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Lazulite from
Carmo di Loano Mt. (Giogo di Toirano), Toirano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy


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Lazulite

Carmo di Loano Mt., Toirano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
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Lazulite

Carmo di Loano Mt., Toirano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
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Lazulite

Carmo di Loano Mt., Toirano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
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Lazulite

Carmo di Loano Mt., Toirano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
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Lazulite

Carmo di Loano Mt., Toirano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
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Lazulite

Carmo di Loano Mt., Toirano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
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Lazulite

Carmo di Loano Mt., Toirano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
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Lazulite

Carmo di Loano Mt., Toirano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
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Lazulite

Carmo di Loano Mt., Toirano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
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Lazulite

Carmo di Loano Mt., Toirano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
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Lazulite

Carmo di Loano Mt., Toirano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
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Lazulite

Carmo di Loano Mt., Toirano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Lazulite
Formula:MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Apatite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lazulite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carmo di Loano Mt. (Giogo di Toirano), Toirano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:969555
Long-form Identifier:1:3:969555:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Lazulite
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘCosta Balzi Rossi, Magliolo, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘRio Lavau, Balestrino, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘBormida di Millesimo River, Calizzano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
18.2km (11.3 miles) ⓘMontagna, Quiliano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘQuilianetto, Quiliano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
97.1km (60.4 miles) ⓘMaddalena lazulite deposit, Prazzo, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Cortesogno, L., Gaggero, L., Lucchetti, G. (1987) Phosphate mineralizations in a permo-triassic sequence (Giogo di Toirano, Italy). Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1987: 305-313.
Borgo, E., Palenzona, A. (1988): I nostri minerali. Geologia e mineralogia in Liguria. Aggiornamento 1988. SAGEP Editrice, Genova, 48 pp.
Bracco, Roberto, Marchesini, Marco (2016) Le quarziti a lazulite della Liguria e la scoperta della fluorcarmoite-(BaNa) [The Lazulite Quartzites of Liguria and the Discovery of Fluorcarmoite-(BaNa)]. Micro, 14 (2). 68-84
 
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