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Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

The Vigezzo Valley is famous for a larger number of rare and unusual minerals occurring in pegmatites.

References:
- Appiani, R., Cini, V., Gentile, P., Mattioli, V., Preite, D., Vignola, P. (1995): Val Vigezzo – I minerali delle albititi. Ed. Linea Due s.r.l., 90 pp.
- Callegari A., Mattioli V. (2002): Val Vigezzo: novità mineralogiche. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 26 (2): 78-80.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
  • Actinolite
  • Aeschynite-(Y)
  • Albite
  • 'Allanite'
  • Allanite-(Ce)
  • Almandine
  • Analcime
  • Andradite
  • Anglesite
  • 'Apatite'
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Apatite-(CaOH)
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Aschamalmite
  • Autunite
  • Bavenite
  • Bertrandite
  • Beryl
       var: Emerald
  • Betafite
  • β-Uranophane
  • Beyerite
  • Biotite
  • Bismite
  • Bismuthinite
  • Bityite
  • Calcite
  • Cassiterite
  • Cerussite
  • 'Chabazite'
  • Chabazite-Na
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Chrysoberyl
  • Clinochlore
  • Clinozoisite
  • Columbite
  • Columbite-(Mn)
  • Corundum
  • Dolomite
  • Elbaite
  • Epidote
  • Euxenite-(Y)
  • 'Feldspar Group'
  • Ferritungstite
  • Ferrowodginite
  • Fersmite
  • Fluorite
  • Fergusonite-(Y)
  • Gadolinite-(Y)
  • Galena
  • Galenobismutite
  • 'Garnet Group'
  • Gismondine
  • Goethite
  • Grossular
  • Hematite
  • Ilmenite
  • Jarosite
  • Kaolinite
  • Laumontite
  • Lepidolite
  • Magnetite
  • Malayaite
  • Margarite
  • Meionite
  • Meliphanite
  • Microcline
  • Microlite
  • Milarite
  • Molybdenite
  • Monazite-(Ce)
  • Montmorillonite
  • Muscovite
  • Opal
  • Orthoclase
       var: Adularia
  • Phenakite
  • 'Phillipsite'
  • Phlogopite
  • Phosphuranylite
  • Polycrase-(Y)
  • Prehnite
  • 'Pumpellyite'
  • Pumpellyite-(Mg)
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrochlore
  • Pyrophyllite
  • Quartz
  • Roggianite (TL)
  • Rutile
       var: Ilmenorutile
       var: Strüverite
  • Samarskite-(Y)
  • Scheelite
  • Scolecite
  • Spessartine
  • Spinel
  • Talc
  • Tantalite
  • Tantalite-(Fe)
  • Tanteuxenite-(Y)
  • 'Tapiolite'
  • Tapiolite-(Fe)
  • Thomsonite-Ca
  • Thorite
  • Titanite
  • Torbernite
  • 'Tourmaline'
  • Uraninite
  • Uranmicrolite
  • Uranophane
  • Uvarovite ?
  • Vanadinite
  • Vigezzite (TL)
  • Wagnerite
  • Wulfenite
  • Xenotime-(Y)
  • Zircon


    118 entries listed. 100 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    Italy
     
    • Piedmont
      • Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province
        • Ossola Valley
          • Vigezzo Valley
                • Campra
              • Orcesco
    Italy
     
    • Piedmont
      • Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province
        • Ossola Valley
          • Vigezzo Valley
                • Cedo Alp
            • Toceno

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