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Trentino-Alto Adige

Val di Fassa (Alpe di Siusi/Fassa) zeolites, Trentino

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Heulandite, stilbite, chabazite, analcime, apophyllite, natrolite in basalt cavities.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Triassic volcanics (augite porphyry)

One of the world's classic zeolite localities.

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