| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Glaucophane |
| Formula: | ◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Glaucophane data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Varenche Mine, Saint-Barthélemy, Nus, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 346415 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:346415:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 4d6edb6e-56a8-4bf1-9a59-7f9544711758 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Glaucophane |
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| 10.2km (6.3 miles) | ⓘServette-Chuc mining complex, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| 15.5km (9.6 miles) | ⓘHerin Mine, Champdepraz, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| 24.2km (15.0 miles) | ⓘMonte Nero, Vallone di Vercoche, Valle della Legna (Vallée de l'Alleigne), Champorcher, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| 31.9km (19.8 miles) | ⓘChateyroux, Fontainemore, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| 33.2km (20.6 miles) | ⓘBric Vert, Quincinetto, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
| 33.2km (20.6 miles) | ⓘIveri, Pont-Saint-Martin, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| 37.4km (23.2 miles) | ⓘColletto di Bossola, Valchiusa, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
| 37.6km (23.3 miles) | ⓘPfulwe, Täsch Valley, Täsch, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 37.8km (23.5 miles) | ⓘAquila Mine, Tavagnasco Mines, Tavagnasco, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
| 38.0km (23.6 miles) | ⓘTäsch Valley, Täsch, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| References |
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• Barresi, A.A., Kolitsch, U., Ciriotti, M.E., Ambrino, P., Bracco, R., Bonacina, E. (2005): La miniera di manganese di Varenche (Aosta, Italia nord-occidentale): ardennite, arseniopleite, manganberzeliite, pirofanite, sarkinite, thortveitite, nuovo As-Sc-analogo della metavariscite e altre specie. Micro (località), 2/2005, 81-122. |
| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1431–1437 Magnesio-riebeckite from the Varenche mine (Aosta Valley, Italy): crystal-chemical characterization...Pavia, Italy Centro Grandi Strumenti, Università di Pavia, via Bassi 21, I-27100 Pavia, Italy Department...Italiana, via San Pietro 55, I-10073 Devesi-Cirié, Italy [Received 2 January 2017; Accepted 6 February 2017;...abandoned mine of Varenche (45°47’22’’ N, 7°29’17’’ E), Saint-Barthélemy, Nus, Aosta Valley (Italy), was...pattern, crystal-structure refinement, Varenche mine, Italy. Introduction THE name ‘riebeckite’ was |  | | Report (chapter) | | latter maps are based on the structural model of Italy (Bigi et al. 1990). In general, the tectonic units... These ophiolitic units extend south of the Aosta valley, through the Cottian to the Ligurian Alps; these...assemblages formed of glaucophane–garnet + chloritoid in metabasalts (Oberhänsli 1978), glaucophane – phengite...Phengite, Pg ¼ Paragonite, Rt ¼ Rutile, Gln ¼ Glaucophane, m-PIXE Mz ¼ chemical ages of monazite with PIXE...review in Caby 1996), despite the occurrences of glaucophane in Eocene sediments (Ellenberger 1958). In the |  | | Report (volume) | | according to the type locality Piemont in Northern Italy. The first Cr rich epidote occurrence was described...reaction actinolite + chlorite + albite = epidote + glaucophane + quartz, which can be written as a water-conserving...in zoisite; sample HU93-8 from Sterzing, Tauern/Italy; photomicrograph with crossed polarized light (c)...REE-bearing piemontite from Monte Brugiana, Alpi Apuane, Italy. Eur J Mineral 4:23–34 Bonazzi P, Menchetti S (1995)...the epidote group, from Val Graveglia, Liguria, Italy. Eur J Mineral 2:519-523 Bonazzi P, Menchetti S |
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