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Lunga Valley, Tartano, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italyi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
46° 5' 41'' North , 9° 42' 45'' East
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Name(s) in local language(s):
Valle Lunga, Tartano, Val Tartano, Valtellina (Veltlin), Sondrio, Lombardia, Italia


Rutile in quartz veins embedded in mica schist.

Almandine in biotite mica schist, cropping out above all in the neighbourhood of Alpe Canale.

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3 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Almandine
Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Reference: Bedognè, F., Montrasio, A., Sciesa, E. (2006) I minerali della media-alta Valtellina, delle Orobie valtellinesi e della Val Poschiavo. Aggiornamenti sulle altre località della provincia di Sondrio. Bettini, Sondrio, 255 pp.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Bedognè, F., Montrasio, A., Sciesa, E. (2006) I minerali della media-alta Valtellina, delle Orobie valtellinesi e della Val Poschiavo. Aggiornamenti sulle altre località della provincia di Sondrio. Bettini, Sondrio, 255 pp.
Rutile
Formula: TiO2
Reference: Bedognè, F., Montrasio, A., Sciesa, E. (2006) I minerali della media-alta Valtellina, delle Orobie valtellinesi e della Val Poschiavo. Aggiornamenti sulle altre località della provincia di Sondrio. Bettini, Sondrio, 255 pp.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
Almandine9.AD.25Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O RutileTiO2
O QuartzSiO2
O AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
AlAluminium
Al AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
Si AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
TiTitanium
Ti RutileTiO2
FeIron
Fe AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3

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Bedognè, F., Montrasio, A., Sciesa, E. (2006): I minerali della media-alta Valtellina, delle Orobie valtellinesi e della Val Poschiavo. Aggiornamenti sulle altre località della provincia di Sondrio. Bettini, Sondrio, 255 pp.

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