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Acanthite from
Traversella Mine, Traversella, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Traversella Mine, Traversella, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:363524
Long-form Identifier:1:3:363524:7
GUID (UUID V4):1de8d47b-0ef7-4627-ab8d-01ef62fa1b0a
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘBorgofranco Mines, Biò, Borgofranco d'Ivrea, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
67.7km (42.1 miles) ⓘCase Bardot, Fomarco, Marmazza Valley (Toppa Valley), Pieve Vergonte, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
73.3km (45.6 miles) ⓘSix Blanc, Orsières, Entremont, Valais, Switzerland
75.5km (46.9 miles) ⓘKaltenberg Mine, Blüomatttälli, Turtmann Valley, Turtmann-Unterems, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland
79.2km (49.2 miles) ⓘGosan Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
81.4km (50.6 miles) ⓘUpper Collioux Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
82.7km (51.4 miles) ⓘCrevoladossola Quarry, Crevoladossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
94.2km (58.5 miles) ⓘMartins adit, Gampel-Bratsch, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland
94.8km (58.9 miles) ⓘBoarezzo Mine (Pradisci prospect; Rio Carpane prospect), Boarezzo, Valganna, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
94.8km (58.9 miles) ⓘRothenberg adits (Rotenberg adits), Goppenstein, Ferden, Westlich Raron, Valais, Switzerland
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refund guaranteed on return of specimens. Please quote the name and the number of the specimen(s) required...welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...times. JUNE 1974-. 1. ACANTHITE. Batopilas, ~ihuahua, Mexico. Rich, dar~ grey, granular masses and microcrystals...well terminated crystal sprays to tIt in size and of a creamy yellow colour richly scattered on Limonitic...2xlt". ÂŁ4-. 7. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Nr. Okehampton, Devon. Sharp, lustrous, well formed
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mixed-layer ?, Dana 6th, 661 (1892). talc chlorite of Traversella = Fe-rich clinochlore, Egleston 293 (1892)...chaux = zircon ?, Egleston 378 (1892). tantalate of iron = tantalite-(Fe), Egleston 338 (1892). tantalbetafite...tapalpaite = acanthite + tetradymite, Aballain et al. 346 (1968). tapalpite = acanthite + tetradymite...drops = yellow smithsonite, Bukanov 241 (2006). Tear of Princess = opal-A, Bukanov 150 (2006). Tecalco onyx...anglesite + rodalquilarite, MM 43, 457 (1979). tellurate of copper and lead = Cu-Pb-Te, Dana 5th II, 55 (1882)
 
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