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Omphacite from
Allalin glacier, Allalin area, Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland


Locality type:Glacier
Classification
Species:Omphacite
Formula:(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(AleFef3+Feg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Omphacite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Allalin glacier, Allalin area, Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1094693
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1094693:2
GUID (UUID V4):d11d1643-1643-4475-8f12-b63da8c5b724
Nearest other occurrences of Omphacite
8.2km (5.1 miles) Ghiacciaio del Bottarello, Val Loranco, Antrona Schieranco, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
23.7km (14.7 miles) Palon di Resy, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
46.8km (29.1 miles) Oropa, Biella, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
51.4km (31.9 miles) Iveri, Pont-Saint-Martin, Aosta Valley, Italy
53.4km (33.2 miles) Bric Vert, Quincinetto, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
53.5km (33.2 miles) Servette-Chuc mining complex, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
55.5km (34.5 miles) Praborna Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
56.9km (35.4 miles) Montestrutto glacial terrace, Settimo Vittone, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
57.3km (35.6 miles) Ivozio, Borgofranco d'Ivrea, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
58.5km (36.3 miles) Monte Nero, Vallone di Vercoche, Valle della Legna (Vallée de l'Alleigne), Champorcher, Aosta Valley, Italy
References
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Jurassic formation and Eocene subduction of the Zermatt±Saas-Fee ophiolites: implications for the geodynamic...1997 / Accepted: 8 April 1998 Abstract The Zermatt±Saas-Fee ophiolites (ZSFO) are one of the best preserved...by the intrusion ages of the Mellichen and the Allalin metagabbros (164.0 ‹ 2.7 Ma and 163.5 ‹ 1.8 Ma)...ETHZentrum, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092, ZuÈrich, Switzerland M. Fanning Research School of Earth Sciences...preserved: the Piemontese± Ligurian ocean and the Valais trough. The Piemontese± Ligurian ocean represents
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
High-pressure metamorphism ( ~ 600 ~ C, ~ 20 kbar) of the Allalin Gabbro (Western Alps) resulted in the breakdown...the light of petrological and 427 [ ~ Zerrnatt-Saas] Fee zone ~, Piemonte Combin zone jzone Dent Blanche...1. Geological map showing the location of the Allalin Gabbro in the Western Alps (simplified from Meyer...n G a b b r o , W e s t e r n Alps. Allalin Gabbro The Allalin Gabbro is thought to represent part of...of an ophiolitic sequence in the Zermatt-Saas Fee Zone of the Western Alps (Bearth 1967; Ernst and Dal
 
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