| OUMNH Number: |
606
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| Name and quarry location: |
Serpentine, possibly Sterzinger Serpentin, from Vipiteno (Sterzing), Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
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| Geological description: |
Strongly-foliated meta-ultrabasic rock, green domains appear to be finely-recrystallised tremolite/actinolite. Large pinkish-brown augen-shaped grains may be orthopyroxene, altered to varying degrees. Pyrite and chromite/magnetite are abundant.
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| Comments: |
Comparison with samples in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien indicates this is almost certainly the serpentinised amphibole-rich rock obtained from Vipiteno (Sterzing) a village in the South Tyrol close to the Italian border with Austria.
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| References: |
Other examples: T2-6-2 C5240 and C5389 'Amphibolserpentin' from Wiesen bei Sterzing, Tirol, and other samples from Sterzing in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien.
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