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Epidote from
Gneiss quarries, Riveo, Maggia, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Titanite4 photos of Epidote associated with Titanite at this locality.
Albite3 photos of Epidote associated with Albite at this locality.
Chlorite Group3 photos of Epidote associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Apatite2 photos of Epidote associated with Apatite at this locality.
Prehnite2 photos of Epidote associated with Prehnite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Epidote associated with Quartz at this locality.
Laumontite1 photo of Epidote associated with Laumontite at this locality.
Apophyllite Group1 photo of Epidote associated with Apophyllite Group at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gneiss quarries, Riveo, Maggia, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (14 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:83926
Long-form Identifier:1:3:83926:2
GUID (UUID V4):15381ef5-c1f3-4d39-afd6-02e8e14f1fb3
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
3.9km (2.4 miles) Maurino Quarry, Cerentino, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
15.4km (9.6 miles) Alpe di Caneto (Alpe Caneto), Re, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
16.1km (10.0 miles) Kighel Quarry (Antillone Quarry), Formazza gneiss quarries, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
16.3km (10.1 miles) Imboden Quarry (Boschetto Quarry), Formazza gneiss quarries, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
16.7km (10.4 miles) Passo della Forcola REE-mineralization, Cravariola Valley (Cravairola Valley; Cravairola Alp), Montecrestese, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
17.8km (11.1 miles) Rivasco Quarry, Rivasco Quarries, Premia gneiss quarries, Premia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
19.1km (11.9 miles) Lago Bianco, Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
19.3km (12.0 miles) Monte Giove, Vallone del Vannino, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
19.3km (12.0 miles) Northeast slope, Pizzo dell'Arzo, Cavagnöö Glacier (Cavagnoli Glacier; Cavagnöö area; Cavagnoli area), Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
19.9km (12.4 miles) Lake Sfundau, Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Hill through the southern, famous for its gneiss quarries and mineral de posits, and Tim’s Hill lies...granite, with frequent occurrence of large veins of gneiss, which have been extensively quarried for curbing...cobalt, cyanite, cooke ite, chlorophane, dolomite, epidote, fahlunite, fibrolite, flint, garnet, graphite, hornblende...past seventy-five years, explored the old hills, quarries and openings, so that at the present time one...Haddam Neck. It is also found in various other spar quarries on the Neck. Also found at the chrysoberyl locality
Journal (issue)
MINERALS OF HADDAM, CONN. BY James W. DAVIS. PART II. EPIDOTE, found on the farm of Dr. M. C. Hazen, about three-quar...that from Piedmont is said to form a small vein in gneiss about one inch wide. This particular locality I...encountered which would yield beautiful specimens of epidote and other minerals. FAHLUNITE is observed in rhombic...this mineral has not been found in situ here in gneiss, as the original locality in this coun— 66 ‘...adjoining town to the south, where it was found in gneiss, and named Sillimanite in honor of Professor Silli
Report (volume)
.......................... 51 Descriptions of quarries................................... 51 Baltimore............................. 54 Descriptions of quarries................................... 54 Woodstock............................. 56 Descriptions of quarries .................................. 57 Port Deposit...Jones Falls quarries .......................................... 67 Gwynns Falls quarries........................................... 68 Other gneiss quarries......................................... CHAPTER
Book
Tetrahedrite and realgar from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71: Fluorite crystals from the People's...autunite, barite, bertrandite, brookite, enargite, epidote, ferberite, heulandite, hiibnerite, ferrocolum...crust is called a magma chamber. The cooling of in gneiss formed in a metamorphic environment at high temperature...from the summit of Pizzo Forno in the Ticino Canton of Switzerland. A particular type of metamorphism,...of characteristic minerals, such as grossular, epidote, diopside, scapolite and vesuvianite. F- u o
Report (volume)
mineral content, and origin___________________ Gneiss and granite___ _ ______ ________ 7 9 9 9 ' 11..._________________________ 43 Geologic observations at the quarries, by T. Nelson Dale_______ 45 Microstructure____________________...Inclusions _________________________________ 47 Plicated gneiss structure_________________________ 47 Granite ...discussion Continued. Geologic observations at the quarries Continued, Page. Segregations__l_.____ '.____...Nelson Dale_______________ Description of the quarries and their product__________ ____ Method______
Book
Tetrahedrite and realgar from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71: Ruorite crystals from the People's...autunite, barite, bertrandite, brookite, enargite, epidote, ferberite, heuland1te, hiibnerite, ferrocolumbite/...metamorphic rocks. Above: corundum crystal contained in gneiss formed in a metamorphic environment at high temperature...from the summit of Pizzo Forno in the Ticino Canton of Switzerland. A particular type of metamorphism,...of characteristic minerals, such as grossular, epidote, diopside, scapolite and vesuvianite. Hydrothermal
Book
graphite, titanite, cocco11te(hedenbergite), epidote, chondrodite and other minerals Qf the limestone...02'34"}65)--Quartz-plagioclasemicrocline.bioti te gneiss. Acc>essory minerals: clinozoisi te, garnet, zircon... magnetite, muscovite, hornolende. 'Actinolite Gneiss >and Cpondrodite Limestone (76(locality uncertain}ltl)--westward...pyrite, Plrrhotite, ahd calcite in hornDlendle gneiss. Eaat of Center Pend, oa fara ot M.J. ~lder.an...p.150,195)--.erpentine mar'le found in a bed in gneiss on the river in Becket. Mattetite (75(see L.e)374
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals are found filling seams in schist and gneiss. Many apophyllite-(KF) specimens have been recovered...long in the pegmatites that cut the schist and gneiss. The locality at 190th Street and Amsterdam Avenue...where both minerals coated fractured plates of gneiss. Many of these specimens exceed 50 cm across. A...embedded in milky quartz. Epidote, Ca2Al2(Fe3+,Al)Si3O12(OH): Lustrous, dark green epidote is one of the more...(Inwood), Manhattan. 3 × 2 × 1 cm, NYSM 21408. Epidote was first reported by Robinson (1825) from the
Book (volume)
sphalerite. 4. GRAPHITE. (8) Graphite occurs, with gneiss and quartz on A.Johnson's farm E. from Feastcrvillc...mine near Shimersville, Lehigh Co. It occurs with gneiss at Paxon'sfarm, near Feasterville, Bucks Co. ...(29) Fluorite occurs at the Kleckner limestone quarries near HalColors: green, purple and pink. Imperlietsville...vermilion, earthy incrustations occur at the gneiss quarries at Frankford, Philadelphia. MELACONITE. 16...MENACCANITE. Occurs massive at George Hammit's quarries, one mile East Kdge Hill furnace, Montgomery Co
Report (volume)
examples_________________ Fluidal cavities in granite gneiss.________ Fluidal cavities in small dikes or veins_____...England granite quarries____ Descriptions of the quarries, granites, and product__________ Method of tr...The granite railroads_______________________ The quarries, their granite and finished product_______ Caledonia...________ Geology of Byegate quarries__________ Quarries ________________________ Groton____________________________...Descriptions of the quarries, granites, and product Continued. Vermont Continued. Page. The quarries, their granite
Book (volume)
..377 North Carolina – Spruce Pine – Little Switzerland Area Map .....................379 North Carolina.........................511 Virginia – Leesburg quarries Site Map .......................................gemmy minerals, petrified wood;  area limestone quarriesCalcite, Celestite, marble;  SIXMILE (hamlet...Magnetite, Pyrite, etc.;  limestone and dolomite quarriesBarite and Calcite. ANGEL STATION (NW part of...5 mi., in Trenton limestone, in old Civil War quarriesGalena. (Loose pieces of galena are found over
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
times associated with epidote, and in 1890 Brogger4 called attention to allanite-epidote intergrowths in certain...primary. A similar association of allanite and epidote in igneous rocks has been reported by W. H. Hobbs...black olivine-enstatite rock and the inclosing gneiss. Professor Emerson says :9 “A gainst the olivine...pegmatites of granitic composition in which feld­ spar quarries have been opened are fairly abundant over parts...black olivine-enstatite rock and the inclosing gneiss. Here it occurs abundantly in granular anorthite
Report (issue)
Quarry 74 Flat Shoals . . • . • • . . . 76 Granite-Gneiss . • . , • . . . • 77 Mrs. M. J. Hill's Property...So The H. W. Hill Property. So Other Outcrops of Gneiss . 8I The T. B. Tigner Quarry • . 82 Coweta County...Quarry . • • • • . 9r Foliated Granite (Granite-Gneiss) • 94-96 Pike County . . . . . . . . . • . . •...• III-143 Stone Mountain and Its Quarries . . II3-II9 The Quarries of the Adjacent Lowland Belt . . ...Lithonia Area of Contorted Gneiss 125-143 The Rock-Chapel Mountain Quarries . 128 The Jake Chupp Quarry
Book
ERRATA. Page " " " 11 under BRUNSWICK, after Epidote, dele Manganesian. P.) refers to John Pedrick,...Radiated Sulphurtt of Iron. 7, under TOPSHAM, after Epidote, dele Manganesian. 14, 73, 114, 123, and 124, for...orange red. Epidote, arenaceous, on the banks of the Androscoggin, be- tween strata of gneiss. sometimes... generally Epidote, manganesian, granular or compact, in veins traversing granite, gneiss, greenstone...primitive limestone, sometimes in granite and gneiss, ; limestone, with Granular Quartz ; it forms a
Report (issue)
published and unpublished data on dimension stone quarries, prospects, and historical sites in the southern......................................5 Historic quarries...............................................................................8 Fraser Range — gneiss, charnockite, and mafic granulite ................................43 Wombarella Creek — granitic gneiss ............................................................107 Nanutarra red and white marble quarries .............................................
Book (volume)
⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet...Magnetite, Pyrite, etc.; f limestone and dolomite quarries⎯Barite and Calcite. ANGEL STATION (NW part of...5 mi., in Trenton limestone, in old Civil War quarries⎯Galena. (Loose pieces of galena are found over...worked by Indians.) PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarries⎯black marble. (The marble belt extends through...and Tourmaline (Minerals in veins in schist and gneiss.); e S. of Pleasant Grove church on the Hobbs farm⎯Turquoise
Book (volume)
⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet...Magnetite, Pyrite, etc.; f limestone and dolomite quarries⎯Barite and Calcite. ANGEL STATION (NW part of...5 mi., in Trenton limestone, in old Civil War quarries⎯Galena. (Loose pieces of galena are found over...worked by Indians.) PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarries⎯black marble. (The marble belt extends through...and Tourmaline (Minerals in veins in schist and gneiss.); e S. of Pleasant Grove church on the Hobbs farm⎯Turquoise
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontenac Quarries Limited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melochville quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . Shawinigan and St-Maurice quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . St-Marc -des -Carrieres quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riviere -a-Pierre quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book
Igneous intrusives Dark minerals, Limestone quarries Calcite, celestite, dolomite, fluorite, galena...rareearth minerals, etc. ores, pyrites, etc. Epidote, garnet, scheelite, sulphides, vesuvianite, etc...sericite, chlorite, muscovite, biotite varieties), gneiss, hornfels, marble, serpentine, breccias, silica...w, in the Trenton limestone, in old Civil War quarries opened by the Confederate government—ga/ena. Note:...averaging 1/2 mi. wide, with many at regional quarries— crystalline marble. Rockford, excavations—go/d
Report (issue)
_ Hornblende gneiss unit _________________ _ Microcline-quartz-plagioclase-biotite gneiss unit ______...____ _ Microcline-quartz-plagioclase-biotitc · gneiss complexly interlayered with other rocks ______...-----lnterlayered biotite-quartz- pia gioclase gneiss and mica schist ________________ _ Quartzite unit...__________________________ _ Quartz-feldspar cata.clastic gneiss and associated rocks ______________________ _ Cataclastic..._________ _ 8, 9. Garnetiferous biotite-quartz gneiss, Schwartzwalder mine __________________________________
Book (edition)
valuable ores, with the localities and extent of quarries, and of coal and lime formations, objects of ... do duartz Rock, Talcose Slate, Mica Slate, do Gneiss, &c. do Greenstone, do Porphyry, Seinite and Granite...AND MINERALS IN THE STATE. Granite and Sienite, Gneiss, Greenstone, Hornblende Slate and Poryhyry, Quartz...the Strata, Mineral Contents Theory of Hornblende Gneiss: How distinguished from Granite, Its Mineralogical...Slate, : - - - - 385 339 394 - . - of Gneiss, 381 - Strata, . Theory 362 363 368 368 370
Journal (issue)
and a new dynasty. About the same time, the gneiss quarries at Jones Falls began producing building stone...founders of the colony. Maryland "A number of quarries operated in the district, but to the mineral world...a t Jones Fa lls. Th e a t t ractively colored gneiss, referred to locally as #salt and pepper rock,...rley-Schwind Quarry was one of several gneiss producing quarries a t Jones-Falls. circa 1 898. MATRIX collection...building stone. An early journal noted that the gneiss #assu mes nearly the tex t u re of the first ment
Report (volume)
County, extensive quarries near Birmingham and Bessemer; Talladega County, several quarries. Used for road...Gneisses and mica schists of metamorphic region. Quarries at Tallassee Falls, in Elmore County. Galena....County, near Guntersville. Gas. See Natural gas. Gneiss. See Granite. Gold. In metamorphic rocks, Chilton...St. Glair County, at Cooks Springs. Sandstone. Quarries: Calhoun County, at Anniston; Colbert County,...Rover mine. Mohave County, in pre-Cambrian granite gneiss in Chloride, Mineral Park, and Stockton Hill districts
Book (edition)
gneisses and mica schists of metamorphic region. Fine quarries at Tallahassee falls on Tallapoosa river in sili...rock" outcrop. Chewacla lime works—a porphyritic gneiss quarried for mill stones. Grindstones are made...Rockford, Coosa county, loose crystals in granitoid gneiss. Southeast of Ashland, Clay county ; works erected...argentiferous in many places. Occurs in veins in gneiss,with pyrite, sphalerite, galena, and tetrahedrite...slates noted for their excellence. A fine-grained gneiss quarried at Higganum. Plymouth, Litchfield county;
Book (edition)
Limestone stone Slate Granite Syenite Porphyry. Gneiss — — XII. — Cements Cements Rosendale, Cumberland...Sometimes it is in large pockets in granite or gneiss and then can be split up into transparent plates...cavities in the Epidote. This is the principal members are Allanite Epidote as follows is ...rarely is it crystalline, fibrous or foliated. Epidote is abundant in the prime and in the primary rocks...associated with hornblende. The fine granular epidote sometimes forms rock masses of cleavage, imperfect
 
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