Locality type:

Massif

Classification

Type:

Serpentinite

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1239616

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1239616:8

GUID (UUID V4):

2e83051d-6286-4f79-89b3-76a49ef59db2

References

Abrecht, J., Biino, G.G., Mercolli, I., and Stille, P. (1991) Mafic-ultramafic rock associations in the Aar, Gotthard and Tavetsch Massifs of the Helvetic domain in the Central Swiss Alps: markers of ophiolitic pre-Variscan sutures, reworked by polymetamorphic events? Schweizerische mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen: 71(2): 295-300.

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*Tait, Kimberly (2012) Gems and Minerals: Earth Treasures from the Royal Ontario Museum. 256pp.*	Book
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Serpentinite from Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland

Serpentinite from
Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland