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Sugilite from
Castagnola, Vagli Sotto, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy


Classification
Species:Sugilite
Formula:KNa2Fe23+Li3[Si12O30]
Comments:Type C occurrence.
Habit:anhedral or subhedral xls
Colour:violet
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Braunite
Calcite
Quartz
Serandite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sugilite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Castagnola, Vagli Sotto, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:280495
Long-form Identifier:1:3:280495:8
GUID (UUID V4):4c731822-ffd1-45bb-a872-6481d7c0a979
Nearest other occurrences of Sugilite
45.2km (28.1 miles) Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ferrihollandite, BaMn4þ6Fe3þ2O16, from Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy: description and crystal structure CRISTIAN...Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy *Corresponding author, e-mail: biagioni@dst.unipi...manganese hydrothermal ores from Vagli, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy, on the basis of chemical and X-ray...tunnel oxides, crystal structure, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy. describe a phase having Ba2þ as dominant...al., 1996), and Vagli (Perchiazzi & Biagioni, 2005; Biagioni et al., 2009b). At Vagli, braunite-bearing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
brucec@uj.ac.za SUGILITE Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field Northern Cape Province, South Africa ...one of the most recognizable purple species is sugilite. It is also one of the minerals that occurs in...Fryer 1987) and as crystals. Good crystals of sugilite are rarer than the massive variety. They seldom...collector rarities. Another interesting aspect of sugilite is that although the type-locality is Iwagi Island... Japan, by far the world’s largest deposit of sugilite is in the Kalahari manganese field in South Africa
Book (edition)
CCM CM DANR EJM JMPS MM MP NJMA ZRMO Republic province prefecture county departement departamento ...the La Fossa crater, Vulcano Is., Lipari Islands, Italy. Anthropogenic on burning coal dumps of the Anna...the La Fossa crater, Vulcano Is., Lipari Islands, Italy. < 3. D(calc.) = 3.81. Ne,o = 1.710, 1.777, (+)...the La Fossa crater, Vulcano Is., Lipari Islands, Italy. AM 95, 382-385, 2010. Akaogiite TiO2 (4.D), an...Cavalluccio, Sacrofano caldera, Roma prov., Lazio, Italy. zRMO 136, I, 82-89, 2007. DAN 415, 242-246, 2006
 
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