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Rutile from
Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Rutile
Formula:TiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rutile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:43536
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43536:7
GUID (UUID V4):5570aea1-35d6-438f-b72f-8afe4f33ad27
Nearest other occurrences of Rutile
11.7km (7.3 miles) Cima di Gagela, Mesocco, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
12.0km (7.5 miles) Trescolmen quartzite outcrop, Mesocco, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
13.4km (8.3 miles) Castello Svitto, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
15.6km (9.7 miles) Monte Duria peridotite (south), Peglio, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
16.2km (10.0 miles) Monte Duria peridotite (east), Peglio, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
16.9km (10.5 miles) Borgo peridotite outcrop, Livo, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
18.6km (11.6 miles) Sancia Valley, Campodolcino, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
19.7km (12.2 miles) Starleggia Valley quarries, Campodolcino, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
19.9km (12.4 miles) Zapporthorn whiteschist outcrop, Mesocco, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
21.5km (13.4 miles) Pizzi dei Piani (Piz di Pian), Madesimo, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...in 2002 in a calcite-carbonatite vein intruding gneiss, together with very large Baveno-law-twinned crystals...blue-black and lustrous, though some which are coated by rutile or hematite are yellow or red and earthy; they...replacements of ilmenite by different combinations of rutile, anatase, brookite, hematite and titanite (Philippe...Alberene and Old Dominion quarries, Albemarle County. In these two soapstone quarries, tabular ilmenite crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals are found filling seams in schist and gneiss. Many apophyllite-(KF) specimens have been recovered...long in the pegmatites that cut the schist and gneiss. The locality at 190th Street and Amsterdam Avenue...where both minerals coated fractured plates of gneiss. Many of these specimens exceed 50 cm across. A...identifying the exact tourmaline species from this region. Dumortierite, Al7(BO3)(SiO4)3O3: The 1881 discovery...Libraries, Kingston"] at 01:16 05 June 2016 Figure 59. Rutile crystal, 7 mm long, in Inwood Marble from Kingsbridge
Book
Tetrahedrite and realgar from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71: Fluorite crystals from the People's...crystals, as flexible as hair. Right, top to bottom: Rutile with a prismatic acicular habit; kyanite with...crust is called a magma chamber. The cooling of in gneiss formed in a metamorphic environment at high temperature...the Passo del Rombo in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of Italy, or the splendid crystals of azure-blue...summit of Pizzo Forno in the Ticino Canton of Switzerland. A particular type of metamorphism, known as
Book (volume)
sphalerite. 4. GRAPHITE. (8) Graphite occurs, with gneiss and quartz on A.Johnson's farm E. from Feastcrvillc...mine near Shimersville, Lehigh Co. It occurs with gneiss at Paxon'sfarm, near Feasterville, Bucks Co. ...(29) Fluorite occurs at the Kleckner limestone quarries near HalColors: green, purple and pink. Imperlietsville...vermilion, earthy incrustations occur at the gneiss quarries at Frankford, Philadelphia. MELACONITE. 16...MENACCANITE. Occurs massive at George Hammit's quarries, one mile East Kdge Hill furnace, Montgomery Co
Report (volume)
........................ The Maryland Piedmont region....................................... Distribution............................. 51 Descriptions of quarries................................... 51 Baltimore............................. 54 Descriptions of quarries................................... 54 Woodstock............................. 56 Descriptions of quarries .................................. 57 Port Deposit...Jones Falls quarries .......................................... 67 Gwynns Falls quarries............
Report (volume)
mineral content, and origin___________________ Gneiss and granite___ _ ______ ________ 7 9 9 9 ' 11..._________________________ 43 Geologic observations at the quarries, by T. Nelson Dale_______ 45 Microstructure____________________...Inclusions _________________________________ 47 Plicated gneiss structure_________________________ 47 Granite ...discussion Continued. Geologic observations at the quarries Continued, Page. Segregations__l_.____ '.____...Nelson Dale_______________ Description of the quarries and their product__________ ____ Method______
Book
Tetrahedrite and realgar from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71: Ruorite crystals from the People's...crystals, as flexible as hair. Right, top to bottom: Rutile wit/1 a prismatic acicular habit; kyanite with...metamorphic rocks. Above: corundum crystal contained in gneiss formed in a metamorphic environment at high temperature...the Passo del Rombo in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of Italy, or the splendid crystals of azure-blue...summit of Pizzo Forno in the Ticino Canton of Switzerland. A particular type of metamorphism, known as
Report (volume)
examples_________________ Fluidal cavities in granite gneiss.________ Fluidal cavities in small dikes or veins_____...England granite quarries____ Descriptions of the quarries, granites, and product__________ Method of tr...The granite railroads_______________________ The quarries, their granite and finished product_______ Caledonia...________ Geology of Byegate quarries__________ Quarries ________________________ Groton____________________________...Descriptions of the quarries, granites, and product Continued. Vermont Continued. Page. The quarries, their granite
Book
02'34"}65)--Quartz-plagioclasemicrocline.bioti te gneiss. Acc>essory minerals: clinozoisi te, garnet, zircon... magnetite, muscovite, hornolende. 'Actinolite Gneiss >and Cpondrodite Limestone (76(locality uncertain}ltl)--westward...pyrite, Plrrhotite, ahd calcite in hornDlendle gneiss. Eaat of Center Pend, oa fara ot M.J. ~lder.an...p.150,195)--.erpentine mar'le found in a bed in gneiss on the river in Becket. Mattetite (75(see L.e)374...titan te i8 r.lative~1 large SJl.sunts. Grgit. Quarries (76(42 15'58",73000'43tt)~ 2 16'11",73 01'U tt
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontenac Quarries Limited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melochville quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . Shawinigan and St-Maurice quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . St-Marc -des -Carrieres quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riviere -a-Pierre quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book (volume)
..377 North Carolina – Spruce Pine – Little Switzerland Area Map .....................379 North Carolina.........................511 Virginia – Leesburg quarries Site Map .......................................407 ft. Cheaha Mt. This crystalline or mineral region is composed primarily of metamorphosed Paleozoic...counties. In this contorted, structurally complicated region of slates, phyllites, marbles, quartzites, and...above sea level. From this predominantly farming region the widespreading Tuscaloosa formation disgorges
Book (volume)
407 ft. Cheaha Mt. This crystalline or mineral region is composed primarily of metamorphosed Paleozoic...counties. In this contorted, structurally complicated region of slates, phyllites, marbles, quartzites, and...above sea level. From this predominantly farming region the widespreading Tuscaloosa formation disgorges...⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet...Magnetite, Pyrite, etc.; f limestone and dolomite quarries⎯Barite and Calcite. ANGEL STATION (NW part of
Book (volume)
407 ft. Cheaha Mt. This crystalline or mineral region is composed primarily of metamorphosed Paleozoic...counties. In this contorted, structurally complicated region of slates, phyllites, marbles, quartzites, and...above sea level. From this predominantly farming region the widespreading Tuscaloosa formation disgorges...⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet...Magnetite, Pyrite, etc.; f limestone and dolomite quarries⎯Barite and Calcite. ANGEL STATION (NW part of
Book
because of the immense heat developed; it is in this region of contact metamorphism where many great mines...Igneous intrusives Dark minerals, Limestone quarries Calcite, celestite, dolomite, fluorite, galena...their “civilized” appurtenances. Not only is the region of the Old West much more was eighty years ago...oxidation or sulphurization. In the southwestern desert region natural tarnish may become like a crust, known...ing to whether the specimens came from a lode, rutile, and titanifdeposit. Titanium ore minerals include
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
black olivine-enstatite rock and the inclosing gneiss. Professor Emerson says :9 “A gainst the olivine...crys­ tals. Then comes anorthite full of orthite, rutile, and corundum in large masses, etcetera. “A crystal...pegmatites of granitic composition in which feld­ spar quarries have been opened are fairly abundant over parts...black olivine-enstatite rock and the inclosing gneiss. Here it occurs abundantly in granular anorthite...stituent of the Hatfield tonalite and of the Pelham gneiss, but the finest crystals are found at Grilbertville
Report (volume)
uranium and vanadium minerals in the high plateau region of the West. The present bulletin, like the earlier...vol. 1, 1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept...County, extensive quarries near Birmingham and Bessemer; Talladega County, several quarries. Used for road...Corundum (emery). Found in various places in gold region, including Coosa County, near Mount Olive and Hanover;... Gneisses and mica schists of metamorphic region. Quarries at Tallassee Falls, in Elmore County. Galena
Book (edition)
John G. Smock, and that for the Eocky Mountain region by Mr. C. Whitman Cross. To these gentlemen is...of the plateau portion of this field The basin region of the field lies to the southwest of Cullman county...gneisses and mica schists of metamorphic region. Fine quarries at Tallahassee falls on Tallapoosa river...county. These localities are at a distance from any region where gold-bearing rocks are in place, and the...from a distance. Localities in the metamorphic region. Worked for local sup Granite . ply mainly. Near
Report (issue)
Granites of tlu Atlantic Border, or Appalacltian Region, of the United States 32-39 Connecticut Delaware...Quarry 74 Flat Shoals . . • . • • . . . 76 Granite-Gneiss . • . , • . . . • 77 Mrs. M. J. Hill's Property...So The H. W. Hill Property. So Other Outcrops of Gneiss . 8I The T. B. Tigner Quarry • . 82 Coweta County...Quarry . • • • • . 9r Foliated Granite (Granite-Gneiss) • 94-96 Pike County . . . . . . . . . • . . •...• III-143 Stone Mountain and Its Quarries . . II3-II9 The Quarries of the Adjacent Lowland Belt . .
Report (volume)
County, extensive quarries near Birmingham and Bessemer. Talladega County, several quarries. Clay (brick)...Corundum (emery). Found in various places in gold region, including Coosa County, near Mount Olive and Hanover;... Gneisses and mica schists of metamorphic region. Quarries at Tallassee Falls in Elmore County. Galena...St. Glair County, at Cooks Springs. Sandstone. Quarries: Calhoun County, at Anniston; Colbert County,...glance). Mohave County, in pre-Cambrian granite gneiss in Chloride, Mineral Park, and Stockton Hill districts
Report (issue)
published and unpublished data on dimension stone quarries, prospects, and historical sites in the southern...Chapter 2 Granite and metamorphic rocks Southern region ....................................................................................5 Historic quarries...............................................................................8 Fraser Range — gneiss, charnockite, and mafic granulite ............................................31 Central western region ..............................................
Book
153 Archaic copper tools from the Lake Superior region, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Copper deposits...earths (Sects. 48–69) found in the Mediterranean region and the Near East. His interest is focused on the...was that marble regenerated itself in certain quarries. Nevertheless he was suspicious of claims that...1999:39–40). Agricola decided that the black rock of his region was the same as Pliny’s basalt, so he introduced...spectrum that humans can sense is the infrared, the region of heat radiation. We feel the warmth of infrared
Report (issue)
_ Hornblende gneiss unit _________________ _ Microcline-quartz-plagioclase-biotite gneiss unit ______...____ _ Microcline-quartz-plagioclase-biotitc · gneiss complexly interlayered with other rocks ______...-----lnterlayered biotite-quartz- pia gioclase gneiss and mica schist ________________ _ Quartzite unit...__________________________ _ Quartz-feldspar cata.clastic gneiss and associated rocks ______________________ _ Cataclastic..._________ _ 8, 9. Garnetiferous biotite-quartz gneiss, Schwartzwalder mine __________________________________
Report (issue)
York, tind on the location, and ownership of the quarries of building stone, Ayas published by the State...in it, on the extent, location and statisof the quarries^ and on the markets and use of the stone in cities...incorporated in the descriptive notes of the quarries, so far as space would permit. The work of collecting...series. The desirability of a larger our leading quarries sufficient. Want their extension. is so evident...III. Descriptive notes of quarry districts and quarries. I. . 228-255 Crystalline rocks GraniteS;,
Book
DIRECTOR See erweiwE POR |S —$<$_____ MINES AND QUARRIES IQO2 PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION CHIEF...1.—Character of inquiries concerning mines and quarries: 1850 to 1902 ...........--..----------.--2-----Table...included in Census reports concerning mines and quarries: 1850 to 1902........--.---.-.--.---Maplers—=Mlininostatistics...aes Table 13.—Productive and unproductive mines, quarries, and wells: 1902.......-..---------------------+------Table...quantity and value of such materials obtained from quarries included under other GlASsiti Caton sal OO 2Re
Report (volume)
Eastern Division The Western Division The Appalachian Region The Eastern Division The Central Division The Western...Division The Archean and Algonkian Periods The Gneiss The Quartz-schist The Marble The Gabbro The Peridotite...The Newark Formation The Diabase The Appalachian Region The Algonkian Period The Acid Volcanics The Basic...unravel the complicated geology of the Piedmont region. Many of his valuable conclusions will find place...operations, but by increasing the output of those quarries which are now in existence. The decorative stones
 
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