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Braunite from
Falotta, Tinizong (Tinzen), Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Braunite
Formula:Mn2+Mn63+(SiO4)O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sursassite1 photo of Braunite associated with Sursassite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Braunite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Braunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Falotta, Tinizong (Tinzen), Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:39471
Long-form Identifier:1:3:39471:4
GUID (UUID V4):fa4a41f5-7be5-4b6b-9f46-85c2f2decc19
Nearest other occurrences of Braunite
0.4km (0.3 miles) Alp digl Plaz deposit, Tinizong (Tinzen), Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
3.6km (2.2 miles) Parsettens Alp, Tinizong (Tinzen), Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
8.7km (5.4 miles) Bercla Valley, Mulegns, Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
11.6km (7.2 miles) Schmorrasgrat-South, Ausserferrera, Ferrera, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland
14.1km (8.8 miles) Fianel, Ausserferrera, Ferrera, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland
17.9km (11.1 miles) Furtschellas deposit, Piz Corvatsch, Samedan, Maloja Region, Grisons, Switzerland
24.8km (15.4 miles) Tanatz Alp, Splügen, Rheinwald, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland
28.6km (17.8 miles) Lower Scerscen Glacier, Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
30.2km (18.8 miles) Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
36.0km (22.4 miles) Aebni (Äbni), Vals, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alp Parsettens and Falotta near Tinizong village, Oberhalbstein, Grisons, Switzerland. The mineral was...was named after the old designation for Tinizong  Tinzen, a village near to the type locality (Roth, 2007)...(2001) refined the structure of a tinzenite from Falotta and also reported a high degree of order at the...analysis Falotta and Alp Parsettens mines near Tinizong (Tinzen), Oberhalbstein, Grisons, Switzerland (type)...Province, Tuscany, Italy2 Tanatz Alp, Spluga Pass, Grisons, Switzerland4 ― Ozaki (1969, 1972); Minakawa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mangan6sif6res m6tamorphiques de Falotta et de Parsettens (Grisons-Suisse) E.A. Perseil et L. Latouche...manganese ores of Falotta and Parsettens (Oberhalbstein, Grison Canton, Switzerland) are enclosed in...transformed gradually into a poorly crystallized braunite (with a large excess of SiO2). In contrast, the...of the nodules is composed of well-crystallized braunite with normal (10 wt%) contents of SiO2. Narrow...cryptomelane-hollandite isostructural series crosscut the braunite mineralization, and represent a secondary paragenesis
Basel, Switzerland 3 Mineralogisches Institut, Bernoullistrasse 30, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland 4 Museu...occurrences of lindbergite are from Parsettens, Grisons, Switzerland, the Lecht Mines, Banffshire, Scotland,...Mn(C2O4)·3H2O has been reported at Falotta, Grisons, Switzerland. INTRODUCTION Monoclinic Mn(C2O4)·2H2O... at an abandoned Mn mine at Falotta, Oberhalbstein, Grisons, Switzerland. These crystals were identified...abandoned Mn mine at Parsettens, Oberhalbstein, Switzerland. OCCURRENCE Lindbergite occurs as a secondary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Base!, Switzerland 3 Mineralogisches Institui, Bernoullistrasse 30, CH-4056 Base!, Switzerland ' Museu...occurrences of lindbergite are from Parsettens, Grisons, Switzerland, the Lecht Mines, Banffshire, Scotland,...2 0 4 )·3H2 0 has been reported at Falotta, Grisons, Switzerland. INTRODUCTION Monoclinic Mn(C 20 4... at an abandoned Mn mine at Falotta, Oberhalbstein, Grisons, Switzerland. These crystals were identified...abandoned Mn mine at Parsettens, Oberhalbstein, Switzerland. ÜCCURRENCE Lindbergite occurs as a secondary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Petrology, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland (Received April 22, 1988; accepted in revisedform...of the Alps. During the Jurassic, the Penninic region was a vast subsiding area of complex basins, divided...Technology, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092 Ziirich, Switzerland 1095 P. Stille, N. Clauer and J. Abrecht 1096...description MO 1 Falotta 158100/769300 MO 12 Lltzirirti 186100/773570 MO 2 Ma 12 MO6 Falotta Praborna Alp...150760/769060 MO 8 Alp Flix 155880/768810 MO 4 Falotta 158100/769300 "Radiolarian chert": red. schistose
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Institute, University of Basel,CH-4056 Basel,Switzerland HaNs ScnwaNonn Mineralogical Institute, University...University of Basel,CH-4056 Basel,Switzerland Rrcc.q,RDo Br,cscHr:Tur.r.ro hr,arr Centro C.N.R. per lo...abandonedmanganese ore mines near Falotta, Oberhalbstein(Canton of Grisons, Switzerland). From the structure determination...for other rare manganeseand arsenateminerals at Falotta (brandtite, sarkinite, tilasite, manganberzeliite...rose-red color ofan unknown mineral on samplesfrom Falotta attracted the attention The old manganesemines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland and Mineralogical Institute of the University CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland Probably...the Alps-and spent most of his spare time in this region and who, moreover, dedicated most of his scientific...excavations in GalloRoman sites in southern Switzerland (Canton Valais, Binn) several crystal treasures...in several large natural history museums in Switzerland and abroad were assembled (for example, the outstanding...underlying calcareous marine sediments in the nappe region. Consequently, the water was greatly enriched in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry, University-BFSH 2, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 3 Institute for Crystallography, University of...of Lausanne, BSP, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 4 Institute for Mineralogy and Petrography, University of...of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 30, 4056 Basel, Switzerland 5 Laboratory for Chemical and Mineralogical Crystallography...University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland 2 ABSTRACT Cabalzarite, M1CaM2(Mg,Al,Fe3+ )2(XAsO4)2(H2O...group occurring in altered Mn ore at the abandoned Falotta mine (Swiss Alps). Together with other arsenates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
solid solutions coexisting with kanonaite and braunite in late quartz veins of the Stavelot Massif, Ardennes...hollandite-type minerals are intimately intergrown with braunite containing appreciable Ca and Mg. Ba-bearing muscovite...sites are available in its crystal structure, braunite always contains small amounts of Ba and Sr. However...However, the Sr/ (Sr+Ba) ratios in braunite are spurious and unrelated to those of the directly adjoining...(Perseil 1988), in the Falotta and Parsettens manganese deposits, Grison Canton, Switzerland (Perseil 1990),
Report (issue)
12.047(1) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Falotta mine, Switzerland. 2.839 (100), 3.150 (90), 3.015 (80),...2.38 2.76 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Falotta mine, Switzerland; by electron microprobe, average of three...rhodochrosite, braunite. Distribution: Name: In the Falotta mine, Oberhalbstein, Graubünden, Switzerland. From...Type Material: Natural History Museum, Basel, Switzerland, MB19.295. References: (1) Graeser, S., H. Schwander
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
radiolarite-hosted deposits at Falotta in the Oberhalbstein, Switzerland (Geiger 1948), at Praborna in...Hautes-Pyrénées, Franklin (Essene & Peacor 1987), and Falotta (Graeser 1995), whereas W and LREE minerals were...deposits in Val Ferrera, eastern Central Alps, Switzerland. We 1075 38#5-oct.00-2188-03 1076 present...source of a tributary to the Rhine in Graubünden (Switzerland), belongs geologically to the Middle Penninic...ALPS Germany Ore deposits Austria France Switzerland 1: Piz La Mazza 2: Fianel 3: Starlera 4: Bergwiesen
Report (issue)
berzeliite, tilasite, rhodochrosite, braunite (Falotta mine, Switzerland); eveite, adamite, willemite, allactite...Tirol, Austria. At the Falotta mine, Oberhalbstein, Graubünden, Switzerland. From Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral from Fianel, Val FerreraoGraubiinden, Switzerland JoEr, BnuccER ANDPnrnn Bnm,rpscrr Mineralogi...Institut, Bernoullistrasse30, CH-4056 Basel,Switzerland AssrRAgr Fianelite occurs in iron and manganeseores...Fianel, a small mine in Val Ferrera, Graubiinden, Switzerland. It is associatedwith quartz, aegirine,and limonite...Fianel, a mine in Val Ferrera, Graubiinden, Switzerland. The mineral and the name have been approved...Naturhistorisches Museum, Abteilung fiir Mineralogie, Basel, Switzerland. OccunnrxcE AND GENETIc ENwRoNMENT The Suretta
Report (issue)
calcite, barite (Långban, Sweden); spessartine, braunite, barite, quartz (Kajlidongri, India); friedelite...From Långban, Värmland, Sweden. In Switzerland, from the Falotta mine, Oberhalbstein, Graubünden, and
Journal (issue)
Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Harold and Erica...beauty or rarity. LOCATION The northern coastal region of the Tyrrenian Sea is called Liguria: the name...time the region has had a complex history. Genoa is the main city and the main harbor of the region; the...are still visible and testify to the past of a region which hosted an important manganese deposit. Exceptional...remembered that most of the orebody consists of massive braunite, and the minerals hosted in veins and cavities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Sierra Gorda, northeast of Antofagasta, 2nd region, northern Chile. Occurrence: In a quartz – feldspar...mine near Falotta, Graubünden, Switzerland. Occurrence: In manganese ore consisting of braunite, rhodonite...(b. 1919), an amateur mineralogist of Chur, Switzerland, who contributed to the mineralogy of the canton
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE BARRHORN UNIT, TURTMANNTAL, CENTRAL ALPS, SWITZERLAND Joël BRUGGER§ School of Earth and Environmental...Géochimie, UNIL-BFSH2, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland Abstract The Triassic carbonates of the Briançonnais...to the Rhone Valley in Canton Wallis, Western Switzerland, belongs to the Middle Penninic (Briançonnais... mn-rich assemblages in the barrhorn unit, switzerland 231 Fig. 1. Location of the occurrences of... mn-rich assemblages in the barrhorn unit, switzerland Oxide layers Jacobsite forms xenomorphic aggregates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Géochimie, UNIL-BFSH2, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland MICHAEL ANDRUT Institut für Mineralogie und...Géochimie, UNIL-BFSH2, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland PETER C. BURNS Department of Civil Engineering...within massive braunite ores at the Starlera Mn deposit in the Eastern Alps of Switzerland. Manganlotharmeyerite...dans des veinules discordantes d’un minerai de braunite massive du gisement de manganèse de Starlera,...NEW SPECIES FROM THE STARLERA DEPOSIT, SWITZERLAND Switzerland (MGL #54000; cotype specimen MGL #54014)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Robert Beder (1888–1930), originally from Basel, Switzerland and later from Córdoba, Argentina, for his major...amateur mineralogist from Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland, who made important contributions to mineralogical...Graubünden. Found in the Falotta manganese deposit, Graubünden, Switzerland, as a result of the retrograde...type locality. Found at the Cerchiara manganese (braunite) mine, Val di Vara, eastern Liguria, Italy. Basso...Reserve, southern Urals, near Miass, Chelyabinsk region, Russia. Bazhenov, A.G. et al. (2000): Zap. Vser
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hero Town (420 m, 44 ~ west of south), QalaDizeh region, NE Iraq, in melilite skarn in contact with banded...1986. Zap. 115, 355. [XpoM~epna.] In the Kumak region, southern Urals, USSR, in goldquartz veins cutting...1986. Zap. 115, 355. [tBepxpor~m~.J In the Kumak region, southern Urals, USSR, in gold-quartz veins cutting...At the Mn-deposit near Falotta, Oberhalbstein, Grison (Graubfinden), Switzerland, as dark redbrown crystals...collection at Geneva Natural History Museum (Switzerland), as pale to reddish pink pseudo-octahedral crystals
Catalog/List
on matrix. confirmedmaterial (Falotta Switzerland) fxl E4.00 067 BRAUNITE rich black masses minor matrix...in½ ins natrix. A rare mica (Binntal wallis Switzerland) }§ ins f4.50 PROUSTITE micro red cleavge spot...attractlve orange masses in pink Rhodonite. Somewith Braunite.(Brandsnuten,Norway) ~ ins El.SO lxl E3.50 lx2
Book
the private Bally foundation at Schonenwerd, Switzerland; and the Folch Museum at Barcelona, Spain. Because...Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly because they...should be of specimens from localities within the region of that museum, or at least from the country concerned...rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und Lagerstattenlehre...FRG Brosso, Piemonte, Italy Piz Aul, Wallis, Switzerland 1 Room 1 0a 2 3 5 6 Tsumeb, Namibia Agrigento
Book
Bauditz, Vejby, Denmark; Pierre Perroud, Geneve, Switzerland; Jiri Just, Perth, Australia; Richard Thomssen...grey in reflected light. Alekseev mine, Sutamskii region, Stanovoi Range, USSR. H= 2.3, Djjj=?, D(;=7.80...yellow. Cherbadung, Binntal, Valais (Wallis), Switzerland. H= 6.5-7, Djj4=3.70, Dg=3.71, VIID 31. Graeser...K)2BaTi2(Si207)2, (SI Orth. Dark brown. Inagli massif, Aldan Region, Yakutiya, USSR. H= 5.9, Djjj= 3.432, Dq=3.46,...Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais (Wallis), Switzerland. H= 3, Djjj= 5.329, Dc= 5.340, HD 05b. Solly
Book (edition)
Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As deposit, Takab region, Iran Grandviewite, 5 111111, Capillitas deposit...acic~- depo it, N of ofija, Vratsa-Izdremet ore region, Bullar crystals to I mm, pale yellow, transparent...the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, Antofagasta region, Chile. MM 76, 851861, 2012. Aldrigeite (Cd,Ca)(Cu...2011. ANDREYIVANOVITE Iquique prov., Tarapaca region, Chile, at the Rowley mine, Maricopa co., Arizona...(Rio Tinto) mine, Sierra Gorda dist., Antofagasta region, Chile. Also at the Rowley mine, Maricopa co.,
Report (volume)
prism face of an epidote crystal from Sustenpass/Switzerland; note the oblique bending at the end of the pits...rocks from Alpe Arami, Lepontine Alps, southern Switzerland. J Petrol 18:371-398 Eskola P (1933) On the chrome...Hutton CO (1940) Metamorphism in the Lake Wakatipu region, western Otago, New Zealand. Dept Sci Ind Res,...(1979) Die Namen der Steine. Ott Verlag, Thun (Switzerland), p 380 Maaskant P (1985) The iron content and...reaction phenomenology away from the equilibrium region. Contrib Mineral Petrol 89:110121 Matthews A, Goldsmith
 
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