Garnet Group from
Monte Prosa, Prevat Valley, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland

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Locality type:	Mountain
Classification
Species:	'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:	X3Z2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Garnet Group data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Monte Prosa, Prevat Valley, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1456715
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1456715:9
GUID (UUID V4):	53169588-59d3-4dd4-9ed7-d599ba884e8b
References
www.mineralienatlas.de (n.d.) https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Schweiz/Tessin%2C%20Kanton/Leventina%2C%20Bezirk/Airolo%2C%20Kreis/Airolo/Monte%20Prosa
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Boegel, Hellmuth (1971) A Collector's Guide to Minerals and Gemstones. Thames and Hudson. Book grains are nothing else but garnets, the same 'garnet' which, when cut and mounted, can be seen in any...mica schist of quartz and mica, and eclogite of garnet and augite. There are also rocks which consist...one positively and one negatively charged ion or group of ions: a positive cation (+),and a negative anion...halite, Pl. 11 fluorite, Pl. 13 magnetite, Pl. 31 garnet, P!. 43 !eucite and analcite,Fig. 15 tetrahedrite...(galena, Fig. 3 and Pl. 6), tetrahedral (tetrahedrite group, Fig. 15 and Pl. 5), or prismatic (beryl, Pl. 37) Bernard, Jan, Hyršl, Jaroslav (2004) Minerals and their Localities (1st ed.) Granit, Prague. Book (edition) to the chemical formula, allegiance to a mineral group, symmetry and crystal structure as well as the strongest...chemical formula, structure (crystal system, space group, and unit cell dimensions), and at least some other...site occupancy. The Sb members of the tennantite group (2.G) will serve as a good example: tetrahedrite...registered in this book (e.g. in the amphibole group). For more detailed information see "Dana's System...common terms are not abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and Clopton, E. L., Wilson, W. E. (1996) The Mineralogical Record Index - Volumes I - XXV 1970 - 1994. Mineralogical Record Inc. Book 22:65-69 [Abstracts of the] FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Garnet (chairman: K. J. Wenrich) 24:61-68 Abstracts of...minerals in the Alpine ar,d Subalpine region [Switzerland,Austria and Iti:Jy](by C. M. Gramaccioli) 8:287-293...APOPHYLLITE Nomenclature revisions in the apophyllitc group: hydroxyapophyllite, apophyllite, fluorapophyllite...Uvite, a new (old) common member of the tounnalinc group and its implications for collections 8: I00-108...Record bookshelf-A Guide to rite Minerals of Switzerland; Connecticut Mines and Minerals; Mineral Collecting Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 Book (edition) Ernest H. Nickel, CSIRO, Wembley, WA, Australia, and Monte C. Nichols published by Aleph Enterprises, Box 213...Hans A. Stalder: Natural History Museum, Bern, Switzerland. Hugo Strunz: Institute of Mineralogy, Technical...Species containing more than one anion or anion group may be assigned to a separate class or may be assigned...specifies the atomic (cation to anion, or to anion group) ratio for the mineral. This and the remaining numbers...appropriate Dana number. When recognized, membership in a group is noted. Occasionally, the phrase “an inadequately