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Brucite from
Cima Uzza, Valbona (Val Bona) & Val d'Arnò, Daone & Breguzzo, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy


Classification
Species:Brucite
Formula:Mg(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brucite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cima Uzza, Valbona (Val Bona) & Val d'Arnò, Daone & Breguzzo, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:918389
Long-form Identifier:1:3:918389:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Brucite
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘStabio Valley, Niardo, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy
41.3km (25.7 miles) ⓘBersaglio di Val dei Nasi Quarry (Val dei Nasi Quarry), Pilcante, Ala, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
41.5km (25.8 miles) ⓘVal di Serra Quarry, Pilcante, Ala, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
43.1km (26.8 miles) ⓘPozze Alte Quarry, Brentino Belluno, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
50.8km (31.5 miles) ⓘVedretta della Miniera (Cima della Miniera), Zebrù Valley, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
51.2km (31.8 miles) ⓘBottiglia Pass (Königsjoch), Cedec Valley, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
51.5km (32.0 miles) ⓘGulva Quarry, Terragnolo, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
51.8km (32.2 miles) ⓘSelva, Poschiavo, Bernina Region, Grisons, Switzerland
52.4km (32.6 miles) ⓘGiordano Valley Quarries, Terragnolo, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
52.8km (32.8 miles) ⓘSelva Quarry, Selva, Poschiavo, Bernina Region, Grisons, Switzerland
References
Callegari E. (1962): La Cima Uzza (Adamello Sud-Orientale). Parte I. Studio petrografico e petrogenetico delle formazioni metamorfiche di contatto. Mem. Ist. Geol. e Mineral. Univ. Padova, 23, 116 pp.
Bucher-Nurminen, K. (1982). On the mechanism of contact aureole formation in dolomitic country rock by the Adamello intrusion (northern Italy). American Mineralogist, 67(11-12), 1101-1117.
 
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