Log InRegister
Quick Links : The Mindat ManualThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryMindat Newsletter [Free Download]
Home PageAbout MindatThe Mindat ManualHistory of MindatCopyright StatusWho We AreContact UsAdvertise on Mindat
Donate to MindatCorporate SponsorshipSponsor a PageSponsored PagesMindat AdvertisersAdvertise on Mindat
Learning CenterWhat is a mineral?The most common minerals on earthInformation for EducatorsMindat ArticlesThe ElementsThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryGeologic Time
Minerals by PropertiesMinerals by ChemistryAdvanced Locality SearchRandom MineralRandom LocalitySearch by minIDLocalities Near MeSearch ArticlesSearch GlossaryMore Search Options
Search For:
Mineral Name:
Locality Name:
Keyword(s):
 
The Mindat ManualAdd a New PhotoRate PhotosLocality Edit ReportCoordinate Completion ReportAdd Glossary Item
Mining CompaniesStatisticsUsersMineral MuseumsClubs & OrganizationsMineral Shows & EventsThe Mindat DirectoryDevice SettingsThe Mineral Quiz
Photo SearchPhoto GalleriesSearch by ColorNew Photos TodayNew Photos YesterdayMembers' Photo GalleriesPast Photo of the Day GalleryPhotography

Scapolite from
Dolomite outcrops, Ofenhorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland


Locality type:Outcrop
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 Dolomite outcrops, Ofenhorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:434146
Long-form Identifier:1:3:434146:8
GUID (UUID V4):1eab4e45-9b41-4c27-951d-190ae4d75e9a
Nearest other occurrences of Scapolite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Balmen dolomite outcrops, Bochtehorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
3.0km (1.9 miles) Tschampige Wyssi, Holzerspitz, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
5.4km (3.4 miles) Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
7.4km (4.6 miles) Turtschi, Giessen, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
17.6km (11.0 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) Lake Tremorgio, Fiesso, Prato (Leventina), Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
44.8km (27.8 miles) Migiandone Mine (Miggiandone), Ornavasso, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
45.4km (28.2 miles) Candoglia marble quarries, Candoglia, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
48.1km (29.9 miles) Ravinella di Sotto Mine, Forno, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
60.0km (37.3 miles) Castello Svitto, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Lengenbach Mineral Locality, Binna Valley, Valais, Switzerland............................................Imhof Famous Mineral Localities: Lengenbach, Switzerland 275 by Stefan Graeser Rare Earth Minerals in...Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography: Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New...g e n b a c h q u a rry , B in n a V a lle y , Valais, S w itz e rla n d (see a rtic le s in th is issue...have been formed in the last few years. The Oslo Area club (Oslo og Omegn Geologiforening) has its own
Book
Opholite, Nagaland 45 14 Stromatolite bearing Dolomite, Sikkim 51 15 Chabimura Panels of Rock Carvings...of geotourism: “Geotourism is a form of natural area tourism that specifically focuses on geology and...airport is in Tezpur town of Assam. Geologically, the area around the lake comprises of rocks of the SeLa Group...biotite gneiss, calc-gneiss/marble (diopside and scapolite bearing), staurolite bearing schist, tourmaline...earthquake which hit the area in the year 1971. Aftermath of the earthquake the whole area where the lake presently
Book
the friends trip Among them, there with the area you re planning to sound advice as give Plan...chosen are provided drawing to locate a collecting area, describe the condition of the roads, and mark out...them. (\/love rocks or Beds of limestone and dolomite, the principal constituents of the exposed rocks...Maine, around the town of Paris, and the rugged area north and east of San Diego, several years. stuff...indicates the interesting minerals such as magneof dolomite presence of sium hydroxide (brucite). basic magnesium
Report (volume)
• . . . . . . . . . . . . . Previous work in the area ........•................... Economic history of...• Geologic map and sections of the Corundum Knob area, Buck Creek corund~m district, Clay County, N.c...topography of the eastern part of the Buck Creek area, Clay County, N. C •••....••........•.••...... Geology...•••••••••.•.•••••• 115 Geologic map of the Herbert mine area, Buck Creek corundum distriet, Clay County, N. C...corundum-bearing amphibolite bodies in the Corundum Knob area, Buck Creek, N.c.~ •• 122 Estimated reserves of
Report (volume)
DIRECTOR BULLETIN 589 THE CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON...the marble and dolomite localities described. II. A, Polished slab of granular dolomite breccia from Plymouth... such as coal, iron, oil, or copper, in a given area, but others treat of all the economically important...at present not only impossible to determine the area and general attitude of many of the beds but also...formations which are but partly exposed. The eastern area appears to be .one of greater metamorphism than
Book
Among them there may be one who Is familiar with the area you re planning to v1sIt and who can give sound...HARD SURFACE Field drawing to locate a collecting area, describe the condition of the roads, and mark out...few examples can be cited. Beds of limestone and dolomite the principal constituents of the exposed rocks...Southwestern Maine around the town of Pans. and the rugged area north and east of San Diego Cal1forn1a, have long...background. This 1s basalt imbedded in a mass of dolomite and indicates the presence of interesting minerals
Report (edition)
Stnm.RLA:-.DSHlRE. PLATE Thrust mass of Durness dolomite and limestone. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND...p. 15. Chemical and Allied Industries, p. 17. Dolomite, p. 17. Iron and Steel Manufacture, p.18. Marble...23. Sedimentary Dolomite, p. 23. Metamorphic Limestone, p. 25. Metamorphic Dolomite, p. 25. Contact-altered...Contact-altered Limestone and Dolomite, p. 25. Calcite and Dolomite Veins, p. 26. Specific Gravity of Limestones...Inchnadamph; Sutherlandshire. Thrust mass of Durness dolomite and limestone . . . ... Frontispiece TO FACE
Report (volume)
Stnm.RLA:-.DSHlRE. PLATE Thrust mass of Durness dolomite and limestone. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND...p. 15. Chemical and Allied Industries, p. 17. Dolomite, p. 17. Iron and Steel Manufacture, p.18. Marble...23. Sedimentary Dolomite, p. 23. Metamorphic Limestone, p. 25. Metamorphic Dolomite, p. 25. Contact-altered...Contact-altered Limestone and Dolomite, p. 25. Calcite and Dolomite Veins, p. 26. Specific Gravity of Limestones...Inchnadamph; Sutherlandshire. Thrust mass of Durness dolomite and limestone . . . ... Frontispiece TO FACE
Report (edition)
the 7th largest country in the world with a total area of 3,287,263 sq.kms. India measures 3214 kms from...the Eastern Ghats in the eastand covers a total area of 1.9 million km2. It is mostly flat, with elevations...Deccan Lava and there are tertiary rocks in the Kutch area), they are still treated as integral part of the...the Indus River which used to flow through this area. Lack of rains in recent times has turned it into...it conducive for irrigation through canals. The area is also rich in ground water sources. The plains
Report (issue)
Other materials of economic interest. _________ Dolomite _---_______-_____-_____-_-____ "Terrazzo". _-...Chapter C. Precambrian geology of the Norway Lake area, Dickinson County, Mich., by Lorin D. Clark General...Chapter C. Precambrian geology of the Norway Lake area, Dickinson County, Mich. Continued Magnetic anomalies...acknowledgments.___.--_--_-__ General description of the area mapped. ________ Topography and surface features____---_-____...-_Petrography _______________----_-_Randville dolomite,____________----__--Occurrence and characteri
Field Trip Notes
region and Western Cape Cod 119 Field Trip No. 3. area Field Trip No. 1 GEOLOGY OF THE APPALACHIAN...to provide some sort of guide to the reader the area is divided into 15-minute quadrangles by latitude...by the U. S. Geological Survey, available for the area covered by Plate 4« Plate 4, like all geological...a progress report. Although in many parts of the area the authors are reasonably well satisfied with the...covering Hoosick Falls, New York, area), Marshall Kay (map of area around Sudbury, Vermont), and Matt
Book (edition)
wetting the specimen, rubbing the area, and examining it after the area dries. Tests should be made only...from seawater lays down beds of limestone and dolomite. These are the most valuable rocks to industry...fracturing it becomes the ornamental rock striped with dolomite that is known as verd antique. Most metamorphic...Geological Survey. Each map shows a quadrangular area designated by the name of a town or prominent natural...are found only in exposures of the Little Falls dolomite; these would be defined on a geologic map of certain
Book
Paleozoic beds in the Azegour dis­ trict; their outcrops are grouped in four principal bands that strike...the west side, they are anticlinally folded in the area between the two summits of the Aborji Mountain....changes begin in the schists. Carbonates in this area are, however, even more strongly affected. The schists...unmineralized marble, is a band of quartzitic dolomite containing chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and traces...certain, however, that the rocks of the Azegour area underwent deformation, plutonic intrusion, contact
Report (edition)
Raina, 1964) 10 Fig.16.1.1c Geological map of the area around Jorethang-Jorebungalow areas of Sikkim-Darjeeling...Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalaya 11 Fig.16.1.1d Geological map of area around the Mahakal Hill, West of Jainti River dist...phyllite-metawacke sequence (Gorubathan Formation) at Saliram area, T.S.No. 78A/7 15 Fig.16.1.1h Phylllite (with...sheen) of Gorubathan Formation at Lower Gangyap area, T.S. No. 78A/7 16 Fig.16.1.1i Thinly bedded...bedded quartzite (Gorubathan Formation) at Saliram area, T.S. No. 78A/7 16 Fig.16.1.1j Thinly laminated
Report (issue)
................ 5—Generalized section of ocher area .......................... 58 110 118 6—Map showing..................................... 12—Monadnock area in Vermont ............................... 13—Philipsburg...THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST PAGE 32—East Mountain area showing section lines and topography... 238 33—Mendon...to be ascribed. Geologically Vermont is not a new area, if we go back to the times when the foundation...Vermont except to repeat that it is a very old land area. All the essential data by which the age can be
Report (issue)
....................................... Stanley area .. ... .. ..... .. .. ..... ... . .......... .....27. Cross section of Davenport mine, Moore Hill area, Kentucky.........................................veins occur in volcanics and porphyries and in dolomite, respectively; and the Snowbird, Spar, and Crystal...district, the Central Kentucky district, and the Rossie area, New York. Deposits of the Valley and Ridge type...minerals are described in detail, by geographic area; many other deposits are described briefly, and
Book (volume)
CARBONATES . Calcite . Magnesite Rhodochrosite Siderite Dolomite Ankerite Huntite Aragonite Strontianite . Witherite...aureoles, having been formed by the dissociation of dolomite, CaMg(C03)2-^-CaC03 + MgO + CO2, and often occurs...Progressive metamorphism of siliceous limestone and dolomite. Journ. Geol., vol. 48, p. 225. _and Schairer...1951. The zoned contact skarns of the Broadford area, Skye: a study of boronfluorine metasomatism in...cassiterite from deep-seated occurrences while in the same area crystals of prismatic habit are found at higher
Book (edition)
invalu- able for guidance to the general collecting area. But you will need more detailed maps, such as...are found only in exposures of the Little Falls dolomite; these would be defined on a geologic map of certain...especially advisable if the collecting into an area, such as an Indian reservation, where strangers...CINNABAR (mercury sulphide) in Steamboat Springs area in Nevada. opalite, occurs north of a MOSS AGATE...quartz crystal, can be found in Florissant, Colorado, area. RHODONITE, most attractive of the red-pink gem
Book (edition)
Ordovician inlier of the Shelve area in Shropshire, showing the outcrops of the lavas and associated intrusive...con1plete replacement by secondary white mica, scapolite, zeolites, or minerals of the epidote group, often...southern Greenland. One rock near J ulianehaab, in this area, contains eudialyte to the extent of a third of...co1nmon gangue mineral, for example in the lead-mining area of the northern Pennines, whence con1e so many of...certain syenitic and dioritic rocks from the Bancroft area in Ontario and from some South African localities
Book (edition)
and H. H. Hess, J. Geol. 59 (1951). The stippled area is devoid of clinopyroxenes; but the basal strip...rocks such as the Tertiary granites of the Marsco area in Skye. 1 Arfvedsonite is probably the most widely...complete replacement by secondary white mica, scapolite, zeolites, or minerals of the epidote group, often...southern Greenland. One rock near Julianehaab, in this area, contains eudialyte to the extent of a third of...certain syenitic and dioritic rocks from the Bancroft area in Ontario and from some South African localities
 
Mineral and/or Locality  
Mindat Discussions Facebook Logo Instagram Logo Discord Logo
Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: March 28, 2024 18:41:09
Go to top of page