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Howard Heitner
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 Posted: May 26, 2025 10:54 Post subject: Locality for Albite from the Dauphiné |
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This specimen of albite was purchased from the well known American dealer A. E. Foote in 1893. It was part of the Silas Bronson Library collection, The species is albite variety pericline, The locality is given simply as Dauphine, France. Any ideas about something more specific?
| Mineral: | Albite |
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Locality: Dauphiné
Dimensions: 5 cm X 5 cm X 3 cm |
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Pete Richards
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| Posted: May 26, 2025 15:13 Post subject: Re: Locality for albite from Dauphine |
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I don't know about the locality, but I have some doubts whether these are really pericline twins. They look more like normal (but nicely formed) albite twins to me.
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Tobi
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| Posted: May 27, 2025 02:31 Post subject: Re: Locality for albite from Dauphine |
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| Howard Heitner wrote: | | This specimen of albite was purchased from the well known American dealer A. E. Foote in 1893. It was part of the Silas Bronson Library collection, The species is albite variety pericline, The locality is given simply as Dauphine, France. Any ideas about something more specific? |
Hello Howard,
I'm not an expert for French minerals, but I have seen VERY similiar albites from Saint-Véran in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur which is where the historic Region Dauphine was located. I hope this might help.
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Tobi
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: May 27, 2025 03:27 Post subject: Re: Locality for albite from Dauphine |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Howard Heitner wrote: | | This specimen of albite was purchased from the well known American dealer A. E. Foote in 1893. It was part of the Silas Bronson Library collection, The species is albite variety pericline, The locality is given simply as Dauphine, France. Any ideas about something more specific? |
Hello Howard,
I'm not an expert for French minerals, but I have seen VERY similiar albites from Saint-Véran in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur which is where the historic Region Dauphine was located. I hope this might help.
Regards
Tobi |
I would rather say the Maurienne area, but there are so many French localities with albites like that that it seems to me practically impossible to determine the exact locality.
| Mineral: | Quartz with Chlorite inclusions and Albite |
| Locality: | | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |  |
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| Dimensions: | 9.1 × 4.9 × 2.5 cm |
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