| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Andradite var: Melanite |
| Formula: | Ca3(Fe3+,Ti)2(SiO4)3 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Melanite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Varenche Mine, Saint-Barthélemy, Nus, Aosta Valley, Italy |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1342077 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1342077:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 44dbcee1-a673-4bb5-a6e8-e33137e8f434 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Melanite |
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| 26.8km (16.6 miles) | ⓘBreithorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 28.7km (17.8 miles) | ⓘSchwärze (Schwärze glacier), Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 37.0km (23.0 miles) | ⓘRimpfischwäng range, Findel glacier (Findeln glacier; Findelen glacier) area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 44.2km (27.5 miles) | ⓘEastern moraine, Fee glacier, Saas-Fee, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 45.4km (28.2 miles) | ⓘFelskinn, Fee Glacier, Saas-Fee, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
| 73.2km (45.5 miles) | ⓘRocca Sella dykes, Rubiana, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | MINERALI Località Mappe Varie Miniera di Prabornaz Saint-Marcel, Valle d'Aosta, Italia Piero Ambrino - Piero...dall'autostrada TO-AO a Nus. Percorso un breve tratto della statale in direzione di Aosta, si devia a sinistra...sinistra per Saint-Marcel, poi Plut e Seissogne ed in una mezz'ora circa di tornanti si raggiunge Druges per...costeggia così la parte più impervia del vallone di Saint-Marcel e si passa vicino ai livelli inferiori della...di Fenis e quelli della miniera di Varenche, nel vallone di Saint Barthelemy, sul lato orografico opposto |  | | Report (volume) | | according to the type locality Piemont in Northern Italy. The first Cr rich epidote occurrence was described...in zoisite; sample HU93-8 from Sterzing, Tauern/Italy; photomicrograph with crossed polarized light (c)...REE-bearing piemontite from Monte Brugiana, Alpi Apuane, Italy. Eur J Mineral 4:23–34 Bonazzi P, Menchetti S (1995)...the epidote group, from Val Graveglia, Liguria, Italy. Eur J Mineral 2:519-523 Bonazzi P, Menchetti S...Cordier L (1803) Analyse du Minéralconnu sus le nom de Mine de Manganese violet du Piédmont, faite au Labratoire |
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