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Bergerie del Laux, Usseaux, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italyi
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Bergerie del LauxAlpine Pasture
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Albite

Bergerie del Laux, Usseaux, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Albite, etc.

Bergerie del Laux, Usseaux, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Hematite, etc.

Bergerie del Laux, Usseaux, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Albite

Bergerie del Laux, Usseaux, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Albite, etc.

Bergerie del Laux, Usseaux, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Hematite, etc.

Bergerie del Laux, Usseaux, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Albite

Bergerie del Laux, Usseaux, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Albite, etc.

Bergerie del Laux, Usseaux, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
45° 1' 22'' North , 7° 1' 27'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
45.02299,7.02442
GRN:
N31E04
Type:
Alpine Pasture
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Fenestrelle317 (2014)2.4km
Mentoulles139 (2014)5.0km
Pragelato-Ruà402 (2014)6.6km
Villaretto298 (2014)7.2km
Balma177 (2014)8.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
203776
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:203776:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Italian:
Bergerie del Laux, Usseaux, Città metropolitana di Torino (Provincia di Torino), Piemonte, Italia


Outcrop of meta-ophiolitic rocks along the steep left bank of Rio del Laux, at about 1700 m, at the southeastern limit of the Bergerie del Laux pasture.

The cleft system, discovered in 1982 in blueschist facies metabasalts, yielded very good specimens of albite and hematite. Albite forms bright, transparent to semitransparent crystals up to 7 cm in length, usually tabular and rarely with a prismatic habit; their colour is generally white and sometimes green or green-bluish because of inclusions of epidote and 'byssolite'. The pluricentimetric tabular crystals of hematite can occur in different forms: as very bright crystals with a perfectly hexagonal contour; as rose-like crystal aggregates with uneven contours; as pitted crystals with a satin look. Some clefts, filled with an amphibole-talc mud, yielded rose-like hematite floaters, up to 5 cm across, in association with white albite crystals. Small yellow-greenish crystals of titanite are sometimes grown on albite and hematite crystals.

In a chlorite schist - talc lens, located not far from the cleft system, very bright, octahedral crystals of magnetite have been found.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


11 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

✪ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'
Formula: AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup var. Byssolite'
Formula: AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
ⓘ Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
ⓘ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'
ⓘ Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘ Galena
Formula: PbS
ⓘ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
✪ Hematite var. Iron Rose
Formula: Fe2O3
ⓘ 'Limonite'
ⓘ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘvar. Iron Rose4.CB.05Fe2O3
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘCerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘAnglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘTitanite9.AG.15CaTi(SiO4)O
ⓘEpidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘAlbite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Amphibole Supergroup'-AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
ⓘ'Chlorite Group'-
ⓘ'Limonite'-
ⓘ'Amphibole Supergroup
var. Byssolite'		-AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Hⓘ Amphibole Supergroup var. ByssoliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Cⓘ CerussitePbCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Oⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ CerussitePbCO3
Oⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Oⓘ Amphibole Supergroup var. ByssoliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Oⓘ Hematite var. Iron RoseFe2O3
FFluorine
Fⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Fⓘ Amphibole Supergroup var. ByssoliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
NaSodium
Naⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Alⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Alⓘ Amphibole Supergroup var. ByssoliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Siⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Siⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Siⓘ Amphibole Supergroup var. ByssoliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
SSulfur
Sⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
ClChlorine
Clⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Clⓘ Amphibole Supergroup var. ByssoliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Caⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Tiⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Tiⓘ Amphibole Supergroup var. ByssoliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ Hematite var. Iron RoseFe2O3
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
PbLead
Pbⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Pbⓘ CerussitePbCO3
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS

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References

Giacomino, F., and Manavella, F. (1986) Albite e rose di ferro nelle rocce verdi del Pinerolese. 'l Roch, 11 (dicembre 1986), 11, 52-60
Bosio, P., Giacomino, F., and Manavella, F. (2006) I minerali delle rocce verdi nel Pinerolese e nelle valli limitrofe, http://www.gmpv.it/ricerca%20-%20rocce%20verdi.htm
Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., Lombardo, B. (2007) Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta - Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" Alba.
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