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Rhodonite from
Tanatz Alp, Splügen, Rheinwald, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Rhodonite
Formula:CaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Habit:Widespread pink masses and rare idiomorph crystals. The latter can be grown epitactically with tiragalloite.
Colour:Pink
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tiragalloite3 photos of Rhodonite associated with Tiragalloite at this locality.
Manganberzeliite2 photos of Rhodonite associated with Manganberzeliite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tanatz Alp, Splügen, Rheinwald, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:388172
Long-form Identifier:1:3:388172:9
GUID (UUID V4):31d98418-04c2-4e02-ad57-9ce339049d59
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodonite
10.7km (6.6 miles) Fianel, Ausserferrera, Ferrera, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland
13.3km (8.2 miles) Schmorrasgrat-South, Ausserferrera, Ferrera, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland
13.4km (8.3 miles) Schmorrasgrat-North, Ausserferrera, Ferrera, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland
20.7km (12.8 miles) Bercla Valley, Mulegns, Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
24.3km (15.1 miles) Alp digl Plaz deposit, Tinizong (Tinzen), Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
24.8km (15.4 miles) Falotta, Tinizong (Tinzen), Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
27.9km (17.3 miles) Parsettens Alp, Tinizong (Tinzen), Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
32.6km (20.2 miles) Punta Trubinasca, Codera Valley, Novate Mezzola, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
37.1km (23.1 miles) Furtschellas deposit, Piz Corvatsch, Samedan, Maloja Region, Grisons, Switzerland
37.3km (23.2 miles) Muretto Pass, Muretto Valley, Val Forno, Upper Val Bregaglia, Bregaglia, Maloja Region, Grisons, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
the Chivor Emerald Mine’s History, and Swiss Rhodonite… Duncan Pay FEATURE ARTICLES 2 A Quantitative...archival records. 110 Rhodonite-Pyroxmangite from Tanatz Alp, Switzerland Franca Caucia, Luigi Marinoni...physical, and gemological properties of attractive rhodonite-rich rocks from this Swiss deposit. p. 92 REGULAR...Nicholas Sturman Carlsbad, California Lucerne, Switzerland Bangkok, Thailand John L. Emmett Ren Lu Fanus...the Chivor Emerald Mine’s History, and Swiss Rhodonite… Welcome to the Spring Gems & Gemology! Publication
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nine of which tinzenite is found with quartz, rhodonite, Mn-bearing calcite or rhodochrosite in veinlets...(1923) from Alp Parsettens and Falotta near Tinizong village, Oberhalbstein, Grisons, Switzerland. The mineral...Falotta and Alp Parsettens mines near Tinizong (Tinzen), Oberhalbstein, Grisons, Switzerland (type) Qz...Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy2 Tanatz Alp, Spluga Pass, Grisons, Switzerland4 ― Ozaki (1969, 1972);...Pxm  pyroxmangite, Rds  rhodochrosite, Rdn  rhodonite. for other axinite-group minerals in the IMA
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and metamorphic rocks of the Wanni glacier, Switzerland Oleg S. Vereshchagin1,*, Sergey N. Britvin1,6...Netherlands 5 ch. des Bruyeres 14, CH-1007 Lausanne, Switzerland 6 Musée cantonal de géologie, Université de Lausanne...Lausanne, Anthropole, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 7 Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences,... Fersman Str. 14, 184209 Apatity, Murmansk Region, Russia 1 Abstract Gasparite-(La), La(AsO4), is a...metamorphic rocks of the Wanni glacier, Binn Valley, Switzerland (co-type locality). Gasparite-(La) is named for
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Inclusion | Bicoloured Phenakite from Russia | Rhodonite from Southern Iran | Origin of Asterism in Star...and Jian Zhang 314 Amber from Khamti, Sagaing Region, Myanmar By Thet Tin Nyunt, Tay Thye Sun, Murali... Lore Kiefert Gübelin Gem Lab Ltd, Lucerne, Switzerland John L. Emmett Crystal Chemistry, Brush Prairie...Liechtenstein Henry A. Hänni GemExpert, Basel, Switzerland Jack M. Ogden London Federico Pezzotta Natural...Minerals and Materials, 2nd edn. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 625 pp., https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24765-6
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Colouration from Kamtonga, Kenya | Red Musgravite | Rhodonite from Italy and Indonesia | Three-Rayed Asterism...emerald deposit was discovered in 2021 in the Chitral region of north-western Pakistan. Following an earlier...Liechtenstein Henry A. Hänni GemExpert, Basel, Switzerland Jeff W. Harris University of Glasgow Lore Kiefert...the past decade, the Numbi area in the South Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has...10.15506/JoG.2005.29.5.281. Rhodonite from Italy and Indonesia Rhodonite and pyroxmangite are polymorphs
 
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