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Tremolite from
Pizzo del Costone (Punta del Costone), Ban Group, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Peak
Classification
Species:Tremolite
Formula:◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tremolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pizzo del Costone (Punta del Costone), Ban Group, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:573053
Long-form Identifier:1:3:573053:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tremolite
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘPiano dei Camosci (Pian dei Camosci), Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘSruer Lake, Vallone del Vannino, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘBocchetta d'Arbola (Albrun Pass), Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘDolomite outcrops, Ofenhorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
10.4km (6.4 miles) ⓘPunta della Valle, Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘPizzo Crampiolo Sud, Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
12.3km (7.6 miles) ⓘGeisspfad pass, Geisspfad area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘPunta della Rossa (Rothorn), Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
13.1km (8.2 miles) ⓘRothorn, Geisspfad area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘAgaro Lake, Premia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Mattioli V. (1976): Località mineralogiche consigliate. Ghiacciaio del Forno e adiacenze (Val Formazza - Ossola). Notizie Gr. Mineral. Lombardo, 7, 3 (sett. 1976), 56-58.
Mattioli, V. (1979) Minerali Ossolani. Arti Grafiche Medesi. 268pp.
Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., Lombardo, B. (2007) Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta - Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" Alba.
 
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