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Tremolite from
Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland


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Tremolite

Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
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Tremolite

Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
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Tremolite

Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
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Tremolite

Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
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Tremolite

Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
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Tremolite

Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
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Tremolite

Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
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Tremolite

Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
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Tremolite

Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
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Tremolite

Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
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Tremolite

Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
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Tremolite

Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Locality type:Mountain Area
Classification
Species:Tremolite
Formula:◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Comments:Identified by Pini as 'scerlo bianco' (= white schorl) from 'Valle Maggia'.
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Dolomite5
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tremolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (37 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:349618
Long-form Identifier:1:3:349618:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Tremolite in this Region
Venett (Vanit; Cadonighino pass), Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Nearest other occurrences of Tremolite
1.5km (1.0 miles) ⓘVenett (Vanit; Cadonighino pass), Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘPizzo di Röd, Fusio, Lavizzara, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘTremola Valley, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘVal Maighels, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘPizzo del Costone (Punta del Costone), Ban Group, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘPiano dei Camosci (Pian dei Camosci), Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
29.4km (18.3 miles) ⓘSruer Lake, Vallone del Vannino, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
32.9km (20.4 miles) ⓘBocchetta d'Arbola (Albrun Pass), Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
33.3km (20.7 miles) ⓘPunta della Valle, Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
34.2km (21.2 miles) ⓘDolomite outcrops, Ofenhorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
References
Pini, E. (1790) Di alcuni fossili singolari della Lombardia Austriaca e di altre parti d'Italia. Milano, Marelli.
Stalder, Hans Anton; Wagner, Albert; Graeser, Stefan; Stuker, Peter (1998) Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz. Wepf Verlag. 579pp.
Roth, P. (2006) The early history of tremolite. Axis: 2(3): 1-10. (http://www.minrec.org/pdfs/TREMOLITE%20Edited.pdf)
 
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