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Case Collina (Toscopomici quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Name:For the locality.
A variety of Augite

Augite with a low iron content.
Originally reported from Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.

Classification of Fassaite

IMA status:Discredited
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Other Names for Fassaite

Synonyms:
Pyrogom
Other Languages:
German:Fassait
Spanish:Fassaita

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    • Localities for Fassaite

    The map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.
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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Antarctica
     
    • Eastern Antarctica
      • Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land)
        • Queen Fabiola Mts (Yamato Mts)
    		Ikeda Yukio (1988): Petrochemical study of the Yamato-691 enstatite chondrite (EH3) II: Descriptions and mineral compositions of unusual silicate-inclusions. Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Antarctic Meteorites 1, 14-37. [http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110000029852/en/]
    Australia
     
    • South Australia
      • Leigh Creek
    		Baker, G. (1953): Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 76, 1-20.
    Austria
     
    • Carinthia
      • Koralpe
        • Twimberg
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
    • Lower Austria
      • Mostviertel
        • Dunkelstein Forest
          • Dunkelsteinerwald
            • Gansbach
    		D.A. Carswell et al., Eur.J. Mineral., 1989, 1, pp. 455-466.
      • Waldviertel
        • St Leonhard am Hornerwald
          • Dürrenberg (Dürnberg)
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
    Eur. J. Mineral. , 1991, 3, pp. 323-342.
    Cameroon
     
    • West Region
    Canada
     
    • Saskatchewan
      • Athabasca Basin
        • Honsvall Lake
    		Eur. J. Mineral. , 1995, 7, pp. 1251-1272.
    China
     
    • Anhui Province
      • Bozhou Prefecture
        • Qiaocheng District
          • Xiaoyanzhuang
    		http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/LPSC99/pdf/1774.pdf / Lunar and Planetary Science XXX, J. C. Bridges et al.
    Germany
     
    • Bavaria
      • Franconia
        • Maroldsweisach
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
    • Hesse
      • Eschwege
    		S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    • Rhineland-Palatinate
      • Palatinate
        • Wolfstein
          • Kreimbach-Kaulbach
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    India
     
    • Orissa
    		Am Min 55:5-6 pp 975-980; A. T. Rao, C. V. Raman and Ch. S. Prakasa Rao (1979) Fluor-Apatites from Calc-Silicate Skarn Vein Contacts, Gondivalsa, Orissa, India. Mineralogical Magazine 43:439-439.
    Iraq
     
    • Qala-Diz (Qala-Dizeh; Qala-Diza)
      • Hero
    		Al-Hermezi, H. M., McKie, D., & Hall, A. J. (1986). Baghdadite, a new calcium zirconium silicate mineral from Iraq. Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 119-123.
    Israel
     
    • Negev
    		Gross, S. (1977): The Mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geological Survey of Israel, Bulletin no. 70, 80 pp.
    Italy
     
    • Calabria
      • Catanzaro Province
        • Tiriolo
    		De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol
    • Latium
      • Rome Province
    		N. Jb. Miner. Mh. 11:495-502.
    De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol
    Mariani P., Scaini G.: "I minerali d'Italia" - Rizzoli, 1978 –
        • Sacrofano Caldera
          • Magliano Romano
    		Stoppani, F.S. & Curti, E. (1982): I minerali del Lazio. Editoriale Olimpia, Firenze, 291 pp.
          • Sacrofano
      • Viterbo Province
    		Lapis 28(12), 19-28 (2003)
    • Lombardy
      • Bergamo Province
        • Cene
          • Rossa Valley
    		Maida, F. (2002): Descrizione delle specie e varietà di minerali e loro ritrovamento nella Bergamasca. G.O.M. Gruppo Orobico Minerali - Novecento Grafico, Ed., Bergamo 82 pp. (geologic part by F. Pezzotta).
    Gianni Peracchi collection - 2008
    Maida, F. (2002): Descrizione delle specie e varietà di minerali e loro ritrovamento nella Bergamasca. G.O.M. Gruppo Orobico Minerali - Novecento Grafico, Ed., Bergamo 82 pp. (geologic part by F. Pezzotta). F. Brignoli
      • Brescia Province
        • Camonica Valley
          • Braone
    		De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
          • Breno
            • Cornone di Blumone
    		De Michele, V. (1974): Guida mineralogica d'Italia, 2 vol., Istit. Geogr. De Agostini, Novara, Italia, 216 & 192 pp.
          • Sonico
    		Bertolini A. (1988) - Minerali della Val di Brate e della Val Malga (BS) - Rivista Miner. Ital., Milano, fasc. 3, pp.111-117
    - F. Carasi, I minerali del parco dell'Adamello, edit.t.e. s.r.l. Nardo di Ceto, Ferrari Grafica Clusone (1990) 79 pp.
      • Sondrio Province
        • Malenco Valley
          • Chiesa in Valmalenco
            • Braccia Mt
    		Mariani P., Scaini G.: "I minerali d'Italia" - Rizzoli, 1978 and A. Del Caldo, C. Del Moro, C.M. Gramaccioli, M. Boscardin M. "Guida ai Minerali" Fabbri ed. Milano, 1981 and De Michele V. (1975) – Guida Mineralogica d’Italia – Ist. Geogr. De Agostini, Novara
        • Valfurva
          • Zebrù Valley
    		Bedognè, F., Montrasio, A., Sciesa, E. (2006). I minerali della medio-alta Valtellina, delle Orobie valtellinesi e della val Poschiavo. Aggiornamenti sulle altre località della provincia di Sondrio. Tip. Bettini, Sondrio, 255 pp.
    • Piedmont
      • Torino Province
        • Canavese District
          • Chiusella Valley
            • Traversella
    		Gruppo Mineralogico Lombardo, (10), 1-54.
          • Léssolo
            • Cálea
    		Le miniere di Brosso (2001)-Italo Campostrini- ed. Museo Regionale Torino
    • Sicily
      • Catania Province
        • Etna Volcanic Complex
    		 http://perso.club-internet.fr/rivierec/decembre_-_novembre_2001.htm.
    • Trentino-Alto Adige
      • Bolzano Province (South Tyrol)
        • Ortles-Cevedale Group
    		Klausner, S. et al. (2009): Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 155, 79. (Abs.)
    Exel, R. (1987): Guida mineralogica del Trentino e del Sudtirolo. Athesia, Bolzano, 204 pp.
    Exel, R. (1987): Guida mineralogica del Trentino e del Sudtirolo. Athesia, Bolzano, 204 pp.
      • Trento Province
          • Monzoni Mts
    		De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
    De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
    De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
    De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
    De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
    De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
    De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
    Exel, R. (1987): Guida mineralogica del Trentino e del Sudtirolo. Athesia, Bolzano, 204 pp.
        • Fiemme Valley
    		De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
    Exel, R. (1987): Guida mineralogica del Trentino e del Sudtirolo. Athesia, Bolzano, 204 pp.
        • Sole Valley
          • Pejo Valley (Peio Valley)
            • Comasine
    		Exel, R. (1987): Guida mineralogica del Trentino e del Sudtirolo. Athesia, Bolzano, 204 pp.
    • Tuscany
      • Grosseto Province
        • Pitigliano
    		Liotti L., 1991. I minerali dei vulcani laziali a Pitigliano (Grosseto). Riv. Mineral. Ital., 15: 121-139.
    Japan
     
    • Ehime Prefecture
      • Inland Sea (Setonaikai)
    • Honshu Island
      • Chubu region
        • Gifu prefecture
          • Neo-mura
    		Sawaki, T. (1988) Journal of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, 83, 357-373 (in Japanese with English abstract).
    Kazakhstan
     
    • Pavlodar Province (Pavlodar Oblysy; Pavlodarskaya Oblast')
    		Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI; Casanova, I., & Grossman, L. (1993, March). Distribution of vanadium and melting of opaque assemblages in Efremovka CAI's. In Lunar and Planetary Institute Science Conference Abstracts (Vol. 24, pp. 257-258).
    Libya
     
    • Al Jufrah District
      • Dar al Gani
    		Meteoritical Bull. 84 (Aug.2000)
    Madagascar
     
    • Tuléar Province (Toliara)
      • Androy Region
        • Ambovombe District
          • Andalantanosy Commune
    		Majmundar, H.H.(1970): Fassaite from Madagascar. Canadian Mineralogist. 10: 899-903
      • Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region)
    		[with analysis of wernerites from L'Androy Mandrareen = Amboasary District]
          • Manevy Commune
    		Majmundar, H.H.(1970): Fassaite from Madagascar. Canadian Mineralogist. 10: 899-903
          • Tranomaro Commune
    		 Majmundar, H.H.(1970): Fassaite from Madagascar. Canadian Mineralogist. 10: 899-903
        • Taolañaro District (Fort Dauphin)
    		Majmundar, H.H.(1970): Fassaite from Madagascar. Canadian Mineralogist. 10: 899-903
    Mexico
     
    • Chihuahua
      • Pueblito de Allende
    		Imai H. and Yurimoto H. (2000).; Stuart A. Sweeney Smith (2010) Characterization of two atypical refractory inclusions from separate CV3 chondritic meteorites: Petrogenesis in the early Solar System . Senior Comprehensive Exercise Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
    Norway
     
    • Telemark
      • Skien
    		Jamtveit B., Dahlgren S. and Austrheim H. (1997): High-grade contact metamorphism of calcareous rocks from the Oslo Rift, Southern Norway. American Mineralogist. 82 : 1241 - 1254
    Pakistan
     
    • Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)
      • Gilgit District
    		Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut)
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e)
        • Irkutskaya Oblast'
          • Lake Baikal area
          • Zheleznogorsk
    		Mazurov, M.P., Grishina, S.N., Istomin, V.E., and Titov, A.T. (2007): Geology of Ore Deposits 49(4), 271-284.
      • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
        • Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic
          • Dovyren Highlands
    		Galuskin, Evgeny V. et al. (2007) Dovyrenite Ca6Zr[Si2O7]2(OH)4: Vol. 38(1) , 15-27.
    • Urals Region
      • Southern Urals
        • Chelyabinsk Oblast'
    		Cesnokov, B., Kotrly, M. and Nisanbajev, T. (1998): Brennende Abraumhalden und Aufschlüsse im Tscheljabinsker Kohlenbecken - eine reiche Mineralienküche. Mineralien-Welt, 9 (3), 54-63 (in German).
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
     
    • Saint Vincent
    		AmMin 65:30 (1980)
    Slovakia
     
    • Banská Bystrica Region
      • Banská Štiavnica Co.
        • Vysoká
    		Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590
      • Žarnovica Co.
        • Hodruša - Hámre (Hodritsch)
    		Pauliš,P.,Ďuďa,R.,2002: Nejzajímavejší mineralogická naletište Slovenska. Kuttna,K.Hora, 136p
      • Žiar nad Hronom Co.
        • Banská Štiavnica Mining District
          • Vyhne
    		Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590
    South Africa
     
    • Free State Province
      • Lejweleputswa District
        • Boshof
    		Mathias, M., Siebert, J.C., and Rickwood, P.C. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 26, 75-123.
    Spain
     
    • Andalusia
      • Málaga
        • Ojén
    		Col. Agustin Agudo Espinosa.
    Sweden
     
    • Värmland
      • Filipstad
        • Nordmark district
    USA
     
    • California
      • San Bernardino Co.
        • Ivanpah District (Copper World District)
          • Clark Mts (Clark Mountain Range)
            • Clark Mountain Sub-District
              • Clark Mountain
    		Hewett, Donnel Foster (1956) Geology and mineral resources of the Ivanpah quadrangle, California and Nevada, USGS Professional Paper 275, 172 pp.: 70-72; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 394.
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield Co.
        • Weston (also: Easton; Trumbull; Fairfield)
    		Meteoritics, vol. 11, June 30, 1976, p. 111-130.
    • Kansas
      • Decatur Co.
    		Workshop on Parent-Body and Nebular Modification of Chondritic Materials 4038.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/chondrite/pdf/4038.pdf
    AmMin 42:115
    • New York
      • Essex Co.
    		 Yale Peabody Museum
    • Virginia
      • Louisa Co.
        • Gold-Pyrite Belt
          • Mineral
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    Uzbekistan
     
    • Buxoro Viloyati (Bukhara)
    		www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/mb89preview.pdf.
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