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Biotite from
Forcel Rosso Gully (Forcel Rosso Pass), Monte Foppa (north slope), Upper Val Saviore, Cevo, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy


Locality type:Pass
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Forcel Rosso Gully (Forcel Rosso Pass), Monte Foppa (north slope), Upper Val Saviore, Cevo, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:286095
Long-form Identifier:1:3:286095:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘCima Uzza, Valbona (Val Bona) & Val d'Arnò, Daone & Breguzzo, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
30.0km (18.6 miles) ⓘGavia Pass, Gavia Valley, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
33.1km (20.5 miles) ⓘDosegù Glacier, Gavia Valley, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
42.0km (26.1 miles) ⓘBottigiana, Ponte in Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
44.7km (27.8 miles) ⓘQuadrada (incl. Quadradin), Selva, Poschiavo, Bernina Region, Grisons, Switzerland
44.7km (27.8 miles) ⓘBottiglia Pass (Königsjoch), Cedec Valley, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
45.0km (28.0 miles) ⓘVal Vedello uranium deposit, Piateda, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
45.2km (28.1 miles) ⓘGran Zebrù Glacier (Vedretta del Gran Zebrù), Cedec Valley, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
45.4km (28.2 miles) ⓘVedretta di Solda (Suldenferner), Stilfs (Stelvio), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
46.3km (28.7 miles) ⓘOrtles-Gran Zebrù northeast slope (Ortler-Königspitze northeast slope), Stilfs (Stelvio), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
References
Passaglia, Elio, Tagliavini, Alessandra (1994) Chabazite-offretite epitaxial overgrowths in cornubianite from Passo Forcel Rosso, Adamello, Italy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 6 (3) 397-406 doi:10.1127/ejm/6/3/0397
 
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