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Vanadinite from
Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Vanadinite
Formula:Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Habit:Crusts of acicular crystals to 0.2 mm
Colour:Pale yellow
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Albite
Epidote
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vanadinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:559821
Long-form Identifier:1:3:559821:2
GUID (UUID V4):a8a83603-d073-4fd6-8a7b-3dd27c86e2a4
Nearest other occurrences of Vanadinite
35.8km (22.3 miles) San Defendente Mount, Esino Lario, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
36.7km (22.8 miles) Ponte Aranno, Novaggio, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
41.9km (26.0 miles) Maurino Quarry, Cerentino, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
43.3km (26.9 miles) Contra Valley Mine, Primaluna, Valsassina, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
49.3km (30.6 miles) Cassandra Glacier, Airale Valley, Torreggio Valley, Torre di Santa Maria, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
56.9km (35.4 miles) Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Druogno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
59.1km (36.7 miles) Griesseren Valley, Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland
59.3km (36.8 miles) Pizzo Marcio South-East dyke, Pizzo Marcio, Trontano, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
59.4km (36.9 miles) Pizzo Marcio North dyke, Pizzo Marcio, Trontano, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
63.9km (39.7 miles) Mont'Orfano (Montorfano), Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
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localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...in 2002 in a calcite-carbonatite vein intruding gneiss, together with very large Baveno-law-twinned crystals...Alberene and Old Dominion quarries, Albemarle County. In these two soapstone quarries, tabular ilmenite crystals...9: 1 (Gaines, 1971; Pimentel er al., 2009). SWITZERLAND Maderanertal east of Arnsteg, Uri. In the world...in numerous localities in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri
Report (volume)
County, extensive quarries near Birmingham and Bessemer. Talladega County, several quarries. Clay (brick)...Corundum (emery). Found in various places in gold region, including Coosa County, near Mount Olive and Hanover;... Gneisses and mica schists of metamorphic region. Quarries at Tallassee Falls in Elmore County. Galena...St. Glair County, at Cooks Springs. Sandstone. Quarries: Calhoun County, at Anniston; Colbert County,...glance). Mohave County, in pre-Cambrian granite gneiss in Chloride, Mineral Park, and Stockton Hill districts
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Tetrahedrite and realgar from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71: Fluorite crystals from the People's...crust is called a magma chamber. The cooling of in gneiss formed in a metamorphic environment at high temperature...the Passo del Rombo in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of Italy, or the splendid crystals of azure-blue...summit of Pizzo Forno in the Ticino Canton of Switzerland. A particular type of metamorphism, known as...1500, the area of Baveno in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, was famous throughout Europe for the
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Tetrahedrite and realgar from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71: Ruorite crystals from the People's...metamorphic rocks. Above: corundum crystal contained in gneiss formed in a metamorphic environment at high temperature...the Passo del Rombo in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of Italy, or the splendid crystals of azure-blue...summit of Pizzo Forno in the Ticino Canton of Switzerland. A particular type of metamorphism, known as...1500, the area of Baveno in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, was famous throughout Europe for the
Report (volume)
uranium and vanadium minerals in the high plateau region of the West. The present bulletin, like the earlier...vol. 1, 1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept...County, extensive quarries near Birmingham and Bessemer; Talladega County, several quarries. Used for road...Corundum (emery). Found in various places in gold region, including Coosa County, near Mount Olive and Hanover;... Gneisses and mica schists of metamorphic region. Quarries at Tallassee Falls, in Elmore County. Galena
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..377 North Carolina – Spruce Pine – Little Switzerland Area Map .....................379 North Carolina.........................511 Virginia – Leesburg quarries Site Map .......................................407 ft. Cheaha Mt. This crystalline or mineral region is composed primarily of metamorphosed Paleozoic...counties. In this contorted, structurally complicated region of slates, phyllites, marbles, quartzites, and...above sea level. From this predominantly farming region the widespreading Tuscaloosa formation disgorges
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407 ft. Cheaha Mt. This crystalline or mineral region is composed primarily of metamorphosed Paleozoic...counties. In this contorted, structurally complicated region of slates, phyllites, marbles, quartzites, and...above sea level. From this predominantly farming region the widespreading Tuscaloosa formation disgorges...⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet...Magnetite, Pyrite, etc.; f limestone and dolomite quarries⎯Barite and Calcite. ANGEL STATION (NW part of
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407 ft. Cheaha Mt. This crystalline or mineral region is composed primarily of metamorphosed Paleozoic...counties. In this contorted, structurally complicated region of slates, phyllites, marbles, quartzites, and...above sea level. From this predominantly farming region the widespreading Tuscaloosa formation disgorges...⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet...Magnetite, Pyrite, etc.; f limestone and dolomite quarries⎯Barite and Calcite. ANGEL STATION (NW part of
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because of the immense heat developed; it is in this region of contact metamorphism where many great mines...Igneous intrusives Dark minerals, Limestone quarries Calcite, celestite, dolomite, fluorite, galena...their “civilized” appurtenances. Not only is the region of the Old West much more was eighty years ago...oxidation or sulphurization. In the southwestern desert region natural tarnish may become like a crust, known...sericite, chlorite, muscovite, biotite varieties), gneiss, hornfels, marble, serpentine, breccias, silica
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DIRECTOR See erweiwE POR |S —$<$_____ MINES AND QUARRIES IQO2 PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION CHIEF...1.—Character of inquiries concerning mines and quarries: 1850 to 1902 ...........--..----------.--2-----Table...included in Census reports concerning mines and quarries: 1850 to 1902........--.---.-.--.---Maplers—=Mlininostatistics...aes Table 13.—Productive and unproductive mines, quarries, and wells: 1902.......-..---------------------+------Table...quantity and value of such materials obtained from quarries included under other GlASsiti Caton sal OO 2Re
 
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