Cave di Montoso, Ortieul, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italia
A lot of quarries (more than 400!?; not all active) for the "Pietra di Luserna" leucogranitic orthogneiss ("gneiss occhiadino"); some of them are located at Ortieul, Bagnolo Piemonte (Cuneo province); others are in the territories of the municipalities of Rorà, Luserna San Giovanni and Bobbio Pellice (Turin province). The annual production of "Pietra di Luserna" is about 300.000 tons.
Axinite, rutile and zircon found only in petrological section as component of the rock.
The names of the most important quarries of Montoso are the following: Crivella Superiore, Rocche Grane, Casette, Pravallino Quarry, etc.
The complete list of the quarries is at:
http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:GpsDpCww4nMJ:www.regione.piemonte.it/industria/cave/dwd/cave_op/cn.pdf+Montoso%2Bpietra+di+luserna&hl=it&gl=it&ct=clnk&cd=1 [Link Broken? Jul 2011]
Here are listed only the minerals of the specific locality: Montoso.
References
- Piccoli, G.C. (2002): Minerali delle Alpi Marittime e Cozie. Provincia di Cuneo. Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio", Ed., Alba, 366 pp.
- Fraccaro, G., Ciriotti, M.E., Maixner, J., Piccoli, G.C. (2007): Singolare ritrovamento di zeunerite a Montoso. Micro (UK report), 1/2007, 61-64.
- 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, Ed., Cremona, CD-ROM (Italian and English versions).
Mineral List
64 entries listed. 57 valid minerals.
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