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Epidote from
Lago Bianco, Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland


Locality type:Lake
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lago Bianco, Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1383904
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1383904:0
GUID (UUID V4):4332acef-0e7a-4b57-acb9-33d7b049d909
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
1.1km (0.7 miles) Lake Sfundau, Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
1.9km (1.2 miles) Northeast slope, Pizzo dell'Arzo, Cavagnöö Glacier (Cavagnoli Glacier; Cavagnöö area; Cavagnoli area), Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
12.7km (7.9 miles) Imboden Quarry (Boschetto Quarry), Formazza gneiss quarries, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
12.8km (8.0 miles) Ägene Valley (Äginen Valley; Aeginen Valley), Ulrichen, Obergoms, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
12.9km (8.0 miles) Monte Prosa, Prevat Valley, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
14.0km (8.7 miles) Monte Giove, Vallone del Vannino, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
14.9km (9.3 miles) Kighel Quarry (Antillone Quarry), Formazza gneiss quarries, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
15.7km (9.8 miles) Lake Tremorgio, Fiesso, Prato (Leventina), Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
16.8km (10.4 miles) Forno Glacier, Vallone del Vannino, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
17.0km (10.6 miles) Arbola Glacier (Punta d'Arbola N and E slopes; Ofenhorn N and E slopes), Sabbione Glacier area, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
younger geologic age. Analcime is found in saline-lake and terrestrial sediments in a warm, rather arid...Searles Lake in California and eolian tuff of the Olduvai Gorge in Tanganyika. At Searles Lake, phillipsite...formed by reaction between rhyolitic glass and saline lake water or interstitial water at the early stage of...conditions (HAY, 1963a). Phillipsites of Searles Lake and the Olduvai Gorge have formed under an alkaline...Off Chili (17) 19"S,72"W, Q Off Chili (I) Searles Lake, -_ _ Locality PHILLIPSITE IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
visible. Crossed nicols. X60. wackes of the Otama area of Southland. He attributed this to very low grade...of such minerals as prehnite, pumpellyite and epidote. In the laumontitized tuffs of the North Range...(1948), Prehnite e laumontite del Lago Bianco in Val Bavona (Canton Ticino): Atti Soc. ItaI Sci. Nat. Museo..., 2, 299). Grr,r.trrr.r.r, P. (1928), Laumontite di Toggiano: Rend. R. Accad. Lincei,8, ser. 6a, 1-2...(1944), Some igneous rocks from the New Plymouth area: Trons. Roy. Soe. N ew Z eal,anil,74, 125-153. (1949)
Book (edition)
trägt den Titel «A guide to the minerals of Switzerland», weil das Büchlein auch als Begleiter auf Wanderungen...heute die mittle­ ren Tessiner Alpen nördlich des Lago Maggiore aufragen. Ein wichtiges Kriterium hierfür...Kalksilikatgesteine Schiefer Alp Nadels Castione Alpe Sponda Val de Bagnes Piz Tagliola, Claro Val Tremola...Glimmerschiefer Alpe Arami Granat-Olivinfels Pyrop Castione Kalksilikatgesteine Skapolith Alpe Sponda Paragonitschiefer...Serpentine Titanklinohumit Selva, ZermattSaas Fee Alpe Campolungo Dolomitmarmor Tremolit Chloritoid Diopsid
Book (edition)
3-85977-002-0 Copyright by Wepf & Co., Basel Printed in Switzerland Buchdruckcrci Birkhauser AG, Basel inTIWNRI...Kempartien. Vii.ttis Windgfillenhutte Binnatal Monti di Bodio Na 4,5 6,5 6,5 18 20 30 O'BRIEN (1955) und...Tobel Drun 5 5 6 7d 7b 10 Passo Naret Stollen Bavona-Peccia . .,, . ,. Na 10 Cao Kern �'i 'i.'l...das Auftreten seltener Trapezoederfla.chen fest, di e als Abstumpfung de r H auptrhomboederkanten auftraten...anderen typischen Minera­ lien der Gruppe au!. Die Epidote dieser Fundstellen sind mehrfach in der Literatur
Catalog/List
sprays of terminated,bladed xtls forming a 2x1-J" area on dark, fossiliferous Shale matrix. Specimen ‘A’...and coated in bright orangey * — Curite,plus an area of small sharp xtls! Ex.Hammond Collection. 2x1^x1"...1-jx1x5/8M» £9-00. 121. EPIDOTE/ADULABIA/CHLOBITE . St.Gothard,Ticino,Switzerland. Nice attractive, typically...matri: 1$x1tx1", £5-00. 146. GROSSULARITE(Garnet ). Lake Jaco,Chihuahua,Mexico. Complex lustrous-surfaced...HEMATITE/MUSCOVITE ('Iron Rose'). Lago Bianco,Vai Bavonal,Ticino, Switzerland. Charming,brilliant,twinned association
Book
pressure either locally or extending over a large area, it is said to be metamorphosed. There will be alteration...number of silicate minerals such as garnet and epidote and some sulphides giving metallic ores arise from...The wood of the ‘pencil’ is replaced by metal. The area to be tested should be the pure mineral, not a coating...museum, if the serious collector knows that the area in which he has been operating is mineralogically...Quebec (Canada), Orkney and Faroe Islands, Fassa Valley, Tirol (Austria), St Andreasberg, Harz Mountains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geology of Switzerland, STUDER on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ on Borings for R o c k Salt in Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . R o c k Salt in Switzerland, MERIAN on Borings for . . . . . . . . . . ....Geology of Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Switzerland, STUD]~R...on the Lead-mines of Viconago, not far from the Lake of Lugano, that the mica-slate mountain which contains
Report (chapter)
between - 1 0 and 1000 ppm. Other minerals such as epidote, garnet and muscovite are generally uranium-poor...orthogneiss sample from Ponte Brolla in the Maggia Valley, central Alps from the analysis of different minerals...these two complexes are separated in the Aosta Valley by a thrust which, together with the accompanying...different grain size fractions from the Lower Aosta Valley (St6ckhert et al. 1986) indicated that only - 8...lying in the border region between Austria and Switzerland. The Palaeozoic polymetamorphic crystalline core
Book
Professor Dr. ERMANNO GALLI Istituto di Mineralogia e Petrologia Universita di Modena Via S. Eufernia 19 1-41100...The facilities of the Centro Strumenti and Centro di Calcolo of Modena University were used for preparing...similar to a closed system, as typified by the saline lake basins. The Green River formation, including some... Punchbowl, Manana Island, Ulupau Head and Salt Lake Tuff, natrolite occurs with thomsonite and gonnardite...diorite from Bergen Hill, New Jersey; at Copper Falls, Lake Superior; - in the eleolite-syenite from Magnet
Book
land surface, freshwater lake, or shallow sea; into a saline, alkaline lake; or into the ocean. LAND...hyd ,olog,ic system, because th,e water enters the lake and can only leave by evaporation. The zelolite...kaline lakes, are zoned ~ om the edge of the former lake to the center" reflecting the differences in, chemical...pH of the water in the lake (Fig. 2). Ash that falls ,on the shore of the lake is not alt1ered. Ne,ar...the e-dge of the lake w'here the pH ·s near n,eutral, but near th,e center of the lake, potassium-rich
Book
land surface, freshwater lake, or shallow sea; into a saline, alkaline lake; or into the ocean. LAND...hyd ,olog,ic system, because th,e water enters the lake and can only leave by evaporation. The zelolite...kaline lakes, are zoned ~ om the edge of the former lake to the center" reflecting the differences in, chemical...pH of the water in the lake (Fig. 2). Ash that falls ,on the shore of the lake is not alt1ered. Ne,ar...the e-dge of the lake w'here the pH ·s near n,eutral, but near th,e center of the lake, potassium-rich
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
refers in particular to the Drifts of the Cotteswold area, and also gives a section of the Coalfield near...chlorite or hydrous biotite, with granules of epidote (or possibly some sphene) and of a water-clear...rather larger intrusive, mass by the side of the Lago Bianco shows more actinolite and signs of primary felspar...engaged, as district surveyor, on the borders of the Lake Country, being asscciated with Prof. Hughes, Mr... tramping together many a mile of mountain and valley. I am sure, if he were living now, he would have
Book
highlighted, while anyone interested in a certain area will still find his way by means of the more important...important references to the regional literature. The area thus treated in this text is limited to certain...information. Review literature on the whole of this area is scarce, and in fact limited to VON BUBNOFF (1926...Nee rae te licen Guat acy fie ah vague (a ak Sect di, agg eed ohaneasl caus) BSae Gane SNEEXORLES 5 oe...that follow. Western Europe, though so important an area in the eyes of its inhabitants, really is no more
Book (volume)
after the locality in the Adular Mountains, Switzerland. Sanidine is named from the Greek sanis (tablet)...which atoms are labelled only within the unique area, and Fig. 5a shows part of the structure as viewed...the effect of the twin axis on the vertical diads Di and D2 is to bring each into almost exact coincidence...6. Crystals of anorthoclase, tuff, Monte Guardia di Mezzo, Ustioa, Sicily (Montalto, 1937) Gem0l°’ **...Gotthard, Switzerland (Byelyankin, 1915). 3. Adularia, Ridertobel, Bristenstock, Switzerland (Seto, 1920)
 
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