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Fluoro-edenite from
Mt Calvario, Biancavilla, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Fluoro-edenite
Formula:NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F2
Habit:Prismatic
Acicular
Asbestos-like
Colour:Bright yellow
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hematite60 photos of Fluoro-edenite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Pseudobrookite22 photos of Fluoro-edenite associated with Pseudobrookite at this locality.
Tridymite13 photos of Fluoro-edenite associated with Tridymite at this locality.
Fluorophlogopite4 photos of Fluoro-edenite associated with Fluorophlogopite at this locality.
Augite3 photos of Fluoro-edenite associated with Augite at this locality.
Zircon2 photos of Fluoro-edenite associated with Zircon at this locality.
Magnetite1 photo of Fluoro-edenite associated with Magnetite at this locality.
Enstatite-Ferrosilite Series1 photo of Fluoro-edenite associated with Enstatite-Ferrosilite Series at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluoro-edenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mt Calvario, Biancavilla, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (63 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:154026
Long-form Identifier:1:3:154026:0
GUID (UUID V4):9ef9dfb2-0003-481e-a37b-383197134893
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Halogen-dominant mineralization at Mt. Calvario dome (Mt. Etna) as a response of volatile flushing into the magma...exceptional occurrence of fluorine-rich mineral phases in the benmoreitic lava dome of Mt. Calvario (south-western...(south-western flank of Mt. Etna) has given the opportunity to understand the genetic process allowing their crystallization...iron oxides as primary assemblage, whereas fluoro-edenite and fluorophlogopite, ferroan-enstatite, hematite...particularly fluorine and chlorine concentrations of the whole rock are significantly higher than other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vol. 70(3), pp. 291±298 Characterization of fluoro-edenite by m -Raman and m -FTIR spectroscopy ...AND C. CONTI3 1 Department of Environmental and Life Science, University of Eastern Piedmont `A. Avogadro'...25/G, 15100 Alessandria, Italy Department of Earth Science, University of Rome `La Sapienza', P. le...le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy Department of Earth and Material Sciences, UniversitaÁ Politecnica delle...Marche, 60100 Ancona, Italy 2 3 ABS TR AC T The prismatic variety of fluoro-edenite, a new amphibole found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
10.3749/canmin.1400039 As-RICH APATITE FROM MT. CALVARIO: CHARACTERIZATION BY MICRO-RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY...In order to investigate content and localization of arsenic in natural fluorapatite, a micro-Raman spectroscopic...crystals from the volcanic region of Mt. Calvario (Mount Etna, Italy). The crystals, from both the unaltered...the core, but an arsenic content of up to 15 wt.% As2O5 in the rim of the crystals from the altered lavas...⇔ [PO4]3− substitutions are proposed on the basis of chemical analysis performed with Electron Microprobe
Journal (issue)
47-Numbers-Api2005 47 - Number 6 - April 2005 elas Cre eye OF GEOSCIENCES Zs Environmental Geology e Radon...multidisciplinary journal concerned with all aspects of interactions between humans, ecosystems and the...Remediation of man-made or geological hazards Environmental problems associated with the recovery of material...Environmental impacts of exploration and recultivation Environmental impacts of hazardous facilities...Management of land use including socio-political aspects of decisionmaking Management of environmental
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluorophlogopite from Piano delle Concazze (Mt. Etna, Italy): Crystal chemistry and implications for the...Bari, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Catania, Corso...Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italy 3 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra-Sapienza Università di Roma...Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Roma, Italy 2 Abstract Fluorine is an important proxy for magmatic...processes in the shallow parts of volcanic plumbing systems. Fluorphlogopite is one of the more important fluorine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
What is asbestos and why is it important? Challenges of defining and characterizing asbestos 1938-2839 Geology...used to describe a group of six fibrous silicate minerals whose unique set of properties has led to widespread...widespread use in a variety of commercial products. Asbestos is also commonly associated with potential...the use of the term by a wide range of interested parties. Historical information and summaries of the latest...been used for thousands of years owing to their unique fibrous characteristics of flexibility, high tensile
 
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