{"id":393,"date":"2025-08-08T08:15:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T06:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/amphibolite\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:38:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:38:59","slug":"amphibolit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/en\/bez\/amphibolit\/","title":{"rendered":"Amphibolite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a class=\"standort__button gb-text-b1b68d17\" data-aos=\"fade-up\"><span class=\"gb-shape\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 16\" fill=\"none\">\n<path d=\"M11.7338 5.60503C11.7338 2.50797 9.22324 -0.00259399 6.12618 -0.00259399C3.02912 -0.00259399 0.518555 2.50797 0.518555 5.60503C0.518555 6.52341 0.739276 7.39009 1.13063 8.15511C1.18433 8.25998 1.24139 8.36284 1.30139 8.46383C1.36608 8.57271 1.43425 8.67932 1.50604 8.78326L3.61494 12.0763L6.12618 15.9974L8.63742 12.0763L10.7463 8.78326L11.1217 8.15511C11.5131 7.39009 11.7338 6.52328 11.7338 5.60503ZM6.12618 8.46383C4.57685 8.46383 3.32083 7.20781 3.32083 5.65847C3.32083 4.10914 4.57685 2.85312 6.12618 2.85312C7.67552 2.85312 8.93154 4.10914 8.93154 5.65847C8.93154 7.20781 7.67552 8.46383 6.12618 8.46383Z\" fill=\"white\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><\/span><span class=\"gb-text\">North-west side Visitor Centre<\/span><\/a>\n\n<h1 class=\"gb-text gb-text-5dca1177\" data-aos=\"fade-up\"><strong><strong>Amphibolite<\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">The dark mineral amphibole gave this stone its colour and its name: amphibolite.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\" data-aos=\"fade-up\"><em>And the light spots?<\/em><br>They come from the mineral feldspar. Amphibolite is the toughest rock here and, like gneiss, was formed by metamorphism. It\u2019s still quarried today, between Zernez and Susch, and is used when building retaining walls. At Macun this dark stone can be found in lots of places together with gneiss.<br><br>   <\/p>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" class=\"gb-media-1c6d0a1b\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LO_20250905_3695.jpg\" title=\"LO_20250905_3695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LO_20250905_3695.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LO_20250905_3695-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LO_20250905_3695-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LO_20250905_3695-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LO_20250905_3695-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LO_20250905_3695-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amphiboles are stalk-like, dark minerals. The picture shows a hornblende.  <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"go__homepage\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n<a class=\"gb-text-c7b513e2\" href=\"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/en\/bez\/\"><span class=\"gb-text\">Back to Homepage<\/span><span class=\"gb-shape\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" viewbox=\"0 0 25 25\" fill=\"none\">\n<circle cx=\"12.5186\" cy=\"12.6996\" r=\"11.5\" stroke=\"white\"><\/circle>\n<path d=\"M14.0186 17.9496L18.5186 12.6996L14.0186 7.44959\" stroke=\"white\"><\/path>\n<path d=\"M18.5186 12.6996H6.51855\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-width=\"0.8\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North-west side Visitor Centre Amphibolite The dark mineral amphibole gave this stone its colour and its name: amphibolite. And the light spots?They come from the mineral feldspar. Amphibolite is the toughest rock here and, like gneiss, was formed by metamorphism. It\u2019s still quarried today, between Zernez and Susch, and is used when building retaining walls. &#8230; <a title=\"Amphibolite\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/en\/bez\/amphibolit\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Amphibolite\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":622,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-393","page","type-page","status-publish"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1538,"href":"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393\/revisions\/1538"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qr.nationalpark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}