| OUMNH Number: |
613
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| Name and quarry location: |
Serpentina delle Alpi, perhaps serpentina di Valmalenco, from the Alps, and perhaps Valmalenco, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy
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| Geological description: |
Serpentinite with rounded grains and granular aggregates of grey oxide mineral in dirty-yellow to blue-green serpentine. Two weak foliations evident.
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| Comments: |
Almost certainly from the Italian Alps; perhaps serpentino di Valmalenco from the quarries at Chiesa di Valmalenco, Lanzada or Torre di Santa Maria, in Valmalenco, Lombardy, Italy.(L,P)
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| References: |
Pieri (c.1958) tav.XXIX
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