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Scapolite from
Lake Tremorgio, Fiesso, Prato (Leventina), Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland


Locality type:Lake
Classification
Species:'Scapolite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scapolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lake Tremorgio, Fiesso, Prato (Leventina), Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1616093
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1616093:2
GUID (UUID V4):e1ef0767-2754-41de-b00d-1d69f710f214
Nearest other occurrences of Scapolite
17.6km (10.9 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
34.9km (21.7 miles) Dolomite outcrops, Ofenhorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
35.8km (22.3 miles) Balmen dolomite outcrops, Bochtehorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
37.1km (23.0 miles) Tschampige Wyssi, Holzerspitz, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
39.0km (24.2 miles) Castello Svitto, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
40.4km (25.1 miles) Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
42.3km (26.3 miles) Turtschi, Giessen, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
59.5km (37.0 miles) Candoglia marble quarries, Candoglia, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
61.4km (38.2 miles) Migiandone Mine (Miggiandone), Ornavasso, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
64.8km (40.3 miles) San Giorgio, Codera Valley, Novate Mezzola, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Journal P BC Synthetics Retrospective . . . Scapolite from Madagascar . . . Pietersite from China and...TECHNIQUES ______________ pg. 262 274 Yellow Scapolite from Ihosy, Madagascar Margherita Superchi, Federico...Gambini, and Emanuela Castaman Characterizes scapolite from this locality and examines established methods...Prague, Czech Republic Lore Kiefert Lucerne, Switzerland James E. Shigley Carlsbad, California Edward...Perth, Australia Michael S. Krzemnicki Basel, Switzerland Christopher P. Smith New York, New York James
Book
Mi11eml Discm•t•ries, /960--20/ 5 ONTARIO Bentley Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County...vein-dike digging site which they called the Bentley Lake Road occurrence, south of Bancroft. Sharp, flattened...( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite...to 6 cm, associated with smaller crystals of scapolite (Garmo, 2000). PORTUGAL Montijos quarry, Monte...9: 1 (Gaines, 1971; Pimentel er al., 2009). SWITZERLAND Maderanertal east of Arnsteg, Uri. In the world
Book
sandstones and conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper...is found at the Lengenbach Quarry (Binnental, Switzerland), Segen Gottes (Black Forest, Germany), Quiluvrllca...but are found at Nagyag (Romania), Binnental (Switzerland), Matra (Corsica), Manhattan (Nevada, USA) and...important occurrence is at Lengenbach (Binnental, Switzerland). In the Seravezza marble in Tuscany, Italy,...locality is Saxony (Germany); it occurs elsewhere at Lake Valley District (New Mexico, USA), Atonopah (Nevada
Book
sandstones and conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper...is found at the Lengenbach Quarry (Binnental, Switzerland), Segen Gottes (Black Forest, Germany), Quiluvrllca...but are found at Nagyag (Romania), Binnental (Switzerland), Matra (Corsica), Manhattan (Nevada, USA) and...important occurrence is at Lengenbach (Binnental, Switzerland). In the Seravezza marble in Tuscany, Italy,...locality is Saxony (Germany); it occurs elsewhere at Lake Valley District (New Mexico, USA), Atonopah (Nevada
Book (edition)
known as cluster proxy. This type occurs in the scapolite series where various proportions of chlorine,...prisms with pyramids-zircon, rutile (Figure 69), scapolite Dipyramids~ usually without prisms-scheelite,...Czechoslovakia. Uranium ores in veins: Example: Great Bear Lake, Canada Gas cavities lined with pegmatitic material:...pyroxenes, copper, nickel, and iron sulfides. Example: Lake Superior region Anorthosite Large coarsely crystalline...and carbonates in playa deposits. Example: Searles Lake, California. Strata and seams: anhydrite, gypsum
Book (edition)
known as cluster proxy. This type occurs in the scapolite series where various proportions of chlorine,...prisms with pyramids—zircon, rutile (Figure 69), scapolite Dipyramids, usually without prisms—scheelite,...granite region; also from Colorado, from Baveno on Lake Maggiore, Italy, the Mourne Mountains of Ireland...countries. A notable exception to this rule is Switzerland, where very few economic metallic veins of any...are “dry salt lakes” or playas. The famous Searles Lake in San Bernardino is an California, County,
 
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