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Tesso Valley, Lanzo Massif, Lanzo Valley, Sesia-Lanzo zone, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy

(Valle Tesso, Val di Lanzo, zona Sesia-Lanzo, Torino, Piemonte, Italia)

Located North of Lanzo and NW of Rocca Canavese.
Polymetamorphic blastomylonitic paraschists (pre-Alpine deep continental crust) outcrops.
High-grade metasedimentary gneisses transformed to schists during Alpine metamorphism.
Presence of metabasites, marbles and migmatitic leucosomes.

Ref.:
Eur. J. Mineral (1989): 1: 89-104.




Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
  		• Albite
  		• 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  		• Almandine
  		• Augite
    var: Soda-Augite
  		• Biotite
  		• Calcite
  		• Celadonite
  		• 'Chlorite Group'
  		• Chloritoid
  		• 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
  		• Clinozoisite
  		• Diopside
  		• Epidote
  		• Ferroglaucophane
  		• Glaucophane
  		• Graphite
  		• 'Hornblende'
  		• Jadeite
  		• 'K Feldspar'
  		• Kyanite
  		• Lawsonite
  		• Manganite
  		• Omphacite
  		• 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
  		• Paragonite
  		• Phengite
  		• Quartz
  		• Rhodochrosite
  		• Rhodonite
  		• Rutile
  		• Sillimanite
  		• Stilpnomelane
  		• Titanite
  		• Tremolite
  		• Zoisite


    36 entries listed. 27 valid minerals.

    Localities in this Region:
    Italy
     
    • Piedmont
      • Torino Province
        • Sesia-Lanzo zone
          • Lanzo Valley
            • Lanzo Massif
              • Tesso Valley
    Italy
     
    • Piedmont
      • Torino Province
        • Sesia-Lanzo zone
          • Lanzo Valley
            • Lanzo Massif
              • Tesso Valley
                • Monastero di Lanzo
                  • Chiaves

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