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Chrysotile from
Vallone delle Forciolline, Pontechianale, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Valley
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 Vallone delle Forciolline, Pontechianale, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1556338
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1556338:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysotile
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘLago Fiorenza serpentinite outcrop, Pian del Re, Crissolo, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
7.5km (4.7 miles) ⓘIl Colletto (Madonna della Neve), Sampeyre, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘAuriol Mine, Casteldelfino, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘConfine di Sopra (Foresto), Sampeyre, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘGrange Peyro del Vej, Casteldelfino, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘVillar, Sampeyre, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
9.9km (6.2 miles) ⓘCaramantran peak, Saint-Véran, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘTenou, Sampeyre, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘMonte Pui, Sampeyre, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘNoir lake, Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye, Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
References
Compagnoni, R., and Fiora, L. (1976) Sopra una sequenza ofiolitica metamorfica di ultramafiti, gabbri con layering magmatico e basalti a pillow nel massiccio del M. Viso (Alpi Occidentali). Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 32( 2): 699-714.
 
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