Traversella
45.5085° N, 7.7494° E · ± 1 km
Pyrite and Siderite from Piemonte, Italy, with photos of specimens from this locality.
Minerals found here
Pyrite at Traversella
Pyrite within a classic Alpine skarn iron deposit
- Formula
- FeS₂
- Color / luster
- Brassy metallic
- Associated minerals
- Magnetitechalcopyrite
- Availability
- Scarce
- History
- Historic mine exploited from the late medieval period and officially closed in 1971
Sources: SRC-008
Siderite at Traversella
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
- Formula
- FeCO₃
- Morphology
- Saddle-shaped crystals covering plates
- Color / luster
- Gray to light brown, lustrous
- Availability
- Unknown
- History
- Old specimens (Traversella Mine).
Sources: SRC-620
Geology of the locality
- Setting
- Skarn deposit at the contact between an Oligocene dioritic intrusion and metamorphic country rocks
- Type
- Skarn
- Host rock
- Gneiss; mica schist; marble and calc-silicate rocks
- Region
- Piemonte
- Country
- Italy
Historic iron mine dominated by magnetite; officially closed in 1971 and preserved as a geosite.
Sources: SRC-008
Sources
- SRC-008 · Article
The Traversella Mining Site as Piemonte GeositeCosta, E.; Dino, G.A.; Benna, P.; Rossetti, P. · 2019 · Geoheritage 11, 55-70 - SRC-620 · Website
File:Siderite-53872.jpgRobert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons
Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.