| Locality type: | Outcrop |
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| Species: | Aragonite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Aragonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Reckibach, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 532171 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:532171:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 5ef96d43-0cca-4676-9edb-3fa310b39e87 |
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| 2.4km (1.5 miles) | ⓘLengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland |
| 4.8km (3.0 miles) | ⓘMonte Cervandone area, Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy |
| 5.3km (3.3 miles) | ⓘGischi glacier (incl. Gischihorn), Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland |
| 7.8km (4.9 miles) | ⓘDolomite outcrops, Ofenhorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland |
| 8.4km (5.2 miles) | ⓘGhiacciaio di Mottiscia, Veglia Alp (Alpe Veglia), Varzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy |
| 10.1km (6.3 miles) | ⓘTunetschgrabe (Tunnetschgrabe) Bitsch, Östlich Raron, Valais, Switzerland |
| 10.2km (6.4 miles) | ⓘVeglia Alp (Alpe Veglia), Varzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy |
| 12.8km (7.9 miles) | ⓘReckingen, Goms, Goms, Valais, Switzerland |
| 17.0km (10.5 miles) | ⓘMorasco area, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy |
| 17.6km (10.9 miles) | ⓘAlfenza Mine, Crodo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland and Mineralogical Institute of the University CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland Probably...excavations in GalloRoman sites in southern Switzerland (Canton Valais, Binn) several crystal treasures were discovered...in several large natural history museums in Switzerland and abroad were assembled (for example, the outstanding...of years. This mining activity, at least in Switzerland, came to an almost complete end after World War...Figure 5. Geological map of the Central Alps (Switzerland). Courtesy of Landeshydrologie und Geobgie, BUWAL |  | | Book (volume) | | L'Ossola .. . . .. ... . . . . Cap. XXXIII - La Val di Binn . .. . . . Cap. XXXIV - Zone del Grimsel e della...cristalline (e quindi mi nerali: vedi calcite e aragonite, ecc.; vedi anche pag. 72). diorite, roccia verdastra...a cavallo >> tra la Val For mazza e la Valle di Binn. Questi esemplari sono caratteristici anche per...saccaroide bianca (2x). Ochsenfeld, a/ta Valle di Binn. rissimo di ferro e di alluminio. 11 colore e chia...dolo mia nelle vicinanze del Sempione (Valle di Binn). Nel Tirolo austriaco, della bella tremolite si |  | 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) | | Hans A. Stalder: Natural History Museum, Bern, Switzerland. Hugo Strunz: Institute of Mineralogy, Technical...example, calcite CaCOg (14.1.1.1) has a polymorph aragonite (14.1.3.1), while vaterite (14.1.2.1) has yet...pseudomorphs have been observed after cuprite, aragonite, calcite, azurite, chalcocite, and antlerite....Grasshopper Mt., Tulameen, BC, Canada; Kaltenberg, Valais, Switzerland; Bogota, near Canala, New Caledonia; Mt....intrusion, NWT, Canada; Selva, near Poschiavo, Switzerland; Oko, near Koti, Japan; Red Hills, Wairaw R. |
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