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Almandine-Spessartine Series

System:Isometric
Series Formula:
Fe
2+
3
Al
 
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
-
Mn
2+
3
Al
 
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
A series between Almandine and Spessartine

Classification of Almandine-Spessartine Series

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Crystallography of Almandine-Spessartine Series

Crystal System:Isometric

Optical Data of Almandine-Spessartine Series

Type:Isotropic

Other Information

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    Localities for Almandine-Spessartine Series

    The map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.
    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Australia
     
    • Western Australia
      • Pilbara Region
    Simpson, Edward S., 1928, Famous Mineral Localities: Wodgina, North West Australia, American Mineralogist, Volume 13, pages 457-468.
    Canada
     
    • Ontario
      • Renfrew Co.
        • Lyndoch Township
          • Quadeville
    www.ontariominerals.com/berylpit.htm
    • Québec
      • Gatineau Co.
        • Wakefield Township
          • St-Pierre-de-Wakefield
    Hilderley, M., Ercit, T.S., Rowe, R.A. (2006) 33rd Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, abstracts, 13-14.
    China
     
    • Jiangxi Province
      • Ganzhou Prefecture
        • Dayu Co.
          • Xihuashan intrusion
    Giuliani, G. (1985): Mineralium Deposita 20, 107-115.
    Finland
     
    • Etelä-Suomen Lääni
      • Forssa
    Ilkka Mikkola data
    Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data, Ilkka Mikkola specimen
    France
     
    • Rhône-Alpes
      • Loire
        • Montbrison
    B. Clavaud and G. Ratsimba, "Versant Occidental des Monts du Forez (Massif Central Français) : Granite et Formations Associées", Thesis (3rd Cycle), Clermont-Ferrand University, France, 1972.
          • Sail-sous-Couzon
    B. Clavaud and G. Ratsimba, "Versant Occidental des Monts du Forez (Massif Central Français) : Granite et Formations Associées", Thesis (3rd Cycle), Clermont-Ferrand University, France, 1972.
    Greece
     
    • Peloponnese (Peloponnisos) Department
      • Lakonia (Laconia) Prefecture
    Eur. J. Mineral. , 1992, 4, pp. 487-507.
    Italy
     
    • Lombardy
      • Lecco Province
        • Colico
    Gramaccioli, C.M. (1981): Die Pegmatite von Piona. Lapis, 6(7), 32-36.
    • Piedmont
      • Cuneo Province
        • Dora Maira Massif
          • Varaita Valley
    Eur. J. Mineral. , 1993, 5, pp. 943-955.
    Madagascar
     
    • Antananarivo Province
      • Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region)
        • Antsirabé 2 District
          • Sahanivotry Commune
    Moore, T. (1998): What's New in Minerals. Mineralogical Record. 29, p. 132
        • Betafo District
          • Fidirana Commune
    Lacroix, A. (1922): Minéralogie de Madagascar. Tome 2. Minéralogie appliquée, lithologie. Augustin Challamel (Éditeur), Paris. p. 278-279.
          • Mahaiza Commune
    Knut Edvard Larsen collection
        • Faratsiho District
    Alsac, C.(1963): Etude Geologique et prospection de la feuille Faratsiho. Travaux du Bureau geologique nr 112, Service Geologique Tananarive
    Alsac, C.(1963): Etude Geologique et prospection de la feuille Faratsiho. Travaux du Bureau geologique nr 112, Service Geologique Tananarive.
    Lacroix, A. (1922): Mineralogie de Madagascar, Tome I. Géologie-Minéralogie descriptive. A.Challamel (Éditeur), Paris. p. 374
        • Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Bity (Ibity) area)
          • Sahatany Valley
    Knut Edvard Larsen - field observation febr 1999
    Norway
     
    • Aust-Agder
      • Evje og Hornnes
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
      • Iveland
        • Birkeland
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
        • Birketveit
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
        • Dalane
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
        • Eptevann (Eftevann)
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
        • Frikstad (Frigstad)
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
        • Frøyså
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
        • Håverstad
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
        • Hilltveit (Hiltveit)
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
        • Ivedal
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
        • Katterås
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
        • Landås
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
        • Ljosland
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
        • Mølland
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
        • Rossås (Rosås)
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    Pedersen, R (ed) (2007): Iveland V: Gruvedrift. Iveland Bygdesogenemd. 382 p. [with a chapter on the minerals: "Minerala i Iveland", 332-370]
        • Tveit
    Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    • Vest-Agder
      • Kristiansand
    Breivik, H. ; Myre, K. & Larsen, A. O. (2007): Manganforekomster på Sørlandet: Kivikdalen (Kostøl, Ålefjær): Bergverksmuseets Skrift nr 35, 25-31
    Pakistan
     
    • Northern Areas
      • Baltistan
        • Skardu District
          • Haramosh Mts.
    Poland
     
    • Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie)
      • Sowie Mts
    Pieczka A., Łobos K., Sachanbiński M. 2004: The first occurence of elbaite in Poland. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 35, 3-14
      • Strzegom-Sobótka Massif
        • Świdnica District
          • Strzegom (Striegau)
    Puziewicz J. 1981: Andalusite-tourmaline aplite from Lisiec hill near Strzegom. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 12, No 2, 69-76
      • Świdnica District
    Chabros E., Dzierżanowski P., Kozłowski P. 2002: Post-magmatic rare-earth-element mineralisation in the granitoid Strzegom Massif, SW Poland. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 20, 71-73
    Slovakia
     
    • Bratislava Region
      • Malé Karpaty Mts
        • Bratislava
    Chudík, P. & Uher, P. (2009): Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 155, 40. (Abs.)
    Spain
     
    • Andalusia
      • Córdoba
        • Hornachuelos
          • Sierra Albarrana
    Maria del Mar Abad-Ortega and Fernando Nieto, Eur. Journ. Mineral. , 1995, 7, pp. 363-367.
    Sweden
     
    • Södermanland
      • Nynäshamn
    Gustafsson, Lars & Otter, Bertil (1991): Mineralförekomster i Stockholmstrakten.Del 2. STEIN 18(4),4-12
    Switzerland
     
    • Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)
      • Bregaglia Valley (Bergell)
        • Forno Valley
    Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 31
    • Ticino (Tessin)
      • Lago Maggiore
        • Brissago
    Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Wepf (Basel), p. 196.
      • Vedeggio Valley
        • Rivera
    Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz. Wepf (Basel), p. 32
    USA
     
    • California
      • Riverside Co.
        • Cahuilla District
          • Juan Diego Flat
    Callens, A. C. (1997) Rainbow Mine (Juan Diego) Mineral Report, Southern California Gem Industries.
          • Little Cahuilla Mountain
    Osborn, P. 2006. Personal communication between Philip Osborn, Hemet CA. (discoverer/owner) and Scott L. Ritchie, SDMC; 07/25.
      • San Diego Co.
        • Pala District
          • Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen)
    San Diego Mining Company, 2003.
    San Diego Mining Company, 2001.
        • Ramona District
    MinRec 20:119-122
    San Diego Mining Company, 1995-1997.
        • Warner Springs District
    San Diego Mining Company, 1998.
          • Chihuahua Valley
    Slak, G. 2007. Personal collection and description. Mindat.org.
          • Warner Springs
    Rocks & Minerals, May-June 2003
    • Colorado
      • Park Co.
        • Wilkerson Pass Area
    Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex Co.
        • Ashland
    P. Cristofono collection, 2006
      • Worcester Co.
        • Sutton
    P Cristofono collection
    • Texas
      • Llano Co.
        • Kingsland Granite Company quarry (Petrick quarry)
    Arthur Smith, Frank Roberts, Denise Bicknell (2008) Mineral News, 24, #1, 6-7.
    • Utah
      • Juab Co.
    MinRec 18:198
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