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Metabasalt from
Monte Pence, Bellino, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Type:Metabasalt
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metabasalt data
Locality Data:Click here to view Monte Pence, Bellino, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1358196
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1358196:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Metabasalt
10.2km (6.4 miles) Tête de Toillies south-west slope (Col de la Blanche; Rocca Niera south-west slope), Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye, Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
10.4km (6.5 miles) Roc della Niera east slope, Pontechianale, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
13.8km (8.6 miles) Vallone delle Forciolline, Pontechianale, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
17.6km (10.9 miles) Lago Chiaretto omphacite outcrop, Pian del Re, Crissolo, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
24.9km (15.5 miles) Colle del Baracun serpentinite outcrops (Colle Barant serpentinite outcrops), Bobbio Pellice, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
34.4km (21.4 miles) Lac des Cordes, Cervières, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
39.9km (24.8 miles) Crête de Chouchar, Cervières, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
42.1km (26.2 miles) Colette Verte (Collet Vert; Colletto Verde), Montgenèvre, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
48.4km (30.1 miles) Monte Gran Miuls south slope, Massello, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
48.6km (30.2 miles) Monte Gran Miuls northwest slope, Pragelato, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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