| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Stellerite |
| Formula: | Ca4(Si28Al8)O72 · 28H2O |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Prehnite | ⓘ1 photo of Stellerite associated with Prehnite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Stellerite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1471759 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1471759:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 75a4b205-6904-4f45-ba9c-e36021027f9c |
| Nearest other occurrences of Stellerite |
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| 65.9km (40.9 miles) | ⓘSchinhörner, Geisspfad area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland |
| 68.5km (42.5 miles) | ⓘSchwarzhorn, Geisspfad area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland |
| 69.0km (42.9 miles) | ⓘWanni glacier - Scherbadung area (Monte Cervandone), Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland |
| 72.4km (45.0 miles) | ⓘChriegalp valley, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland |
| 75.7km (47.0 miles) | ⓘCastiglione d'Ossola, Calasca-Castiglione, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy |
| 76.9km (47.8 miles) | ⓘAlte Bach, Lax, Goms, Valais, Switzerland |
| 77.7km (48.3 miles) | ⓘGibelbach, Fiesch, Goms, Valais, Switzerland |
| 90.7km (56.4 miles) | ⓘUpper Val Lia, Valdidentro, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy |
| 94.0km (58.4 miles) | ⓘSchafberg - Gargellner Köpfe area, Gargellen, Gargellen valley, Sankt Gallenkirch, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria |
| 95.6km (59.4 miles) | ⓘFelskinn, Fee Glacier, Saas-Fee, Visp, Valais, Switzerland |
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 | | Book | | localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...in 2002 in a calcite-carbonatite vein intruding gneiss, together with very large Baveno-law-twinned crystals...Alberene and Old Dominion quarries, Albemarle County. In these two soapstone quarries, tabular ilmenite crystals...9: 1 (Gaines, 1971; Pimentel er al., 2009). SWITZERLAND Maderanertal east of Arnsteg, Uri. In the world...in numerous localities in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri |  | | Book | | because of the immense heat developed; it is in this region of contact metamorphism where many great mines...Igneous intrusives Dark minerals, Limestone quarries Calcite, celestite, dolomite, fluorite, galena...their “civilized” appurtenances. Not only is the region of the Old West much more was eighty years ago...oxidation or sulphurization. In the southwestern desert region natural tarnish may become like a crust, known...sericite, chlorite, muscovite, biotite varieties), gneiss, hornfels, marble, serpentine, breccias, silica |  | | Book | | delving beneath the surface or looking into nearby quarries, road cuts, and bluffs beyond the immediate boundaries...• • -. ... ' -- Jay Ellis Ransom . RocK QUARRIES. The best place f-:)f hunting minerals, crystals...mineral environments of whichever more distant region you plan to visit on any gem collecting trip. The...variety of minerals they can find throughout the region, especially in the pegmatite intrusions (dikes)...the eastern foothills of the Rockies. This great region is one of almost exclusively sedimentary formations |
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