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Upper Onsernone Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italyi
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Upper Onsernone ValleyValley
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola ProvinceProvince
PiedmontRegion
ItalyCountry

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Valley
Mindat Locality ID:
270234
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:270234:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Italian:
Alta Valle Onsernone, Provincia del Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italia
Lombard:
Alta Val Unsernun, Pruvincia del Verban-Cüsi-Ossula (Provincia del Verban-Cusi-Ossola), Piemont (Piemunt), Italia


The upper Onsernone Valley, where the Isorno stream rises, is a territory rich in seasonal pastures belonging to the Piedmontese province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. From an administrative point of view, the upper Onsernone Valley belongs to the municipalities of Santa Maria Maggiore, Toceno, Craveggia, and Re. The remaining two thirds of the valley, where the permanently inhabited villages are located, is part of the Swiss canton of Ticino [see http://www.mindat.org/loc-191747.html].

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘIlmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Stilbite Subgroup'-M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O

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HHydrogen
Hⓘ Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
AlAluminium
Alⓘ Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
FeIron
Feⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3

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