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


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Demantoid

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

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

Monte Pian Real, Villar Focchiardo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:X3Z2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Garnet Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Monte Pian Real, Villar Focchiardo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1348824
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1348824:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Garnet Group
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘPunta Costabruna, Villar Focchiardo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘRocca Rossa, Coazze, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘAlpe Mustione, San Giorio di Susa, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
5.4km (3.4 miles) ⓘCase Prablin metagranite outcrop, Giaveno, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘCentrale Olivoni outcrop, Coazze, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
9.4km (5.9 miles) ⓘBosco del Torno Quarry, Pomaretto, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
11.7km (7.3 miles) ⓘPunta Muret gneiss outcrop, Perrero, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘComba Robert (Comba di Compare Robert), Avigliana, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
16.6km (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
References
Franchi, S. (1897) Appunti geologici e petrografici sui monti di Bussoleno nel versante destro della Dora Riparia. Bollettino del R. Comitato geologico d'Italia, 28, 3-46
Boeris, G. (1903) Idocrasio del Monte Pian Real. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali, 42, 45-53
Zambonini, F. (1903) Beiträge zur Mineralogie Piemonts. Granatite aus Monte Pian Real. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie, 83-84
Dal Piaz, G.V. (1967) Le "granatiti" (rodingiti l.s.) nelle serpentine delle Alpi occidentali italiane. Memorie della Società Geologica Italiana, 6, 267-313
Barresi, A. (1996) La Val di Susa e i suoi minerali. Volume I. Gruppo Mineralogico e Paleontologico C.A.I.-U.G.E.T., Torino, 37 pp.
 
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