| Locality type: | Deposit |
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| Species: | Manganberzeliite |
| Formula: | (NaCa2)Mn22+(AsO4)3 |
| Habit: | Deep red-orange crystals are probably the best manganberzeliite can offer. Yet, the crystals are rare, while grains are much more common. |
| Colour: | Red-orange |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Rhodonite | ⓘ2 photos of Manganberzeliite associated with Rhodonite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Manganberzeliite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Tanatz Alp, Splügen, Rheinwald, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 550000 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:550000:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c63dfc09-1236-456c-9718-c4a04d439371 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Manganberzeliite |
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| 10.7km (6.6 miles) | ⓘFianel, Ausserferrera, Ferrera, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
| 13.3km (8.2 miles) | ⓘSchmorrasgrat-South, Ausserferrera, Ferrera, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
| 13.4km (8.3 miles) | ⓘSchmorrasgrat-North, Ausserferrera, Ferrera, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
| 24.8km (15.4 miles) | ⓘFalotta, Tinizong (Tinzen), Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
| 27.9km (17.3 miles) | ⓘParsettens Alp, Tinizong (Tinzen), Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
| 46.0km (28.6 miles) | ⓘLower Scerscen Glacier, Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy |
| 48.0km (29.8 miles) | ⓘScerscen Valley, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | records. 110 Rhodonite-Pyroxmangite from Tanatz Alp, Switzerland Franca Caucia, Luigi Marinoni, Maria Pia...Nicholas Sturman Carlsbad, California Lucerne, Switzerland Bangkok, Thailand John L. Emmett Ren Lu Fanus...attractive rhodonite-rich rocks from Switzerland’s Tanatz Alp. Our regular sections have much to offer, too...absolutely transparent from the deep ultraviolet region into the infrared. Such minerals are termed allochromatic...where the absorption is least, and it is just this region of the absorption spectrum that transmits the most |
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Tanatz Alp, Splügen, Rheinwald, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland