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Diopside from
Monte Pian Real, Villar Focchiardo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Monte Pian Real, Villar Focchiardo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1348810
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1348810:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
0.4km (0.3 miles) Colle delle Vallette, Villar Focchiardo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
1.5km (0.9 miles) Rocca Rossa, Coazze, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
2.3km (1.4 miles) Rocciavrè - Costa Glantin, Roure, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
9.3km (5.8 miles) Roccia Nies, Fenestrelle, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
13.9km (8.6 miles) Croce della Bell'Alda serpentinite outcrop, Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
14.0km (8.7 miles) Comba Robert (Comba di Compare Robert), Avigliana, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
16.2km (10.1 miles) Lago Nero (Lago Nero - Grange Castelletto area), Usseglio, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
16.5km (10.3 miles) Nuova Fontane Mine (Rodoretto-Nuova Fontane Mine; Rodoretto Mine), Prali, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
16.6km (10.3 miles) Rocca Sella dykes, Rubiana, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
16.8km (10.5 miles) Alpe delle Frasse, Laietto (Lajetto), Condove, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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