Miniera di amianto di Poggio San Vittore, Balangero/Corio, Valle di Lanzo, Torino, Piemonte, Italia
Big abandoned (1990) asbestos mine, in ultramafic body, 30 km N of Turin. Mineral collecting is now forbidden.
References
- Zucchetti, S. (1970). Ferro-nichel nativo ed altri minerali nicheliferi in serpentiniti anche asbestifere delle Alpi Occidentali. Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 26, 377-397.
- American Mineralogist, Volume 68, pages 214-219, 1983
- Prete, R. (1995): L'amiantifera di S. Vittore, Balangero, Torino. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 4/1995, 313-333.
- 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.
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