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Natrolite from
Pollux, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Natrolite
Formula:Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Natrolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pollux, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:484842
Long-form Identifier:1:3:484842:4
GUID (UUID V4):a130348d-cc6f-4bd9-81f0-77f1de4c7d11
Nearest other occurrences of Natrolite
29.4km (18.2 miles) Antronapiana, Antrona Schieranco, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
55.5km (34.5 miles) Monte Cervandone area, Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
56.5km (35.1 miles) Schwarzhorn, Geisspfad area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
58.3km (36.2 miles) Punta della Rossa (Rothorn), Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
83.8km (52.1 miles) Garavela Alp, Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
84.5km (52.5 miles) Laghi Verdi, Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
References
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include calcite, stilbite, heulandite, laumontite, natrolite, pectolite, prehnite, datolite, apophyllite, chabazite...analcime crystals to 5 cm across associated with natrolite sprays, calcite, pectolite, apophyllite, and pale...analcime, natrolite, and other minerals occur in vugs in the Bulk Mountain nepheline-natrolite syenite...on a large microcline crystal with associated natrolite and aegerine. William J. Warren specimen and photo...Seneca mine, Garden City mine (red crystals with natrolite), and many others in Keweenaw County; and the
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Universitfit Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland GILBERTOARTIOLI Dipartimento di Scienze della...is a separate zeolite species under Rule la. Natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite have the same topologically...possible. The structure is similar to that of natrolite, but with a distinctive cross-linking of the chains...124.58(1) ~ 7 = 90.00(1) ~ (Gibelsbach, Valais, Switzerland: Yang and Armbruster, 1996). The structural...basalt cliffs near Hills Port, south of the Gobbins area, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Named after the
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neotectonics. The metamorphic structure of the investigated area The fractured pre-Alpine rocks have been overprinted...Lötschental* Martiny Massaschlucht Mättital Nuffenenpass Pollux ⁄ ZermattNat Simplontunnel VS VS VS VS VS VS VS... Glarus; GR, Grisons; TI, Ticino; UR, Uri; VS, Valais). Major associated fissure minerals. c Frequency...Museum Bern. Epi epistilbite; Meso mesolite; Nat natrolite; Phil phillipsite; Tho thomsonite. *Zeolites hosted...During post-orogenic uplift and erosion the studied area underwent extensive late brittle deformation that
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Universität Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1-3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland Laboratorium für chemische und mineralogische...Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland ABSTRACT Single-crystal X-ray study of different...(CaAl-CaFe3+ series) xonotlite (wollastonite) natrolite-thomsonite pectolite calcite Medium grade (~300–500...point detector is superior to measurement with an area-detector although the precision may be similar (Herbstein...reflected by the samples (4, 6, 7, 8, 14) from Zermatt-Saas and Fleschalp (Table 3). Part of these hydrothermal
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composition was found between the fibrous zeOlites, natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite because intergrown samples...chabazite rather than willhendersonite or disordered natrolite rather than tetranatrolite. Application of the...bikitaite, edingtonite, ferrierite, mordenite, natrolite, thomsonite, tschernichite, and wairakite. Species...and gobbinsite), heulandite (clinoptilolite), natrolite (mesolite and scolecite), harmotome (phillipsite...retained as a species. ZEOLITES DEFINED /7 NATROLITE GROUP Natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, tetranatrolite,
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composition was found between the fibrous zeOlites, natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite because intergrown samples...chabazite rather than willhendersonite or disordered natrolite rather than tetranatrolite. Application of the...bikitaite, edingtonite, ferrierite, mordenite, natrolite, thomsonite, tschernichite, and wairakite. Species...and gobbinsite), heulandite (clinoptilolite), natrolite (mesolite and scolecite), harmotome (phillipsite...retained as a species. ZEOLITES DEFINED /7 NATROLITE GROUP Natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, tetranatrolite,
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les suivants : Leucite Grenat Eulytine Sodalite Pollux Zunyite Helyine Noséane et Haüyne Analcime Lazurite...derniers sous deux groupes différents : Leucite, Pollux et Analcime d 'un côté et Fau jasite de l'autre...rapportent, il convient de les regarder comme de la natrolite fibreuse . Lyon , le 12 avril 1893. F . GONNARD...en forme de prisme. V . - Sur la composition du Pollux et son gisement, à Hébron (Maine), par M . Wells...un béryl contenant 2,92 % d'oxyde de cesium . Le Pollux se trouve dans des druses, accompagné de quartz
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only about distance from a better known town in the area but also about the administrative regional units...common terms are not abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and...SwitzerlandItaly, overlooking Binntal, Valais canton, Switzerland, also crystals in Obersulzbachtal Valley...Kaltenberg mine, Turtmanntal Valley, Valais canton, Switzerland. In individual crystals to 1 mat Djida...on Rhone Glacier, near Gletsch, and in crystals to 5 cm at Lamma, Emen, Fiesch, all Valais canton, as
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time, it has the composition of an anhydrous natrolite. B. H. B. Minerals from Vesuvius. By E. SCACCHI...sodalite, nosean, lapis-lazuli, leucite (maskelynite), pollux, analcirue, aiid faujnsite, the first eight are...metasilicates. Three of the metasilicates, maskelynite, pollux, and analcirne! belong to one morphological group
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Kaolin, Caroline du Nord, Suède, Chanteloube. nite, Pollux, Elbe 2, Maine. Isopyre, Cornouailles, SILICATES...Gismondine 2. Levyne, Islande, Mèsotype Feroë 2. (natrolite), Puy-de-Dôme 3, Ecosse, New-Jersey, Islande...Beaumontite, Poonah, Maryland. Isère 2, Suède 2. Valais, Tyrol 2, Harz, Ecosse, Bohême. 41 Chlorastolite...Vermiculite Arkansas. Protovermiculite, Moravie. Valais 3, Texas. triangulaire), Sibérie, Pensylvanie...Angleterre. Célestine, Sicile. Blende, Angleterre. Natrolite, Vivianite, Bohême. Côtes-du-Nord. Crocoïse
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pressure either locally or extending over a large area, it is said to be metamorphosed. There will be alteration...The wood of the ‘pencil’ is replaced by metal. The area to be tested should be the pure mineral, not a coating...crystals include: acicular, needle-like as in natrolite; capillary, hair-like as in millerite; columnar...museum, if the serious collector knows that the area in which he has been operating is mineralogically...rock crystal. Finest examples come from central Switzerland, especially from the Binntal, Tavetsch and St
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showing broad, flat surfaces An aggregate of natrolite crystals display an attractive radiating, adcular...is found at Alston Moor (England), the Tri-State area (USA), Broken Hill (NSW, Australia), Kapnik (Hungary)...fluorite and quartz. It is mined in the Tri-State area of Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas (USA), Broken Hill...Republic), Derbyshire (England) and the Tri-State minlng area (USA). Nodules with a radiating internal structure...is found at the Lengenbach Quarry (Binnental, Switzerland), Segen Gottes (Black Forest, Germany), Quiluvrllca
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showing broad, flat surfaces An aggregate of natrolite crystals display an attractive radiating, adcular...is found at Alston Moor (England), the Tri-State area (USA), Broken Hill (NSW, Australia), Kapnik (Hungary)...fluorite and quartz. It is mined in the Tri-State area of Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas (USA), Broken Hill...Republic), Derbyshire (England) and the Tri-State minlng area (USA). Nodules with a radiating internal structure...is found at the Lengenbach Quarry (Binnental, Switzerland), Segen Gottes (Black Forest, Germany), Quiluvrllca
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St . Andreasberg, Hare, West-Duitsland ; Pollux bi j Zermatt, Wallis, Zwitserland ; Farëer ; Breiddalsheidi...Lavanttal, K:árnten, Oostenrijk ; Farder . Thumb Butte area , Graham County en Malpais Hill, Pinal County, Arizona...Frankrijk ; Aci Castello , Sicilia, Italië ; Gobbins area, Islandmagee, County Antrim, NoordIerland ; Kl5ch...Rhodesia ; Karibib, Namibië . N Afgeleid van Pollux, in de klassieke mythologie de tweelingbroe r van...occurrence of yugawaralite from the Chena Hot Spring s area, Alaska . American Mineralogist, 56, 1699-1717
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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...catalogued, at an Ecole Cen- Part of the exhibition area 14 trale, during the subsequent French regime....collections of timber specimens. The mineral display area is small (ca.30m 2), and adjoins a geoscience exhibit...rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und Lagerstattenlehre
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bronze implements. The mine is now abandoned and ... area inhabitants say that they no longer produce copper...Giovanni, the Gulf of Biodola, the Monte Orello area, Magazzini, the outskirts of Portoferraio, the Gulf...already a trade center for the mines of the Campiglia area. With its proximity to the rich forests of Maremma...abroad. While in Europe Fersman traveled to Switzerland and Italy before returning to Russia in 1910...renewed mining efforts in the San Piero-San Ilario area. Adam was a mining engineer with experience in the
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formed. The author treated finely powdered pure natrolite with a solution of ferrous sulphate for five days...colour, and on analysing it and the original pure natrolite he obtained the following results, viz. :- ....January 1878. Downloaded on 30/10/2014 19:12:01. Natrolite (pure) ,, (treated SO2. A120,. 47.55 26.60...calcium oxide. This experiment was repeated upon natrolite and analcime, with a similar result, from which...however, of opinion that, with the exception of pollux, a mineral found in extremely small quantities
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important identification feature (ie needleshaped natrolite). Some deformation in the growth of individual...are dependent upon the geological structure of the area, ie on conditions favourable for the occurrence...local authorities for permis- sion to enter an area and to collect minerals. What the individual collects...with a short description or a small sketch of the area should be put down in the notebook to facilitate...with a provisional label bearing the name of the area, the name of the mineral, a short description of
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Tetrahedrite and realgar from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71: Fluorite crystals from the People's...bavenite, cookeite, erythrite, hedenbergite, natrolite, okenite, pectolite, pyrophyllite, scolecite,...evaporite deposits in sedimentary rocks throughout the area. As a result of the volcanic activity typically...summit of Pizzo Forno in the Ticino Canton of Switzerland. A particular type of metamorphism, known as...minerals from Baveno, Italy As long ago as 1500, the area of Baveno in the northern Italian region of Piedmont
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is not common in the metasedimentary rocks of the area which host these species, but "reasonably good"... r ILMENITE QUEBEC Girardville, Lac Saint-Jean area. Just northwest of the town of Girardville, itself... flattened crystals to 1 cm with crystals of natrolite and richterite (Menezes and Martins, 1984). EUROPE...9: 1 (Gaines, 1971; Pimentel er al., 2009). SWITZERLAND Maderanertal east of Arnsteg, Uri. In the world...hematite roses occur in numerous localities in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central
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important identification feature (ie needleshaped natrolite). Some deformation in the growth of individual...where and how are minerals found? sion to enter an area and to collect minerals. What the individual collects...with a short description or a small sketch of the area should be put down in the notebook to facilitate...with a provisional label bearing the name ofthe area, the name of the mineral, a short description of...are dependent upon the geological structure of the area, ie on conditions favourable for the occurrence
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chemist; produced research and publications in the area of inorganic and mineralogical chemistry; author...district, South Africa. garronite, Garron plateau area of Antrim, Ireland. huanghoite, Huang Ho River in...instead of the correct locality in Val Giuf, Switzerland. Some believe that Val Milar was deliberately...from the Roman name Sursass for Oberhalbstein, Switzerland. sursassite, from Variscia, an ancient name...named for the Yavapai tribe, which inhabited the area of Arizona around Jerome, the type local¬ ity. Although
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phosphate. 58 (Guyaquillite), C. II. 0. Bergmannite, (Natrolite), Al. & Na. Berengelite B.M. 47 hyd. sil. Bergseife...Breunnerite (Dolomite), Ca. and Mg. carb. B.M. 32 (Natrolite), Al. Ca. & Na. hyd. sil. B.M. 47 Brewsterite...sil. Crockolite, Blue Asbestos, or Krokalite, (Natrolite), Al. &Na.hyd. sil. B.M. 47 Crocoisite, Lehmannite...see Hg. Tetra- Sb. (Tetrahedrite), & Cu. Natrolite ? Farcelite, Fassaite or Faujasite, B.M. ...47 Galapectite carb. Na.hyd. 16 Al. & (Natrolite), 50 (Magnesite), Mg. Al. (Spinel), oxide
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metamorphism in an area by examining the mineralogy of the rocks over a wide area. Metamorphic rocks...sea), pit amber (dug up, especially from the Baltic area), clear, massive, fancy, cloudy, frothy, fatty and...Washington, Oregon, and California (Columbia Plateau area). Houghton Co.,Mich. New Jersey: Watchung basalt...India: Deccan Plateau. Nova Scotia: Bay of Fundy area. Mt. Ste. Hilaire, Quebec. Also: Scotland, Ireland...e = 2.488-2.497. abundant. the Fracture Switzerland: gem material from the Alpine regions. Brazil:
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Meerschaum 12. Kerate 13. Pipestone 14. Pollux 15. Castor explanations text you on page...pounds in weight and originally scattered over a wide area of surrounding de sert—have long since been gathered...1908. Trees were felled like match sticks over an area of a hundred square miles, and though none of the...the few inhabitants of the sparsely settled area was within many miles of the strike some who were outdoors...the Meteor Crater, or even the devastated Siberian area, dwindle into insignificance. There are tens of
 
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