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Diopside from
Alvani Mine, Campello Monti, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alvani Mine, Campello Monti, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1482512
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1482512:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘPennino Grande Mine, Campello Monti, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘSasso Bianco, Vogogna, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘMigiandone Mine (Miggiandone), Ornavasso, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘValmaggia, Cravagliana, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘOrnavasso marble quarries, Ornavasso, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘIsola Mine, Vocca, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘCandoglia marble quarries, Candoglia, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘAntronapiana, Antrona Schieranco, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
21.9km (13.6 miles) ⓘPizzo Marcio South-East dyke, Pizzo Marcio, Trontano, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
27.3km (16.9 miles) ⓘCosta di Fracchia, Santa Maria Maggiore, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
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Cossa, A. (1877) Sulla natura delle roccie che racchiudono i depositi di pirrotina nichelifera di Campello-Monti (Varallo). Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, serie 3, Transunti, 1 (1876-77), 169-170
Huttenlocher, H.F. (1934) Die Erzlagerstättenzonen der Westalpen. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 14, 22-149
Natale, P., and Zucchetti, S. (1976) Considerazioni sui giacimenti nicheliferi della formazione Ivrea - Verbano (con particolare riguardo al giacimento di Campello Monti in Valle Strona). Bollettino della Associazione Mineraria Subalpina, 13, 1-2, 181-190
Artioli, G., Alberti, G., Cagossi, G., Davoli, M., and Molesini, M., (1990) I minerali secondari di alcuni giacimenti a solfuri della zona di Ivrea-Verbano. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 13, 2(2-1990), 75-81
 
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