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Hydroxylapatite from
Gridone - Monte Limidario area, Centovalli, Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland


Locality type:Mountain Area
Classification
Species:Hydroxylapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
Comments:Cl- and F-bearing hydroxylapatite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hydroxylapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gridone - Monte Limidario area, Centovalli, Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:485272
Long-form Identifier:1:3:485272:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hydroxylapatite
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘPiano del Lavonchio (Piano dei Lavonchi), Rio Vasca, Craveggia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘAlpe Rosso, Orcesco, Druogno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
26.6km (16.6 miles) ⓘBeura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘRio Alfenza, Crodo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
35.3km (21.9 miles) ⓘDevero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
37.5km (23.3 miles) ⓘPunta della Rossa (Rothorn), Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
53.7km (33.3 miles) ⓘMalpensata pegmatitic dyke (Olgiasca-Malpensata; Croce Quarry; Secondi dyke), Piona Peninsula, Colico, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
54.8km (34.1 miles) ⓘSerpentinite quarry, ChÃĪmleten (Kemmleten), Hospental, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland
55.1km (34.3 miles) ⓘGigenstafel, St Annabach, Hospental, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland
83.1km (51.6 miles) ⓘPointe du TsatÃĐ, Moiry Valley, Grimentz, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
References
WeiÎē, S., Fehr, T., Ansermet, S., Meisser, N., Pakhomovsky, Ya.K. (2007): ZirkonfÞhrende Nephelin-Pegmatite im Centovalli, SÞd-Schweiz: Struktur, Mineralogie und Kristallisationsfolge. Lapis, 32 (6), 24-30.
 
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