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Awaruite from
Riffel Alp, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Awaruite
Formula:Ni3Fe
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Awaruite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Riffel Alp, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:434340
Long-form Identifier:1:3:434340:0
GUID (UUID V4):b9a39671-675f-4a3f-8c78-aa66c85fcfee
Nearest other occurrences of Awaruite
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘBrusson Mine, Brusson, Aosta Valley, Italy
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘAlvani Mine, Campello Monti, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
61.9km (38.5 miles) ⓘPian dei Sali serpentinite (Monte Netto - Cresta della Colmine northwest slope), Villette, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
81.1km (50.4 miles) ⓘPoggio San Vittore asbestos mine, Balangero, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
84.3km (52.4 miles) ⓘPonte del Diavolo (Ponte del Roch), Lanzo Torinese, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
91.3km (56.7 miles) ⓘSanta Maria della Neve, Varisella, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
References
Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 58
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872
Book (edition)
Hans A. Stalder: Natural History Museum, Bern, Switzerland. Hugo Strunz: Institute of Mineralogy, Technical...a-(Fe,Ni) Im3m 2.859 7.90 Taenite Tetrataenite Awaruite Nickel y-(Fe,Ni) FeNi NigFe Ni Fm3m P4/mmm Fm3m...meteorites, most abundant in mesosiderites Awaruite and slowly cooled chondrites; forms below 350°...350°. BM AM 65:624(1980), ABI: 527. 1.1.11.4 Awaruite Ni3Fe Named in 1885 for the locality. Iron—nickel...Grasshopper Mt., Tulameen, BC, Canada; Kaltenberg, Valais, Switzerland; Bogota, near Canala, New Caledonia; Mt.
 
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