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Crevoladossola quarry, Crevoladossola, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Photo: D. Preite
Cava di Crevoladossola, Crevoladossola, Val d'Ossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italia

The saccaroid dolomite from Crevola d'Ossola is very interesting for the many mineral species that have been found. It is also interesting for some analogies with the most famous dolomitic occurrences of Binntal in Switzerland.

References

- De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
- Preite D. (1988) - La dolomia di Crevoladossola (NO). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 11(4), 227-234.
- Besana, G., Cini, V., Preite, D. (1995): Die Mineralien von Crevoladossola. Lapis, 20(10), 15-23+86.
- Besana, G., Cini, V., Preite, D. (1998): I minerali di Crevoladossola (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 22(3), 10-17.
- 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, Ed., Alba (Cuneo) 607 pp.


Mineral List

Acanthite
Albite
Anatase
Anhydrite
'Apatite'
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Baryte
Beryl
Brookite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Corundum
Covellite
Dickite
Dolomite
Dravite
Fluorite
Galena
Gorceixite
Graphite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
'Hornblende'
Hydrozincite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Kyanite
Malachite
Marcasite
Meionite
Muscovite
Parisite-(Ce) ?
Phlogopite
Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rosasite
Rutile
Silver
Sphalerite
'Stilbite'
Stolzite
Talc
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tungstenite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Zoisite


57 entries listed. 51 valid minerals.

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