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Breccia from
Monte Albergian basaltic metabreccia outcrop, Pragelato, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Type:Breccia
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Breccia data
Locality Data:Click here to view Monte Albergian basaltic metabreccia outcrop, Pragelato, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1506000
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1506000:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Breccia
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘMonte Gran Miuls northwest slope, Pragelato, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘMonte Gran Miuls south slope, Massello, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘUsseaux ovardite outcrops, Usseaux, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘLaval, Troncea Valley, Pragelato, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
33.4km (20.8 miles) ⓘPunta Corna - Torre di Ovarda Mines, Usseglio, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
86.6km (53.8 miles) ⓘMont Avic, Champdepraz, Aosta Valley, Italy
References
Corno, Alberto, Mosca, Pietro, Groppo, Chiara, Borghi, Alessandro, and Gattiglio, Marco (2022) More widespread than supposed: Preserved lawsonite in the blueschist-facies ophiolitic bodies from the Albergian unit (Liguria-Piemonte zone, Western Alps). Ofioliti, 47 (2), 137-154.
 
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