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Finero Ultramafic Complex (incl. Rio Creves), Different Municipalities, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Detailed Mineral List:
| 'Apatite' | ||
| Description: | Inclusions in chromian spinel. | |
| Reference: | http://www.unileoben.ac.at/~chemie/zaccarini%20et%20al%20finero%20Platinumsymposium%202005.pdf | |
| Baddeleyite | ||
| Formula: | ZrO2 | |
| Reference: | http://www.unileoben.ac.at/~chemie/zaccarini%20et%20al%20finero%20Platinumsymposium%202005.pdf | |
| Bornite | ||
| Formula: | Cu5FeS4 | |
| Reference: | The Canadian Mineralogist, V 42, 2004, pp. 1825-1845. | |
| Chalcopyrite | ||
| Formula: | CuFeS2 | |
| Reference: | The Canadian Mineralogist, V 42, 2004, pp. 1825-1845. | |
| 'Chlorite Group' | ||
| Reference: | AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work. | |
| Chromite |  | |
| Formula: | Fe(Cr,Al,Fe)2O4 | |
| Reference: | AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work. | |
| Photo: © . Chromite from Finero Ultramafic Complex, Different Municipalities, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy | ||
| 'Chromite-Magnesiochromite Series' | ||
| Reference: | The Canadian Mineralogist, V 42, 2004, pp. 1825-1845. | |
| 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' | ||
| Description: | Replaces olivine. | |
| Reference: | The Canadian Mineralogist, V 42, 2004, pp. 1825-1845. | |
| Copper | ||
| Formula: | Cu | |
| Reference: | The Canadian Mineralogist, V 42, 2004, pp. 1825-1845. | |
| Corundum | ||
| Formula: | Al2O3 | |
| Reference: | AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work. | |
| Cuproiridsite | ||
| Formula: | (Cu,Fe)Ir2S4 | |
| Description: | Inclusions in chromian spinel. | |
| Reference: | http://www.unileoben.ac.at/~chemie/zaccarini%20et%20al%20finero%20Platinumsymposium%202005.pdf | |
| Cuprorhodsite | ||
| Formula: | (Cu,Fe)Rh2S4 | |
| Description: | Inclusions in chromian spinel. | |
| Reference: | http://www.unileoben.ac.at/~chemie/zaccarini%20et%20al%20finero%20Platinumsymposium%202005.pdf | |
| Diopside var: Chromian Diopside | ||
| Formula: | (Ca,Cr)MgSi2O6 | |
| Reference: | Zaccarini, F., Stumpfl, E.F., and Garuti, G. (2004) Zirconolite and Zr-Th-U minerals in chromitites of the Finero complex, Western Alps, Italy: evidence for carbonatite-type metasomatism in a subcontinental mantle plume. Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1825-1845. | |
| Dolomite | ||
| Formula: | CaMg(CO3)2 | |
| Description: | Inclusions in chromian spinel. | |
| Reference: | http://www.unileoben.ac.at/~chemie/zaccarini%20et%20al%20finero%20Platinumsymposium%202005.pdf | |
| Enstatite | ||
| Formula: | MgSiO3 | |
| Reference: | The Canadian Mineralogist, V 42, 2004, pp. 1825-1845. | |
| Forsterite | ||
| Formula: | Mg2SiO4 | |
| Reference: | The Canadian Mineralogist, Volume 42, Number 6, December 2004, pp. 1825-1845. | |
| Forsterite var: Peridot | ||
| Reference: | Zaccarini, F., Stumpfl, E.F., and Garuti, G. (2004) Zirconolite and Zr-Th-U minerals in chromitites of the Finero complex, Western Alps, Italy: evidence for carbonatite-type metasomatism in a subcontinental mantle plume. Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1825-1845. | |
| Geikielite | ||
| Formula: | MgTiO3 | |
| Reference: | The Canadian Mineralogist, Volume 42, Number 6, December 2004, pp. 1825-1845. | |
| Graphite | ||
| Formula: | C | |
| Reference: | AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work | |
| Hercynite | ||
| Formula: | Fe2+Al2O4 | |
| Description: | Symplectitic intergrowths with forsterite. | |
| Reference: | The Canadian Mineralogist, V 42, 2004, pp. 1825-1845. | |
| 'Hornblende' | ||
| Description: | Pargasitic hornblende. | |
| Reference: | http://library.iem.ac.ru/can-min/vol33/cm4/oberti.html | |
| Huttonite | ||
| Formula: | ThSiO4 | |
| Reference: | http://www.unileoben.ac.at/~chemie/zaccarini%20et%20al%20finero%20Platinumsymposium%202005.pdf | |
| Ilmenite | ||
| Formula: | Fe2+TiO3 | |
| Reference: | The Canadian Mineralogist, Volume 42, Number 6, December 2004, pp. 1825-1845. | |
| Laurite | ||
| Formula: | RuS2 | |
| Description: | Inclusions in chromian spinel. | |
| Reference: | http://www.unileoben.ac.at/~chemie/zaccarini%20et%20al%20finero%20Platinumsymposium%202005.pdf | |
| Merenskyite | ||
| Formula: | (Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)2 | |
| Reference: | AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work. | |
| Millerite | ||
| Formula: | NiS | |
| Reference: | The Canadian Mineralogist, V 42, 2004, pp. 1825-1845. | |
| Molybdenite | ||
| Formula: | MoS2 | |
| Reference: | The Canadian Mineralogist, Volume 42, Number 6, December 2004, pp. 1825-1845. | |
| 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' | ||
| Reference: | http://www.unileoben.ac.at/~chemie/zaccarini%20et%20al%20finero%20Platinumsymposium%202005.pdf | |
| Pargasite | ||
| Formula: | {Na}{Ca2}{Mg4Al}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2 | |
| Reference: | http://library.iem.ac.ru/can-min/vol33/cm4/oberti.html | |
| Phlogopite var: Barium-Phlogopite | ||
| Formula: | (K,Ba)1-xMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH,F)2 | |
| Description: | Inclusions in chromian spinel. | |
| Reference: | http://www.unileoben.ac.at/~chemie/zaccarini%20et%20al%20finero%20Platinumsymposium%202005.pdf | |
| Platinum | ||
| Formula: | Pt | |
| Reference: | AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work. | |
| Potassicrichterite | ||
| Formula: | K[CaNa][Mg5]Si8O22(OH)2 | |
| Description: | "K-bearing Richterite" | |
| Reference: | Zaccarini, F., Stumpfl, E.F., and Garuti, G. (2004) Zirconolite and Zr-Th-U minerals in chromitites of the Finero complex, Western Alps, Italy: evidence for carbonatite-type metasomatism in a subcontinental mantle plume. Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1825-1845. | |
| Rutile | ||
| Formula: | TiO2 | |
| Reference: | The Canadian Mineralogist, Volume 42, Number 6, December 2004, pp. 1825-1845. | |
| Spinel var: Chromspinel | ||
| Formula: | Mg(Al,Cr3+)2O4 | |
| Reference: | Zaccarini, F., Stumpfl, E.F., and Garuti, G. (2004) Zirconolite and Zr-Th-U minerals in chromitites of the Finero complex, Western Alps, Italy: evidence for carbonatite-type metasomatism in a subcontinental mantle plume. Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1825-1845. | |
| Thorianite | ||
| Formula: | ThO2 | |
| Reference: | http://www.unileoben.ac.at/~chemie/zaccarini%20et%20al%20finero%20Platinumsymposium%202005.pdf | |
| Thorite | ||
| Formula: | (Th,U)SiO4 | |
| Reference: | http://www.unileoben.ac.at/~chemie/zaccarini%20et%20al%20finero%20Platinumsymposium%202005.pdf | |
| Uraninite | ||
| Formula: | UO2 | |
| Reference: | http://www.unileoben.ac.at/~chemie/zaccarini%20et%20al%20finero%20Platinumsymposium%202005.pdf | |
| Zircon | ||
| Formula: | ZrSiO4 | |
| Reference: | AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work. | |
| Zirconolite | ||
| Formula: | CaZrTi2O7 | |
| Reference: | http://www.unileoben.ac.at/~chemie/zaccarini%20et%20al%20finero%20Platinumsymposium%202005.pdf | |
39 entries listed. 28 valid minerals.
References
Roggiani, A.G. (1938): Il Regno minerale nell'Ossola - note mineralogico-minerarie - la magnetite e la cromite del Gridone; ossidi di ferro e la pirite. "Il Popolo dell'Ossola", 28, 5-19 agosto 1938.
Preite, D. (1985): La pagina dei Micromounts – Rio Creves (NO) Itinerario e notizie. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 9(3), 128.
Garuti, G., Gazzotti, M., and Torres-Ruiz, J. (1995) Iridium, rhodium, and platinum sulfides in chromitites from the ultramafic massifs of Finero, Italy, and Ojen, Spain. Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 509-520.
Zaccarini, F., Stumpfl, E.F., and Garuti, G. (2004) Zirconolite and Zr-Th-U minerals in chromitites of the Finero complex, Western Alps, Italy: evidence for carbonatite-type metasomatism in a subcontinental mantle plume. Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1825-1845.
Stähle, V., Frenzel, G., Kober, B., Michard, A., Puchelt, H., and Schneider, W. (1990) Zircon syenite pegmatites in the Finero peridotite (Ivrea zone): evidence for a syenite from a mantle source. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 101, 196-205.
Preite, D. (1985): La pagina dei Micromounts – Rio Creves (NO) Itinerario e notizie. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 9(3), 128.
Garuti, G., Gazzotti, M., and Torres-Ruiz, J. (1995) Iridium, rhodium, and platinum sulfides in chromitites from the ultramafic massifs of Finero, Italy, and Ojen, Spain. Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 509-520.
Zaccarini, F., Stumpfl, E.F., and Garuti, G. (2004) Zirconolite and Zr-Th-U minerals in chromitites of the Finero complex, Western Alps, Italy: evidence for carbonatite-type metasomatism in a subcontinental mantle plume. Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1825-1845.
Stähle, V., Frenzel, G., Kober, B., Michard, A., Puchelt, H., and Schneider, W. (1990) Zircon syenite pegmatites in the Finero peridotite (Ivrea zone): evidence for a syenite from a mantle source. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 101, 196-205.
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