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Tremolite from
Alp Cancian asbestos mines, Selva, Poschiavo, Bernina Region, Grisons, Switzerland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Tremolite
Formula:◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tremolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alp Cancian asbestos mines, Selva, Poschiavo, Bernina Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1512928
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1512928:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tremolite
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘScortaseo (Scurtaseu) deposit, Selva, Poschiavo, Bernina Region, Grisons, Switzerland
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘDossi di Franscia, Franscia, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘBocchetta delle Forbici, Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘForcella d'Entova, Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘLower Scerscen Glacier, Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘPradaccio Peak, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
17.1km (10.7 miles) ⓘAlpe Mastabia talc mine, Torre di Santa Maria, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
21.0km (13.1 miles) ⓘUralite’s plain, Sissone Valley, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘPasso di Caldenno, Torre di Santa Maria, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
21.5km (13.3 miles) ⓘSissone Valley, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
References
Schmidt, C. (1917) Asbest und Nephrit von Poschiavo in Graubünden. Zeitschrift für praktische Geologie, 25, 77-81
Dietrich, V., and De Quervain, F. (1968) Die Nephrit-Talklagerstätte Scortaseo (Puschlav, Kanton Graubünden). Übersicht der weiteren Nephritfunde der Schweizer Alpen insbesondere der vorkommen im Oberhalbstein (Graubünden). Beiträge zur Geologie der Schweiz, Geotechnische Serie, Lieferung 16, 78 pp.
 
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