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Graphite from
Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland


Classification
Species:Graphite
Formula:C
Comments:Inclusions in tremolite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:559680
Long-form Identifier:1:3:559680:5
GUID (UUID V4):3fa8afe3-29fd-4d72-822d-e24afc4811e5
Nearest other occurrences of Graphite
25.3km (15.7 miles) Morasco area, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
26.4km (16.4 miles) Pizzo del Costone (Punta del Costone), Ban Group, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
27.4km (17.0 miles) Piano dei Camosci (Pian dei Camosci), Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
37.6km (23.4 miles) Trift Valley, Gadmen Valley, Innertkirchen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland
37.6km (23.4 miles) Castello Svitto, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
38.0km (23.6 miles) Stretta di Cuggine, Croveo, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
39.6km (24.6 miles) Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
39.9km (24.8 miles) Mässerbach, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
40.5km (25.2 miles) Wenden pass, Wenden Valley, Gadmen Valley, Innertkirchen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland
42.0km (26.1 miles) Reckibach, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
References
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Barrovian metamorphic sequence of the Central Alps, Switzerland Kate R. Boston, Daniela Rubatto, Jörg Hermann...Barrovian metamorphic sequence of the Central Alps, Switzerland, LITHOS (2017), doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2017.06...T metamorphic sequence of the Central Alps, Switzerland SC R IP Kate R. Boston1, Daniela Rubatto1...Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1-3, 3012 TE D Bern, Switzerland CE P 3) Institut de Sciences de la Terre, University...Lausanne, Bâtiment Géopolis, 1015 AC Lausanne, Switzerland *Corresponding author: daniela.rubatto@geo.unibe
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the metamorphosed sedimentary rocks of the Ursern valley properly determined, then we may draw the conclusion...of the Gothard begins, at the bottom of the Ticino valley, with Jurassic deposits and includes Carboniferous...Describing the glacial and alluvial gravels in the Ticino valley (" Geologische Beobaebtungen im Tessinthal,...schists: whilst the former are spread far down the valley, the Nufenen ' spotty' schists were not met with...that schists and slates which are coloured by graphite or other coaly material, sometimes pbyllitic,
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from a geotraverse through the Central Alps, Switzerland * JOSEFMULLIS, ’ JEAN DUBESSY,’ BERNARD POTY...Institut, Bernoullistrasse 30, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland 2CREGU-BP 2344501 Vand~uv~-tenancy Cedex, France...along a geotraverse through the Central Alps, Switzerland. The methods employed include microthermometry...dissolution of quartz, feldspars, biotite, muscovite, graphite, etc. The same minerals found in fissures are...gneiss Leventina gneiss Leventina gneiss Simano nappe, mica schists Leventina gneiss Leventina gneiss
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below. South Africa. Below right Coarsely foliated graphite. Rap;edara, Cevlon. PLATE 1 C '9 1 Orthorhombic...ofpof:ymorphism, with the widely differing properties of graphite and diamond. Uusually one modification is common...Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6 Class 7 Class 8 graphite pyrite, pyrrhotlne halite quartz, magnetite, hernacite...quartzite quartz quartzite graphite graphite graphJte graphite graphite quartz quartz coal emery...feldspar sericite, quartz a little feldspar quartz graphite mica sch1st gneiss mzca qumtz Jit1ie feldspar
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Garnet in an amphibolite-facies metapelite from Campolungo, Central Alps, that recorded metamorphism to...Geological Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland 2 Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department...Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland Introduction Geological processes in the solid...and sample description Sample CLM6 is from the Campolungo locality (N 46°27′60″, E 8°42′54″) in the Swiss...Swiss Central Alps. The Mesozoic sediments at Campolungo document amphibolite-facies conditions during
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ROLF DILLMANN, F.G.A. Gübelin A. G., Berne, Switzerland In the journal of the German Gemmological Association...the year 1953; obsidian can be seen in the rift valley near Magadi. Some olivine is present; there is...(Osterreich). (Phenakites in gem quality from the Habach Valley, Salzburg, Austria.) Z.Dt.Gemmol.Ges., 27,4,205-7...in the well-known emerald deposits in the Habach Valley in Austria. They are generally colourless, transparent...monocrystals of CaYA104,737 Adventures with Virgin Valley opals, 203 Afghanistan, The pegmatites of Laghman
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hedenbergite, hornblende, ilmenite, apatite, and graphite, intimately associated with K, Na chlorides. We...conditions of Sybille monzosyenite compared to graphite-saturation from localized prehnite-pumpelleyite...conditions lie, within analytical error, on the graphite saturation surface for the pure C-O system (see...with the occurrence of minute (2 g or smaller) graphite grains in the feldspars of the Sybille monzosyenite...lamellae in alkali feldspar. 5, Graphite (G) in feldspar. 6, Flake of graphite (G) in apatite in feldspar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zones at Campolungo, Switzerland Hydrothermal quartz veins in dolomite at Campolungo in Switzerland are observed...Arita and Wada 1989) on individual calcite and graphite crystals in a graphitic marble in the Hida metamorphic...(1988) Microscale isotopic zoning in calcite and graphite in marble. Nature 331:61 63 Walther JV (1983)...reactions between quartz and dolomite at Campolungo, Switzerland. Am J Sci 283-A:459-485 Walther JV, Orville
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chromian diopside crystals on large, well-formed grey graphite crystals, field of view 3 cm - Philip Hitge specimen...crystal specimens. Excellent examples of crystalline graphite, alabandite and diopside, to name a few, rival... amethyst,axinite-{Mgl,diopside,fluorapatite, graphite,grossular,kyamte,rubycorundum,·- •• __ sapphire...Palaeoproterozoic IKEYTOMINERALSI Al - alexandrite Gr-graphite K-kyanite Au-gold Kor - kornerupine Li- lithium...(Sanislav et al., 2014). Tanzania also exploits graphite from the Mahenge and Merelani tanzanite deposits
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as follows: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Palladium-graphite method Argon-oxygen method Caesium carbonate method...method Lithium carbonate method Lanthanum-graphite method Shaw (in press) Shaw, Wickremasinghe, & Yip... was tamped in a plain crater (1 -5 by 6 mm) graphite electrode (National Carbon Co., 'Special' Grade)...anode. The counter-electrode was a similar |-in. graphite rod. The arc-gap was 5 mm and the d.c. potential...length Intensity reduction screens* Filter Pi-graphite method 6 mm one Argon-oxygen method 4 mm none
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as follows: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Palladium-graphite method Argon-oxygen method Caesium carbonate method...method Lithium carbonate method Lanthanum-graphite method Shaw (in press) Shaw, Wickremasinghe, & Yip... was tamped in a plain crater (1 -5 by 6 mm) graphite electrode (National Carbon Co., 'Special' Grade)...anode. The counter-electrode was a similar |-in. graphite rod. The arc-gap was 5 mm and the d.c. potential...length Intensity reduction screens* Filter Pi-graphite method 6 mm one Argon-oxygen method 4 mm none
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of the natural pearl E.J. Gübelin Lucerne, Switzerland Abstract Biological research discloses that...Résidence Suite 436, Haldenstrasse 4, 6002 Lucerne, Switzerland Abstract The study was carried out on nineteen...areas are part of the central system of the Rift Valley (Pangani Rift). The rocks are affected by extensive...kyanite, amphibolites, crystalline limestones with graphite, serpentine and sporadic pegmatite complexes of... --- Present Present Present --- Grap hite Graphite Graph ite --- Pr esent Presen t Pyrrhotite
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the private Bally foundation at Schonenwerd, Switzerland; and the Folch Museum at Barcelona, Spain. Because...Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly because they...rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und Lagerstattenlehre...FRG Brosso, Piemonte, Italy Piz Aul, Wallis, Switzerland 1 Room 1 0a 2 3 5 6 Tsumeb, Namibia Agrigento...1-2 Etiro mine, Namibia 1-5 Binntal, Wallis, Switzerland 11-2 lbbenburen, Osnabruck, FRG IV-1 Otjimbojo
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Lücke et al. (2005) reduce the oxygen to CO over graphite as described earlier. There is no commercially...previously calibrated to NBS28 on the same instrument (Campolungo, (Chapligin et al., 2010) at AWI, +26.7&; KGa-1...calibration with NBS28 and an internal standard (Campolungo) that has a d18O value of +26.7& (Chapligin et...Applying the 2-point calibration with NBS28 and Campolungo the FZJ analyses for E. Rex were +43.4 ± 0.2&
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texturesrange from relativelyundeformedlaminaeof graphite,fine-grainedpyrite, Weight percent Coultervilledistrict...-3O - pH =6 calculated usingthe equilibriumC(graphite) '-{-O2(g ) = CO%).Valuesof logao• = -33.28 andlogaco•...sources(OhmotoandRye, 1979; Taylor, 1981). The stabilityof graphite,a vein-fillingmineraldescribedby Covehey(1981)...300øC, P = I kb, and Xco•= 0.1 forthefluid.ThisCO•-graphite boundary, shownin Figure 9, is consistent with...Holloway (1984), fluid compositions coexistingwith graphite [c] -34 Magnetite at T < 400øC are essentiallytwo
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(Anderson & Payne, 1934, 1954; Payne, 1939), and Switzerland (Preiswerk, 1917). These varieties are usually...radioactive minerals in a pegmatite. At Campolungo, Switzerland, the scapolite is in a metadolomite. Downloaded...and that Linck also found it in dolomites from Campolungo. Preiswerk records another occurrence in metamorphosed...mica-epidote quartzites from Monte Piottino, Leventina. In addition, scapolite occurs as a vein and fissure...Konecny & Rosicky (1926) [high sum]. Valdo, Switzerland; Preiswerk (1917) [see text]. Yakutia, U.S.S
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(Anderson & Payne, 1934, 1954; Payne, 1939), and Switzerland (Preiswerk, 1917). These varieties are usually...radioactive minerals in a pegmatite. At Campolungo, Switzerland, the scapolite is in a metadolomite. Downloaded...and that Linck also found it in dolomites from Campolungo. Preiswerk records another occurrence in metamorphosed...mica-epidote quartzites from Monte Piottino, Leventina. In addition, scapolite occurs as a vein and fissure...Konecny & Rosicky (1926) [high sum]. Valdo, Switzerland; Preiswerk (1917) [see text]. Yakutia, U.S.S
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the only tool needed. These are pencils with the graphite points replaced by sharp-edged pieces of the standard...Quebec (Canada), Orkney and Faroe Islands, Fassa Valley, Tirol (Austria), St Andreasberg, Harz Mountains...rock crystal. Finest examples come from central Switzerland, especially from the Binntal, Tavetsch and St...(USSR). Crystals of a yellower-green from the Ala valley, Piedmont (Italy). Fine yellow-orange crystals...Monteponi and Montevecchio, and at Tavetsch (Switzerland), Derbyshire (England). The Coeur d'Alene district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluids were produced by reaction of biotite with graphite without intervention of fluids of Offprint requests...oxygen fugacity and COz fugacity are preserved (Valley et al. 1983). Very large local variations in oxygen...contact metamorphism about anorthosite intrusions (Valley and O'Neil 1984). Low oxygen fugacities indicated...influence of abundant highpressure CO2 fluid (Lamb and Valley 1984). Preserved igneous textures and chilled margins...diverse lithologies are light gray garnetiferous, graphite-bearing biotite gneisses. K h o n d a l i t e
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extent, important deposits of iron, manganese and graphite are formed. In metamorphic rocks veins, of what...differences are found in polymorp hic minerals, such as graphite and diamond, t he size of their atoms and ions...into thin laminae usually in one direction (eg graphite, gypsum, chlorite and muscovite, see Fig. 7a)...called polymorphs. For example, diamond (602) - graphite (2); calcite (217) - aragonite (221 ); rutile... * >t,;: ..,. '"' ' 33 Native element Graphite (Plumbago, Black lead) 2 From the Greek grafein
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extent, important deposits of iron, manganese and graphite are formed. In metamorphic rocks veins, of what...differences are found in polymorphic minerals, such as graphite and diamond, the size of their atoms and ions...into thin laminae usually in one direction (eg graphite, gypsum, chlorite and muscovite, see Fig. 7a)...called polymorphs. For example, diamond (602) — graphite (2); calcite (217) — aragonite (221); rutile (464)...Girgenti (Sicily, Italy) 32 Native element © Graphite (Plumbago, Black lead) 2 From the Greek grafein
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Cenozoic extension in northeastern Greece: Strymon valley detachment system and Rhodope metamorphic core...Tremolit und Talk in den metamorphen Dolomiten des Campolungo (Tessin) und ihre phasenpetrographische Bedeutung...G. (2006) Raman microspectroscopy on diamond, graphite and other carbon polymorphs from the ultrahigh-pressure
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Graham, E. Perry, J. Selverstone, R. Tracy, J. Valley, and R. Wollast for their chapter reviews. Thanks...Erdwissenschaften, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland THOMPSON, A.B. Departement fUr Erdwissenschaften...Erdwissenschaften, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland WALTHER, J.V. Department of Geological Sciences,...do not contain a separate solid C phase (e.g., graphite) remain within a few percent oftheir equilibrium...equilibrium values at the trapping conditions. If graphite also occurs in the inclusion, either as a daughter
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........... NICE CORUNDUM CRYSTALS FOUND IN SWITZERLAND ........................................ OLD...smelter. 2. Small Crucibles (fragments). Flake-graphite crucible pots used in the furnaces for melting...Corundum Crystals Found in Switzerland At Campolongo, Canton Tessin, S. E., Switzerland, nice blue and red crystals...dolomitic limestone. Campolongo ( Campolungo) is in the northern (Ticino). part of Canton Tessin I...About 3 miles southwest of New west of Pisa, in a valley surrounded by Brunswick is the old Raritan Mine
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see it as being very dark or black (for example, graphite). Alternatively, if very little of the color in...4m Quartz (smoky variety), St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland « 4x 8 x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...anything at all through an opaque mineral such as graphite. Density is the mass per unit volume of a mineral...both diamond and graphite are made of carbon (C), diamond feels heavier than graphite because its carbon...centimeter of diamond than in the same volume of graphite. So although both minerals are made of the same
 
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