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Vesuvianite from
Strahlhorn, Findel glacier (Findeln glacier; Findelen glacier) area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Vesuvianite
Formula:Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vesuvianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Strahlhorn, Findel glacier (Findeln glacier; Findelen glacier) area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:484928
Long-form Identifier:1:3:484928:5
GUID (UUID V4):22cb9039-24e7-4807-8ce4-92aa0c612637
Nearest other occurrences of Vesuvianite
4.6km (2.9 miles) Rimpfischwäng range, Findel glacier (Findeln glacier; Findelen glacier) area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
6.2km (3.9 miles) Felskinn, Fee Glacier, Saas-Fee, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
7.0km (4.4 miles) Stockchnubel, Stockhorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
7.2km (4.5 miles) Egginer (Egginerhorn), Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
7.6km (4.7 miles) Eastern moraine, Fee glacier, Saas-Fee, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
11.5km (7.2 miles) Täsch Valley, Täsch, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
13.1km (8.2 miles) Pollux, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
13.2km (8.2 miles) Passo di Verra area (Zwillingsjoch area), Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
13.2km (8.2 miles) Polluce (Pollux), Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
13.8km (8.6 miles) Breithorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
References
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159 John W. Anthony W. John McLean Idocrase (Vesuvianite) — A 250-Year Puzzle, Part 1...................collections. However, if you are going to be in our area we invite you to stop to visit and go through our...is possible that enargite may occupy the entire area of the contact but be too thin for visual detection...chemical formula led to numerous applies the name vesuvianite to material found on the attempts at idocrase...characteristics of idocrase. Thus, virtually vesuvianite. Other names are based on color, as in xanthite
 
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