Piemontite

Piemontite is a sorosilicate mineral in the monoclinic crystal system with the chemical formula Ca2(Al,Mn3+,Fe3+)3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH).

[5] The type locality is the Prabornaz Mine, in Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy.

[4] It occurs metamorphic rocks of the greenschist to amphibolite metamorphic facies and in low-temperature hydrothermal veins in altered volcanic rocks.

It also occurs in metasomatized deposits of manganese ore. Associated minerals include: epidote, tremolite, glaucophane, orthoclase, quartz and calcite.

[2] This article about a specific silicate mineral is a stub.

Piemontite on quartz, from No. 5 shaft, Messina mine, Limpopo Province , South Africa. Red piemontite microcrystals cover three sides of a doubly terminated quartz crystal. Size: 7.1 × 3.0 × 2.6 cm.