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Fayalite from
Mota Farun slag locality, Casaccia, Upper Val Bregaglia, Bregaglia, Maloja Region, Grisons, Switzerland


Locality type:Slag Locality
Classification
Species:Fayalite
Formula:Fe22+(SiO4)
Formation:Post-mining/Anthropogenic
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fayalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mota Farun slag locality, Casaccia, Upper Val Bregaglia, Bregaglia, Maloja Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1351057
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1351057:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fayalite
79.8km (49.6 miles) ⓘUntere Dürrwaldalpe slag locality, Silbertal, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
80.2km (49.8 miles) ⓘDel Prete Quarry, Cuasso al Piano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
80.4km (50.0 miles) ⓘLaghetto Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
80.4km (50.0 miles) ⓘSubalpina Quarry (Mantegazza Quarry; Gebel Quarry; Bianchi Quarry), Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
82.3km (51.1 miles) ⓘSchmelzhof slag locality, Silbertal, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
References
Wenk, Hans-Rudolf; Yu, Rong; Tamura, Nobumichi; Bischoff, Duri; Hunkeler, Walter (2019) Slags as Evidence for Copper Mining above Casaccia, Val Bregaglia (Central Alps). Minerals, 9 (5). 292 doi:10.3390/min9050292
 
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