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Luserna Valley Quarries, Luserna San Giovanni, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy

(Cave di Pietra di Luserna, Val Luserna, Luserna San Giovanni / Rorà / Bagnolo Piemonte, Torino / Cuneo, Piemonte, Italia)

A lot of quarries situated in Luserna valley in different municipalities [the most important are: Seccarezze 2, 3, 4 and 7 in the municipality of Luserna San Giovanni (Torino); Pian del Torno and Bonetto del Prete quarries in the municipality of Rorà (Torino); Seccarezze 9 and Galiverga quarries in the municipality of Bagnolo Piemonte (Cuneo)]. There are about ninety working quarries for the mining of an excellent grey-green gneiss, commercially known as “Pietra di Luserna”.
Some UK (UnKnown minerals) are under study.

References:
- Finello, G., Ambrino, P., Kolitsch, U., Ciriotti, M.E., Blaß, G., Bracco, R. (2007): I minerali della “Pietra di Luserna”, Piemonte, Italia nord-occidentale. I. Alcune cave di gneiss della Val Luserna. Micro (località), 2/2007, 181-226.
- 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.
- Ambrino, P., Brizio, P., Ciriotti, M.E., Finello, G., Marello, B. (2009). Minerali della pietra di Luserna. AMI. CD-ROM (in italian and in english)





Mineral List:
'Adularia'
Aeschynite-(Y)
Albite
Allanite-(Ce)
Anatase
Anglesite
'Apatite'
Arsenopyrite
Beryl
Bismutite
Brookite
Calcite
Cannizzarite
Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Cosalite
Datolite
Epidote
Fluorite
Fergusonite-(Y)
Galena
Graphite
Hammarite
Hellandite-(Y)
Hematite
Heulandite-Ca
Heyrovskýite
Ilmenite
Laumontite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Molybdenite
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
Opal
Polycrase-(Y) ?
Pyrite
Quartz
Rutile
Stilbite-Ca
Synchysite-(Ce)
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Wulfenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Yttropyrochlore-(Y)
Zircon


50 entries listed. 46 valid minerals.

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