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Diopside from
Biel, Gressoney-la-Trinité, Aosta Valley, Italy


Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Biel, Gressoney-la-Trinité, Aosta Valley, Italy
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:316530
Long-form Identifier:1:3:316530:0
GUID (UUID V4):c30de794-d5cf-4e34-b732-cf8d791b2f5b
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
5.7km (3.5 miles) Palon di Resy, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
5.8km (3.6 miles) Monte Rosso di Verra, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
7.0km (4.4 miles) Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
7.3km (4.5 miles) Blu Lake (Bleu Lake), Gobba di Rollin-Rocca di Verra ridge - Blu Lake area, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
8.1km (5.0 miles) Rocca di Verra, Gobba di Rollin-Rocca di Verra ridge - Blu Lake area, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
8.8km (5.5 miles) Passo di Verra area (Zwillingsjoch area), Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
9.1km (5.6 miles) Polluce (Pollux), Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
9.1km (5.7 miles) Pollux, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
9.9km (6.2 miles) Gobba di Rollin, Gobba di Rollin-Rocca di Verra ridge - Blu Lake area, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
10.9km (6.8 miles) Breithorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
References
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... ... . . .... ... 4 6 7 8 8 8 10 Cap. II - La composizione dei minerali. 19 Cap. VI - Identifi...DESCRIZIONE DELLE SPECIE Cap. VII Cap. VIII L'abito e la simmetria dei cristalli .......... . ... . . . ....francesi . . . ... Cap. XXIX - La Val d'Ala . . . . . . . . Cap. XXX - La Val d'Aosta .. . . . . Cap. XXXI...XXXII - L'Ossola .. . . .. ... . . . . Cap. XXXIII - La Val di Binn . .. . . . Cap. XXXIV - Zone del Grimsel...XXXVI - 11 Canton Ticino e la Val Mesolcina .... . . . . Cap. XXXVJI - La Val Tavetsch e le valli adiacenti
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kor Alps (Carinthia and Styria) [7], Graian Aips (Italy) [8], and several regions in France [9]. An important...s some h o r n b l e n d e a n d a l i t t l e diopside-plagioclase s y m p l e c t i t e (?) from the...PARAGENESIS OF KYAlqITE-ECLOGITES ores, rutile, a n d diopside-plagioclase symplectite. I t appears a reasonable...Anorthite 48.65 13.07 13.16 13.42 12.68 11.42 Diopside 12.91 1.14 1-66 1.52 1.60 0.5I i:iypersthene 23...Switzerland, and a chloromelaniterock from 0ropa, Biel[a, Piedmont, referred to by Franchi. The plots of
Journal (issue)
moonstones (peristerite), kornerupine, clinohumite, diopside or large spinel crystals. Werner priced the merchandise...Keusen 031 337 03 37 Schule für Gestaltung Bern-Biel. On 4th April 2006 an open public information is...for the masters diploma for goldsmiths (group Bern-Biel, Switzerland) - Adrian Gempeler - Daniel Baumgartner...Scientific Diamond Course Dr. Martina. Bisio, Cisgem Italy Daniel Boucard, Geneva We wish all successful participants...AGTA-Gemological Testing Center (USA), CISGEM (Italy), GAAJ Laboratory (Japan), GIA-Gem Trade Laboratory
Journal (issue)
marble beads looking like coral, a large star-diopside of magnetic attraction, a bracelet of williamsite-like...a n d facts keep us down to earth. T h e star-diopside was not physically attractive in appearance, but...they do react to a magnet; that is to say, a star-diopside—placed, polished cabochon surface down, on a clean...the fun of it we reversed the order. We spun the diopside briskly a n d used a magnet to brake its speed...reason is found or afforded for the difference. Vive la différence has subtle innuendoes ! Sometimes, when
Book
octahedron. Elba, Italy. Below center Combined octahedral and pyritohedral faces. Elba, Italy. Below right...Lode country, California, particularly at Grass Valley; skeletal crystals to 2 cm., 68 also flattened...olivine (often altered to serpentine), chrome diopside, phlogopite, pyrope garnet, magnetite, hematite...Hematite, iridescent tarnished crystals. Elba, Italy. Ct11ter left Botryoidal, massive to finely fibrous...active and extinct volcanoes and gypsum deposits. ITALY-localities around Agrigento and Caltanisetta, Sicily
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) can help to establish exploration vectors...substitution in the mineral lattice. Modern mineral LA-ICP-MS microregion in situ analysis technology can...values in epidote [45,46,49] and contents of K, Na, La, Sr, Pb, and their ratio values in alunite [3,41]...their substitution characteristics can be obtained by LA-ICP-MS and EPMA in situ micro-regions. Minerals...Chris, Galore Creek, Butte, Christmas, and Highland Valley, Halley et al. (2015) [26] found Pos2200 value
Book (edition)
ASG -Archives de Science Geneve BM - Bulletin de la Societe fram;aise de mineralogie et de cristallographie...byssolite. Mono- coast of North America: Kobuk River Valley, Alaska, clinic, C2/m, a,b,c = 9.89, 18.20, 5.31... Actinolite - byssolite, 50 mm, Valle d'Aosta, Italy, G short-columnar crystals, usually in granular...overlooking Zillertal Valley, Tirol, Austria, and at Passo di Vizze, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Actinolite asbestos...Mont Blanc, as well as in Val Malenco, Lombardy, Italy. A component of some skarns and eclogites. With
Book (volume)
w l. ELEVATION ,ra <«a;,·1u· «u ;,u,,•rr,., rk la, .1/rr ,i:. ...,,,,.,� ·•·.·. . ; _:,(_ ,w,,··... Presentazione Segno caratteristico del nostro tempo e la riscoperta dei piu vari interessi nel campo scientifico...geologia ed alle scienze naturali. In particolare, la mineralogia, che sta - per cosi dire - << a ca­ vallo...profondimento scientifico. IL riscoperto amore per la natura attraverso le scienze esprime anche un'altra...un'altra manifestazione tipica dei nostri tempi, la << passione ecologica >>. Tutti questi inte­ ressi scientifici
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history of the Alps, the inclusion of data from Italy and France provided a much more complete image of...between the continental masses of Arabia and Greece–Italy. The PalaeoTethys was then closed by subduction...the north and now separated the landmass Greece–Italy from Laurasia. This small ocean basin is referred...and Scotese & Sager (1988). Grl, Greenland; It, Italy; Gr, Greece; Tu, Turkey; SAm, South America; Wr...Tu Tethys North America ic nt Iberia It Gr la At Pacific Arabia Africa SAm Middle Jurassic/Dogger
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history of the Alps, the inclusion of data from Italy and France provided a much more complete image of...between the continental masses of Arabia and Greece–Italy. The PalaeoTethys was then closed by subduction...the north and now separated the landmass Greece–Italy from Laurasia. This small ocean basin is referred...and Scotese & Sager (1988). Grl, Greenland; It, Italy; Gr, Greece; Tu, Turkey; SAm, South America; Wr...Tu Tethys North America ic nt Iberia It Gr la At Pacific Arabia Africa SAm Middle Jurassic/Dogger
Book (volume)
Spain by F. Vazquez Guzman Portugal by D. Thadeu Italy by P. Zuffardi European part of the U.S.S.R. by...Southwest Europe embraces France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Each volume has an introductory chapter of the... Gold . Lead and zinc Cartagena district Linares-La Carolina-Santa Elena district. Cantabria district...Morille-Martinamor El Cubito El Trasqui16n. Santa Maria . La Parrilla • Sierra de Cartagena Bismuth C6rdoba district...Cala Teuler . San Guillermo--Colmenar-Santa Justa. La Berrona. Monchi Cerro del Hierro Southeastern district
Report (issue)
of Duncansby • • Thurso }.,lags of Skirsa and the Biel of Duncansby. John o, Groat's Sandstones of Fres"rick...tilting of the strata past Halsary, and up the valley of the Little River and Loch Rangag. COAST SECTION-LYBSTER...the beds and extends inland to the north of the Biel of Duncansby. South of this fault, which throws...fault near Fast Goe. THURSO FLAGS OF SKIRSA .AND THE BIEL OF DUNCANSBY. This fault enters the cliff obliquely...north-westerly direction and .extends to the east of the Biel of Duncansby to meet the fault described above.
Book (edition)
Messrs. E. G. Sandmeier, Locarno, and J. Telecki, Biel, Switzerland; Professor F. Slavik, Praha, Czechoslovakia;...of metamorphism. Emerald, garnet, spinel, and diopside are com- monly the result of contact metamorphism... having Vic. 153.—Attached crystal Ala, Italy. of diopside. well-developed faces at both ends of the...known and used at an earlier date, especially in Italy and France. According to Henri Polak, the Venetian...Saint-Claude, France; Geneva and Biel, Switzerland; and Genoa and Rome, Italy, are other centers in Furope
Journal (issue)
Polytechnic Institute. Carlo Mora, a native of Turin, Italy, is a gemologist and gem cutter. Since 1981, he...manganesehas been found in Norway, western Australia, Italy, Austria, the U.S.A. (Wyoming),and South Africa...belt is located in the center of the Great Rift Valley region, which has undergone extensive regional...Pan-African tectonothermal event and before the Rift Valley movements. During the GEMS 8: GEMOLOGY Spring...Nairobi, Kenya, using a Kaserrnann and Speriserl (Biel-Bienne, Switzerland) electric oven with a temperature/tiine
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surface. Asterism exhibited by a suitably cut diopside or corundum is due to the reflection of light...Sicily (Italy). Sulphur of volcanic origin is found in Turkey, Mexico, !ndonesia, Japan, USSR, Italy and...(USA). Perfect crystals have come from Sicily (Italy), (Poland) and (the USA). Individual crystals have...in association with aragonite; Girgenti (Sicily, Italy) 32 Native element © Graphite (Plumbago, Black...Almaden (Spain), rare; Idria Monte Amiata (Italy), Juan Cavelica (Peru), (USA) e Application: chemistry
Journal (issue)
Kamtonga, Kenya | Red Musgravite | Rhodonite from Italy and Indonesia | Three-Rayed Asterism in Quartz:...Federico Pezzotta Natural History Museum of Milan, Italy Gérard Panczer Claude Bernard University Lyon 1...Gemmes at https://gemmologiefrancophonie.com/index.php/la-revue-gemmes. Gemstone Supplier Conversations Guide...ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS), and the data were normalised to two Al atoms... G E M N OT E S Table I: Chemical composition by LA-ICP-MS of the blue Kamtonga garnet compared to one
Book (edition)
oul nfetsiber't Celta to oj? Sime bie! bipainas biel ae va to nee) catwvegy line er ade Hilw Lecteal... ee .) ye a * “5 ——~ a ; Vie See ieeeir La del ve Mie ya rita aneremes |Liye ale =) LP... Greece. Other occurrences are found in Chile, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, and Algeria. SELECTED...Switzerland; and several localities in northern Italy. SELECTED REFERENCE: Peishan, Z., and Kejie, T....Lake Baikal area, USSR; at Pitigliano, Tuscany, Italy; and at the Edwards mine, Edwards, New York. SELECTED
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7 cm). Ro~·ia Mo11w11ci: PC {JS/ Page 2: Arpa~ Valley, Fiigiira~ Mis., So111h Carpa1hia11s {SSZJ English...Galli. Giovanna Vezzalini (University of Modena. Italy). Prof. Mykola Shcherbak (lnsti1u1e of Mineralogy...or chain open-pi1 peak pit quatTy river s1ream valley vem Czech stola potok jeskyne vysoky kopec, vrch...or chain open-pil peak pil quarry river stream valley vein galerie piir1iu pe~tcrii ,nail deal lac mic...metamorphosed Mississippi Valley-type depo its are noted in the Rodna Mt . (e.g. Blazna Valley). The Lower Cambrian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dell’Antartide, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy 6Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum...orthopyroxene (Fs13.3±0.2Wo3.0; FeO/MnO = 17), diopside (Fs6.8Wo41.9; FeO/MnO = 12), plagioclase (An17...FeO/MnO = 46), rare orthopyroxene (Fs19.1±7.1), diopside (Fs12Wo43.4), pigeonite (Fs17.4–28.6Wo12–5.8)...inclusions (<0.03 mm) of aluminous orthopyroxene, diopside, a silica phase, pigeonite, K-feldspar, plagioclase...(Fa21.2–24.5; FeO/MnO = 45–56). Inclusion phases: diopside (Fs10.5Wo41.4), pigeonite (Fs20Wo11.5), K-feldspar
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
Fuego, Argentina) ......................... 502 Biel. C., Colás, V., Subías, I., Acevedo, R.D. & Bilström...Manuel Escobar Alteration mineral domains under Loma la Cuaba: new insights as to the origin of the mineralization...study of a sediment hosted ore of Sardinia (western Italy) .................................................Serafimovski, Krsto Blažev, Goran Tasev & Kosta Pockov LA-ICP-MS pyrite chemistry, evidences for mineralizing...Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy DISAT, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy Abstract. This contribution
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Licencié-ès-sciences , membre de la Société géologique de France ; membre titulaire de la société immériale 1'agriculture...d'histoire naturelle et arts utiles de Lyon, et de la Société d'éducation de Lyon ; assecié correspondant...des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon, de la société linnéenne de Bordeaux, etc ; professeur de...Licencié-ès-sciences ;membre de la Société géologique de France ; membre titu'aire de la Société immériale n'agriculture...d'histoire naturelle et arts utiles de Lyon, et de la Société d'éducation de Lyon ; assecié correspondant
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Reymer, I. Ryabchikov, F. Seifert, G. Schubert, J. Valley, B. Yardley, E-an Zen. T. Holland, S. Harley and...Czo: _ clinozoisite Qtz: quartz Di: Dol: diopside dolomite Rt: Scp: rutile scapolite En: Ep:...anorthite in it PXx,9: _ solid solution of aegerine—diopside—hedenbergite and mole percent of aeger- : ine...magnesian marble facies: I — quartz—dolomite, IT — diopside—dolomite and III — forsterite—calcite. where...granulite metamorphism while others, having dolomite—diopside (and pargasite) rims, developed as a result of
Journal (issue)
Er Eu Fm F Fr Gd Ga Ge Au Hf He Ho H In I lr Fe Kr La Lr Pb Li Lu Mg Mn Md Chemical equations C hemical...hardness - is a recommended useful tool for field and la boracory work and readily available from mineralogical...ease. Other minerals of similar hardness include diopside, orthoclase, rhodonite, skutterudite 6-6.5 7...space occupied by a bo_dy or a liquid. It bears no r~la?on to mass or weight - tlus 1~ why it is impossible...pressure - your luggage may be less heavy in a city like La Paz in Bolivia which, at 3600111 (12,000ft) above
Report (issue)
Technology, and the University of California. i | biel Contents Geology Blackhawkpat ea ase tere sic:...southern California rises above southeastern Lucerne Valley at the eastern end of the rugged 4,000-foot escarpment...layer of compressed air. Introduction Lucerne Valley in southern California lies at the foot of the...inclined alluvial slope nearly to the bottom of the valley (Pls. 1 and 2). The 10 Blackhawk landslide is...southern Nevada (Longwell, 1951), in the Death Valley region of eastern California (Jahns and Engel,
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described by Frederickson (1955) and is shown in Plate la; a similar structure is common in galena. 35 Grain...[001] [001] [100] [110] Enstatite (100) [001] Diopside {100} [001] Clinopyroxene Pyrrhotite Quartz...magnetite, plagioclase (Mugge and Heide, 1931), diopside (Raleigh, 1965b) and galena (Lyall, 1966; Lyall...twin law. Conjugate deformation twins form in diopside on two laws (Raleigh and Talbot, 1966). 82 ...suggested that primary twins in plagioclase and diopside respectively tend to be broader with fewer lamellae
 
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