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Titanian Augite

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Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy
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Formula:
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)
 
2
O
 
6
Colour:Black
A variety of Augite

A Ti-rich variety of Augite

Classification of Titanian Augite

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Physical Properties of Titanian Augite

Colour:Black
Streak:Black

Chemical Properties of Titanian Augite

Formula:
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)
 
2
O
 
6
Essential elements:Ca, Mg, O, Si
All elements listed in formula:Al, Ca, Fe, Mg, Na, O, Si, Ti

Other Names for Titanian Augite

Synonyms:
Titanaugite
Other Languages:
German:Titanaugit
Spanish:Titanaugita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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    Localities for Titanian Augite

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    Antarctica
    AmMin 36:361-367
    AmMin 36:361-367
    Australia
     
    • Tasmania
      • Scottsdale District
    		http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/zeolites.pdf
    http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/zeolites.pdf
    • Victoria
      • Kal Kallo
    Austria
     
    • Burgenland
      • Oberpullendorf
        • Kobersdorf
          • Pauliberg Mt.
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
    • Salzburg
      • Saalfelden
        • Biberg Mt. (Bieberg Mt.)
    		A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
    Canada
     
    • British Columbia
      • Golden Mining Division
    		No reference listed
    • Nova Scotia
      • Yarmouth Co.
    		CanMin 38:217-232 (2000)
    French Polynesia
     
    • Windward Islands
      • Tahiti
        • Papeete
    		 AmMin 62:634 (1977)
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Kaiserstuhl
        • Oberbergen
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    • Hesse
      • Vogelsberg
        • Schotten
          • Gonterskirchen
    		S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Uummannaq (Umanak) Firth
    		Benson, W.N. (1940): Kaersutite and other brown Amphiboles in the Cainozoic Igneous rocks of the Dunedin District, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Vol. 69, 283-308
    Hungary
     
    • Nógrád Co.
      • Karancs-Medves Mts.
        • Salgótarján
    		EGU / EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003, abstract #748 "Silicate melt inclusions in olivine phenocrysts from Hegyestu (Bakony-Balaton Highland) and Pecsko alkaline basalts (Nograd-Gomor), Hungary"
    • Veszprém Co.
      • Balaton Uplands
        • Zánka
    		XVI ECROFI European Current Research On Fluid Inclusions, Porto 2001, Abstracts (Eds F. Noronha, A. Dória and A. Guedes), Faculdade de Ciências do Porto, Departamento de Geologia, Memória nº 7, pp. 237-240. Porto, 2001
    Italy
     
    • Sicily
      • Trapani Province
    		Journal of Petrology (1998)
    Japan
     
    • Nansei Archipelago
      • Kagoshima Prefecture
        • Tokara Archipelago
    		Alfredo Petrov specimen
    Paraguay
     
    • Guairá Department
    		Geological Survey Professional Paper 327 (U.S. Department of the Interior, 1959)
    Slovakia
     
    • Banská Bystrica Region
      • Cérová Mts
    		Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590k
    M. Huraiova et al. , Eur. J. Mineral. , 1996, 8, pp. 901-916.
    Ďuďa,R., Mrázek,Z., Košuth,M., 1984: Postmagmatická zeolitová mineralizácia Cérovej vrchoviny. Min.Slovaca, 16,2,157 - 172
    Spain
     
    • Canary Islands
      • Las Palmas Province
        • Gran Canaria (Grand Canary)
    		H.U. Schmincke and M. Sumita : "Tephra Event Stratigraphy and Emplacement of Volcanoclastic Sediments, Mogan and Fataga Stratigraphic Intervals, Part II : Origin and Emplacement of Volcanoclastic Layers", LEG 157—SCIENTIFIC RESULTS (ISSN: 1096-7451), Gran Canaria and Madeira Abyssal Plain, Sites 950-956, http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/157_SR/Abstract/15.HTM
    Tanzania
     
    • Kilimanjaro Region
    		C.T. Lee et al. , Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. , 2000, 139, pp. 470-484.
    UK
     
    • Scotland
      • Strathclyde (Ayrshire)
    		Mineralogical Magazine 1963 33 : 718-720
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai Co.
    		CanMin 34:221-240
    • Colorado
      • Fremont Co.
        • Iron Mountain complex
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
    Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
    • Maine
      • Hancock Co.
    		King & Foord, 1994: Mineralogy of Maine, V.1
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex Co.
    		Emerson, B.K. Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 1917. (USGS Bulletin 597), p.206.
    • Montana
      • Powell Co.
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton Co.
    		Williams, Turner, Gilbert, 1954. Petrography
    • Texas
      • Brewster Co.
        • Big Bend National Park
    		Am Min 55:5-6 pp 864-874
    • Vermont
      • Rutland Co.
        • Shrewsbury
    		Eby, G. N. and McHone, J. G. (1997) Plutonic and hypabyssal intrusions of the Early Cretaceous
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