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Research Article
Quarry Waste: Chances of a Possible Economic and Environmental Valorisation of the Montorfano and Baveno Granite Disposal Sites
Table 1
Petrographic analysis of the Montorfano white granite and the Baveno pink granite.
Mineralogy
Chemical composition
Al
2
O
3
Fe
2
O
3
TiO
2
CaO
MgO
K
2
O
Na
2
O
Baveno pink granite
Quartz, K-feldspar, plagioclase, biotite, zircon, allanite and fluorite
13,98
2,301
0,26
1,19
0,29
4,97
3,18
Montorfano white granite
Plagioclase, quartz, K-feldspar, biotite, apatite, zircon, allanite
13,75
2,2895
0,25
1,25
0,265
4,875
3,225