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Almandine from
Varenche Mine, Saint-Barthélemy, Nus, Aosta Valley, Italy


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Almandine

Varenche Mine, Saint-Barthélemy, Nus, Aosta Valley, Italy
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Almandine

Varenche Mine, Saint-Barthélemy, Nus, Aosta Valley, Italy
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Almandine

Varenche Mine, Saint-Barthélemy, Nus, Aosta Valley, Italy
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Comments:In lenses of carbonate-muscovite-garnet-rich quartzite embedded in chloritic micaschists.
It contains 17-45% mol of spessartite.
Habit:rhombododecahedric xx
Colour:red-brown
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
SEM-EDS
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Muscovite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Varenche Mine, Saint-Barthélemy, Nus, Aosta Valley, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:346398
Long-form Identifier:1:3:346398:7
GUID (UUID V4):ef50c413-bc32-4d08-a9ba-753c429fd03e
Nearest other occurrences of Almandine
10.2km (6.3 miles) ⓘServette-Chuc mining complex, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘComba de la Sassa (Comba della Sassa; Sassa Valley), Bionaz, Aosta Valley, Italy
20.8km (12.9 miles) ⓘBrusson Mine, Brusson, Aosta Valley, Italy
22.6km (14.0 miles) ⓘPalon di Resy, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
37.7km (23.4 miles) ⓘParella tunnel, Tavagnasco Mines, Tavagnasco, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
38.6km (24.0 miles) ⓘLe Colme, Brosso, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
42.9km (26.7 miles) ⓘGrand-Praz Mine, Ayer, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
45.7km (28.4 miles) ⓘMattmark reservoir, Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
48.0km (29.8 miles) ⓘAlpe Mecio outcrop, Corio, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
52.7km (32.8 miles) ⓘGhiacciaio del Bottarello, Val Loranco, Antrona Schieranco, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
• Barresi, A.A., Kolitsch, U., Ciriotti, M.E., Ambrino, P., Bracco, R., Bonacina, E. (2005): La miniera di manganese di Varenche (Aosta, Italia nord-occidentale): ardennite, arseniopleite, manganberzeliite, pirofanite, sarkinite, thortveitite, nuovo As-Sc-analogo della metavariscite e altre specie. Micro (località), 2/2005, 81-122.
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Oberti, Roberta, Boiocchi, Massimo, Hawthorne, Frank C., Ciriotti, Marco E. (2017) Magnesio-riebeckite from the Varenche mine (Aosta Valley, Italy): crystal-chemical characterization of a grandfathered end-member. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (6) 1431-1437 doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.011
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1431–1437 Magnesio-riebeckite from the Varenche mine (Aosta Valley, Italy): crystal-chemical characterization...Pavia, Italy Centro Grandi Strumenti, Università di Pavia, via Bassi 21, I-27100 Pavia, Italy Department...Italiana, via San Pietro 55, I-10073 Devesi-Cirié, Italy [Received 2 January 2017; Accepted 6 February 2017;...abandoned mine of Varenche (45°47’22’’ N, 7°29’17’’ E), Saint-Barthélemy, Nus, Aosta Valley (Italy), was...pattern, crystal-structure refinement, Varenche mine, Italy. Introduction THE name ‘riebeckite’ was
Hyršl, Jaroslav, Bernard, Jan (2013) Minerals and their Localities - Supplement - Minerals described since 2004. Granit, Prague.
Book (edition)
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Liebscher, Axel, Franz, Gerhard - Eds. (2004) Epidotes. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Vol. 56. Mineralogical Society of America
Report (volume)
according to the type locality Piemont in Northern Italy. The first Cr rich epidote occurrence was described...in zoisite; sample HU93-8 from Sterzing, Tauern/Italy; photomicrograph with crossed polarized light (c)...REE-bearing piemontite from Monte Brugiana, Alpi Apuane, Italy. Eur J Mineral 4:23–34 Bonazzi P, Menchetti S (1995)...the epidote group, from Val Graveglia, Liguria, Italy. Eur J Mineral 2:519-523 Bonazzi P, Menchetti S...Cordier L (1803) Analyse du Minéralconnu sus le nom de Mine de Manganese violet du Piédmont, faite au Labratoire
Chukanov, Nikita V. (2014) Infrared spectra of mineral species Vol. 1 - Springer Geochemistry/Mineralogy. Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7128-4
Book (volume)
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