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Aragonite from
Reckingen, Goms, Goms, Valais, Switzerland


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Reckingen, Goms, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:434190
Long-form Identifier:1:3:434190:1
GUID (UUID V4):154ae0d3-3c2e-49d7-91fd-a266b81de1d0
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
10.7km (6.6 miles) ⓘDolomite outcrops, Ofenhorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘLengenbach Quarry, FĂ€ld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
12.8km (7.9 miles) ⓘReckibach, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘMorasco area, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘRio Röni (Rio Roni), Maria Luisa Refuge area, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘMonte Cervandone area, Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘGischi glacier (incl. Gischihorn), Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘTunetschgrabe (Tunnetschgrabe) Bitsch, Östlich Raron, Valais, Switzerland
21.0km (13.1 miles) ⓘGhiacciaio di Mottiscia, Veglia Alp (Alpe Veglia), Varzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
21.8km (13.6 miles) ⓘFurkareuss, Furka pass area, Realp, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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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...rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und Lagerstattenlehre...Manganite Hematite Skutterudite Zinckenite Stephanite Aragonite (var. Tarnowitzite) Rhodochrosite Witherite Malachite...FRG Brosso, Piemonte, Italy Piz Aul, Wallis, Switzerland 1 Room 1 0a 2 3 5 6 Tsumeb, Namibia Agrigento
Journal (issue)
have been able while here to do some hunting in Switzerland and also to join the Swiss Association of Mineral...September. We also spent two weeks in the Valais in Switzerland at the beginning of August mostly at the...of very beautiful multiple faceted form near Reckingen in an avalanche track. We also worked the well...mining,- the mud zone at Ogdensburg was growing aragonite crystal clusters, chalcophanite, and other exotic
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higher degree of symmetry, as is the case in aragonite or chrysoberyl (Pl. 12, (p. 64). In both cases...it may also occur as the orthorhombic mineral, aragonite. Strictly speaking these are two different mineral...usually below 5 mm. in diameter, of calcite, aragonite, lirnonite, pyrolusite, or other minerals. Tabular...gold are continually formed at about 80°C; and aragonite from the hot springs at Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia...BOLIVIA - unique copper replacements of twinned aragonite crystals ( ! ! !) to 2 cm. from Corocoro. SIL
Book (edition)
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...in crystals to 5 cm at Lamma, Emen, Fiesch, all Valais canton, as :\/bite. 70 r..m.Cyri/o1·. C:.ecl1...5 cm from Lercheltini. 5 km E of Binn. Binntal. Valais canton. Other important localities are Lago della
Book (volume)
cristalline (e quindi mi­ nerali: vedi calcite e aragonite, ecc.; vedi anche pag. 72). diorite, roccia verdastra...propria roccia squamosa, biancastra (scisto a p aragonite), come matrice dei celebri campioni di staurolite...inclusioni di clorite. La localita piu famosa e forse Reckingen nell'alto Vallese, ove furono trovati alcuni ...Vincent (Montjovet) (4 in Fig. 1 35) artinite (F), aragonite (F), brugnatellite ( ?) ( R ) , demantoide ( R...di Settarme) (5 in Fig. 1 35 ) amia nto ( F), aragonite ( F ) , artinite ( P F ) , brucite ( F ) , calcite
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1907. 1815 16329 800 8000 470 4500 . . Switzerland, the and Germany Austria . . ... France...with the chlorite of a habit Wallis, Switzerland, it is only Euclase. precious stone, the...10), while others Smaller Norway. rarely at Reckingen /2) is is is It contains the and are of...stone second order with —2 R and +R. Switzerland. second order with three faces of the...Brittany, 6. Switzerland. quartz. Connecticut, (i. Brittany, 5. Gotthard, Switzerland Gotthard,
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Also they give rise to various minerals, such as aragonite, calcite, chal cedony and cinnabar. On the surface...cleave only along certain cleavage planes (eg aragonite). Many minerals are named by their typical cleavage...seen by the naked eye; - columnar aggregates (eg aragonite), fibrous aggregates (eg sillimanite), may be...and colloidal aggregates occur predominantly in aragonite, limonite, pyrite, marcasite, in various kinds...diamond (602) - graphite (2); calcite (217) - aragonite (221 ); rutile (464) - brookite (353) - anatase
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Also they give rise to various minerals, such as aragonite, calcite, chalcedony and cinnabar. On the surface...cleave only along certain cleavage planes (eg aragonite). Many minerals are named by their typical cleavage...seen by the naked eye; columnar aggregates (eg aragonite), fibrous aggregates (eg sillimanite), may be...and colloidal aggregates occur predominantly in aragonite, limonite, pyrite, marcasite, in various kinds...diamond (602) — graphite (2); calcite (217) — aragonite (221); rutile (464) — brookite (353) — anatase
Book (volume)
II. :i35 11.226 11. I. 80 333 Allophane Aragonite 1.239 d’), Gard. 1V.749 111.686 II. 232 Brochantile... 136 Quartz Quarlzine 111. 42 III. 691 Aragonite Aubigny, Ardennes. Marcasilc Aubigny-la-Ronce...Bayonne-Briscous (bassin salilĂ«re de), Basses-PyrĂ©nĂ©es. Aragonite 111.678 Gypse nM73 Bayonnette (concession...1. filon dej, prĂšs \ 'illel'ranche, 1V.651 Aragonite 111.686 Haryline lA’. Ghalcopyrile Chrysocole...lironzite L,551 (rocher des), Ă  Vichy, Allier Aragonite 111.684 1.607 Gal cite I Arnave, Celle (la)
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radiating merlinoite fibers that cover calcite and aragonite in veins cutting through Tertiary melilite-nephelinite...chalcedony, opal, apophyllite, ilmenite, pyrite, aragonite, siderite, and barite in cavities in the dolerite...stilbite, phillipsite, natrolite, mesolite, and aragonite in Tertiary basalt at Mount Bell, in the Moina... natrolite, gmelinite, apophyllite, calcite, aragonite, chabazite, tacharanite, tobermorite, gypsum,...with carbonates, ferro-calcite, dolomite, and aragonite, while cavities in the lower flow contain analcime
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radiating merlinoite fibers that cover calcite and aragonite in veins cutting through Tertiary melilite-nephelinite...chalcedony, opal, apophyllite, ilmenite, pyrite, aragonite, siderite, and barite in cavities in the dolerite...stilbite, phillipsite, natrolite, mesolite, and aragonite in Tertiary basalt at Mount Bell, in the Moina... natrolite, gmelinite, apophyllite, calcite, aragonite, chabazite, tacharanite, tobermorite, gypsum,...with carbonates, ferro-calcite, dolomite, and aragonite, while cavities in the lower flow contain analcime
Journal (issue)
Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland R H O D O C H R O S IT E fro m th e N ’C h w...Switz­ erland) Robert Sullivan, Jr. (Oberwil, Switzerland) Joseph Taggart (Socorro, NM) Doug and Fran Toland...1800’s in the Binntal (Binna Valley), canton Valais, Switzerland. Needless to say, it was “unavailable.” I...locality is given as Alp Lercheltini, Binnental, Switzerland. Does anyone know of a still bigger crystal than...Greece there were some fine, aesthetic, sky-blue aragonite clusters resembling very much the Italian ones
Book (volume)
cristalline (e quindi mi­ nerali: vedi calcite e aragonite, ecc.; vedi anche pag. 72). diorite, roccia verdastra...piombo-zinciferi ; da siderite, H>llin­ gite, bournonite, aragonite coralloide nei gia­ cimenti di ferro austriaci...stauro­ lite, danburite, baritina, celestina, aragonite, stronzianite, columbite, andalusite, anidrite...localita (generalmente fluorescente in rosso), l' aragonite della Val Malenco (fluorescente in bianco e fosfo...delle belle rose di ferro, come ad esempio a Reckingen : in questi esemplari, come del resto anche in
Book (edition)
Hans A. Stalder: Natural History Museum, Bern, Switzerland. Hugo Strunz: Institute of Mineralogy, Technical...example, calcite CaCOg (14.1.1.1) has a polymorph aragonite (14.1.3.1), while vaterite (14.1.2.1) has yet...pseudomorphs have been observed after cuprite, aragonite, calcite, azurite, chalcocite, and antlerite....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.
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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...specimens reminiscent of those from Maderanertal, Switzerland, and remarkable for their bright luster, sharp...1\1cson show (2005: 292). JOURAVSKITE AFRICA SWITZERLAND Lengenbach quarry, Binntal [Binnental. Binnatal]...In 1984 the Natural History Museum of Bern, Switzerland acquired a large lot of the accumulated discoveries
 
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