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Phenakite from
Gneiss quarries, Chiggiogna, Faido, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Phenakite
Formula:Be2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Phenakite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gneiss quarries, Chiggiogna, Faido, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:718245
Long-form Identifier:1:3:718245:7
GUID (UUID V4):ca6976f8-9361-4713-8a4c-02eea8bde9fe
References
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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...hematite roses occur in numerous localities in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central...specimens reminiscent of those from Maderanertal, Switzerland, and remarkable for their bright luster, sharp
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..377 North Carolina – Spruce Pine – Little Switzerland Area Map .....................379 North Carolina.........................511 Virginia – Leesburg quarries Site Map .......................................gemmy minerals, petrified wood;  area limestone quarriesCalcite, Celestite, marble;  SIXMILE (hamlet...Magnetite, Pyrite, etc.;  limestone and dolomite quarriesBarite and Calcite. ANGEL STATION (NW part of...5 mi., in Trenton limestone, in old Civil War quarriesGalena. (Loose pieces of galena are found over
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Tetrahedrite and realgar from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71: Fluorite crystals from the People's...crust is called a magma chamber. The cooling of in gneiss formed in a metamorphic environment at high temperature...from the summit of Pizzo Forno in the Ticino Canton of Switzerland. A particular type of metamorphism,...area, although the closing of many of the local quarries during recent decades has done much to diminish...diminish opportunities. The still-active quarries include one in the small town of Oltrefiume, which has furnished
Book
Tetrahedrite and realgar from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71: Ruorite crystals from the People's...metamorphic rocks. Above: corundum crystal contained in gneiss formed in a metamorphic environment at high temperature...from the summit of Pizzo Forno in the Ticino Canton of Switzerland. A particular type of metamorphism,...area, although the closing of many of the local quarries during recent decades has done much to diminish...diminish opportunities. The still-active quarries include one in the small town of Oltrefiume, which has furnished
Book (volume)
⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet...Magnetite, Pyrite, etc.; f limestone and dolomite quarries⎯Barite and Calcite. ANGEL STATION (NW part of...5 mi., in Trenton limestone, in old Civil War quarries⎯Galena. (Loose pieces of galena are found over...worked by Indians.) PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarries⎯black marble. (The marble belt extends through...and Tourmaline (Minerals in veins in schist and gneiss.); e S. of Pleasant Grove church on the Hobbs farm⎯Turquoise
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⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet...Magnetite, Pyrite, etc.; f limestone and dolomite quarries⎯Barite and Calcite. ANGEL STATION (NW part of...5 mi., in Trenton limestone, in old Civil War quarries⎯Galena. (Loose pieces of galena are found over...worked by Indians.) PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarries⎯black marble. (The marble belt extends through...and Tourmaline (Minerals in veins in schist and gneiss.); e S. of Pleasant Grove church on the Hobbs farm⎯Turquoise
Book (edition)
gneisses and mica schists of metamorphic region. Fine quarries at Tallahassee falls on Tallapoosa river in sili...rock" outcrop. Chewacla lime works—a porphyritic gneiss quarried for mill stones. Grindstones are made...Rockford, Coosa county, loose crystals in granitoid gneiss. Southeast of Ashland, Clay county ; works erected...argentiferous in many places. Occurs in veins in gneiss,with pyrite, sphalerite, galena, and tetrahedrite...wells in operation, most of them pro ductive. Phenakite . Pike's Peak and Mount Antero, fine gems, worked
 
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