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PhotosBerthierine - Pralongo granite quarry, Pralongo, Vanoi Valley, Canal San Bovo, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
16th May 2019 16:53 UTCKevin Hean
16th May 2019 17:25 UTCLászló Horváth Manager
16th May 2019 18:00 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager
16th May 2019 19:28 UTCFrank K. Mazdab 🌟 Manager
And to the spirit of whoever named the second one or let the second one stand after the first one was accepted as a name, my god man, what were you thinking?
But it is a rather compelling photo, particularly for a sheet silicate.
16th May 2019 20:04 UTCErik Vercammen Expert
16th May 2019 22:28 UTCKrzysztof Andrzejewski
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> When I saw the picture first, my idea was "iron rose"!
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- I'm still thinking of hematite :)
here one more photo:
https://www.mindat.org/photo-831619.html
16th May 2019 22:36 UTCHarjo Neutkens Manager
I wouldn't visually ID it as berthierine neither. I'll ask the uploader for analysis results. I won't be surprised if it turns out to be chamosite.
16th May 2019 22:48 UTCKrzysztof Andrzejewski
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> Greenish translucent hematite?? No way, in my opinion...
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- it was just a joke :)
17th May 2019 00:01 UTCRichard Gunter Expert
17th May 2019 09:13 UTCAntonio Borrelli Expert
Ref. = Venzo, Z., Bittarello, E., Canal, A., Ciriotti, M.E., Gasparetto, P., Pegoraro, S., Toffolo, L., Tosato, F. (2017): La Cava di granito "Grisotto" in località Pralongo, Valle del Vanoi, Canal San Bovo. Trento. Micro, 15, 1-2017, 44-62.
17th May 2019 21:56 UTCHarjo Neutkens Manager
Dear Harjo,
Thank you for your report, the species under discussion was analyzed by the Ami-Siuk service at the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of the Studies of Turin. The identification of the samples included spectroscopy EDS, microRaman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction on powders and on crystal single. Micro Raman analyzes have been made at the "Interdepartmental Center G. Scansetti for the study of asbestos and of other harmful particulates "from Turin. The investigations diffractometers have been carried out at the CrisDi (Interdepartmental Center for the development of Diffractometric Crystallography) of Turin.
The article "THE GRANITE QUARRY" GRISOTTO "
IN PRALONGO, VALLE DEL
VANOI, CANAL SAN BOVO, TRENTO
by Zaira Venzo, Erica Bittarello, Andrea Canal,
Marco E. Ciriotti, Paolo Gasparetto, Sergio Pegoraro,
Luca Toffolo, Fabio Tosato.
Published in "Micro" vol. 15, 2017
18th May 2019 08:24 UTCRalph S Bottrill 🌟 Manager
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