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Almandine from
Brissago, Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland


Locality type:Commune
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brissago, Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:431482
Long-form Identifier:1:3:431482:0
GUID (UUID V4):c718482a-46d1-456a-9c56-a674674e484a
Nearest other occurrences of Almandine
16.0km (9.9 miles) ⓘPiano del Lavonchio (Piano dei Lavonchi), Rio Vasca, Craveggia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
23.0km (14.3 miles) ⓘBelvedere di Albogno, Albogno, Druogno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘSubalpina Quarry (Mantegazza Quarry; Gebel Quarry; Bianchi Quarry), Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘAgarina Alp, Montecrestese, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘMigiandone Mine (Miggiandone), Ornavasso, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘGrignaschi Quarry, Cosasca, Trontano, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
35.3km (21.9 miles) ⓘSponda Alp - Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Faido, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
37.8km (23.5 miles) ⓘPunta della Valle, Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
39.6km (24.6 miles) ⓘPiani di Verdabbio, Verdabbio, Grono, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
39.6km (24.6 miles) ⓘPiani di Verdabbio, Verdabbio, Grono, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE BRISSAGO GRANITIC PEGMATITE, WESTERN SOUTHERN ALPS, SWITZERLAND Pietro VIGNOLA§ CNR...Casella postale 8, CH–6834 Morbio Inferiore, Switzerland Massimo TIEPOLO CNR – Istituto di Geoscienze...In 1999, in the Brissago area, in the western Southern Alps, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, we found a boulder...chemical data, graftonite, triphylite, Brissago, Switzerland. Sommaire Nous dĂ©crivons un premier indice...1999, nous avons dĂ©couvert, dans la rĂ©gion de Brissago, dans le secteur occidental des Alpes du Sud,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Ab96–Ab100), also contains primary chrysoberyl, almandine, schorl, and muscovite as common accessory minerals...257 6 3 Ma, consistent with the Brissago (Canton Ticino, Switzerland) phosphate-bearing pegmatite. Keywords:...of the Southern Alps have been described from Brissago (Vignola et al. 2008a) and close to the village...dikes consist of albite ĂŸ quartz pegmatite with almandine, schorl, and muscovite as common accessories....stages, one centered in the Low-Mid Triassic (Brissago, 242 Ma, Vignola et al. 2008a) and one in the
Report (chapter)
Dome, where low-Mg ‘type B’ garnets predominate. Almandine-spessartine is spatially associated with abundance...and ‘type A’ almandine-pyrope (from ‘stronalite’ metasediments) and ‘type C’ almandine-pyropegrossular...samples are shown in the Lepontine Dome (A, Liro; B, Ticino; C, Isorno; D, Rovana; E, Verzasca; F, Moleno;...system) and to the SE by the Cossato–Mergozzo–Brissago Line (CMB Line; Boriani et al. 1990a). The Mafic...garnet compositions are reported to vary from almandine-spessartine in the middle amphibolite facies (Al67Py9Sp20Gr4;
Report (issue)
arrojadite, fairfieldite, barbosalite, huréaulite, almandine, zircon, albite, muscovite, biotite. Distribution:...Morocco. In the Valle della Madonna, Brissago, Tessin, Switzerland. At Olgiasca, Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Technology, Sonneggstr. 5, 8006 Ziirieh, Switzerland Received August 27, 1973 Abstract. The Ivrea...Ivrea zone is a 10-20 km broad belt extending from Locarno in a southwesterly direction towards Turin over...Cuzzago Anzola Anzola Nibbio Nibbio Candoglia Brissago Ronco Ronco Spasu Spasu Giazzo Giazzo Canobbio...mineral assemblage typical of the sillimanite-almandine-orthoclase subfacies of the amphibolite facies;...Phanerozoic and Orogenic Belts, Field Trip, Switzerland 1969 Deutsch, S., Piceiotto, E., Niggli, E.:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogie und Petrographie, ETH-ZuÈrich, ZuÈrich, Switzerland D. Harlov Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg...southeast it is bounded by the Cossato±Mergozzo±Brissago- and the Pogallo lines (Boriani et al. 1990)....locality in Val Fiorina. CMBL Cossato±Mergozzo±Brissago line, PL Pogallo line, IL Insubric line occurred...Garnets from the original hornblendite contain almandine (35±45%), pyrope (25±35%), grossular (18± 22%)...garnet±clinopyroxene layer are comprised of grossular (65±75%), almandine (15-20%), and andradite (10±15%). The pyrope content
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
angewandte Mathematik, ETH-ZuÈrich, ZuÈrich, Switzerland Editorial responsibility: J. Hoefs Introduction...locality in Val Fiorina: CMBL Cossato±Mergozzo± Brissago line; PL Pogallo line; IL Insubric line xenoliths...hornblendite with pargasitic hornblende, pyrope±almandine garnet, and clinopyroxene, · a monomineralic clinopyroxene...Garnets from the original hornblendite contain almandine (35±45%), pyrope (25±35%), grossular (18±22%)...garnet±clinopyroxene layer are comprised of grossular (65±75%), almandine (15±20%) and andradite (10±15%). The pyrope content
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Southern Alps had been recently described at Brissago (Switzerland) and Piona (Italy) (Vignola et al. 2008a...(An08) and quartz, with muscovite, schorl, and almandine-rich garnet as common accessories, and belongs...assemblages from the Brissago granitic pegmatite, western Southern Alps, Switzerland. Canadian Mineralogist
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE ALPINE METAMORPHISM IN THE SIMPLON AREA, SWITZERLAND AND ITALY By NmANJAN D. CH~.TTERJEE,GSttingen...from low greenschist facies in the NW to middle almandine arnphibolite facies to the SE. Although the delineation...to be unlikely. Previous works. In the Simplon-Ticino Alps, the groundwork for a detailed research was...be looked upon as filling up the gap between the Ticino and Valais area, studied respectively by WENK and...already been established for the adjoining areas of Ticino by WENK (1955, p. 815). The Alpine orogeny is known
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
extends lengthwise for a distance of 120 km from Locarno to Castellamonte and is up to 14 km wide. The Ivrea... 2006). To the southeast the Cossato-Mergozzo-Brissago (CMB) Line and the Pogallo Line separate the Ivrea...zone Ultramafic rocks CMBL = Cossato-mergozzo-brissago line Fig. 1. Schematic geological map of part...to highgrade. At the lowest grades, garnet is almandine-rich (XFe = 0.81–0.94), which changes to XFe...compositions are typically subequal mixes of pyrope and almandine (XFe = 0.51–0.74). The Mn content decreases slightly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
montebrasite + quartz, and triphylite + albite ! almandine + quartz, respectively. Finally, the geochemical...Hampshire, United States, and from the Brissago pegmatite, Switzerland, in which Mg reaches 0.234 and 0.325...×× ×× Muscovite KAl 2(Si 3Al)O 10(OH) 2 × ×× Almandine (Fe 2+, Mn) 3Al 2(SiO 4) 3 ×× o 2+ 3+ Chamosite...ca. 2–7 wt.% in fluorapatite associated with almandine, 2 wt.% in fluorapatite occurring in the quartz...plane-polarized light. c. Texture showing a rim of quartz + almandine (Alm), between dark spheres of frondelite and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
important reactions: 3 Staurolite + 2 Quartz ^ Almandine + 5 Al2SiO5 + 3 Water, and " Muscovite + Quartz...rock. Kyanite in the Almandine Zone Kyanite is known in pelites of the almandine zone, as in the Saxa...assemblage. The chloritoid is in its normal (almandine zone) surroundings and reaction (1) is stabilized...loc. cit., p. 82): 3 Staurolite + 2 Quartz ^ Almandine + 5 Kyanite + 3 Water (6) Turner states that this...included this association in his sillimanite-almandine subfacies at the top of the amphibolite facies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oligoclase and quartz, with muscovite, schorl and almandine-rich garnet as common accessories. Because of...analogy with the Malpensata dike and with the Brissago pegmatites, probably belongs to a main megacryst...assemblages from the Brissago granitic pegmatite, western Southern Alps, Switzerland. Can. Mineral. 46,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
first appearance is always early synkinematic. Almandine forms large porphyroblasts and presents interesting...mesoscopic F2-axes. These represent growth of almandine under static conditions post-dating F t-folding...t-folding and predating F2-folding. Another group of almandine porphyroblasts (which are predominantly fresh)...muscovite and late s y n - t o post-kinematic almandine, staurolite and andalusite. The climax is marked...muscovite and late s y n - to post-kinematic almandine, staurolite, andalusite and kyanite. Table 1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
columbite-(Fe)—tantalite-(Fe), tapiolite(Fe), almandine and pyrite. Physical properties Beusite-(Ca) forms...assemblages from the Brissago granitic pegmatite, western southern Alps, Switzerland. The Canadian Mineralogist
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
border facies of the pegmatite, a spessartite–almandine garnet s.s.s. was determined (5.9 at% Fe, 4.6...stilpnomelan (?) quartz orthoclase albite zircon garnet (almandine–spessartite) tourmaline (schorldravite) uraninite...deposits. (a) Euhedral crystal of a garnet s.s.s. (almandine-spessartite) displaying a composite morphology...Based on the chemical composition of spessartite–almandine garnet the mineralization formed at about 200...assemblages from the Brissago granitic pegmatite, western Southern Alps, Switzerland. Canadian Mineralogist
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
blue in hand specimen). Abbreviations: Alm – almandine, Ap – an apatite-group mineral, Bt – a biotite-group...Namibia (Keller et al. 1997) and the Brissago pegmatite, Switzerland (Vignola et al. 2008) makes the presence...crystals up to 1.5–2.0 cm across, which have an almandine–spessartine composition, (Fe 2+1.87Mn 0.81Mg 0...Valley, Italy (Guastoni et al. 2007) and Brissago, Switzerland (Vignola et al. 2008). In the Lutomia pegmatite...assemblages from the Brissago granitic pegmatite, Western Southern Alps, Switzerland. Canad Mineral 46:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
garnet (Table 1) is dominated by spessartine + almandine (sps + alm > 91%). Minor cations include Mg (0...spessartine ranges between 61 and 63, whereas that of almandine is between 34 and 36 mole %, but locally they...Lumpkin, G.R. (2001): Hydrogen in spessartine–almandine garnets as a tracer of granitic pegmatite evolution...Phosphate assemblages from the Brissago pegmatite, Western southern Alps, Switzerland. Can. Mineral. 46, 635-650
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
muscovite, biotite, schorl evolving to foitite, almandine, sillimanite, andalusite and phosphate minerals...assemblages from the Brissago granitic pegmatite, Western Southern Alps, Switzerland. Canadian Mineralogist
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed...Mt. Cevedale (257 Ma; [69,71]), as well as at Brissago, north of the Italian–Swiss border (242 Ma; [68])...few dikes contain rare accessories. including almandine–spessartine garnet, blue beryl, schorl, and, locally...assemblage from the Brissago granitic pegmatite, western Southern Alps, Switzerland. Can. Mineral. 2008...Magmatic-Hydrothermal System; Springer: Cham, Switzerland, 2022. [CrossRef] 150. Bertello, F.; Fantoni
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
corresponds to a spessartine with an important almandine content (Table 9, Fig. 7). Discussion The ratio...assemblages from the Brissago granitic pegmatite, western Southern Alps, Switzerland. Can. Mineral. 46,
Journal (issue)
pegmatite filed of the Central Alps (Italy and Switzerland)











.44 HANSON, S.L., ZITO, G. Geochemical...Fluid Inclusions ECROFI-XIX, University of Bern, Switzerland, 17-20 July, 2007, Abstract Volume, p. 196. Badanina...a wall zone comprised of K-feldspar, quartz, almandine and schorl, which locally exhibit a comb structure...All of them are AlFe-Mn-rich, belonging to the almandine-spessartine series. Contents in Ca and Mg are...pegmatite field of the Central Alps (Italy and Switzerland) Alessandro Guastoni1, Giorgio Pennacchioni2
Journal (issue)
SĂŒdtirol 24-38 Die Mineralien der Pegmatite von Brissago, Tessin (CH) 39- Neue Mineralien (Almarudit, rondorfit...disaster avoided (?) as major shows move in 2005 11 Almandine garnet from Russell, Massachusetts 12-14 New minerals
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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, Salzburg...Kaltenberg mine, Turtmanntal Valley, Valais canton, Switzerland. In individual crystals to 1 mat Djida, Buryatia...802, 1.835, (+), pleochroic. YellowAlluaivite ALMANDINE green in transmitted light, pleochroic. A typical...1986. Alluaudite, 50 mm, Buranga, Rwanda, H * Almandine Fe/+ AI2 [(SiO4) 3] (9.A, garnet group). Cubic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intermediate-pressure amphibolite facies (kyanite-almandine-muscor i t e subfacies) in places going to granulite...Staurolith-Andalusit-Paragenesis im Glimmergners von Piodina bei Brissago (Tessin). Schweiz. Mineral. Petrog. Mitt. 10,
 
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