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Glaucophane from
Allalinhorn, Allalin area, Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Glaucophane
Formula:◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Glaucophane data
Locality Data:Click here to view Allalinhorn, Allalin area, Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:436227
Long-form Identifier:1:3:436227:2
GUID (UUID V4):142d2489-5dbb-49c2-8a26-b226f7db583d
Nearest other occurrences of Glaucophane
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘMellich glacier (Mellichen glacier), TĂ€sch Valley, TĂ€sch, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘPfulwe, TĂ€sch Valley, TĂ€sch, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘTĂ€sch Valley, TĂ€sch, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘGhiacciaio del Bottarello, Val Loranco, Antrona Schieranco, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
42.6km (26.5 miles) ⓘVarenche Mine, Saint-BarthĂ©lemy, Nus, Aosta Valley, Italy
44.0km (27.4 miles) ⓘHerin Mine, Champdepraz, Aosta Valley, Italy
44.4km (27.6 miles) ⓘChateyroux, Fontainemore, Aosta Valley, Italy
47.0km (29.2 miles) ⓘOropa, Biella, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
50.8km (31.6 miles) ⓘIveri, Pont-Saint-Martin, Aosta Valley, Italy
51.1km (31.7 miles) ⓘRio Oremo, Chiavolino, Pollone, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
were mostly of estuarine habits. ON ROCKS FROM THR SAAS-'fHAL AND GENEVA. By CAPTAn, MARSHALL HALL, F...literature of our subject. My first visit to the Saas-Thal was in 1849, and the object which led to my...London in the morning one can reach Visp, at the foot of the Saas-'I'hal, on the afternoon of the next...beautiful walk or ride of four hours will bring us to Saas-im-Grund, on the verge of our happy huntingground...prolongation of the areto leading up to the Allalinhorn, and surrounded by great glaciers, would, as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
High-pressure Parageneses of the Allalin Gabbro, Valais, Switzerland by G. A. C H I N N E R and J. E....alteration of olivine crystals in the Gabbro of the Allalinhorn show a variety of kyanite-bearing parageneses...loritoid; (3) kyanite-talc-garnet-omphacite-glaucophane. The assemblages examined are consistent with...Bonney (1892) and of Schafer (1895) have made the Allalin gabbro one of the best known of all those Alpine...assemblages. On the face and flank of the Allalinhorn (Valais), metagabbros with recognizable igneous textures
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Complex, Urals, blueschist (3)~ Zermatt-Saas, blueschist (5) ~ Allalin, metagabbro (4) < Tauern, eclogite...are that Allalin metagabbros were metamorphosed at a similar peak temperature to Zermatt-Saas blueschists... 0106571 / ~ ) / / \\ x// Aug Jd Zermatt-Saas / 0138315 / x .138314 / "120852 Z x121551 / " "...= NaCrSi206) Locality Sesia-Lanzo Zermatt-Saas Allalin Specimen No. 106571 138313 138315 138314...to Holland (1977, 1979) the eclogites from this area crystallised at 620 _+30~ C and 19.5 _+2.5 kb in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
when Mr. J. Eccles and mysel~ spent some time at Saas :Fee, in the Yispthal. The structure of the great...mountain-mass drained by the two branches of the Visp is rather complicated. The rocks are almost wholly...t h i s - the same rock occupies a considerable area, is by no means uniform in character, and its relations...varieties of these (restricting ourselves to the Zermatt-Saas district), in addition to a foliated structure,...appearance to the last, and was taken from the Hinter Allalin Joch. 3 Under the microscope this exhibits a very
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphism followed by rapid exhumation of the Zermatt-Saas Fee ophiolite S. SKORA,1,2 N. J. MAHLEN,3 C. M....University of Lausanne, Geopolis, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 2 Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH...ETH Zurich, Clausiusstrasse, 25NW 8092 Zurich, Switzerland (susanne.skora@erdw.ethz.ch) 3 Department of...protracted garnet growth history for the Zermatt-Saas Fee (ZSF) ophiolite, western Alps. Four new Lu–Hf...the ZSF. Samples from the lower part of the ZSF at Saas Fee and St. Jacques, however, produced much younger
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zone of the western Alps stretching from SW Switzerland to the Mediterranean coast (Fig. 1 ). The majority...eclogitic metabasalt from the Zermatt-Saas ophiolite in SW Switzerland suggest that high-P metamorphism occurred...Similarly, eclogitic rocks N Apulian basement Allalin gabbro Ligurian sediments Ligurian ophiolites...Rocciavre Montgenùvre Torino Monviso 5˚E 10˚E Switzerland Genoa France G T 45˚N Italy G Mediterranean...Alps. Important occurrences are in the Allalinhorn of SW Switzerland, at Rocciavre in NW Italy, in the Monviso
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
structure of garnet porphyroblasts from the Zermatt area, Western Alps Kurt Bucher1,*, Tobias Björn Weisenberger2...Short title: Garnet porphyroblasts from the Zermatt area This article has been accepted for publication...porphyroblasts from garnet-phengite schists of the Zermatt area (Western Alps) has been successfully decoded. The...facies continental basement rocks within the Zermatt-Saas meta-ophiolite unit (ZSU) of the Western Alps (Figure...have been collected over the entire TGU exposure area during fieldwork from 2005 to 2015, however, most
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found in regional distribution in the Gran Paradiso area, where it occurs in the characteristic mineral association...reaches the magnesian subsystem in the Gran Paradiso area cannot be ascertained. However, the sporadic occurrence...massif within the same lithological unit (Zermatt-Saas Fee zone s.l.) indicates the instability of any...stable for purely magnesian compositions in that area. This progressive stabilization of talc-phengite...Maira massifs, from North to South—Fig. 4). The area initially investigated includes the Gran Paradiso
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geisspfad, Switzerland Metarodingite Mica + zoisite nodules 0.93 Keusen and Peters (1980) Allalinhorn, Valais...Valais, Switzerland Liset, Vestlandet, Norway Eclogitized gabbro Kyanite eclogite Symplectite Greenschist...(La Compointrie; cf. Fig. 2c; see text), shaded area non-existing compositions. M2+ Mg+Mn+Fe2+, (R3+)VI...pseudomorphs after chiastolite in the Georgetown area, California. Am Mineral 64: 728±732 Harlow GE (1994)...high-pressure metamorphism in the Allalin metagabbro (Switzerland). High-pressure metamorphism: indicator
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
-Schafer found in serpentine from the Allalinhorn, Switzerland, two minerals, one brownish-yellow and...conclusion, he describes an asbestos-like variety of glaucophane, in which the greater portion of the Al,Si,O
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the initial description (Table 1): Allalinhorn, CE Switzerland (Meyer, 1983); Liset, Norway (Smith...north–northwestward to the Turkish border in a mountainous area and has difficult ED access (Juteau, 2004). A...Grapets, R., 2009. The Eclogite-facies Allalin Gabbro of the Zermatt- Saas CE Ophiolite, Western Alps: a Record...Gilbert, M.C., 1983. Experimental studies on glaucophane stability. American Journal of Science 283-A...high-pressure metamorphism in the Allalin metagabbro (Switzerland). High-pressure metamorphism: Indicator
Book (edition)
beginning of metamorphism: Fe-Mg-carpholite, glaucophane, 4 I Definition, Limits and Types of Metamorphism...general term for metamorphism occurring over a wide area, as opposed to local metamorphism, and includes...due to the presence of sodic amphibole (e.g. glaucophane schist). However, the "blue" color of a blueschist...structure occupied by Na (riebekite, crossite, glaucophane). Amphibolite. Mafic rock predominantly composed...metamorphic mineral reactions that run in a crustal area. Finally, composition phase diagrams can also be
Book (edition)
of meters, burnt rocks may crop out over a large area, especially where combusted organic-bearing strata...high-T, low-P regional metamorphism in the Qadda area, southern Arabian Shield. J Metamorph Geol 14:613–634...of coesite-bearing metasediments from the Zermatt-Saas zone, Western Alps. Eur J Miner 3:7–17 References...Province, central China: detailed petrography, glaucophane stability and PT-path. Eur J Miner 6:217–233...due to the presence of sodic amphibole (e.g. glaucophane schist). However, the “blue” color of a blueschist
Book (volume)
in a considerable extension of the biographical area, even as regards individuals of British nationality...Lampeter, 1880-1881. Guide to Grindelwald; Guide to Switzerland; The Alps in Nature and L History; &c. Editor...navigable as far as St Omer; and a river of Switzerland, in the cantons of Lucerne and Aargau, which...river which both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland. Its total length (including all bends) from...ft., while its official. AARAU—AARHUS drainage area is 6804 sq. m. It rises in the great Aar
 
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