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Byssolite from
Gamma Quarry, Quittengo, Campiglia Cervo, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Amphibole Supergroup var: Byssolite
Formula:AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Byssolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gamma Quarry, Quittengo, Campiglia Cervo, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:571185
Long-form Identifier:1:3:571185:7
GUID (UUID V4):c1f881b2-1c3c-40d5-ad81-37212f6d8406
References
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Journal (issue)
June 17th Field trio, 9:00 A.M. to Noon Farber Quarry, Cork Hill Road, Franklin, ..J, Meeting, 2:30 P...if dues are paid up now. Last fall the Limecrest Quarry was ordered closed to all collectors after a visit...resulting in property damage and extra costs for the quarry. The only reason the P.O.M.S. is welcome and can...relatively large as compared to those of biotite. The gamma refractive index and d (060) decrease in a roughly...cavities, usually twinned, glassy white. 22) Byssolite which has never been authenticated or even listed
Journal (issue)
glued on matrix. Purported locality: Elba, Toscana, Italy. The large crystal is 1.2 mm. From the Seybert collec­...onto matrix. Purported locality: Elba, Toscana, Italy. The large crystal is about 3.5 cm tall. Note crystal...are placed in steel baskets and lowered into a gamma-ray sterilization facility. One such facility is...uses large amounts of radioactive cobalt-60 as the gamma-ray source. After an exposure of 1-6 hours the quartz...Mineralogical Record, July—August, 1981 May Stone Company quarry in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, were often soaked in some
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octahedron. Elba, Italy. Below center Combined octahedral and pyritohedral faces. Elba, Italy. Below right...Hematite, iridescent tarnished crystals. Elba, Italy. Ct11ter left Botryoidal, massive to finely fibrous...active and extinct volcanoes and gypsum deposits. ITALY-localities around Agrigento and Caltanisetta, Sicily...replacements of fossil wood near Frankenberg, Hesse. ITALY -- Calabona, near Alghero, Sardinia. TRANSVAAL-'...Stiavnica, etc. YuGOSLAVIA - TrepCa, crystals(!!!). ITALY Iglesias, Sardinia crystals ( ! ! !) CINNABAR
Report (Issue volume)
types and significant deposits . Precambrian and Piedmont host rock group ... . Paleozoic host rock group...to the contrary exists. The Pre cam brian and Piedmont group includes five deposit types which occur...Paleozoic age in the Glenarm Series of the Piedmont province. The pegmatite occurrences also may be Paleozoic...Deposit type A Description of type PRECAMBRIAN AND PIEDMONT HOST ROCK GROUP Cr with minor Ni, Cu and Fe, associated...23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Bonneaughtown Teeter's quarry Gettysburg Hunterstown Near Heidlcrsburg Center
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octahedrons attached by beds of finely fibrous byssolite crystals, Co11ti1111ed 011page 2) will have little...the Huanggangliang mines in the Inner Mongolia province of northeastern China. Specimens from the new...Limited, Preissac-Lamotte-Figuery-Lacome area. Province of Quebec. Prepared by A. C. A Howe International...tube is used as the detector and both bela and gamma radiation can be defected. The only control is an
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that usually occurs as perthite, has encouraged quarry operations in many of the larger pegmatites in...Tan-1966) The production of feldspar was an important quarry industry in the state for several decades the early...Orient for carving. Rose quartz from the Kinkel quarry was asterated, the asterism being caused by microscopic...up to a foot in length were found in the Kinkel quarry. Tourmaline was also abun­ dant in the Bedford...Albite Orthoclase Amphibole Perthite Asbestos (Byssolite) Pyrite Hastingsite Pyroxene Hornblende Aegirine-Augite
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demantoid variety, especially that from Italy, is found in byssolite, a fibrous material which can easily...impurity is subjected to bombardment by X-rays or gamma rays, one of a pair of electrons is shifted from...mentioned above can be created in a crystal by gamma-ray irradiation; they can in some cases be destroyed...(It might, for example, be found at the foot of a quarry wall or be in the bed of an existing or former...lovver arithmetical 82 value of refractive index, gamma (y) for the higher value and beta (~) for an intermediate
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that usually occurs as perthite, has encouraged quarry operations in many of the larger pegmatites in...Tan-1966) The production of feldspar was an important quarry indus try in the state for several decades the...Orient for carving. Rose quartz from the Kinkel quarry was asterated, the asterism being caused by microscopic...up to a foot in length were found in the Kinkel quarry. Tourmaline was also abundant in the Bedford pegmatites...bite Molybdenite Amphibole Orthoclase Asbestos (Byssolite) Perthite Hastingsite Pyrite Hornblende Pyroxene
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MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series...1991). Simdeled, Aust-Agder. Early in 1999, in a quarry near S~ndeled, collectors opened a pocket containing...PORTUGAL Montijos quarry, Monte Redondo, Leiria Estremadura. The Montijos gabbro quarry at Monte Redondo
Report (volume)
buried basins or Jurassic diabase dikes in the Piedmont, that are not restricted to an exposed early Mesozoic...coastlines on the Gulf of Mexico. The term "Maritime Province" refers to the Gulf of Maine and onshore and offshore...after anhydrite, is described from the Burger's Quarry, West Patterson, New Jersey. mineralogy zeolites...P., 1956, Distribution of Triassic fish in the Piedmont of Virginia: Virginia Journal of Science, v. 7...structure seismic profiles GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Maritime Province, Maine, Canada MAPS: Geol: tectonics of Gulf
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appraisal. Many Right: Native mercury from Lucca. Italy. This form is extremely rare as mercury is normally...States, in California and Texas; and in Spain and Italy. Treatment. Occurs naturally in such small drops...Amalgam is the alpha-phase of the system Ag—Hg. The gamma-phase is moschellandsbergite. Amalgam is a member...specimen Far right: Sulphur crystal from Perticara. Italy Localities. Domeykite has been found in several...phase of similar composition, while taenite is the gamma-phase, with up¬ wards of 33% Fe. The terrestrial
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(serpentinized) ultramafic rock body of the Piedmont physiographic province inNorth Georgia (Vincent, McConnell...workings at this site are known as the Verde Antique Quarry. The crystals can reach several centimeters in...Right: Fluorapatite, 1.6 cm long "spray" Riesenwald Quarry, Baden-WUrttemberg, Germany Gregor Marki collection...precipitated from Fluorapatite, 2.59 carats Pulsifer Quarry, Auburn, Androscoggin Cou nty, Maine, USA GIA collection...tum pink wh en expos ed to an intens e x-ray or gamma ray source. Defects in th e apatite s tructure associated
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minerals. Figure 1.2 5 Fantiscritti quarry, Carrara, Italy where marble is mined The Geological...flow of 1944 in a valley leading down to Naples, Italy. The Monte Somma crater wall is in the background...intermediate and acid members of the volcanic province in southern Brazil and Uruguay, and the fire opals...marls (calcic mudstones), Marmolaio quarry, near Volterra, Italy 16 Rocks and the Processes That Formed...examples include some of the impure marbles from Italy, some serpentines from the Lizard in south-west
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the flank of Mt Etna near Biancavilla, Sicily, Italy (Paoletti et al. 2000; Soffritti et al. 2004; Burragato...Fluoro-edenite found within the Mt Calvario stone quarry occurs as fibres, with lengths ranging from 12...fluoro-edenite sample from Biancavilla, Sicily, Italy. (a) TEM full particle image, (b) FESEM full particle...based on the recoilless emission and absorption of gamma rays, termed the ‘Mössbauer effect’ (Long 1984)...sample absorbs upon being exposed to a beam of gamma radiation by measuring the intensity of the beam
Report (Issue volume)
Shale Brick Corp. Fenati Brick Co., Inc. Midland Quarry, McQuiston Coal Co. Veon Mines, Ralph A. Veon,...types and significant deposits . Precambrian and Piedmont host rock group ... . Paleozoic host rock group...to the contrary exists. The Pre cam brian and Piedmont group includes five deposit types which occur...Paleozoic age in the Glenarm Series of the Piedmont province. The pegmatite occurrences also may be Paleozoic...Deposit type A Description of type PRECAMBRIAN AND PIEDMONT HOST ROCK GROUP Cr with minor Ni, Cu and Fe, associated
Journal (issue)
tourmalines. Can.Miner., 11, 971-7. Nassau, K. (1975): Gamma Ray Irradiation Induced Changes in the Color of...emm., 1984. XIX, 3 SAPPHIRES FROM KANCHANABURI PROVINCE, THAILAND By MAHINDA GUNAWARDENE, F.G.A., D. Gem...An occurrence of sapphires in the Kanchanaburi province, Thailand, is dealt with here. Detailed descriptions...geological investigations of the Kanchanaburi province are reported and compared with the well-known...Figure 1. A sketch-map showing the Kanchanaburi Province and its surroundings. 14°00' J.Gemm., 1984
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490. invisible radiation (ie alpha, beta and gamma rays), and in this way give rise to numerous isotopes...description of the actual place where it was found (ie quarry, erosion furrow, etc.), and the date of collection...Sicily (Italy). Sulphur of volcanic origin is found in Turkey, Mexico, Indonesia, Japan, USSR, Italy and...(USA). Perfect crystals have come from Sicily (Italy), (Poland) and (the USA). Individual crystals have...in association with aragonite; Girgenti (Sicily, Italy) 32 Sulphur H 0- 2 * >t,;: ..,. '"' '
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Fall Line? Why is central Virginia called the Piedmont? Why is the Coastal Plain so flat and the Blue...Geomorphic provinces of Virginia (map) Virginia Piedmont Peaks of Otter Blue Ridge Aerial view of Blue...Some readers may wish to examine the geomorphic province map (fig. 4.16, p. 103), the stratigraphic timetable...Institution (fig. 1.16). At the Centreville locality, a quarry, this hydrous potassium, calcium fluosilicate occurs...blocklike crystals with thaumasite and hairlike byssolite on prehnite. These and several other minerals
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so, three types of radiations, alpha, beta, and gamma, are emitted. radiation consists of positively...positively charged helium nuclei; beta electrons, while gamma radiations are very similar to x-rays. stopped by...a Invisible 100 Shorter waves as x-rays, gamma and cosmic rays. Scale in angstrom units (A)...letters. Alpha a, represents the lowest value and gamma y, the largest value, while beta 8, is somewhere...extraordinary rays respectively; and alpha a, beta 8, and gamma y, for the three rays in biaxial crystals. ESTIMATING
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so, three types of radiations, alpha) beta) and gamma) are emitted. Alpha radiation consists 9f positively...helium nuclei; beta radiations are electrons, while gamma radiations are very similar to x-rays. Alphas can...Ultraviolet Invisible Shorter waves os x-roys, gamma and cosmic rays. Scafe in angstrom units (A), each...letters. Alpha a, represents the lowest value and gamma y, the largest value, while beta /3, is somewhere...extraordinary rays respectively; and alpha a, beta (3, and gamma y, for the three rays in biaxial crystals. = ESTIMATING
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490. invisible radiation (ie alpha, beta and gamma rays), and in this way give rise to numerous isotopes...description of the actual place where it was found (ie quarry, erosion furrow, etc.), and the date of collection...Sicily (Italy). Sulphur of volcanic origin is found in Turkey, Mexico, !ndonesia, Japan, USSR, Italy and...(USA). Perfect crystals have come from Sicily (Italy), (Poland) and (the USA). Individual crystals have...in association with aragonite; Girgenti (Sicily, Italy) 32 Native element © Graphite (Plumbago, Black
Journal (issue)
1947 Contents for December, 194 7 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Association 1102 R OCKS AND MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY National Dealers Association Abandoned Due to the... My friend, Joe Petchnic-the lone miner of the quarry on the Roy Wardwell farm in Albany, Maine-blasted...future date. A rough truck road was built up to the quarry, which takes about 45 minutes to walk, each way...carelessly, or intentionally, leave specimens of one quarry in another. Another final warning - don't lift
Report (Issue volume)
active mines, 1962 .. 2. Types of active mines (quarry andjor underground) 3. Number of months that mines...Hanover Name of Mine a11djor Mining Company Hanover Quarry 2 Adams Gettysburg Teeter Stone, Inc. 3 Adams...McCanna Lime Plant Beaver Run Limestone Co. Ashcom Quarry, New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co. 7 Bedford...Bedford County Stone and Lime Co. Hinter leiter Quarry, Eastern Lime Corp. Evansville Pit No. I, Allentown...Inc. Oley Quarry, Eastern Lime Corp. Oley Quarry No. I and Oley National Gypsum Co. Quarry No. 2, Allentown
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refractive indices of a Greek letters a and (gamma). Alpha is the lowest y P index, is referred to...by the (alpha), (beta), diate ray velocity. Gamma is the highest refractive index, Z device) can...in a biaxial crystal is between the alpha and gamma index. The acute angle between the two optic axes...alpha and gamma, the 2 Kangle is exactly 90°. Finally, if beta is closer in value to gamma than to alpha...Apophyllite: Poona, India Barite: Leucite: Rome, Italy (General Electric) Hyalite: Spruce Pine, North
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....................... 22-26 Chips fron1 ,the Quarry ........................... .....................into consideration. Gold has been found in every province of Canada except Prince Edward Island. s \Ve... Biotine-anorthite from Mount Somma, Vesuvius, Italy. Bishop's Stone-quar tz. amethyst. Bixbite-beryl...heating. Buxtom Diamond-quartz, rock cl'}'Stal. Byssolite-quartz. sagenitic, containing fine hair-like fihers...Black Lake, Que., Canada. (colorless); Lanzada, Italy. alumina. with coloring elements of (grass-green)
 
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