| Locality type: | Alpine Pasture |
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| Species: | Paragonite |
| Formula: | NaAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Kyanite | ⓘ25 photos of Paragonite associated with Kyanite at this locality. |
| Staurolite | ⓘ21 photos of Paragonite associated with Staurolite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Paragonite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Tourmaline | ⓘ1 photo of Paragonite associated with Tourmaline at this locality. |
| Feldspar Group | 1 photo of Paragonite associated with Feldspar Group at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Paragonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Sponda Alp - Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Faido, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (10 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 8354 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:8354:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 7c6db998-0aeb-4c69-831d-0227b34d27ae |
| Nearest other occurrences of Paragonite |
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| 26.7km (16.6 miles) | ⓘZapporthorn whiteschist outcrop, Mesocco, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
| 31.0km (19.2 miles) | ⓘCima di Gagela, Mesocco, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
| 31.2km (19.4 miles) | ⓘTrescolmen whiteschist outcrop, Mesocco, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
| 42.9km (26.7 miles) | ⓘLower Val da Tersnaus, Lumnezia, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
| 43.3km (26.9 miles) | ⓘLengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland |
| 50.7km (31.5 miles) | ⓘMount Teggiolo, Trasquera, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy |
| 57.1km (35.5 miles) | ⓘAcla Sut, Lohn, Muntogna da Schons, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
| 57.9km (36.0 miles) | ⓘInner Lochboda, Rongellen, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
| 69.7km (43.3 miles) | ⓘGhiacciaio del Bottarello, Val Loranco, Antrona Schieranco, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy |
| 77.7km (48.3 miles) | ⓘAllalin glacier, Allalin area, Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | kyanite in the paragonite schist from Sponda Alp—Pizzo Forno, Leventina, Tessin, Switzerland, is a classic...quartz gwindel (7 cm) from Galenstock, Uri, Switzerland. Scott Rudolph specimen. Figure 29. Closed gwindel...(2.8 cm) from Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland. Bill Larson specimen. Figure 27. Faden quartz...cm) from Cavradi Gorge, Tavetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland. Diane Francis specimen. Figure 38. Albite feldspar...(7.5 cm tall) from Piz Alv, Unteralptal, Uri, Switzerland. Carl Francis specimen. References Benesch, |  | | Book | | Lode country, California, particularly at Grass Valley; skeletal crystals to 2 cm., 68 also flattened...trapezohedron faces (cp. Fig. 17, p. 131) . Switzerland. Be/,;w Elongated prismatic crysffiis (cp. Fig...cavities of Alpine type around the Gross Venediger. SWITZERLAND - Riffelberg near Zermatt. 77 ARGENTITE Ag...South-West Africa. &low Smoky ciuartz. Val Giuv, Switzerland. PLATE 15 Sea produced 'yellow copper' by...parallelintergrown crystals showing skeletal development. Switzerland. Bel()W left Phantom quartz. Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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Sponda Alp - Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Faido, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland