Dora-Maira-Massiv, Cuneo, Piemont, IT
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Cámara, F., Bittarello, E., Ciriotti, M.E., Nestola, F., Radica, F., Massimi, F., Balestra, C. and Bracco, R - As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: III. Canosioite, Ba2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine Jhrg. 81, Nr. 2 (2017) S. 305-317. (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Ritsuro Miyawaki; Frédéric Hatert; Marco Pasero; Stuart J. Mills: IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 63 – CORRIGENDUM. Mineralogical Magazine (2021) 85 (6): 926.
Fernando Cámara; Lisa Baratelli; Marco E. Ciriotti; Fabrizio Nestola; Gian Carlo Piccoli, Ferdinando Bosi; Erica Bittarello; Ulf Hålenius; Corrado Balestra: As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: IV. Lombardoite, Ba2Mn3+(AsO4)2(OH) and aldomarinoite, Sr2Mn3+(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 86, Nr. 3 (2022) S. 447-458.
(Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Cámara, F., Bittarello, E., Ciriotti, M.E., Nestola, F., Radica, F., Massimi, F., Balestra, C. and Bracco, R - As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: III. Canosioite, Ba2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine Jhrg. 81, Nr. 2 (2017) S. 305-317. (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Cámara, F., Bittarello, E., Ciriotti, M.E., Nestola, F., Radica, F. und Marchesini, M. (2013) Braccoite, IMA 2013-093. CNMNC Newsletter No. 18, December 2013, page 3256; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 3249-3258. (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Fernando Cámara; Lisa Baratelli; Marco E. Ciriotti; Fabrizio Nestola; Gian Carlo Piccoli, Ferdinando Bosi; Erica Bittarello; Ulf Hålenius; Corrado Balestra: As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: IV. Lombardoite, Ba2Mn3+(AsO4)2(OH) and aldomarinoite, Sr2Mn3+(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 86, Nr. 3 (2022) S. 447-458. (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Cámara, F., Bittarello, E., Ciriotti, M.E., Nestola, F., Radica, F., Massimi, F., Balestra, C. and Bracco, R - As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: III. Canosioite, Ba2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine Jhrg. 81, Nr. 2 (2017) S. 305-317. (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Cámara, F., Bittarello, E., Ciriotti, M.E., Nestola, F., Radica, F., Massimi, F., Balestra, C. and Bracco, R. (2015) Canosioite, IMA 2015-030. CNMNC Newsletter No. 26, August 2015, page 945; Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 941 - 947.
Cámara, F., Bittarello, E., Ciriotti, M.E., Nestola, F., Radica, F., Massimi, F., Balestra, C. and Bracco, R - As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: III. Canosioite, Ba2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine Jhrg. 81, Nr. 2 (2017) S. 305-317. (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Co-Typlokalität; Kampf, A.R., Cámara, F., Ciriotti, M.E., Nash, B.P., Balestra, C. and Chiappino, L. (2015) Castellaroite, IMA 2015-071. CNMNC Newsletter No. 28, December 2015, page 1862; Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1859– 1864.
Anthony R. Kampf, Fernando Cámara, Marco E. Ciriotti, Barbara P. Nash, Corrado Balestra, Luigi Chiappino: Castellaroite, Mn2+3(AsO4)2•4.5H2O, a new mineral from Italy related to metaswitzerite. European Journal of Mineralogy Vol. 28 (2016) S. 687-696. (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Fernando Cámara; Lisa Baratelli; Marco E. Ciriotti; Fabrizio Nestola; Gian Carlo Piccoli, Ferdinando Bosi; Erica Bittarello; Ulf Hålenius; Corrado Balestra: As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: IV. Lombardoite, Ba2Mn3+(AsO4)2(OH) and aldomarinoite, Sr2Mn3+(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 86, Nr. 3 (2022) S. 447-458. (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Andreas Ertl, Horst R. Marschall, Gerald Giester, Darrell J. Henry, Hans-Peter Schertl, Theodoros Ntaflos, George L. Luvizotto, Lutz Nasdala, and Ekkehart Tillmanns: Metamorphic ultrahigh-pressure tourmaline: Structure, chemistry, and correlations to P-T conditions. American Mineralogist 95 (2010) S.1-10
Associazione Micro-mineralogica Italiana (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
-Cámara, F., Bittarello, E., Ciriotti, M.E., Nestola, F., Radica, F. und Marchesini, M. (2013). (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Cámara, F., Ciriotti, M.E., Bittarello, E., Nestola, F., Bellatreccia, F., Massimi, F., Radica, F., Costa, E., Benna, P. und Piccoli, G.C. (2013) Grandaite, IMA 2013-059. CNMNC Newsletter No. 18, December 2013, page 3250; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 3249-3258.
F. Cámara, M. E. Ciriotti, E. Bittarello, F. Nestola, F. Massimi, F. Radica, E. Costa, P. Benna, G. C. Piccoli: Arsenic-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: I. Grandaite, Sr2Al(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 78, Nr. 3 (2014) S. 757-774. (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Anthony R. Kampf, Fernando Cámara, Marco E. Ciriotti, Barbara P. Nash, Corrado Balestra, Luigi Chiappino: Castellaroite, Mn2+3(AsO4)2•4.5H2O, a new mineral from Italy related to metaswitzerite. European Journal of Mineralogy Vol. 28 (2016) S. 687-696. - First Published online on April 03, 2016 (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Fernando Cámara; Lisa Baratelli; Marco E. Ciriotti; Fabrizio Nestola; Gian Carlo Piccoli, Ferdinando Bosi; Erica Bittarello; Ulf Hålenius; Corrado Balestra: As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: IV. Lombardoite, Ba2Mn3+(AsO4)2(OH) and aldomarinoite, Sr2Mn3+(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 86, Nr. 3 (2022) S. 447-458.
Fernando Cámara, Ciriotti E. Marco - POLYTYPISM, TOPOLOGICAL AND CRYSTALCHEMICAL RELATIONS AMONG NATROCHALCITE GROUP AND BRACKEBUSCHITE GROUP MINERALS - Resarchgate 2016 (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Anthony R. Kampf, Fernando Cámara, Marco E. Ciriotti, Barbara P. Nash, Corrado Balestra, Luigi Chiappino: Castellaroite, Mn2+3(AsO4)2•4.5H2O, a new mineral from Italy related to metaswitzerite. European Journal of Mineralogy Vol. 28 (2016) S. 687-696. - First Published online on April 03, 2016 (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Cámara, F., Bittarello, E., Ciriotti, M.E., Nestola, F., Radica, F., Massimi, F., Balestra, C. and Bracco, R - As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: III. Canosioite, Ba2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine Jhrg. 81, Nr. 2 (2017) S. 305-317. (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Anthony R. Kampf, Fernando Cámara, Marco E. Ciriotti, Barbara P. Nash, Corrado Balestra, Luigi Chiappino: Castellaroite, Mn2+3(AsO4)2•4.5H2O, a new mineral from Italy related to metaswitzerite. European Journal of Mineralogy Vol. 28 (2016) S. 687-696. - First Published online on April 03, 2016 (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
-Cámara, F., Bittarello, E., Ciriotti, M.E., Nestola, F., Radica, F. und Marchesini, M. (2013). (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Cámara, F., Biagioni, C., Ciriotti,M. E., Bosi, F., Kolitsch, U., Paar, W.H., Blass, G. and Bittarello, E. (2017) Piccoliite, IMA2017-016. CNMNC Newsletter No. 37, June 2017, page 741; MineralogicalMagazine, 81, 737–742.
Fernando Cámara; Cristian Biagioni; Marco E. Ciriotti; Ferdinando Bosi; Uwe Kolitsch, Werner H. Paar; Ulf Hålenius; Giovanni O. Lepore; Günter Blass; Erica Bittarello: Piccoliite, NaCaMn3+2(AsO4)2 O(OH), a new arsenate from the manganese deposits of Montaldo di Mondovì and Valletta, Piedmont, Italy. Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 87, Nr. 2 (2023) S. 204-217. (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Aaron C. Palke, Jonathan F. Stebbins: Variable-temperature 27Al and 29Si NMR studies of synthetic forsterite and Fe-bearing Dora Maira pyrope garnet: Temperature dependence and mechanisms of paramagnetically shifted peaks. American Mineralogist 96 (2011) S.1090-1099. (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv)
Charles A. Geiger, George R. Rossman: Micro- and nano-size hydrogrossular-like clusters in pyrope crystals from ultra-high-pressure rocks of the Dora-Maira Massif, western Alps. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Vol. 175, Nr. 6 (2020) Art.-Nr. 57. (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Val Varaita/Vallone di Gilba/Masueria)
Fernando Cámara; Lisa Baratelli; Marco E. Ciriotti; Fabrizio Nestola; Gian Carlo Piccoli, Ferdinando Bosi; Erica Bittarello; Ulf Hålenius; Corrado Balestra: As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: IV. Lombardoite, Ba2Mn3+(AsO4)2(OH) and aldomarinoite, Sr2Mn3+(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 86, Nr. 3 (2022) S. 447-458. (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Info from Ciriotti E. Marco 15. Sept. 2017 (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
-Cámara, F., Bittarello, E., Ciriotti, M.E., Nestola, F., Radica, F. und Marchesini, M. (2013). (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Cámara, F., Biagioni, C., Ciriotti,M. E., Bosi, F., Kolitsch, U., Paar, W.H., Blass, G. and Bittarello, E. (2017). (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Anthony R. Kampf, Fernando Cámara, Marco E. Ciriotti, Barbara P. Nash, Corrado Balestra, Luigi Chiappino: Castellaroite, Mn2+3(AsO4)2•4.5H2O, a new mineral from Italy related to metaswitzerite. European Journal of Mineralogy Vol. 28 (2016) S. 687-696. - First Published online on April 03, 2016 (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
-Cámara, F., Bittarello, E., Ciriotti, M.E., Nestola, F., Radica, F. und Marchesini, M. (2013). (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Valle Maira/Canosio/Vallone della Valletta/La Valletta Mine)
Mineral -> approved mineral Mineral (TL) -> mineral type locality Mineral -> not approved mineral -> pictures present 5 -> number of part localities with these mineral M -> Link to common mineral page i -> Information etc. r -> Reference Mineral ? -> Occurrence douptful
Petroccia, Alessandro, Iaccarino, Salvatore. Metaconglomerate in the Pinerolo Unit (Dora Maira Massif, Western Alps): a key outcrop for Alpine geology and training structural geologists. International Journal of Earth Sciences (2021) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-021-02087-9 (Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Cuneo, Provinz/Dora-Maira-Massiv/Germanasca Tal)
Rock -> name of the rock Rock (TL) -> rock type locality -> pictures present 5 -> number of part localities with these rock R -> Link to common rock page i -> Information etc. r -> Reference Rock ? -> Occurrence douptful
Chopin, C., Brunet, F., Gebert, W., Medenbach, O. & Tillmanns, E. (1993). Bearthite, Ca2Al[PO4]2(OH), a new mineral from high-pressure terranes of the W Alps. Schweiz. Min. Petrogr. Mitt., 73, S.1-9. (Typ-Publ.)
Chopin, C. (1984): Coesite and pure pyrope in high-grade blueschists of the Western Alps: a first record and some consequences. Contrib. Min. Petrol., 86, 107–18.
Weiß, S. (1993). Neue Mineralien: Bearthit. Lapis, Jg.18, Nr.10, S.25.
Schertl, H.P. & Medenbach, O. (1994). Coesit-führender Pyrop-Quarzit, ein spektakuläres Gestein aus dem Dora-Maira-Massiv in den Westalpen. Min.-Welt, Jg.5, Nr.1, S.14-16.
Ferraris, G., Ivaldi, G. & Chopin, C. (1995). Magnesiodumortierite, a new mineral from very-high-pressure rocks (W Alps). I.: Crystal structure. Eur.J.Min., 7, S.167-74. (Typ-Publ.)
Chopin, C. et al. (1995). Magnesiodumortierite, a new mineral from very-high-pressure rocks (W Alps).II. Crystal chemistry and petrol. significance. Eur.J.Min., 7, S.525-35.
Weiß,S. (1995). Neue Mineralien: Magnesiodumortierit. Lapis, Jg.20, Nr.9, S.33.
Charles A. Geiger, George R. Rossman: Micro- and nano-size hydrogrossular-like clusters in pyrope crystals from ultra-high-pressure rocks of the Dora-Maira Massif, western Alps. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Vol. 175, Nr. 6 (2020) Art.-Nr. 57.
Francesco Nosenzo, Paola Manzotti, Mikaela Krona, Michel Ballèvre, Marc Poujol: Tectonic architecture of the northern Dora-Maira Massif (Western Alps, Italy): field and geochronological data. Swiss Journal of Geosciences Vol. 117, Issue 1 (2024) Art.-Nr. 6. Open Access