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Cordierite from
Funtanafigu Quarry, Marrubiu, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Cordierite
Formula:(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Osumilite3 photos of Cordierite associated with Osumilite at this locality.
Hematite3 photos of Cordierite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Cordierite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Tridymite2 photos of Cordierite associated with Tridymite at this locality.
Muscovite1 photo of Cordierite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cordierite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Funtanafigu Quarry, Marrubiu, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (30 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:159723
Long-form Identifier:1:3:159723:3
GUID (UUID V4):fe5a2a27-e4dd-4ba3-bbb9-c0d322f6d476
Nearest other occurrences of Cordierite
6.4km (4.0 miles) Conca Cannas quarry, Masullas, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy
40.7km (25.3 miles) Medau Ganoppi, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
42.1km (26.2 miles) Perda S'Oliu Mine, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
64.6km (40.1 miles) Rosas Mine Complex (Rosas Mine), Narcao, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
66.8km (41.5 miles) Tuviois Mine (Axareddu Mine), Sinnai, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
67.3km (41.8 miles) Nuraghe Piscapu pegmatite field, Orotelli, Nuoro Province, Sardinia, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that this mineral was previously consideredto be cordierite. Indeed, Fe-bearing osumilites reveal striking...optically negative of quartz, K-feldspar, and cordierite. Along fractureswith as well as optically positive...together with Mgfrom various localities. rich cordierite on the surfaceof contact-metamorphosed Salrpr...osumilite labeled "sardinia" (NMBE-B5558) orig(NMBE-B5 from Cava Funtanafigu,a rhyolite quarry between "Antarctica"...Enderby Land, Antarctica. Cagliari and Oristano on Sardinia, Italy (Hochleitner, The locality is shown in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of an Mg-rich osumilite from Vesuvius volcano (Italy) Giuseppina BALASSONE1 *, Angela MORMONE1 , Manuela...Federico II, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Naples, Italy *Corresponding author, e-mail: balasson@unina.it...sample comes from the rhyolitic deposit of Funtanafigu quarry. It shows a typical dark-blue tabular to...Land, Antarctica (Grew,1982); VV = Vico volcano, Italy (Parodi et al., 1989); SAT = Sattelberg-Nickenich...xenolithic rocks from Somma-Vesuvius volcano (southern Italy): crystal chemistry and petrogenetic features. Am
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found in the related structures of beryl and cordierite. There is a quantitative correlation between...absorptivities are similar to those measuredin cordierite. Milarite has a beryllo-alumino-silicate framework...of HrO in the related structures of beryl and cordierite indicates that infrared work on milarite is desirable...(H'O) found in beryl (Wood and Nassau, 1967)and cordierite (Goldman et al., 1977). The one anomalous aspect...the analogous bands in the spectraof beryl and cordierite, which were highly polarized, this band in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bei der strukturell Llanlichen Reihe der Mg-Fe-Cordierite. Alkali-Defizite im Osumilith sind keinesfalls...pyroxenes. Einleitung Einaehsig positive angebliche Cordierite aus einem Vulkanit Japans wurden yon Miyashiro...conditions of metamorphism, implications for gamet-cordierite equilibria and the evolution of the deep crest... R., 1982: Osumilith-Kfistalle yon der Cava Funtanafigu. Lapis 7, 26-27. Kobayashi, T., 1978: Osumilites
Book (edition)
expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from
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MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series...1991). Simdeled, Aust-Agder. Early in 1999, in a quarry near S~ndeled, collectors opened a pocket containing...PORTUGAL Montijos quarry, Monte Redondo, Leiria Estremadura. The Montijos gabbro quarry at Monte Redondo
Book (edition)
Short Hills, New Jersey. Renato Pagano: Milan, Italy. Ole V. Petersen: Geologisk Museum, Copenhagen,...British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...and Schemnitz, Czech Republic; Monte Narba, Sardinia, Italy; Smeingorsk, Semenowsky, and Altai, Siberia...metallic luster. G = 3.147. Mt. Etna and Mt. Vesuvius, Italy. Bm DI:126, ZK 74:511(1930). 1.1.18.2 Named Roaldite...well-developed crystals; Vulecano, Lipari Is., Italy, in fumaroles. BM DI:145, ACB 30:1396(1974), ABI:4L6
 
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