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Iron Rose from
Monte Prosa, Prevat Valley, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Hematite var: Iron Rose
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Iron Rose data
Locality Data:Click here to view Monte Prosa, Prevat Valley, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1456726
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1456726:5
GUID (UUID V4):f0372cbb-c48c-43ab-b3c7-aff019db4877
Nearest other occurrences of Iron Rose
3.4km (2.1 miles) Fibbia, Fontana, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
4.4km (2.7 miles) Lucendro pass, Lucendro Valley, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
5.8km (3.6 miles) Motto di Vinei, Ossasco, Bedretto, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
11.9km (7.4 miles) Chli Bielenhorn, Tiefenbach, Realp, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland
12.8km (8.0 miles) Sidelen glacier, Furka pass area, Realp, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland
13.6km (8.5 miles) Kleines Furkahorn, Furka, Furka pass area, Oberwald, Obergoms, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
14.5km (9.0 miles) Pizzo dell'Arzo, Cavagnöö Glacier (Cavagnoli Glacier; Cavagnöö area; Cavagnoli area), Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
15.6km (9.7 miles) Marchhorn (Punta del Termine), Maria Luisa Refuge area, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
15.9km (9.9 miles) Pizzo Fiorina, Maria Luisa Refuge area, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
18.7km (11.6 miles) Grimsel pass, Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland
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University] at 00:22 05 January 2015 CAVRADI, SWITZERLAND A mong the few black minerals eagerly sought...common ore minerals of titanium, manganese, and iron, respectively, and it is somewhat surprising that...red, almost earthy masses typical of sedimentary iron ores. Its streak varies from cherry-red to reddishbrown...occurs regionally as a major component of sedimentary iron-rich formations, ironstones, and chemical sediments...their metamorphic equivalents, particularly banded iron formations. It occurs in a number of igneous-related
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ALABAMA Iron phosphate mineral locality at Indian Mountain, Alabama (by H. Harwood) 5:241-244 Iron-manganese...minerals in the Alpine ar,d Subalpine region [Switzerland,Austria and Iti:Jy](by C. M. Gramaccioli) 8:287-293...21:405-408 --with J.P. Cassedanne: Crystallized rose quanz from Alto da Pitora, Minas Gerais, Brazil...20:473-479 ANDOVER MINE Willemite from the Andover iron mine, Andover. New Jersey (by D. K. Cook) 3:63-64...Record bookshelf-A Guide to rite Minerals of Switzerland; Connecticut Mines and Minerals; Mineral Collecting
 
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