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Staurolite from
Ofenhorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Staurolite
Formula:Fe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Comments:Occurs in Bünden schists.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Staurolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ofenhorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:558987
Long-form Identifier:1:3:558987:6
GUID (UUID V4):7778073e-4026-4ba5-b32f-759120077fdf
Nearest other occurrences of Staurolite
2.8km (1.7 miles) Oxefeld, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
4.4km (2.7 miles) Vallone di Nefelgiù, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
6.2km (3.8 miles) Punta della Valle, Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
6.9km (4.3 miles) Morasco area, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
10.1km (6.3 miles) Monte Cervandone area, Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
13.2km (8.2 miles) Stretta di Cuggine, Croveo, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
18.6km (11.5 miles) Cristallina Pass, Torta Valley, Cristallina Valley, Ossasco, Bedretto, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
20.1km (12.5 miles) Mount Teggiolo, Trasquera, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
21.6km (13.4 miles) Possette Pass, Trasquera, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
28.5km (17.7 miles) Belvedere di Albogno, Albogno, Druogno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
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neighbourhood, t h e B i n n e n t h a l (Canton Valais), and from the same g r o u p of rocks - - t h...the southern slopes of the Lukmanier Pass to near Binn, a distance of over thirty miles in a straight line...have seen it irom the summit of the neighbouring Ofenhorn (10,728 feet) and from a pass (about 9400 feet)...prior/improbability in the occurrence of either garnet or staurolite in Jurassic rocks, or in rocks of any age, provided...rocks in the black-mica schist~ and gneisses of the Binn district. One series--the older one--is generally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of demonstration. A very large part of lhe whole area is concealed by snow, glaciers, ddbris, pasture...together with garnet, mica, and a mineral resembling staurolite, in schists which cannot be distinguished from...the more recent geological maps published in Switzerland,--we began our work by carefully examining these...schist &e. C. Calc-mica schist. F. Faults. B. Staurolite schist. (1). Lake Ritom. after they had become...Piora schists" eastwards to Olivone and westwards to Binn (and over all this distance they can be traced practically
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the private Bally foundation at Schonenwerd, Switzerland; and the Folch Museum at Barcelona, Spain. Because...Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly because they...catalogued, at an Ecole Cen- Part of the exhibition area 14 trale, during the subsequent French regime....collections of timber specimens. The mineral display area is small (ca.30m 2), and adjoins a geoscience exhibit...rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und Lagerstattenlehre
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briefly noticed, and in a section drawn across the Ofenhorn schists corresponding with the ' U p p e r Schists'...blackish garnets abundantly, and occasionally staurolite, which pass on the one hand into marbles, on...groundmass are scattered iron-oxide, garnet, staurolite, hornblende (rarely absent), and biotite (in...very nearly to the outline The occurrence of staurolite in a rock which probably has been in a molten...are occasionally associated w i t h a little staurolite. The different members seem to pass, though not
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Petrographie Universitat Perolles CH-1700 Fribourg Switzerland Prof. Dr. FRANZ NEUBAUER Institut fur Geologie...the working team with personal experience in this area. All contributions reflect specific interests of...treating specific aspects from basically the same area, e. g. the Austro-Alpine basement. Finally, in the...the state of knowledge is not equal in the whole area. This should initiate future research in very different...Pre-Alpine Basement ofthe Brian~onnais (Wallis, Switzerland) .......... 297 P. THELIN, M. SARTORI, M. BURRI
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L'Ossola .. . . .. ... . . . . Cap. XXXIII - La Val di Binn . .. . . . Cap. XXXIV - Zone del Grimsel e della...a cavallo >> tra la Val For­ mazza e la Valle di Binn. Questi esemplari sono caratteristici anche per...saccaroide bianca (2x). Ochsenfeld, a/ta Valle di Binn. rissimo di ferro e di alluminio. 11 colore e chia­...dolo­ mia nelle vicinanze del Sempione (Valle di Binn). Nel Tirolo austriaco, della bella tremolite si...(lavori idroelettrici dell 'Oberaar), la Val di Binn, qualche cava dell'Ossola (Croveo, Vil­ ladossola
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L'Ossola ... .. .. . . . . .. Cap. XXXIII - La Val di Binn .. . .. . Cap. XXXIV - Zone del Grimsel e della...Go­ schener Alp nel cantone di U ri, la Valle di Binn e le zone del Grimsel e della Furka nell'alto Vallese...ancora oggi. esistono famiglie, quali gli Imhof di Binn, i Caveng di Sedrun e gli Indergand di Goschenen...e costituito dalla cava di Lengenbach in Val di Binn, in cui l'origine dei solfuri e dei solfosali e...localita sono costituiti dalle do­ lomie della Valle di Binn, di Crevola d'Ossola e della Galleria del Sempione
Journal (issue)
l'ingénieur saxon Buetz venu des mines de Bex (Valais). Un bâtiment de graduation sera même construit...avions décidé l'été 2003 de partir dans la vallée de Binn afin d'effectuer des recherches de microminéraux...région du Valai s et notamment la petite vallée de Binn , comme celles du Dauphiné, du Piémont ou du Zillertal...géologie alpine L'entrée de la mythique vallée de Binn (vue depuis Fiesch) - Photo: RDAG. A le ègne...ITALIE o⇒ Localisation de la Vallée de Binn (Binntal) dans le Valais. pour leurs cristallisations limpides
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Alpes suisses, surtout dans les vallées de Tavetsch, Binn et Maderan, ainsi qu'au Saint-Gothard, tout comme...la trouve massive; de Zermatt dans le canton du Valais (Suisse) et de Horjosberg en Wermland (Suède)....accompagné de sur certaines surfaces; poudre staurolite ou de corindon. Gisements principaux : Monte...mm; poids 1463 carats. • 256 Staurotide - staurolite (292-293). Son nom vient du grec stayros = croix...Tennessee. Les plus beaux spécirnens de cristaux de staurolite, qui jouissent également de la plus grande attention
 
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