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Albite from
Mont-Cenis gypsum outcrop (Mont-Cenis gypsum hillock), Mont-Cenis Plateau, Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Locality type:Pass
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite1
Rutile1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mont-Cenis gypsum outcrop (Mont-Cenis gypsum hillock), Mont-Cenis Plateau, Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:560593
Long-form Identifier:1:3:560593:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘFort de la Turra, Col du Mont-Cenis (Colle del Moncenisio), Mont-Cenis Plateau, Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘEnvers Gorges, Sollières-Sardières, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘChatel Quarry, Sollières-Sardières, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
9.4km (5.9 miles) ⓘAmbin Gorges (Val d'Ambin Gorge), Bramans, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘVaccarone Refuge, Giaglione, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
12.0km (7.4 miles) ⓘLe Coin, Bessans, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘBramans gypsum quarry (Les Junier), Bramans, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘBramans gypsum outcrop, Bramans, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘAvérole Refuge, Bessans, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘRognosa d'Etiache (Rognosa d'Etache), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
References
Piolti, G. (1889) Il Piano del Moncenisio. Bollettino del Club Alpino Italiano, 22, 55, 112-121
Barresi, A. (1999) La Val di Susa e i suoi minerali. Volume II. Gruppo Mineralogico e Paleontologico C.A.I.-U.G.E.T., Torino, 32 pp.
Barresi, A. (2005) I giacimenti gessiferi in Piemonte. Gruppo Mineralogico e Paleontologico C.A.I.-U.G.E.T., Torino, 29 pp.
De Ascenção Guedes, R., Meisser, N., and Schaub, L.R. (2008) Les minéraux de titane, uranium et terres rares du Mont-Cenis, Lanslebourg, Savoie. Le Règne Minéral, 84, 40-50.
 
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