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Clinochlore from
Pollux, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Clinochlore
Formula:Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hessoniteⓘ3 photos of Clinochlore associated with Hessonite at this locality.
Epidoteⓘ2 photos of Clinochlore associated with Epidote at this locality.
Albiteⓘ2 photos of Clinochlore associated with Albite at this locality.
Diopsideⓘ2 photos of Clinochlore associated with Diopside at this locality.
Vesuvianiteⓘ1 photo of Clinochlore associated with Vesuvianite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Clinochlore data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pollux, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:484840
Long-form Identifier:1:3:484840:0
GUID (UUID V4):1b755858-4a9c-4de6-bd32-f9fa00e76d52
Nearest other occurrences of Clinochlore
0.1km (0.0 miles) ⓘPolluce (Pollux), Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘBreithorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
3.3km (2.0 miles) ⓘGobba di Rollin, Gobba di Rollin-Rocca di Verra ridge - Blu Lake area, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘRocca di Verra, Gobba di Rollin-Rocca di Verra ridge - Blu Lake area, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘKlein Matterhorn (Chli Matterhorn), Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘMonte Rosso di Verra, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
5.2km (3.3 miles) ⓘTheodul glacier, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘPalon di Resy, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘRiffel Alp, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘBiel, Gressoney-la-TrinitĂ©, Aosta Valley, Italy
References
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(gmelinite, levyn, herschelite). 3. Analcime, fanjnsite, pollux. Class IIr. PhyZ?ites.-1. Muscovite (paragonitc...(meroxene, phlogopite, zinnmalclite), clintonite ; clinochlore (pennine) ; talc, serpentine ; pyrophyllite,
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bronze implements. The mine is now abandoned and ... area inhabitants say that they no longer produce copper...Giovanni, the Gulf of Biodola, the Monte Orello area, Magazzini, the outskirts of Portoferraio, the Gulf...already a trade center for the mines of the Campiglia area. With its proximity to the rich forests of Maremma...abroad. While in Europe Fersman traveled to Switzerland and Italy before returning to Russia in 1910...renewed mining efforts in the San Piero-San Ilario area. Adam was a mining engineer with experience in the
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pressure either locally or extending over a large area, it is said to be metamorphosed. There will be alteration...The wood of the ‘pencil’ is replaced by metal. The area to be tested should be the pure mineral, not a coating...museum, if the serious collector knows that the area in which he has been operating is mineralogically...rock crystal. Finest examples come from central Switzerland, especially from the Binntal, Tavetsch and St...Monteponi and Montevecchio, and at Tavetsch (Switzerland), Derbyshire (England). The Coeur d'Alene district
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the private Bally foundation at Schonenwerd, Switzerland; and the Folch Museum at Barcelona, Spain. Because...Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly because they...catalogued, at an Ecole Cen- Part of the exhibition area 14 trale, during the subsequent French regime....collections of timber specimens. The mineral display area is small (ca.30m 2), and adjoins a geoscience exhibit...rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und Lagerstattenlehre
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les suivants : Leucite Grenat Eulytine Sodalite Pollux Zunyite Helyine NosĂ©ane et HaĂŒyne Analcime Lazurite...derniers sous deux groupes diffĂ©rents : Leucite, Pollux et Analcime d 'un cĂŽtĂ© et Fau jasite de l'autre...en forme de prisme. V . - Sur la composition du Pollux et son gisement, Ă  HĂ©bron (Maine), par M . Wells...un bĂ©ryl contenant 2,92 % d'oxyde de cesium . Le Pollux se trouve dans des druses, accompagnĂ© de quartz...Note sur la Serpentine de la vallĂ©e de Binnen (Valais) . Par MM . L . DUPARC et L . MRAZEC . Parmi les
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is found at Alston Moor (England), the Tri-State area (USA), Broken Hill (NSW, Australia), Kapnik (Hungary)...fluorite and quartz. It is mined in the Tri-State area of Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas (USA), Broken Hill...Republic), Derbyshire (England) and the Tri-State minlng area (USA). Nodules with a radiating internal structure...is found at the Lengenbach Quarry (Binnental, Switzerland), Segen Gottes (Black Forest, Germany), Quiluvrllca...but are found at Nagyag (Romania), Binnental (Switzerland), Matra (Corsica), Manhattan (Nevada, USA) and
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is found at Alston Moor (England), the Tri-State area (USA), Broken Hill (NSW, Australia), Kapnik (Hungary)...fluorite and quartz. It is mined in the Tri-State area of Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas (USA), Broken Hill...Republic), Derbyshire (England) and the Tri-State minlng area (USA). Nodules with a radiating internal structure...is found at the Lengenbach Quarry (Binnental, Switzerland), Segen Gottes (Black Forest, Germany), Quiluvrllca...but are found at Nagyag (Romania), Binnental (Switzerland), Matra (Corsica), Manhattan (Nevada, USA) and
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only about distance from a better known town in the area but also about the administrative regional units...common terms are not abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and...SwitzerlandItaly, overlooking Binntal, Valais canton, Switzerland, also crystals in Obersulzbachtal Valley...Kaltenberg mine, Turtmanntal Valley, Valais canton, Switzerland. In individual crystals to 1 mat Djida...on Rhone Glacier, near Gletsch, and in crystals to 5 cm at Lamma, Emen, Fiesch, all Valais canton, as
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Kaolin, Caroline du Nord, SuĂšde, Chanteloube. nite, Pollux, Elbe 2, Maine. Isopyre, Cornouailles, SILICATES...Beaumontite, Poonah, Maryland. IsĂšre 2, SuĂšde 2. Valais, Tyrol 2, Harz, Ecosse, BohĂȘme. 41 Chlorastolite...Vermiculite Arkansas. Protovermiculite, Moravie. Valais 3, Texas. triangulaire), SibĂ©rie, Pensylvanie...Chloanthite. ClĂ©veĂŻte. Celsian. Chlorargyrite. Clinochlore. CĂ©lestine. Chlorastrolite. Clinoclasite,...Pyrorthite. Polianite. PseudobolĂ©ite. PyrosclĂ©rite. Pollux. Pseudobrookite. Pyrosmalite. Polyadelphite
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the PolLux beamline at the Swiss Light Source (Paul Scherrer Institute—SLS, Villigen, Switzerland). The...center shift, ∆ quadrupole splitting, RA relative area (measurement accuracy is ±1 %) layers of smectite...chamosite: Cham: (Fe32+)(Fe22+Al)(Si3Al)O10(OH)8; clinochlore: Clin: (Mg3)(Mg2Al)(Si3Al)O10(OH)8; Fe–serpentine...diagenetic alterations, Hokuroku Kuroko mineralization area, northeast Japan, pp 158–164. In: Schultz LG, van...metamorphosed volcanoclastic rocks in the Kamikita area, North Honshu, Japan. Am Mineral 76:628–640 Inoue
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paracelsian, LĂĄszlĂł 210 (1995). Parachlorit = clinochlore, Dana 6th, 663 (1892). parachrisotiel = chrysotile-2Ocl...khinite-3T, CM 47, 473 (2009). paraklorit = clinochlore, LĂĄszlĂł 211 (1995). Parakobellit = galena + others...Pd-rich gold, MM 66, 334 (2002). peach = Fe-rich clinochlore, Dana 6th, 654 (1892). peachblossom ore = erythrite...(2002). peninite = clinochlore, R. Dixon, pers. comm. (1992). peninnite = clinochlore, Dana 6th II, 80...(1949); Cornejo & Bartorelli 127 (2010). Pennin = clinochlore, CM 13, 178 (1975). Penning-Erz = Mn-O, Linck
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chemist; produced research and publications in the area of inorganic and mineralogical chemistry; author...district, South Africa. garronite, Garron plateau area of Antrim, Ireland. huanghoite, Huang Ho River in...instead of the correct locality in Val Giuf, Switzerland. Some believe that Val Milar was deliberately...from the Roman name Sursass for Oberhalbstein, Switzerland. sursassite, from Variscia, an ancient name...named for the Yavapai tribe, which inhabited the area of Arizona around Jerome, the type localÂŹ ity. Although
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Meerschaum 12. Kerate 13. Pipestone 14. Pollux 15. Castor explanations text you on page...pounds in weight and originally scattered over a wide area of surrounding de sert—have long since been gathered...1908. Trees were felled like match sticks over an area of a hundred square miles, and though none of the...the few inhabitants of the sparsely settled area was within many miles of the strike some who were outdoors...the Meteor Crater, or even the devastated Siberian area, dwindle into insignificance. There are tens of
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Tetrahedrite and realgar from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71: Fluorite crystals from the People's...evaporite deposits in sedimentary rocks throughout the area. As a result of the volcanic activity typically...summit of Pizzo Forno in the Ticino Canton of Switzerland. A particular type of metamorphism, known as...minerals from Baveno, Italy As long ago as 1500, the area of Baveno in the northern Italian region of Piedmont...extraction of pink granite for ornamental use. The area is also the site of spectacular caviÂŹ ties of orthoclase
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point where the energy of the river, stream , glacier or ocean carrying them can no longer support the...while others think it is caused by manganese. The area where the greatest concentration of amethysts is...deposits have also been found in northern Italy, Switzerland , Kenya and Za ire. Demantoids are mainly found...the case of a mineral you have found yourself, the area in which you found it may have taught you a lot...to its present location, in London's Bloomsbury area, in 1848. Boom time The mid- l 9ch century was
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36 (Pyrosclerite), Mg. Al. Ca. & Fe. hyd. Clinochlore) hyd. sil. B.M. 49 (Ozokerite), C. (Harmotome)...(—see Albite). Cleiophane (Blende), Zn. sulphide Clinochlore, Al. Mg. &c. hyd. sil. site, Colophonite Columbite... & (syn ) Mn. proto- peroxide, &c. B.M. 21 Pollux, Cs. & Al. hyd. sil, 48. Polyadelphite (Garnet)...Pyrosclerite, Mg. & Al. hyd. sil. B.M. 49. (var. Clinochlore) Fe. Pyrosiderite Gothite), hyd. oxide. Pyrosmalite...(Pyrosclerite), Mg. Al. Fe. &c. hyd. sil. B.M. 49 (var. Clinochlore) Tabular Quartz (Quartz), Si. oxide Tachyaphaltite
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Tetrahedrite and realgar from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71: Ruorite crystals from the People's...evaporite deposits in sedimentary rocks throughout the area. As a result of the volcanic activity typically...summit of Pizzo Forno in the Ticino Canton of Switzerland. A particular type of metamorphism, known as...minerals from Baveno, Italy As long ago as 1500, the area of Baveno in the northern Italian region of Piedmont...extraction of pink granite for ornamental use. The area is also the site of spectacular cavities of orthoclase
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definite need for documentation existed in this area. I proceeded to publish a first edition of Glosswy...Actorondita = mixture of Grossular, Kaolinite, Clinochlore and Dolomite Actil = a clay Actinolite = a}...Afrosiderita, Afrosziderit = magnesian Chamosite, Clinochlore [Aphrosiderite] Afrowad = massive manganese...Halloysite and Variscite (SchroUerite) Allofit = Clinochlore Allofito = Serpentine (Allophite) Allofitin...Amesine, Amesite = a) (of Shepard) Amesite, b) Clinochlore Amesite-2H, Amesite-6H = hexagonal polytype
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are dependent upon the geological structure of the area, ie on conditions favourable for the occurrence...local authorities for permis- sion to enter an area and to collect minerals. What the individual collects...with a short description or a small sketch of the area should be put down in the notebook to facilitate...with a provisional label bearing the name of the area, the name of the mineral, a short description of...Andreasberg - Harz (FRG), Imfeld and Binnental (Switzerland ) ‱ Application: As ore (extraction of As), in
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where and how are minerals found? sion to enter an area and to collect minerals. What the individual collects...with a short description or a small sketch of the area should be put down in the notebook to facilitate...with a provisional label bearing the name ofthe area, the name of the mineral, a short description of...are dependent upon the geological structure of the area, ie on conditions favourable for the occurrence...Andreasberg — Harz (FRG), Imfeld and Binnental (Switzerland) e Application: As ore (extraction of As), in
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Hans A. Stalder: Natural History Museum, Bern, Switzerland. Hugo Strunz: Institute of Mineralogy, Technical...Academy xliv References Post and LaChapelle, Glacier Ice Periodico di Mineralogia Proceedings of the...Grasshopper Mt., Tulameen, BC, Canada; Kaltenberg, Valais, Switzerland; Bogota, near Canala, New Caledonia; Mt....intrusion, NWT, Canada; Selva, near Poschiavo, Switzerland; Oko, near Koti, Japan; Red Hills, Wairaw R....494-514. R=53.5 (546 nm). Strongly magnetic. Yanshan area, Hebei, China, in placers. BM AM 71:228(1986).
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chrysoberyl has an unusual bluish cast around the area of the “eye,” and blemishes on its surface. Pavilion...| Streak White | Locations Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, US, Afghanistan Lazulite in quartz...gem. Naturally colored banding Rose quartz Dyed area Rock crystal Agate Crystallized agate Dyed agate...pollucite is one of two minerals named after Castor and Pollux, the Gemini twins in Greek mythology (see box,...facets on the pavilion. Step-cut facets Castor and Pollux Mythological warriors Octagonal step cut | Cut
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is not common in the metasedimentary rocks of the area which host these species, but "reasonably good"... r ILMENITE QUEBEC Girardville, Lac Saint-Jean area. Just northwest of the town of Girardville, itself...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...brought to the 2003 Tucson show. MOROCCO Imilchil area. Outcrops of episyenite and of contact-metamorphic
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accompanied with a plan of internal arrangement. The total area required by this scheme amounted to 300,000 superficial...Germany, while others have been found in France, Switzerland, and Perim Island, Gulf of Cambay. The original...extending from England through France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, to Armenia, India, and Ava they have...variety, probably the result of isolation in a limited area where they may have suffered from a scanty supply...of Harmotome, of Stilbite, of Waluewite and Clinochlore, Cronstedtite and Pyrosmalite large specimens
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Abenaki, the indigenous people of the discovery area. Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville...beryllium, calcium, and silicon. Cherbadung, Valais, Switzerland. Named after its discovery locality, at...of Zagreb, Croatia. Rapid Creek, Big Fish River area, Yukon Territory, Canada. Sturman, B.D. & Mandarino...Germany. Legenbach quarry, Binntal Valley, Valais, Switzerland. Solly, RH. (1902): Mineral. Mag. 13, 151...compound in 1952. Gerstenegg, Grimsel, Bern, Switzerland. Walenta, K. (1976): Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr
 
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