| Locality type: | Valley |
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| Species: | Diopside |
| Formula: | CaMgSi2O6 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Hessonite | ⓘ9 photos of Diopside associated with Hessonite at this locality. |
| Clinochlore | ⓘ4 photos of Diopside associated with Clinochlore at this locality. |
| Fluorapatite | ⓘ1 photo of Diopside associated with Fluorapatite at this locality. |
| Vesuvianite | ⓘ1 photo of Diopside associated with Vesuvianite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Diopside data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Täsch Valley, Täsch, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 484931 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:484931:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 249cddbf-83cc-4cd4-b0ef-3e530db59083 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Diopside |
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| 8.0km (5.0 miles) | ⓘRimpfischwäng range, Findel glacier (Findeln glacier; Findelen glacier) area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 8.1km (5.1 miles) | ⓘEastern moraine, Fee glacier, Saas-Fee, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 8.3km (5.1 miles) | ⓘGrande Dixence power station, Zmuttbach Valley, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 10.9km (6.8 miles) | ⓘFelskinn, Fee Glacier, Saas-Fee, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 11.5km (7.2 miles) | ⓘStrahlhorn, Findel glacier (Findeln glacier; Findelen glacier) area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 12.0km (7.5 miles) | ⓘEgginer (Egginerhorn), Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 14.4km (8.9 miles) | ⓘBreithorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 15.3km (9.5 miles) | ⓘMoiry Glacier, Moiry Valley, Grimentz, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland |
| 15.5km (9.7 miles) | ⓘPollux, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 15.6km (9.7 miles) | ⓘPolluce (Pollux), Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | which extends from Saas-Fee area (Switzerland) to the Aosta valley (Italy; Fig. 1c), belongs to the internal... Serpentinite breccias from the southern Aosta valley (Mont Avic area) described by Tartarotti et al...cm-sized pseudomorphs in the whole ophiolite unit (Täsch valley: Bearth, 1966; Fry and Fyfe, 1971; Fry and Barnicoat...Valtournanche: Ernst and Dal Piaz, 1978; Saint-Marcel valley: Martin and Tartarotti, 1989). Complexity in textural...Fig. 1c for location: Mont Avic, Breuil-Ayas and Täsch areas). All three areas show the stacking of eclogite-facies |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Universität Basel, Bernoullistrasse 30, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland 3 Mineralogisches Institut, Universität Basel...Basel, Bernoullistrasse 30, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland 4 Institute of Mineralogy, University of Freiburg...magnetite and hercynite. Omphacite breakdown produced diopside-albite-barroisite symplectites. Calculated equilibrium...ultramaÞc rocks contain antigorite-forsterite-diopside-chloriteTi-clinohumite, which is isofacial with...can be distinguished: (1) barroisite + albite + diopside between grains of omphacite (Figs. 5a and 5b); |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, CH-5232 Villigen-HSK, Switzerland Downloaded by [Simon Fraser University] at 08:50...of Ca-bearing silicates such as hydrogrossular, diopside, clinozoisite, epidote, and vesuvianite. They...minerals such as clinozoisite, grossular garnet, and diopside are formed. In rocks of initial basaltic composition...mineral assemblages with vesuvianite, chlorite, and diopside. The formation of rodingites is also considered...grossulardiopside-chlorite; (3) epidote-diopside-chlorite; (4) epidote-diopside-spinel; (5) plagioclase-grossulardiopside |
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