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Punta di Torre Ciana area, Monte Argentario, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

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Name(s) in local language(s): Area di Punta di Torre Ciana, Monte Argentario, Provincia di Grosseto, Toscana, Italia
 
Outcrops of psammo-pelitic rocks typical of the Mid-Triassic Verrucano sequence in the area of Punta di Torre Ciana. Among the various outcrops, those more easely reachable (downhill footpath) are located on hillside below Via Panoramica, west of Torre dell’Avoltore.

Colourless to green Fe-Mg-carpholite fibres can be observed in Verrucano beds as well as in quartz
veins.

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References

- Theye T., Reinhardt J., Goffé B., Jolivet L., Brunet C. (1997): Ferro- and magnesiocarpholite from the Monte Argentario (Italy): First evidence for high-pressure metamorphism of the metasedimentary Verrucano sequence, and significance for P-T path reconstruction. European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 859-873.
- Jolivet L., Faccenna C., Goffè B., Mattei M., Rossetti F., Brunet Ch., Storti F., Funiciello R., Cadet J.P., D’Agostino N., Parra T. (1998): Mid-crustal shear zones in post-orogenic extension: example from the Northern Tyrrhenian sea. J. Geoph. Res., 103, B6, 123-160.
- Reinhardt J., Rossetti F. (2004): Monte Argentario and Isola del Giglio (Southern Tuscany, Italy): a record from continental break-up to subduction, orogenic wedge formation, and post-orogenic extension. 32nd International Geological Congress (IGC), Florence, August 20-28, 2004. Post-Congress P61. Field Trip Guide Book - P61, 19 pp.

 
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