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Tremolite from
Scortaseo (Scurtaseu) deposit, Selva, Poschiavo, Bernina Region, Grisons, Switzerland


Locality type:Deposit
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 Scortaseo (Scurtaseu) deposit, Selva, Poschiavo, Bernina Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1513040
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1513040:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tremolite
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘAlp Cancian asbestos mines, Selva, Poschiavo, Bernina Region, Grisons, Switzerland
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘDossi di Franscia, Franscia, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
12.5km (7.7 miles) ⓘBocchetta delle Forbici, Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘForcella d'Entova, Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘLower Scerscen Glacier, Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘAlpe Mastabia talc mine, Torre di Santa Maria, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
19.6km (12.2 miles) ⓘPradaccio Peak, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘPasso di Caldenno, Torre di Santa Maria, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘUralite’s plain, Sissone Valley, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
24.2km (15.0 miles) ⓘSissone Valley, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
References
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.
Stalder, Hans Anton; Wagner, Albert; Graeser, Stefan; Stuker, Peter (1998) Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz. Wepf Verlag. 579pp.P. 399, 412
Romani, E. (2000) Andar per cristalli - tesori nascosti. Minerali e rocce della Val Poschiavo nella raccolta del Museo Mineralogico Naturalistico di Bormio. Edizioni Grafica Colombo, Lecco, 151 pp.
Bedognè, F., Montrasio, A., Sciesa, E. (2006): I minerali della medio-alta Valtellina delle Orobie e della Val Poschiavo. Aggiornamenti sulle altre località della provincia di Sondrio. Tipografia Bettini, Sondrio, 255 pp.
 
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