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Corno Brunni, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italyi
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Corno Brunni, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

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Corno Brunni, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
46° 26' 45'' North , 8° 23' 54'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
46.44589,8.39844
GeoHash:
G#: u0mbpp5wc
GRN:
N31E05
Type:
Mountain
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Ponte159 (2014)7.9km
Formazza448 (2012)7.9km
Ulrichen246 (2017)9.5km
Oberwald277 (2017)10.1km
Bellwald444 (2016)18.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
423813
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:423813:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Italian:
Corno Brunni, Formazza, Provincia del Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italia


Corno Brunni (2862 m) and the surrounding mountainous area mainly consist of calcschists of the Lebendun Mesozoic series. Typical minerals of these rocks are quartz, muscovite, carbonates (calcite, siderite, ankerite), albite, adularia, rutile, and pyrite. Weathered calcschists are brittle and shows a brown-red colour; iron-bearing minerals (pyrite, siderite, ankerite, and ferriferous calcite) alter progressively into limonite and complete pseudomorphs and skeletal relics can be found. Muscovite sometimes alters into illite, that may appear as radiating platy spherules on muscovite crystals.

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6 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘ Ankerite
Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
ⓘ 'K Feldspar'
ⓘ 'K Feldspar var. Adularia'
Formula: KAlSi3O8
ⓘ 'Limonite'
ⓘ Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ 'Rhombohedral Carbonate'
Formula: (Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
ⓘ Rutile
Formula: TiO2

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘRutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘAnkerite5.AB.10Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘMuscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘAlbite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
ⓘ'K Feldspar
var. Adularia'		-KAlSi3O8
ⓘ'Limonite'-
ⓘ'K Feldspar'-
ⓘ'Rhombohedral Carbonate'-(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cⓘ AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Cⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Oⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ RutileTiO2
Oⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
NaSodium
Naⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Mgⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
AlAluminium
Alⓘ K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Alⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Siⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
KPotassium
Kⓘ K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Caⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ RutileTiO2
MnManganese
Mnⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
FeIron
Feⓘ AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3

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References

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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