Borne del Brous, Ala di Stura, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italyi

Regional Level Types
Borne del Brous	- not defined -
Ala di Stura	Commune
Metropolitan City of Turin	Metropolitan City
Piedmont	Region
Italy	- not defined -

Borne del Brous, Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Borne del Brous, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Rodingite dykes in ophiolitic rocks.
This occurrence, consisting of some rodingite dykes and disseminated erratic blocks, is situated in the upper part of a lateral valley, locally known as “Vallone delle Serpi” (i.e. the valley of snakes), at the foot of Monte Turn and not far from the boundary between the municipalities of Ala di Stura and Ceres. It is named after the sole landmark in its nearness, the “Borne del Brous”, two cavities excavated in the past in an outrcrop of soapstone (one of these cavities is locally known as “Borna del Selvai”, literally "the Savage’s Cave", because it would have been the dwelling place of a misanthropic dwarf).
Minerals from this locality were firstly described by Strüver (1871), who expressed the opinion that it was the source of the best specimens of garnet in all Ala valley. Diopside crystals, quite different in habit from those of Testa Ciarva and Saulera, were studied by La Valle (1886).

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