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Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy

(Miniera di Brosso, Cálea, Léssolo/Brosso, Canavese, Torino, Piemonte, Italia)

Some iron (pyrite) mines on the municipalities of Lessolo and Brosso.



References:
Selected references:

-Giussani, A. & Vighi, L. (1964): Caratteristiche e genesi dei minerali di boro, ludwigte, ferroludwigite, szaibelyite, camsdellite, della miniera di Brosso (Ivrea). Periodico di Mineralogia, 33, 471-490.
-Abbona, F., Compagnoni, R., Ferraris, G. (1968) - Contributo alla conoscenza di minerali arsenicali; nota I: Ricerche su nuovi minerali di Brosso (Torino). Periodico di Mineralogia, 245-267.
-Campostrini, I. (2001): Le miniere di Brosso. Monografie XXIX. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Ed., Torino, 185 pp.
-Preite, D., Ciriotti, M. E., Blaβ, G., Piccoli, G. (2006). Novità da Brosso: delafossite. MICRO (UK report), 2006, 27-28.
-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:
Actinolite
Allophane ?
Amesite
Anatase
Andradite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Antigorite
Antimony
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Arsenic
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Augite
var: Fassaite

Azurite
Baryte
Berthierine
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brookite
Brucite
Calcite
Canavesite (TL)
Celestine
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysotile
Cosalite
Cronstedtite
Cuprite
Cuprotungstite ?
Delafossite
Dickite
Diopside
Dolomite
var: Brossite
Dypingite ?
Enstatite
Epidote
Epsomite
Ferberite
Ferrohornblende
Fluorite
Forsterite
Galena
Gedrite
Goethite
Gypsum
Hematite
Hexahydrite
'Hornblende'
Hydromagnesite
Hydrotalcite
Inderite
Jamesonite ?
Langite
Linarite
Lizardite
Ludwigite
Magnesiohastingsite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Melanophlogite
Melanterite
Muscovite
Nesquehonite
Orthoclase
Pharmacolite
Pickeringite
Picropharmacolite
Plattnerite ?
Pyrite
Pyroaurite
Pyromorphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Prase
Richterite
Rutile
Scheelite
Sepiolite
Siderite
Silver
Sphalerite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Svanbergite
Szaibélyite
Talc
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
Topaz ?
Tremolite
Tungstite ?
Uraninite
Valleriite


106 entries listed. 98 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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