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Omphacite from
Allalin area, Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland


Locality type:Area
Classification
Species:Omphacite
Formula:(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(AleFef3+Feg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Omphacite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Allalin area, Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:484991
Long-form Identifier:1:3:484991:9
GUID (UUID V4):b8e3e1ed-a0b9-49c0-abcc-0fc4056cb39e
Localities for Omphacite in this Region
Allalin glacier, Allalin area, Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
eclogites, and decompression assemblages of the Zermatt-Saas ophiolite: High-pressure metamorphism of subducted...Universität Basel, Bernoullistrasse 30, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland 3 Mineralogisches Institut, Universität Basel...Basel, Bernoullistrasse 30, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland 4 Institute of Mineralogy, University of Freiburg...D-79104 Freiburg, Germany ABSTRACT The Zermatt-Saas ophiolite of the Swiss Alps represents a complete...glaucophanite forms rims on eclogitic pillow cores. Omphacite-garnet-glaucophane-epidote-ferroan dolomite-M
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elemental data for basalts and gabbros from the Zermatt-Saas ophiolite, metamorphosed to eclogite-facies conditions...contemporaneous basalts and gabbros from the Zermatt-Saas ophiolite, metamorphosed to eclogite-facies conditions...been collected from the Zermatt-Saas Fee ophiolite (ZSO), Switzerland (Fig. 1), which comprises structurally...Western Alps (left) and larger scale map of Zermatt-Saas ophiolite (ZSO) showing sampling areas in black... Fig. 2. N-MORB normalised spidergram for (a) Allalin gabbroic lithologies (black lines — gabbros, grey
Book (edition)
Kyanite-eclogite from Verpeneset, Nordfjord, Norway. Omphacite (green), garnet (red brown, zoned) are the main...of meters, burnt rocks may crop out over a large area, especially where combusted organic-bearing strata...high-T, low-P regional metamorphism in the Qadda area, southern Arabian Shield. J Metamorph Geol 14:613–634...of coesite-bearing metasediments from the Zermatt-Saas zone, Western Alps. Eur J Miner 3:7–17 References...plagioclase-free mafic rock mainly composed of omphacite and garnet, both of which are modally adundant
 
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