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Ferrian Variscite
Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
© Rob Lavinsky

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Synonym of:Aluminian Strengite, Ferrian Variscite


An intermediate between Strengite and Variscite.

Originally described from Bohemia.

Classification of Barrandite

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Other Names for Barrandite

Other Languages:
German:Barrandit
Spanish:Barrandita

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References for Barrandite

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Zepharovich (1867) Konigliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Sitzber.: 56: 20.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 756, 759.

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    • Localities for Barrandite

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    Antigua and Barbuda
     
    [Variscite var: Ferrian Variscite] Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 760.
    Australia
     
    Trueman, N. A. (1965): The phosphate, volcanic, and carbonate rocks of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. J. Geol. Soc. Australia 12, 261-283.
    • Western Australia
      • Weelhamby Lake
    		[Variscite var: Ferrian Variscite] Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp. 760.
    Brazil
     
    • Minas Gerais
      • Doce valley
        • Conselheiro Pena
    		[Variscite var: Ferrian Variscite] various photographs
        • Galiléia
          • Sapucaia do Norte
    		[Variscite var: Ferrian Variscite] Rob Lavinsky specimen
    Colombia
     
    • San Andrés y Providencia Department
    		[Variscite var: Ferrian Variscite] Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 760.
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Central Bohemia Region
        • Beroun (Beraun)
    		Vtělenský J. (1959): Mineralogie oolitických železných rud z některých ložisek Barrandienu. Geotechnica, sv. 26, Nakladatelství ČSAV Praha.
          • Svatá Dobrotivá (St Benigna)
    		Duda, Rejl, Slivka: "Mineralien", 1991
        • Hořovice (Horschowitz; Horowitz)
    		Natural History Museum Vienna collection
    Pauliš, P.: Nejzajímavější mineralogická naleziště Čech. Kutná Hora: Kuttna, 2000, s. 101.
    France
     
    • Limousin
      • Creuse
        • Soumans
          • Montebras
    		G. Aubert : "Les coupoles granitiques de Montebras et d'Echassières (Massif Central Français) et la genèse de leur minéralisations (BRGM, 1969)
    French Guiana
     
    [Strengite var: Aluminian Strengite] Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 760.
    French West Indies
     
    • Martinique
    		[Variscite var: Ferrian Variscite] Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 760.
    Pacific Ocean
     
    • Clarion-Clipperton zone
    		[Variscite var: Ferrian Variscite] Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 760.
    Portugal
     
    • Évora District
      • Vila Viçosa
        • Pardais
    		[Strengite var: Aluminian Strengite] Rui Nunes 2010 December
    Russia
     
    • Urals Region
      • Southern Urals
        • Chelyabinsk Oblast'
          • Plast
            • Kochkar' District
              • Svetlyi
                • Svetlinskii pegmatite quarry
    		[Variscite var: Ferrian Variscite] Timophei Zefirov data
    Slovakia
     
    • Prešov Region
      • Slanské Mts
        • Červenica (Czerwenitza)
          • Dubník
    		Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Cochise Co.
        • Mule Mts
          • Warren District
            • Bisbee
    		[Variscite var: Ferrian Variscite] Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 412; Sinkankas, J. (1964), Mineralogy for Amateurs. D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ.
    • Nevada
      • Nye Co.
    		AmMIn 8:182
    NBMG Bull 99B Geology and Mineral Resources of Northern Nye County, Nevada
    Venezuela
     
    • Dependencias Federales
    		[Variscite var: Ferrian Variscite] Shepard (1877); Jambor, J. L. (1963): Elroquite and phosphochromite discredited. Can. Mineral. 7, 676-677.
    [Variscite var: Ferrian Variscite] Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 760.
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