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


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Vesuvianite
Formula:Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hessonite1 photo of Vesuvianite associated with Hessonite at this locality.
Clinochlore1 photo of Vesuvianite associated with Clinochlore at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vesuvianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pollux, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:381448
Long-form Identifier:1:3:381448:2
GUID (UUID V4):0bfd1a35-2fe7-4fe2-8d0b-64c555a6ab95
Nearest other occurrences of Vesuvianite
0.1km (0.0 miles) Polluce (Pollux), Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
0.4km (0.2 miles) Passo di Verra area (Zwillingsjoch area), Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
2.4km (1.5 miles) Breithorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
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 (3.2 miles) Blu Lake (Bleu Lake), Gobba di Rollin-Rocca di Verra ridge - Blu Lake area, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
6.5km (4.0 miles) Stockchnubel, Stockhorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
9.1km (5.7 miles) Biel, Gressoney-la-Trinité, Aosta Valley, Italy
10.4km (6.5 miles) Rimpfischwäng range, Findel glacier (Findeln glacier; Findelen glacier) area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Relationship among metamorphic grade, vesuvianite “rod polytypism,” and vesuvianite composition EDWIN GNOS1,* AND...Universität Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1-3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland Laboratorium für chemische und mineralogische...CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland ABSTRACT Single-crystal X-ray study of different vesuvianite samples of known...of structural rods oriented parallel to the vesuvianite c axis, interpreted as “rod polytypism.” There...low metamorphic grade. The cell parameters of vesuvianite with empty T sites increase with increasing Ti
Book (edition)
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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pressure either locally or extending over a large area, it is said to be metamorphosed. There will be alteration...from contact metamorphism. Fine crystals of vesuvianite, garnet, scapolite and spinel can be found in...in parallel edges) -30- Tetragonal system Vesuvianite Orthorhombic system with a pyramidal termination...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
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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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engraving Danburite Axinite Jewellery shopping Vesuvianite Epidote Kornerupine Zoisite Peridot Shwedagon...tourmaline. Sorosilicates Sorosilicates include vesuvianite, zoisite, and other minerals. 015 016 INTRODUCTION...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, USA, Afghanistan Lazulite in quartz... Naturally coloured banding Rose quartz Dyed area Rock crystal Agate Crystallized agate Dyed agate
Report (issue)
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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engraving Danburite Axinite Jewelry shopping Vesuvianite Epidote Kornerupine Zoisite Peridot Shwedagon...tourmaline. Sorosilicates Sorosilicates include vesuvianite, zoisite, and other minerals. 015 016 INTRODUCTION...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
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contactmetasomatic mi neral s originate (eg vesuvianite, magnetite, pyrrh otite and chalcopyrite} . If...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
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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...scawtite, Scawt Hill, County Antrim, Ireland. vesuvianite, Mount Vesuvius, Italy. wairauite, Wairau Valley...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
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so-called contactmetasomatic minerals originate (eg vesuvianite, magnetite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite). lf...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
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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
Journal (issue)
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...grossular, epidote, diopside, scapolite and vesuvianite. F- u o o Pi E- Hydrothermal activity Within...minerals from Baveno, Italy As long ago as 1500, the area of Baveno in the northern Italian region of Piedmont
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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
Book (edition)
Scheelite Sellaite Stolzite Synth. Rutile Tugtupite Vesuvianite Wardite Wulfenite Zircon Cuprite Demantoid Diamond...Tinzenite 64-7 GGG 6% Magnesio-Axinite 6 % Nambulite Vesuvianite Cassiterite Clinozoisite Epidote Hancockite Pyrolusite...Tinzenite Tanzanite Triphylite Dickinsonite Vesuvianite Bustamite Sérandite Manganaxinite Epidote Hemimorphite...Simpsonite Sinhalite Smaradgite Verdelite Vesuvianite Villiaumite Vivianite Vlasovite Wardite Wavellite...Diaspore Serendibite Sapphirine Aegirine-augite Vesuvianite Tanzanite Neptunite Willemite Rhodizite Triphylite
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crystallize in this system; some of them are vesuvianite, rutile, scapolite, and zircon. if ‘ Crystals...associated with them. Vesuvianite is named after its discovery on VESUVIANITE Mount Vesuvius, Italy...for the gemstones have been placed in the general area where the gemstones are found. that there are no...Kaliningrad Oblast—partofthe Russian ; federation. The area isinformally called Yantarny Kray, or “the Amber...be sawn to remove poor areas, Separate a gemmy area from within a larger stone, or create a preliminary
Book (edition)
Crisolito . See Apatite. Crisolito de Vulcani. See Vesuvianite. Crispite. See Rutile. Cristal de roche. See...calamine . See Tyrolite. Cupreous idocrase. See Vesuvianite. Cupreous manganese . See Wad. Cupreous seleniuret...Chrysoberyl. Cyphoïte. See Pholerite. Cyprine. See Vesuvianite. Cyprite. See Chalcocite. Cypronica. See Chalcophyllite...Efflorescent zeolite. See Laumontite. Egeran. See Vesuvianite. EGGONITE. Silicate of cadmium . Tris clinic...Orthorlombie. MnU ,P2012 + 8 H20. Frugardite. See Vesuvianite. Fuchsite . See Muscovite . Fulgurite. See
Book (edition)
Orisolito. See Apatite. Crisolito de Vulcani. See Vesuvianite. See Rutile. Crista! de roche. See Quartz. Cristianite...calamine. See Tyrolite, Cupreous idocrase. See Vesuvianite. Cupreous manganese. See Wad. Cupreous seleniuret...Chrysoberyl. Cyphoite. See Pholerite. Cyprine. See Vesuvianite. Cyprite. See Chalcocite. Cypronica, See Chalcophyllite...Efflorescent zeolite. See Laumontite. Egeran. See Vesuvianite. Edler arsennikies. Edler serpentine. I EGGONITE...coal. Gemme du V^suve. GENTHITE, Dana. See Vesuvianite. H4(Ni, Mg)4(Si04)3. Comarite; nickel-gym- Amorphous
Book (edition)
Variscite 196 184 Epidote 184 Hemmimorphite 198 Vesuvianite 186 Smithsonite 198 Sinhalite 186 Sphalerite...Dispersion refers either to the BG or the CF area. 35 Dispersion of Selected Gemstones B-G B-G...stones, cabochons, and even set stones. An important area where absorption spectroscopy is applied is in differentiating...tugtupite, tourmaline, uvarovite, verdelite, vesuvianite, vlasovite, willemite, wollastonite, yugavaralite...there are such sorting centers in Luzern in Switzerland, Gaborone in Botswana, Windhuk in Namibia, and
Book (edition)
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).
Report (issue)
Achroite . See Tourmaline. Achtaragdite. See Vesuvianite. ric acid . etted hydrogen . Acide marin ...Fieldi; galena cobriza, Domeyko; Cyprine. See Vesuvianite . harrisite, Shep .; kupferbleiglanz ; | Cyprite...Efflorescent zeolite. See Laumontite. Egeran . See Vesuvianite . EGGONITE.. Silicate of cadmium .. Triclinic...See Stilbite. Orthorhombic . Frugardite. See Vesuvianite. Fuchsite. See Muscovite. Fulgurite. See Quartz...donacargyrite, Chap .; dunkles weiss- Gahnite. Sec Vesuvianite. GAHNITE, von Moll. ZnAl,04. Isomet Octahedral
Report (volume)
Resources of the Providence Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Resources of the Providence Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California By RICHARD J...STUDY AREAS: CENTRAL CALIFORNIA DESERT CONSERVATION AREA DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL,...resources of the Providence Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California. U.S. Geological...Mountains Wilderness Study Area (CDCA-263), California Desert Conservation Area, San Bernardino County,
Book (edition)
cavity in a vein of quartz near the Tiefen Glacier, in Switzerland, discovered in has afforded 1867, smoky...occur in f. 129, of In the unit series of planes vesuvianite. ; there are the octahedrons (or pyramids) 1...hyperbolas, lying near each other. Beryl, zircon, vesuvianite, and apatite are examples. That such crystals...=1 : 1 : 2. Gen- O Vesuvianite group. Tetragonal. Zircon, vesuvianite. (/) Epidote group. Anisometric...volcanoes. Conil, near Cadiz, in Spain ; Bex, in Switzerland Cracow, in. Poland, it occurs in the former situation;
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Sellaite Stolzite Synth. Rutile Thorite Tugtupite Vesuvianite Wardite Wulfenite Zircon hexagonal Goshenite...7-74 7-7% 7-74 7-7% 7-74 7-7% 7-7% 7-7% 7-7% Vesuvianite Cassiterite Clinozoisite Epidote Hancockite Pyrolusite...Tinzenite Tanzanite Triphylite Dickinsonite Vesuvianite Bustamite Sérandite Manganaxinite Epidote Hemimorphite...Uvite Uvavorite Vanadinite Variscite Verdelite Vesuvianite Villiaumite Vivianite Viasovite Wardite Wavellite...750 1.701-1.743 Sapphirine Aegirine-augite Vesuvianite Tanzanite Neptunite Willemite Rhodizite Triphylite
 
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