Alpe Machetto Mine

Mindat lists 24 minerals from the site, some of which are rather rare and interesting – covellite, ferrimolybdite, hydrokenoelsmoreite, ferritungstite, etc.

Unfortunately, and understandably, most of the information on this mine is in Italian – and often in textbook form too which I’m afraid I don’t have access to.

There is a speleological survey on the Catastrogrotte link below, and the workings appear to be quite small.

Further reading

• https://www.mindat.org/loc-48263.html
• https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Italien/Piemont%20%28Piemonte%29%2C%20Region/Biella%2C%20Provinz/Campiglia%20Cervo/Quittengo/Cascine%20Machetto/Miniera%20di%20Alpe%20Machetto
• https://catastogrotte-piemonte.net/artificials-view-213.html

If you are interested in other classic Italian locales we may have stock from the following locales.

Italian locales

• Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
• Alpe Machetto Mine, Cascine Machetto, Quittengo, Campiglia Cervo, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
• Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
• Levane, Bucine, Arezzo Province, Tuscany, Italy
• Paglio Pignolino Mine, Dossena, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
• Praborna Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
• Triolet Glacier, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
• Viù Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

For the rest of our Italian stock, see below.

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