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

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(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 entries from the region specified including sub-localities


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


51 entries listed. 27 valid minerals.

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

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