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Magnesiostaurolite from
Gilba Valley, Varaita Valley, Dora Maira Massif, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


Description
Type Locality:Gilba Valley, Varaita Valley, Dora Maira Massif, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy is the type locality for Magnesiostaurolite
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Terra Nova, Abstract supplement 1, 9, 40; European Journal of Mineralogy (2003), 15, 167-176
Comments
Occurs together with talc, clinochlore and kyanite (or alone, armouring corundum) as inclusions in pyrope megablasts.
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