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Schorl from
Colonnello pegmatite dyke, Leggia Valley, Leggia, Grono, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland


Classification
Species:Schorl
Formula:NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schorl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Colonnello pegmatite dyke, Leggia Valley, Leggia, Grono, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1237952
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1237952:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Schorl
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘPizzo Paglia pegmatite dyke, Leggia Valley, Leggia, Grono, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘCama Valley, Cama, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘSoè Valley, Bodengo Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘGarzelli Valley, Bodengo Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘCastione, Arbedo-Castione, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘMalpensata pegmatitic dyke (Olgiasca-Malpensata; Croce Quarry; Secondi dyke), Piona Peninsula, Colico, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘPiona Peninsula, Colico, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘLaghetto pegmatitic dyke (Laghetto Quarry), Piona Peninsula, Colico, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘCastello Svitto, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘRivetta (Piona), Dorio, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
References
Guastoni, A. (2012) LCT (lithium, cesium, tantalum) and NYF (niobium, yttrium, fluorine) pegmatites in the Central Alps. Proxies of exhumation history of the Alpine nappe stack in the Lepontine Dome. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Padova, Dept. of Geosciences, 159 pp.
Guastoni, A.; Pennacchioni, G.; Pozzi, G.; Fioretti, A.M.; Walter, J.M. (2014) Tertiary pegmatite dikes of the Central Alps. The Canadian Mineralogist, 52 (2). 191-219 doi:10.3749/canmin.52.2.191
 
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