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Paragneiss from
Pianchette, Morobbia Valley, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Type:Paragneiss
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Paragneiss data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pianchette, Morobbia Valley, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1471472
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1471472:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Paragneiss
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘValle di Melera, Morobbia Valley, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘBoschetto di Pisciarotondo, Morobbia Valley, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
15.2km (9.5 miles) ⓘBolgiana, Dosso del Liro, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘCiosino, Dosso del Liro, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘMonte di Vercana, Vercana, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘSelvedo, Sorico, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
33.4km (20.8 miles) ⓘCannero Riviera ore body, Trarego Viggiona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
38.3km (23.8 miles) ⓘGiavera, Villa di Chiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
40.9km (25.4 miles) ⓘParagneiss outcrop, Intragna, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
59.9km (37.2 miles) ⓘBocchetta d'Arbola (Albrun Pass), Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Weber, Jacques (1957) Petrographische und geologische Untersuchungen des Tonalitzuges von Melirolo-Sorico zwischen Tennsintal und Comersee. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 37, 2, 267-397
Niggli, Ernst, and Niggli, Curt R. (1965) Karten der Verbreitung einiger Mineralien der alpidischen Metamorphose in den Schweizer Alpen (Stilpnomelan, Alkali-Amphibol, Chlorithoid, Staurolith, Disthen, Sillimanit). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 58, 335-368.
 
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