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Almandine from
Tesso Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Valley
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Comments:Pre-Alpine phase in paraschists.
Alpine metamorphism phase in paraschists.
Pre-Alpine phase in metabasites.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tesso Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:312978
Long-form Identifier:1:3:312978:4
GUID (UUID V4):51936860-7d51-43ec-9b17-90b130ba12a0
References
Eur. J. Mineral. , 1989, 1, pp. 89-104.
Reference Search (possible matching items)
LARDEAUX, J. M., SPALLA, M. I. (1991) From granulites to eclogites in the Sesia zone (Italian Western Alps): a record of the opening and closure of the Piedmont ocean. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 9 (1) 35-59 doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.1991.tb00503.x
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Italian Western Alps): a record of the opening and closure of the Piedmont ocean M. LARDEAUX Laboratoire...23, 20733 Milano, Italy ABSTRACT The Sesia zone (Italian Western Alps) offers one of the best preserved...preserved examples of pre-Alpine basement reactivated, under eclogite facies conditions, during the Alpine orogenesis...orogenesis. A detailed mineralogical study of eclogitized acid and basic granulites, and related amphibolites...low-P granulite stage giving rise to the development of orthopyroxene + garnet + plagioclase + brown amphibole
 
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