Locality type: | Mountain |
Classification |
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Species: | Tiragalloite |
Formula: | Mn42+As5+Si3O12(OH) |
Habit: | Isolated crystals included or not in calcite and grains to 3 mm across. The crystal can be grown epitactically on rhodonite (Roth, 2011) |
Colour: | Red-orange |
Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
Abundance at site: | Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals: |
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Associates: | Manganese-bearing Calcite Rhodonite
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Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Rhodonite | ⓘ3 photos of Tiragalloite associated with Rhodonite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Tiragalloite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Tanatz Alp, Splügen, Rheinwald, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 388170 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:388170:5 |
GUID (UUID V4): | d852c324-20e8-42eb-a3b1-6ae3e90af5c9 |
Nearest other occurrences of Tiragalloite |
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10.7km (6.6 miles) | ⓘFianel, Ausserferrera, Ferrera, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
46.0km (28.6 miles) | ⓘLower Scerscen Glacier, Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy |
48.0km (29.8 miles) | ⓘScerscen Valley, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy |
References |
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Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| | Journal (issue) | records. 110 Rhodonite-Pyroxmangite from Tanatz Alp, Switzerland Franca Caucia, Luigi Marinoni, Maria Pia...Nicholas Sturman Carlsbad, California Lucerne, Switzerland Bangkok, Thailand John L. Emmett Ren Lu Fanus...attractive rhodonite-rich rocks from Switzerland’s Tanatz Alp. Our regular sections have much to offer, too...absolutely transparent from the deep ultraviolet region into the infrared. Such minerals are termed allochromatic...where the absorption is least, and it is just this region of the absorption spectrum that transmits the most |
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Tanatz Alp, Splügen, Rheinwald, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland