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Spessartine from
Falotta, Tinizong (Tinzen), Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Spessartine
Formula:Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spessartine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Falotta, Tinizong (Tinzen), Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:39473
Long-form Identifier:1:3:39473:2
GUID (UUID V4):7fcd7086-e86d-440d-8b28-752cde5d59c5
Nearest other occurrences of Spessartine
14.7km (9.1 miles) Bergwiesen, Starlera Valley, Ferrera, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland
17.9km (11.1 miles) Furtschellas deposit, Piz Corvatsch, Samedan, Maloja Region, Grisons, Switzerland
23.7km (14.7 miles) Drögh dal Frachic, Stampa, Upper Val Bregaglia, Bregaglia, Maloja Region, Grisons, Switzerland
24.6km (15.3 miles) Mt. Forno, Muretto Valley, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
24.8km (15.4 miles) Tanatz Alp, Splügen, Rheinwald, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland
24.9km (15.5 miles) East slope, Vergine, Albigna Valley, Upper Val Bregaglia, Bregaglia, Maloja Region, Grisons, Switzerland
28.3km (17.6 miles) Casnaggina Valley, Villa di Chiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
28.6km (17.8 miles) Lower Scerscen Glacier, Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
29.2km (18.1 miles) Punta Trubinasca, Codera Valley, Novate Mezzola, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
29.5km (18.3 miles) Alpe Rossaccio (Rossaccio), Villa di Chiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
References
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Geochemistry, University-BFSH 2, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 3 Institute for Crystallography, University of...of Lausanne, BSP, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 4 Institute for Mineralogy and Petrography, University of...of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 30, 4056 Basel, Switzerland 5 Laboratory for Chemical and Mineralogical Crystallography...University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland 2 ABSTRACT Cabalzarite, M1CaM2(Mg,Al,Fe3+ )2(XAsO4)2(H2O...group occurring in altered Mn ore at the abandoned Falotta mine (Swiss Alps). Together with other arsenates
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CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland and Mineralogical Institute of the University CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland Probably...the Alps-and spent most of his spare time in this region and who, moreover, dedicated most of his scientific...excavations in GalloRoman sites in southern Switzerland (Canton Valais, Binn) several crystal treasures...in several large natural history museums in Switzerland and abroad were assembled (for example, the outstanding...underlying calcareous marine sediments in the nappe region. Consequently, the water was greatly enriched in
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radiolarite-hosted deposits at Falotta in the Oberhalbstein, Switzerland (Geiger 1948), at Praborna in...Hautes-Pyrénées, Franklin (Essene & Peacor 1987), and Falotta (Graeser 1995), whereas W and LREE minerals were...deposits in Val Ferrera, eastern Central Alps, Switzerland. We 1075 38#5-oct.00-2188-03 1076 present...source of a tributary to the Rhine in Graubünden (Switzerland), belongs geologically to the Middle Penninic...ALPS Germany Ore deposits Austria France Switzerland 1: Piz La Mazza 2: Fianel 3: Starlera 4: Bergwiesen
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THE BARRHORN UNIT, TURTMANNTAL, CENTRAL ALPS, SWITZERLAND Joël BRUGGER§ School of Earth and Environmental...Géochimie, UNIL-BFSH2, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland Abstract The Triassic carbonates of the Briançonnais...magnetite and hematite) and silicate layers (spessartine, manganocummingtonite, ± tephroite, fluorapatite)...ferrugineux à magnétite et hématite) et silicates (spessartine, manganocummingtonite, ± téphroïte, fluorapatite)...to the Rhone Valley in Canton Wallis, Western Switzerland, belongs to the Middle Penninic (Briançonnais
Report (issue)
Sweden); tephroite, pyroxmangite, rhodonite, spessartine, rhodochrosite, tiragalloite (Ködnitz Valley...berzeliite, tilasite, rhodochrosite, braunite (Falotta mine, Switzerland); eveite, adamite, willemite, allactite...Tirol, Austria. At the Falotta mine, Oberhalbstein, Graubünden, Switzerland. From Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg
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mineral from Fianel, Val FerreraoGraubiinden, Switzerland JoEr, BnuccER ANDPnrnn Bnm,rpscrr Mineralogi...Institut, Bernoullistrasse30, CH-4056 Basel,Switzerland AssrRAgr Fianelite occurs in iron and manganeseores...Fianel, a small mine in Val Ferrera, Graubiinden, Switzerland. It is associatedwith quartz, aegirine,and limonite...Fianel, a mine in Val Ferrera, Graubiinden, Switzerland. The mineral and the name have been approved...Naturhistorisches Museum, Abteilung fiir Mineralogie, Basel, Switzerland. OccunnrxcE AND GENETIc ENwRoNMENT The Suretta
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hematite, calcite, barite (Långban, Sweden); spessartine, braunite, barite, quartz (Kajlidongri, India);...From Långban, Värmland, Sweden. In Switzerland, from the Falotta mine, Oberhalbstein, Graubünden, and
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(Perseil 1988), in the Falotta and Parsettens manganese deposits, Grison Canton, Switzerland (Perseil 1990),...Ka), andradite (Fe Ka, Ca Ka), rutile (Ti Ka), spessartine (Mn Ka), cuprite (Cu Ka), zincite (Zn Ka), mimetite...(1993) Comparative geochemistry of coticules (spessartine±quartzites) and their redschist country rocks...mineÂralisations manganeÂsifeÁres de Falotta et de Parsettens (Grisons ± Suisse) ± Evolution des parageneÁses
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of Sierra Gorda, northeast of Antofagasta, 2nd region, northern Chile. Occurrence: In a quartz – feldspar...The abandoned manganese mine near Falotta, Graubünden, Switzerland. Occurrence: In manganese ore consisting...consisting of braunite, rhodonite, spessartine, tinzenite, parsettensite, sursassite and strontian piemontite...(b. 1919), an amateur mineralogist of Chur, Switzerland, who contributed to the mineralogy of the canton
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Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Harold and Erica...beauty or rarity. LOCATION The northern coastal region of the Tyrrenian Sea is called Liguria: the name...time the region has had a complex history. Genoa is the main city and the main harbor of the region; the...are still visible and testify to the past of a region which hosted an important manganese deposit. Exceptional...Sondrio (Italy), Falotta nearTinizong (formerly Tinzen), and Fianel in Val Ferrera (Switzerland) (Niggli et
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pegmatites (Dykes Spolding, Hutfield Creek, Hercules-Spessartine) in California, USA (Foord et al., 1989). The...with black tourmaline, K-feldspar, albite and spessartine. Axinite-containing pockets were also discovered...the “steaming” zone, 5–the Little Three mine, Spessartine dike, California, USA (London et al., 2012)....of high-manganese tinzenite from the Falotta deposit in Switzerland. Crystallogr. rep., 46, 30–32. Bruker...pegmatite vein, Malkhan field (Central Transbaikal Region). Dokl. earth sci., 392, 999–1003. Thomas, R.,
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107-109 Beobachtungen am Tilasit von Falotta (GR, CH ) 110-113 Spessartine du Binntal (VS, CH ) 117-121 Kristalle
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Magnet Cove. AR 16-6:1.2-5.9 Cabalzarite Falotta Mine. Switzerland 16-9:9-JO Calaverite The Prospect Hole...16-6:1.2-5,9 Quad ratitc Lcngenbach. Binni.JI, Switzerland 16-3:8- 10 Quartz Estes Quarry. Cumberland Co...Sodic-ferripedrizite East Pedriza massif. Spain 16-1: 10 Spessartine Rock Run. Maryland 16-3: 1.6.7 Sphalerite Estes...Jakobsberg 16-9:9- I 0 Switzerland quadr.uite Lcngcnbach 16-3: 10; cabalzarite Falotta Mine. Alps 16-9·9-
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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...should be of specimens from localities within the region of that museum, or at least from the country concerned...rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und Lagerstattenlehre...FRG Brosso, Piemonte, Italy Piz Aul, Wallis, Switzerland 1 Room 1 0a 2 3 5 6 Tsumeb, Namibia Agrigento
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Bauditz, Vejby, Denmark; Pierre Perroud, Geneve, Switzerland; Jiri Just, Perth, Australia; Richard Thomssen...grey in reflected light. Alekseev mine, Sutamskii region, Stanovoi Range, USSR. H= 2.3, Djjj=?, D(;=7.80...468. Am. Min. 56 (1971), 791. See also Pyrope, Spessartine. Almbosite, E inadequate data. Am. Min. 66(1981)...yellow. Cherbadung, Binntal, Valais (Wallis), Switzerland. H= 6.5-7, Djj4=3.70, Dg=3.71, VIID 31. Graeser...K)2BaTi2(Si207)2, (SI Orth. Dark brown. Inagli massif, Aldan Region, Yakutiya, USSR. H= 5.9, Djjj= 3.432, Dq=3.46,
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110 Rhodonite-Pyroxmangite from Tanatz Alp, Switzerland Franca Caucia, Luigi Marinoni, Maria Pia Riccardi...Nicholas Sturman Carlsbad, California Lucerne, Switzerland Bangkok, Thailand John L. Emmett Ren Lu Fanus...absolutely transparent from the deep ultraviolet region into the infrared. Such minerals are termed allochromatic...where the absorption is least, and it is just this region of the absorption spectrum that transmits the most...maximum (FWHM) of the absorption bands in the visible region, divided by 300 nm (the 400–700 nm approximate
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Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As deposit, Takab region, Iran Grandviewite, 5 111111, Capillitas deposit...acic~- depo it, N of ofija, Vratsa-Izdremet ore region, Bullar crystals to I mm, pale yellow, transparent...the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, Antofagasta region, Chile. MM 76, 851861, 2012. Aldrigeite (Cd,Ca)(Cu...2011. ANDREYIVANOVITE Iquique prov., Tarapaca region, Chile, at the Rowley mine, Maricopa co., Arizona...(Rio Tinto) mine, Sierra Gorda dist., Antofagasta region, Chile. Also at the Rowley mine, Maricopa co.,
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Rare-earth minerals in the Alpine ar,d Subalpine region [Switzerland,Austria and Iti:Jy](by C. M. Gramaccioli)...Cassedanne) 8:382-387 Amethyst from the Thunder Bay region, Ontario (by D. G. Ellion) 13:67-70 New data on...Record bookshelf-A Guide to rite Minerals of Switzerland; Connecticut Mines and Minerals; Mineral Collecting...W. Graeme) 22:68 An occurrence of bixbyite, spessartine, topaz and pseudobrookite from Ash Creek near...24:218 ASH CREEK An occurrence of bixbyite, spessartine, topaz and pseudobrookite from Ash Creek near
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are not abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia)...by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided...United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the importance of ore-bearing...Kunlun Mts., near Hotan, Xinjiang Uygur Autom. region, China, also at Fengtien, Taiwan. Green at Ospinskoye...SwitzerlandItaly, overlooking Binntal, Valais canton, Switzerland, also crystals in Obersulzbachtal Valley, Salzburg
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prism face of an epidote crystal from Sustenpass/Switzerland; note the oblique bending at the end of the pits...rocks from Alpe Arami, Lepontine Alps, southern Switzerland. J Petrol 18:371-398 Eskola P (1933) On the chrome...Hutton CO (1940) Metamorphism in the Lake Wakatipu region, western Otago, New Zealand. Dept Sci Ind Res,...(1979) Die Namen der Steine. Ott Verlag, Thun (Switzerland), p 380 Maaskant P (1985) The iron content and...reaction phenomenology away from the equilibrium region. Contrib Mineral Petrol 89:110121 Matthews A, Goldsmith
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Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Harold and Erica...Record, volume 37, July–August, 2006 281 Spessartine Garnet with Schorl and Albite, 7.3 cm, from the...et al., 1988). Younger rocks are unknown in the region; if they were once present they were probably eroded...southern part of Gatineau Park, national capital region. Geological Survey Canada, Report 70–20. HOGARTH...Brewsterite crystal, 3 mm, from Strontian, Highland Region, Scotland. David Green collection and photo. Figure
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Hans A. Stalder: Natural History Museum, Bern, Switzerland. Hugo Strunz: Institute of Mineralogy, Technical...nm); weakly anisotropic. Bolshoi Anyui R.., Kolyma region, Russia, in gold-bearing alluvium. sm MZ 11(4):88(1989)..., Tulameen, BC, Canada; Kaltenberg, Valais, Switzerland; Bogota, near Canala, New Caledonia; Mt. Clifford...intrusion, NWT, Canada; Selva, near Poschiavo, Switzerland; Oko, near Koti, Japan; Red Hills, Wairaw R....VHNjo9 = 260. R = 55.3 (540 nm). Magnetic. Kumak region, Southern Ural Mts., Russia, in quartz veins with
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Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Harold and Erica...within the Kongsberg Sector of the Precambrian region of South Norway, which is a part of the Baltic...km in width. The whole ore district is within a region of strongly metamorphosed and tectonized Precambrian...regional breccia/fault structures occur in the region. Age determinations on gneisses have indicated...blende” (-30 to -28 per mil, PDB) point to Oslo Region shales (-29 to -22) as possible sources for the
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Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New...the largest of these villages. The Sierra Gallego region can be reached easily via Mexican Na­ tional Highway...cm in diameter. GEOLOGY In the Sierra Gallego region, more than 1,000 m of volcanic rocks lie unconformably...extraordinarily thick lava flow. About 35 m.y. ago, the region underwent extensive rhyolite doming accompanied...basalt and rhyolite flows. About 20 m .y. ago the region was subjected to typical basin-and-range normal
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e.g., galenite for galena, spessartite for spessartine, or periclasite for periclase (Dana 1850). Similarly...discovery locality, at the Alekseev mine, Sutamskii region, Stanovoi Range, Russia. Lipovetskil, A.G. et al... cub., Ta3d. Forms series with pyrope and spessartine. Corruption of Lat. alabandina, after Alabanda...after its discovery locality, in the Andalusia region, Spain. Delaméthene, J.C. (1798):J.de Phys. 46...(1978): Am. Mineral. 63, 424. Named after the Aragon region, Spain, where pseudohexagonal twinned crystal forms
 
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