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Geographical
sections. Alpine Regions, western area, Valle d'Aosta, Bellecombe |
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One of the most famous
localities, in the North of Italy, for rodingite dikes (veins), mainly
celebrated for vesuvianite findings
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Diopside
Transparent light green XX on matrix, up to 1.2cm; with some
brilliant hessonite, within clinochlore
7x6cm
Bellecombe, Chatillon, Aosta. Italy
Specimen n.459
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Grossular var hessonite
Elongated XX up to 0.5cm with some diopside XX
16.5x7cm
Bellecombe, Chatillon, Aosta. Italy
Specimen n.680
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and bigger view
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Vesuvianite
Group of prismatic XX, transparent and gemmy, pale green with the
typical reddish tips. The XX are long up to 0.7cm
5x7cm
Bellecombe, Chatillon, Aosta. Italy
Specimen n.691
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view of same picture
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Vesuvianite
Single X 1.8cm tall and 0.7cm wide, dark green, opaque, with
round section and plate termination. Some
other
smaller XX around, the smallest is transparent
4x7cm
Bellecombe, Chatillon, Aosta. Italy
Specimen n.374
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Vesuvianite
Group of XX, up to 0,6 cm long, with complex termination
4.5x3.5cm
Bellecombe, Chatillon, Aosta. Italy
Specimen n.690 |
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Vesuvianite
Group of XX, up to 1.2cm long with plate termination
7.5x5cm
Bellecombe, Chatillon, Aosta. Italy
Specimen n.688
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Vesuvianite
Group of XX, dark and bright up to 1.cm long
4.5x4cm
Bellecombe, Chatillon, Aosta. Italy
Specimen n.1070
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piece
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Vesuvianite
Some XX of what seems to be the chrome rich variety of vesuvianite.
The X in evidence,
transparent, the biggest, is 0.4cm long
7x5cm
Bellecombe, Chatillon, Aosta. Italy
Specimen n.416
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Vesuvianite
Group of XX, with a complex shape, semi-transparent (up to 0.4cm long),
similar to the previous specimen
7x6cm
Bellecombe, Chatillon, Aosta. Italy
Specimen n.689
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view
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Vesuvianite
Group of elongated XX, dark green and opaque-transparent, up to
1cm long
9x6cm
Bellecombe, Chatillon, Aosta. Italy
Specimen n.1069
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bigger view
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Vesuvianite
Single X 1.2x0.6cm, with perfect square section and plate
termination
4x3.5cm
Bellecombe, Chatillon, Aosta. Italy
Specimen n.40
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