystals of a wide range of other species including beryl, chrysoberyl, tourmaline, danburite, forsterite...hambergite, pollucite, topaz, quartz, aquamarine beryl and lepidolite (Hla Kyi et al., 2005). A second...which he had heard on his travels concerning a “valley of serpents” which was littered with diamonds but...Hunters would throw chunks of raw meat into the valley, vultures would snatch the meat away from the snakes...had adhered to the meat. This resembles another “valley of diamonds” story also repeated by Marco Polo
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the 4th world war. The dry and desolate Ullswater valley in the Lake District providing superb halite and...Nent Force Level. The mono rail runs down the Nent valley following the course of the Nent Force Level to...brief but fascinating glimpse of the history of the valley. Particularly interesting are the robotised plastic...(1990) MEDWAY MINERAL AND FOSSIL FAIR. Hemstead Valley Shopping Centre, Gillingham. (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.)...included some nice tourmalines and one gemmy green beryl. Unfortunately, arrangements made to photograph
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[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
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the combination of mercuric oxide with acids, 10. Beryl from N. Carolina, 1064. from Craveggia in Piedmont...2. Magnetic iron ore, compact, from Cogne, Valley of Aosta, 429. Magnetic pyrites, analysis of, 1061....group, chemical composition of, 29. -of the Miage Glacier, M. Blanc, 31. -separation of, according to
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on, 793. Berthollet’s theory, remarks on, 793. Beryl, occurrence of, near Freistadt in Upper Austria...wxjstals d,found in tlre codbeds of the Rhondda Valley, CYlamorganshire, 282. Linaloes, essence of, ’737...diuitro-compound, 170. --Reimer’s, 1299. Stilbite from the Miage Glacier, Mont Blanc, 290. Stomach, absorption in, ’748
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d une peg- . 12 MINÉRx\LOGIE DK LA FRANCE BERYL — Madagascar. M. XXXI\. [B. S. (T. J’ai 123...minéraux lithiques Duparc, Wunder et Sabot. MM. ’ BERYL i;î Ampangabé 2,718 Sahanivotry 2,718 Jaune...Galcite 111.477 Galène 11.496 Argentière (glacier d’), Haute-Savoie. Argein, Ariège. Epidole IV...Savoie. liyssolile lieu, (iorrèze. Dlslhène (glacier Allanlle Pyrénées. 1V.777 111.718 Panahase...près Brest, Finistère. Quartz 111.67 Bois (glacier des) au-dessous du lèfre, la- Haute-Savoie.
 
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