Magnesiostaurolite, Pyrope, Muscovite (Var: Phengite)
Pratoluogo, Venasca, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Orange magnesiostaurolite crystals up to 3 mm in pale pink pyrope associated with silvery micaceous phengite, brown to black rutile, etc.
Aldo Marino find and collection.
Photo by Gian Carlo Piccoli, published in Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., and Lombardo, B. (2007) Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta. Associazione Amici del ...