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Albite from
Carbocalcio Quarry (Marmorea Quarry; San Lorenzo quarry), San Lorenzo, Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carbocalcio Quarry (Marmorea Quarry; San Lorenzo quarry), San Lorenzo, Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1477784
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1477784:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘLausetto Mine, San Lorenzo, Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘQuartz vein outcrop, Sant'Anna di Valdieri, Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘMonte Ray, Entracque, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘReduc workings, Bergemoletto Mine, Aisone, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
12.0km (7.5 miles) ⓘNasta Lake area (incl. Cima del Baus west slope), Terme di Valdieri, Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘCiriegia Pass, Terme di Valdieri, Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘMount Crosa, Vinadio, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘChastillon Valley, Isola, Nice Arrondissement, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
19.4km (12.1 miles) ⓘMadone des Fenestres (Madone de Fenestre) Valley, Saint-Martin-Vésubie, Nice Arrondissement, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
21.0km (13.1 miles) ⓘSambuco gramaccioliite site (Sambuco “historical” site), Sambuco, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Barale, Luca (2014) The Meso-Cenozoic stratigraphic succession adjoining the Argentera Massif: stratigraphic, sedimentologic and diagenetic evidence of syndepositional tectonics. Thesis. Università degli Studi di Torino, Scuola di Dottorato in Scienze della Natura e Tecnologie Innovative Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Torino, 240 pp.
Bertok, Carlo, Barale, Luca, D’Atri, Anna, Martire, Luca, Piana, Fabrizio, Rossetti, Piergiorgio, Gerdes, Axel (2019) Unusual marbles in a non-metamorphic succession of the SW Alps (Valdieri, Italy) due to early Oligocene hydrothermal flows. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 108(2), 693-712
 
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