Rocca Furà GEOSITE
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Title
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Rocca Furà GEOSITE
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Description
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No less important in the Borgone area was the cultivation of softer levels rich in lamellar minerals (mica) for the production of millstones (or grindstones). This singular activity came to an end before the 20th century and was mainly concentrated in correspondence with a rocky buttress not far from the Chiampano settlement, called 'Roccafurà'; a local term evocative of the large fissure opened in the belly of the mountain. Exploitation took place at the expense of lenticular bodies of silvery micaschists** (1) embedded in metagranite (2) and strongly deformed, with thicknesses varying from a few decimeters to a few metres.
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Lithology
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mica schist
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Landform shape
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Roche mountonnee
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Interest
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Geomining
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Hiking
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Site of exploitation of the rock materials for the mills. Now it is visited by hikers and climbers