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Hematite from
Valletta Mine, Vallone della Valletta, Canosio, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Braccoite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Valletta Mine, Vallone della Valletta, Canosio, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:901857
Long-form Identifier:1:3:901857:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
9.4km (5.9 miles) ⓘMaddalena lazulite deposit, Prazzo, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘSambuco gramaccioliite site (Sambuco “historical” site), Sambuco, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘLago Soprano della Valletta adit, Aisone, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
21.7km (13.5 miles) ⓘSant'Anna di Bellino, Bellino, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘCima della Lombarda-Colle della Lombarda scheelite occurrences, Sant’Anna Valley, Vinadio, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘManiglia Mt. Mine, Bellino, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
23.4km (14.5 miles) ⓘCrosa Mine, Sampeyre, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
24.2km (15.0 miles) ⓘChastillon Valley, Isola, Nice Arrondissement, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-CÃīte d'Azur, France
24.2km (15.0 miles) ⓘVaraita di Rui Valley, Bellino, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
24.9km (15.4 miles) ⓘPiana del Valasco, Terme di Valdieri, Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
CÃĄmara, F., Ciriotti, M. E., Bittarello, E., Nestola, F., Massimi, F., Radica, F., Costa, E., Benna, P., Piccoli, G. C. (2014) Arsenic-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: I. Grandaite, Sr2Al(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 78 (3) 757-774 doi:10.1180/minmag.2014.078.3.21
CÃĄmara, Fernando, Bittarello, Erica, Ciriotti, Marco E., Nestola, Fabrizio, Radica, Francesco, Marchesini, Marco (2015) As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: II. Braccoite, NaMn2+5 [Si5AsO17(OH)](OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (1) 171-189 doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.1.14
Kampf, Anthony R.; CÃĄmara, Fernando; Ciriotti, Marco E.; Nash, Barbara P.; Balestra, Corrado; Chiappino, Luigi (2016) Castellaroite, Mn2+3(AsO4)2·4.5H2O, a new mineral from Italy related to metaswitzerite. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (3). 687-696 doi:10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2535
CÃĄmara, F., Bittarello, E., Ciriotti, M. E., Nestola, F., Radica, F., Massimi, F., Balestra, C., Bracco, R. (2017) As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: III. Canosioite, Ba2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (2) 305-317 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.097
CÃĄmara, F., Biagioni, C., Ciriotti, M.E., Bosi, F., Kolitsch, U., Paar, W.H., Blass, G., Bittarello, E. (2017) Piccoliite, a new mineral of the pilawite group. Joint SIMP-SGI-AIV-SoGeI 2017 Conference "Geosciences: a tool in a changing world", Pisa, Italy, September 3-6, 2017, Abstract book: 120. http://www.socgeol.it/files/download/abstract%20book/abstract_book_pisa_2017_doi.pdf
 
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