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Chrysotile from
Prese outcrop, Piossasco, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Chrysotile
Formula:Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysotile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prese outcrop, Piossasco, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1497641
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1497641:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysotile
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘPratovigero serpentinite outcrops, Trana, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘSan Valeriano quarry, Piossasco, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘCroce di Pietra serpentinite outcrop, Trana, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘCan Galet serpentinite outcrops (Case Galet serpentinite outcrops), Trana, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘPunta dell'Ancoccia, Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
11.5km (7.1 miles) ⓘSant'Abaco, Caselette, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘCroce della Bell'Alda serpentinite outcrop, Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
17.5km (10.8 miles) ⓘBorgo Nuovo outcrop, Givoletto, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘColle delle Vallette, Villar Focchiardo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
20.4km (12.7 miles) ⓘPunta del Lago (Punta del Lago Nord), Villar Focchiardo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
References
Belluso, E., Compagnoni, R., and Ferraris, G. (1995) Occurrence of asbestiform minerals in the serpentinites of the Piemonte zone, western Alps. "Giornata di studio in ricordo del Prof. Stefano Zucchetti", Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento Georisorse e Territorio, 12 Maggio 1994. Contribution volume, Tipolitografia Edicta, Torino, 57-66.
 
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