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Magnesiostaurolite

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Pratolugo (Pratolungo), Isasca valley, Venasca, Varaita Valley, Dora Maira Massif, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
© G.Fraccaro

Formula:
(Mg,Li,Fe
2+
 
)
 
1.5-2
Al
 
9
[O
 
6
|(OH)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
4
]
System:MonoclinicColour:Colourless
Hardness:7 - 7½
Name:Named in allusion to its composition, with its chemical composition with dominant magnesium, and its relationship to Staurolite.


Staurolite Group.

Classification of Magnesiostaurolite

IMA status:Approved 1992
Strunz 8th edition ID:8/B.03-03
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:9.AF.30

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
A : Nesosilicates
F : Nesosilicates with additional anions; cations in [4], [5] and/or only [6] coordination
Dana 7th edition ID:52.2.3.2
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Type Occurrence of Magnesiostaurolite

Type Locality:Gilba Valley, Brossasco, Varaita Valley, Dora Maira Massif, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Geological Setting of type material:occurs together with talc, clinochlore and kyanite (or alone, armouring corundum) as inclusions in pyrope megablasts from the ultra-high-pressure metamorphic terrane of the Dora-Maira massif, Italian Western Alps.

Physical Properties of Magnesiostaurolite

Lustre:Vitreous
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Transparent
Colour:Colourless
Hardness (Mohs):7 - 7½
Density (calculated):3.54 g/cm3

Crystallography of Magnesiostaurolite

Crystal System:Monoclinic
Class (H-M):2/m - Prismatic
Space Group:B2/m {B1 1 2/m} {C2/m} {C1 2/m 1}
Cell Parameters:a = 7.871Å, b = 16.541Å, c = 5.632Å
Ratio:a:b:c = 0.476 : 1 : 0.34
Unit Cell Volume:V 733.3 ų
Z:1
Twinning:Sometimes tweed texture.

Chemical Properties of Magnesiostaurolite

Formula:
(Mg,Li,Fe
2+
 
)
 
1.5-2
Al
 
9
[O
 
6
|(OH)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
4
]
Essential elements:Al, H, Mg, O, Si
All elements listed in formula:Al, Fe, H, Li, Mg, O, Si

Relationship of Magnesiostaurolite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
9.AF.05Sillimanite
Al
 
2
[O|SiO
 
4
]
9.AF.10Andalusite
Al
 
2
[O|SiO
 
4
]
9.AF.10Kanonaite
Mn
3+
 
Al[O|SiO
 
4
]
9.AF.15Kyanite
Al
 
2
[O|SiO
 
4
]
9.AF.20Mullite
Al
 
8
[(O,OH,F)|(Si,Al)O
 
4
]
 
4
9.AF.20Krieselite
(Al,Ga)
 
2
[(OH)
 
2
|GeO
 
4
]
9.AF.23Boromullite
Al
 
9
Si
 
2
BO
 
19
9.AF.25Yoderite
Mg(Al,Fe
3+
 
)
 
3
[O|OH|(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
]
9.AF.30Staurolite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mg,Zn)
 
1.5-2
Al
 
9
[O
 
6
|(OH,O)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
4
]
9.AF.30Zincostaurolite
(Zn,Li,Fe
2+
 
,Mg)
 
<2
Al
 
9
[O
 
6
|(OH)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
4
]
9.AF.35Topaz
Al
 
2
[(F,OH)
 
2
|SiO
 
4
]
9.AF.40Norbergite
Mg
 
3
[(F,OH)
 
2
|SiO
 
4
]
9.AF.45Alleghanyite
Mn
2+
5
[(OH)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
]
9.AF.45Chondrodite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
5
[(F,OH)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
]
9.AF.45Reinhardbraunsite
Ca
 
5
[(OH,F)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
]
9.AF.45Kumtyubeite
Ca
 
5
(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
F
 
2
9.AF.50Humite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
7
[(F,OH)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
]
9.AF.50Manganhumite
(Mn
2+
 
,Mg)
 
7
[(OH)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
]
9.AF.50Unnamed (Ca-analogue of humite)
Ca
 
7
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
(OH)
 
2
9.AF.55Clinohumite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
9
[(F,OH)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
4
]
9.AF.55Sonolite
Mn
2+
9
[(OH,F)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
4
]
9.AF.55Hydroxylclinohumite
Mg
 
9
[(OH,F)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
4
]
9.AF.60Leucophoenicite
Mn
2+
7
[(OH)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
]
9.AF.65Ribbeite
(Mn
2+
 
,Mg)
 
5
[(OH)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
]
9.AF.70Jerrygibbsite
Mn
2+
9
[(OH)
 
2
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
4
]
9.AF.75Franciscanite
Mn
2+
6
(V
5+
 
,[])
 
2
[(O,OH)
 
3
|SiO
 
4
]
 
2
9.AF.75Örebroite
Mn
2+
3
(Fe
3+
 
,Sb
5+
 
)[(O,OH)
 
3
|SiO
 
4
]
9.AF.75Welinite
Mn
2+
6
(W
6+
 
,Mg)
 
2
[(O,OH)
 
3
|SiO
 
4
]
 
2
9.AF.80Ellenbergerite
Mg
 
6
Al
 
6
Ti[(OH)
 
6
|(HSiO
 
4
)
 
4
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
4
]
9.AF.85Chloritoid
(Fe
2+
 
,Mg,Mn
2+
 
)Al
 
2
[O|(OH)
 
2
|SiO
 
4
]
9.AF.85Magnesiochloritoid
MgAl
 
2
[O|(OH)
 
2
|SiO
 
4
]
9.AF.85Ottrélite
(Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,Mg)Al
 
2
[O|(OH)
 
2
|SiO
 
4
]
9.AF.90Poldervaartite
CaCa[SiO
 
3
OH](OH)
9.AF.90Olmiite
CaMn
2+
 
[SiO
 
3
(OH)](OH)

Other Names for Magnesiostaurolite

Synonyms:
IMA1992-035
Other Languages:
German:Magnesiostaurolit
Russian:Магнезиоставролит
Spanish:Magnesiostaurolita

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.

References for Magnesiostaurolite

Reference List:Terra Nova, Abstract supplement 1, 9, 40.

Chopin, C., Goffé, B., Ungaretti, L., and Oberti, R. (2003) Magnesiostaurolite and zincostaurolite; mineral description with a petrogenetic and crystal-chemical update. European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 167-176.

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    Localities for Magnesiostaurolite

    (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.
    China
     
    • Jiangsu Province
      • Lianyungang Prefecture
    		Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (2004) 147 (1), 21 - 31
    Zhang, R.Y., Liou, J.G., and Zheng, J.P. (2004): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 147, 21-31.
    Italy
     
    • Piedmont
      • Cuneo Province
        • Dora Maira Massif
          • Po Valley
            • Martiniana Po
    		Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., Lombardo, B. (2007). Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d\'Aosta. Associazione Amici del Museo \"F. Eusebio\" Alba, Ed., Alba (Cuneo) 607 pp.
          • Varaita Valley
            • Brossasco
    		Terra Nova, Abstract supplement 1, 9, 40; European Journal of Mineralogy (2003), 15, 167-176
    Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., Lombardo, B. (2007). Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d\'Aosta. Associazione Amici del Museo \"F. Eusebio\" Alba, Ed., Alba (Cuneo) 607 pp.
            • Venasca
              • Isasca valley
    		Paolo Bozio data
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