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Caucia, Franca, Scacchetti, Maurizio, Marinoni, Luigi, Gilio, Mattia, Langone, Antonio, Bartoli, Omar, Vanotti, Marco, Foianini, Ivano (2021) An Attractive Blue Diopside from Sissone Valley, Western Alps, Italy. Minerals, 11 (8) 837 doi:10.3390/min11080837

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TitleAn Attractive Blue Diopside from Sissone Valley, Western Alps, Italy
JournalMinerals
AuthorsCaucia, FrancaAuthor
Scacchetti, MaurizioAuthor
Marinoni, LuigiAuthor
Gilio, MattiaAuthor
Langone, AntonioAuthor
Bartoli, OmarAuthor
Vanotti, MarcoAuthor
Foianini, IvanoAuthor
Year2021 (August 1)Volume11
Issue8
PublisherMDPI AG
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DOIdoi:10.3390/min11080837Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceCaucia, Franca, Scacchetti, Maurizio, Marinoni, Luigi, Gilio, Mattia, Langone, Antonio, Bartoli, Omar, Vanotti, Marco, Foianini, Ivano (2021) An Attractive Blue Diopside from Sissone Valley, Western Alps, Italy. Minerals, 11 (8) 837 doi:10.3390/min11080837
Plain TextCaucia, Franca, Scacchetti, Maurizio, Marinoni, Luigi, Gilio, Mattia, Langone, Antonio, Bartoli, Omar, Vanotti, Marco, Foianini, Ivano (2021) An Attractive Blue Diopside from Sissone Valley, Western Alps, Italy. Minerals, 11 (8) 837 doi:10.3390/min11080837
In(2021, August) Minerals Vol. 11 (8) MDPI AG

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Diopside outcrop, Sissone Valley, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Uralite’s plain, Sissone Valley, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

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Diopside

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Diopside outcrop, Sissone Valley, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italyⓘ Calcite, ⓘ Diopside, ⓘ Dolomite, ⓘ Forsterite, ⓘ Lizardite, ⓘ Marble, ⓘ Phlogopite
Uralite’s plain, Sissone Valley, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italyⓘ Amphibole Supergroup, ⓘ Calcite, ⓘ Clinozoisite, ⓘ Diopside, ⓘ Dolomite, ⓘ Epidote, ⓘ Lizardite, ⓘ Marble, ⓘ Pyrite, ⓘ Pyroxene Group, ⓘ Talc, ⓘ Tremolite, ⓘ Turquoise, ⓘ Uralite

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