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⇱ Armenite from Isenwegg, Wasen Alp, Ganter valley, Ried-Brig, Brig, Valais, Switzerland


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Armenite from
Isenwegg, Wasen Alp, Ganter valley, Ried-Brig, Brig, Valais, Switzerland

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Classification
Species:Armenite
Formula:Ba(H2O)2Ca2Al3[Al3Si9O30]
Habit:Stout hexagonal prisms to 3.5cm
Colour:Milky white
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ganterite4
Quartz3
Chlorite Group3
Rutile1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Armenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Isenwegg, Wasen Alp, Ganter valley, Ried-Brig, Brig, Valais, Switzerland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (30 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:19331
Long-form Identifier:1:3:19331:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Armenite
41.2km (25.6 miles) Candoglia marble quarries, Candoglia, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
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discovered the armenite locality of Wasenalp. Type locality: Isenwegg, Wasenalp, Ganter Valley, Brig, Wallis...Wallis, Switzerland. Structure Crystal System: Orthorhombic, mmm (Dipyramidal) Space Group: Pmmn Crystal axes:...minerals and armenite. Switzerland : Isenwegg, Wasenalp, Ganter Valley, Brig, Wallis, Switzerland. References:...Ba2(Al4Si12O32).10H2O, a new zeolite from Wasenalp, Switzerland, Mineralogy and Petrology, 44, 511-521 (2017)...include the Kola peninsula in Russia, the Darai-Pioz valley in Tajikistan, and Mt. Ste. Hilaire in Canada.
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Powder Pattern: Wasenalp, near Isenwegg peak, Ganter valley, Switzerland. 5.61 (100), 6.26 (83), 3.005...76 100.00 (1) Wasenalp, near Isenwegg peak, Ganter valley, Switzerland; average of 5 electron microprobe...cutting zoisite-, celsian-, and armenite-bearing gneiss. Association: Armenite, quartz, dickite, chlorite...Distribution: At Wasenalp, near Isenwegg peak, Ganter valley, Simplon region, Switzerland. Name: Honors Martin Andres...the armenite vein locality of Wasenalp. Type Material: Geological Museum of Lausanne, Switzerland (MGL
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­Ba2(Al4Si12O32)·10H2O, a new zeolite from Wasenalp, Switzerland Nikita V. Chukanov1 · Natalia V. Zubkova2 · Nicolas...discovered in the armenite locality of Wasenalp near the Isenwegg peak, Ganter valley, Simplon region,... Switzerland. The associated minerals are armenite, quartz, dickite, and chlorite. Martinandresite forms...Martin Andres (b. 1965), the discoverer of the armenite locality of Wasenalp. Keywords New mineral · Martinandresite...Crystal structure · IR spectroscopy · Wasenalp · Switzerland Introduction Electronic supplementary material
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com/locate/gca Barium silicates of the Berisal Complex, Switzerland: A study in geochronology and rare-gas release...Universität Bern, Baltzerstrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland c Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologie...silicate minerals such as celsian, ganterite, armenite, as well as Ba-bearing and Ba-free white mica...orthogneisses in the Berisal Complex, Simplon Region, Switzerland (Hetherington et al., 2003b, 2007). At some localities...the formation of the rare barium-cyclosilicate armenite (Hetherington et al., 2003b). Many barium silicate
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Ba2(Al4Si12O32)⋅10H2O, a new zeolite from Wasenalp, Switzerland. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 45(6), 511–521...discovered in the armenite locality of Wasenalp near the Isenwegg peak, Ganter valley, Simplon region,... Switzerland. It was found in zoisite-, celsian-, and armenite-bearing gneisses that contain up to 15...clear quartz, calcite, dravite, clinozoisite, armenite, and martinandresite in these rocks. The new mineral...mineral occurs in close association with armenite, quartz, dickite, and chlorite. It forms aggregates
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34-12:l p Canosioite: Italy. Cuneo, Piedmont Maira Valley. Valletta, 34-7:IO Cassiterite: USA. Colorado,...Bou AnJ!C. 34-10:8 p Ew,enne: USA. Idaho. Long Valley, 34-6:7 Mineral News December 2018 Ferri-Obeniile:...34-10:8 p Gold: USA, California. Nevada. Grass Valley. 34-1 I :9 p Gold: USA. Utah. Lincoln. Delantar...Hendekasanorite: Switzerland. Wallis, Binntal, Lengenbaclt 34-7: 12 Heptasanorite: Switzerland.. Wallis, Binntal...Burundi. Masaka. 34-10:14 Ilmenite: USA. Idaho, Bear Valley. 34-6:7 p Iyoite: Japan. Ehimc, Sadamisaki Pen
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einen Bergkristallfund vom Winterstock/Göschener Alp und eine ,,lebensecht" nachgebaute Rauchquarzkluft...Privatsammlung, Fo,o: Chns ian Hager f .e;' Nähe zur Alp und die damit vorhandenen Pfade, ein weiterer war...Vordergn.Jnd liegen die - verfallenen - Hütten der Alp C:1v1adi,denen die Westseite der Cavradi-Schlucl...Prait Aulta" bezeichnet. Der östliche, gegenüber der Alp Cavradi gelegene Bereich der Schlucht wird Las Vals...Fundortangaben verwendet. Einige Beispiele sind Piz Cavradi, Alp Mott, Tavetsch oder Tujetsch, Tschamut, Val Cornern
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graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded a campaign in 2014 to propose exactly...Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary sponsor of the legislation...Tierberg Mountains, Grimsel area, Bern Canton, Switzerland. Jeff Scovil photo. 42 Supplement to The Mineralogical...slabs, 8.5 cm each, from the Bonanza mine, Virgin Valley, Nevada, and an opalized limb cast, 4.5 cm, from...10 cm, from the Royal Peacock opal mine, Virgin Valley, Nevada. This piece was mined prior to 1962. Jeff
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overseas. I also developed a borate mine in Death Valley National Park. When I worked as Manager of Noranda's...crystal, 3.5 cm, from the St. Gotthard area, Uri, Switzerland. Jean-Luc des Rivieres collection (ex Herb Obodda...Aquamarine with albite, 6.8 cm, from the Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Jeff Scovil photo...fluorite, 12.1 cm, from the Argentiere Glacier Valley, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhöne-Alpes... spodumene with albite, 8.4 cm, from the Hunza Valley, Gilgit district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Jeff
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tennantite variety found at Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland). They have also been found, more rarely, in...reservoir in the Sahatany valley, in the region of Antananarivo, Madagascar. Armenite, a very rare species...for the species, Isenwegg, in the Simpton pass, in the canton of Wallis, Switzerland. Ferrokesterite,
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