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


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Babingtonite, etc.

Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
06645630017373798846944.jpg
Babingtonite, etc.

Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
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Babingtonite, etc.

Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Babingtonite
Formula:Ca2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)
Comments:enriched in Mg amd Mn.
Habit:elongated parallel to [001]
Colour:black
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Epidote1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Babingtonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:43538
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43538:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Babingtonite
47.8km (29.7 miles) ⓘSissone Valley, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘRencio quarries, Crodo gneiss quarries, Crodo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
63.9km (39.7 miles) ⓘMont'Orfano (Montorfano), Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
64.3km (39.9 miles) ⓘSeula mine, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
64.5km (40.1 miles) ⓘLocatelli quarry, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
70.1km (43.5 miles) ⓘAgrano granite quarry, Agrano, Omegna, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
70.1km (43.5 miles) ⓘGiacomini Quarry (Diverio Quarry; Bottigetto Quarry), Agrano, Omegna, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Weibel, Max; Graeser, Stefan; Oberholzer, Walter F.; Stalder, Hans-Anton; Gabriel, Walter (1990) Die Mineralien der Schweiz [The minerals of Switzerland] (5th ed.). BirkhÃĪuser, Basel, Switzerland. p.1-222. doi:10.1007/978-3-0348-7132-7
Stalder, Hans Anton; Wagner, Albert; Graeser, Stefan; Stuker, Peter (1998) Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz. Wepf Verlag. 579pp.P. 63, 474
Armbruster, Th. (2000) Cation distribution in Mg, Mn-bearing babingtonite from Arvigo, Val Calanca, Grisons, Switzerland. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrografische Mitteilungen, 80(3), 279-284
Armbruster, Th., Stalder, H.A., Gnoss, E., Hofmann, B., and Herwegh, M. (2000) Epitaxy of hedenbergite whiskers on babingtonite in Alpine fissures at Arvigo, Val Calanca, Grisons, Switzerland. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrografische Mitteilungen, 80(3), 285-290
Walter, F., Ettinger, K. and Worel, K. (2004) Babingtonit aus einer alpinen Kluft im Seebachtal bei Mallnitz, KÃĪrnten. Carinthia II, 194./114.: 209-216.
 
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