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Vesuvianite from
Vedretta della Miniera (Cima della Miniera), Zebrù Valley, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy


Locality type:Mountain Area
Classification
Species:Vesuvianite
Formula:Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gismondine Subgroup2
Augite2
- var Fassaite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vesuvianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vedretta della Miniera (Cima della Miniera), Zebrù Valley, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:436120
Long-form Identifier:1:3:436120:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vesuvianite
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘVedretta di Solda (Suldenferner), Stilfs (Stelvio), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
3.1km (2.0 miles) ⓘOrtles-Gran Zebrù northeast slope (Ortler-Königspitze northeast slope), Stilfs (Stelvio), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
47.7km (29.6 miles) ⓘLago di Campo, Fumo Valley, Daone Valley, Daone, Valdaone, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
50.8km (31.5 miles) ⓘCima Uzza, Valbona (Val Bona) & Val d'Arnò, Daone & Breguzzo, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
50.8km (31.5 miles) ⓘForcella di Fellaria, Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
53.5km (33.2 miles) ⓘDossi di Franscia, Franscia, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
54.2km (33.7 miles) ⓘAl Ross Mines, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
56.1km (34.9 miles) ⓘDosso degli Areti, Braone, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy
57.4km (35.6 miles) ⓘTremogge Peak, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
57.8km (35.9 miles) ⓘLago della Vacca, Cornone di Blumone, Breno, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy
References
Bedognè, F., Montrasio, A., and Sciesa, E. (2006) I minerali della medio-alta Valtellina, delle Orobie valtellinesi e della val Poschiavo. Aggiornamenti sulle altre località della provincia di Sondrio. Bettini, Sondrio, 255 pp.
Klausner, S., Tropper, P., and Mair, V (2009) Petrological investigations of contact metamorphic monticellite- and clintonite-bearing skarns from the Cima di Miniera (South-Tyrol, Italy). Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft: 155: 79 (Abs.)
 
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