| Locality type: | Outcrop |
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| Species: | Andradite var: Melanite |
| Formula: | Ca3(Fe3+,Ti)2(SiO4)3 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Diopside | ⓘ3 photos of Melanite associated with Diopside at this locality. |
| Clinochlore | ⓘ3 photos of Melanite associated with Clinochlore at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Melanite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Felskinn, Fee Glacier, Saas-Fee, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (4 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 364783 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:364783:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | f91814e4-e9d0-494d-bafe-18a80f3c7f37 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Melanite |
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| 3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘEastern moraine, Fee glacier, Saas-Fee, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 8.4km (5.2 miles) | ⓘRimpfischwäng range, Findel glacier (Findeln glacier; Findelen glacier) area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 16.9km (10.5 miles) | ⓘSchwärze (Schwärze glacier), Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 18.9km (11.7 miles) | ⓘBreithorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 45.4km (28.2 miles) | ⓘVarenche Mine, Saint-Barthélemy, Nus, Aosta Valley, Italy |
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 | Parker, R. L., Stalder, H. A., de Quervain, F., Niggli, E., Graeser, St. (1973) Die Mineralfunde Der Schweiz (2nd ed.) Verlag Wepf & Co., Basel. | Book (edition) | | 3-85977-002-0 Copyright by Wepf & Co., Basel Printed in Switzerland Buchdruckcrci Birkhauser AG, Basel inTIWNRI... 1111111 111 � \\ ,. II Fundgebiet 12: Zermatt-Saas (H. A. Stalder) Fundortgruppen 12a bis 12d . . ...und ostlich angrenzenden Regionen : Zer matt-Saas Fee, Simplon, Binnatal, oberstes Maggiatal- Pizzo...lt mit dcr Bc zeichnung ,Quartz byalin, Viesch, Valais. Don General Bonaparte, 1797>. Im Sommer 1967 ist...sowie von der \Vestseite des Gletschers cim tmteren Saas > sind seit langem Fundstellen bekannt. \Vahrscheinlich |
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Felskinn, Fee Glacier, Saas-Fee, Visp, Valais, Switzerland