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Finero Ultramafic Complex (incl. Rio Creves), Different Municipalities, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements
Copper1.AA.05Cu
Graphite1.CB.05aC
Platinum1.AF.10Pt
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Bornite2.BA.15Cu5FeS4
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Cuproiridsite2.DA.05(Cu,Fe)Ir2S4
Cuprorhodsite2.DA.05(Cu,Fe)Rh2S4
Laurite2.EB.05aRuS2
Merenskyite2.EA.20(Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)2
Millerite2.CC.20NiS
Molybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Baddeleyite4.DE.35ZrO2
Chromite4.BB.05Fe(Cr,Al,Fe)2O4
Corundum4.CB.05Al2O3
Geikielite4.CB.05MgTiO3
Hercynite4.BB.05Fe2+Al2O4
Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
Spinel
var: Chromspinel		4.BB.05Mg(Al,Cr3+)2O4
Thorianite4.DL.05ThO2
Uraninite4.DL.05UO2
Zirconolite4.DH.30CaZrTi2O7
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Group 9 - Silicates
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside		9.DA.15(Ca,Cr)MgSi2O6
Enstatite9.DA.05MgSiO3
Forsterite9.AC.05Mg2SiO4
var: Peridot9.AC.05Mg2SiO4
Huttonite9.AD.35ThSiO4
Pargasite9.DE.15{Na}{Ca2}{Mg4Al}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
Phlogopite
var: Barium-Phlogopite		9.EC.20(K,Ba)1-xMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH,F)2
Potassicrichterite9.DE.20K[CaNa][Mg5]Si8O22(OH)2
Thorite9.AD.30(Th,U)SiO4
Zircon9.AD.30ZrSiO4
Unclassified Minerals
'Apatite'-
'Chlorite Group'-
'Chromite-Magnesiochromite Series'-
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'-
'Hornblende'-
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'-


39 entries listed. 32 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.

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