Log InRegister
Quick Links : The Mindat ManualThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryMindat Newsletter [Free Download]
Home PageAbout MindatThe Mindat ManualHistory of MindatCopyright StatusWho We AreContact UsAdvertise on Mindat
Donate to MindatCorporate SponsorshipSponsor a PageSponsored PagesMindat AdvertisersAdvertise on Mindat
Learning CenterWhat is a mineral?The most common minerals on earthInformation for EducatorsMindat ArticlesThe ElementsThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryGeologic Time
Minerals by PropertiesMinerals by ChemistryAdvanced Locality SearchRandom MineralRandom LocalitySearch by minIDLocalities Near MeSearch ArticlesSearch GlossaryMore Search Options
Search For:
Mineral Name:
Locality Name:
Keyword(s):
 
The Mindat ManualAdd a New PhotoRate PhotosLocality Edit ReportCoordinate Completion ReportAdd Glossary Item
Mining CompaniesStatisticsUsersMineral MuseumsClubs & OrganizationsMineral Shows & EventsThe Mindat DirectoryDevice SettingsThe Mineral Quiz
Photo SearchPhoto GalleriesSearch by ColorNew Photos TodayNew Photos YesterdayMembers' Photo GalleriesPast Photo of the Day GalleryPhotography

Ganophyllite from
Cassagna Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Ganophyllite
Formula:(K,Na,Ca)2Mn8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)32 · 8H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ganophyllite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cassagna Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:433776
Long-form Identifier:1:3:433776:8
GUID (UUID V4):735b1503-0acc-4545-ad08-a45a52ab27f1
Nearest other occurrences of Ganophyllite
1.7km (1.0 miles) Molinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
2.3km (1.5 miles) Scrava Mine (Statale Mine), Statale, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
3.3km (2.1 miles) Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
4.4km (2.7 miles) Monte Bossea Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
4.6km (2.9 miles) Monte Alpe Mine, Mt. Alpe, Maissana, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
24.0km (14.9 miles) Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Articles The Val Graveglia m anganese district, Liguria, I t a ly .......................................Donato, Italy macco.marchesini@agip.it Renato Pagano Casella Postale 37 1-20092 Cinisello, Italy renpagan@tin...Val Graveglia area, Genoa Province, Northern Italy. 1— Cassagna mine 2—Gambatesa mine 3— Molana quarry 4—...Molinello mine 5— Monte Bardeneto prospect 6— Monte Bianco copper mine 7— Monte Bossea mine 8— Monte Coppello-Reppia...Coppello-Reppia prospect 9— Monte Porcile mine 10— Nascio 11—Scrava mine 12— Pontori Prospect h CD ^ .L IG
Catalog/List
TINZENITE rich, orange mass on quartz Cassagna Mine, Liguria Italy 2 x 2.5cm £7 7 "MOHAWKITE" a burnjshed...Mn Borate . Venice Dome Louisiana USA £28 17 GANOPHYLLITE light brown micaeous all over 4x4 surface ....coverage about 1.5mm thick Cassagna Mine, Ne ,Graveglia Valley, Liguria Italy, I collected it in 2019 ...with some reddish hematite areas 6x3.5x2cm Benallt Mine , Rhiw, Llyen North Wales £20 28 OLIVINE "bomb"...crystalline area of Celsian on one side 6x5cm Benallt Mine Lleyn North wales £18 45 OLENITE/ROSSMANITE , on
Catalog/List
flat calcite-- attractive piece 6x4. Whitesmith Mine Stontian Scotland £25 7 ElJDIAL YTE rich red masses...Oneeded) Big Creek Fresno Co California USA £8 12 GANOPHYLLITE orange -brown good thin crystalline covering...covering all over the top surface 4x3cm Cassagna Mine, Ne Liguria Italy £ 25 14 STRONTIO-ORTHO JOAQU1N1TE one...pinkish micro crystals on Boracite crystals Boulby mine Loftus Yorkshire 3x2cm £18 16 PRICEITE hard white...crystal sections on lx2cm surface Molinello Mine, Val Graveglia Italy £8 18 NATIVE COPPER a cleaned piece 8x5cm
Catalog/List
12 GANOPHYLLITE light orange- brown micaeous all over 4x4 surface. It's about lm thick Cassagna Mine...Mine, Ne ,Graveglia Valley, Liguria Italy, I collected it in 2019. £18 14 BRUCITE a good small rich piece...botryoidal 1cm x 8mm on 2.5xlcm Penberthy Croft Mine St Hilary Cornwall £6 - the type location 19 URBANITE...Scotland £10 27 SUGILITE mauve chip about 8mm Wessels mine, North Cape Province South Africa £8 31 CLINTONITE...cm, x5mm with pinkish Scawtite on the end, Fuka Mine, Bicchu town Okayama prefecture Japan overall size
Report (issue)
10.191(4) X-ray Powder Pattern: Val Graveglia, Italy. 2.916 (100), 3.493 (50), 2.836 (50), 2.601 (50)...Total [99.38] Chemistry: (1) Val Graveglia, Italy; by electron microprobe, Mn2+:Mn 3+ calculated from...(Val Graveglia, Italy). Association: Calcite, rhodonite, rhodochrosite, ganophyllite, braunite, quartz...quartz (Val Graveglia, Italy); xonotolite, vuagnatite (Wessels mine, South Africa). Distribution: From the...and Cassagna manganese mines, near Chiavari, Val Graveglia, Liguria, Italy. In the Wessels mine, near
Catalog/List
3x2.5cm £60 Scerscen Glacier, Sondrio Province Italy Mn2+,i.As5+ShO 12(OH 3 TIRAGALLOITE orange massive-crystalline...smaller area. Scerscen Glacier Sondrio province Italy . Mn2+,i.As5+SbO12(OH) £30 4 TIRAGALLOITE sample...section. The largest crystal is 1.5cm high Telirio Mine, Linopolis Minas Gerais Brazil with previous dealers... 8 GANOPHYLLITE light orange- brown micaeous all over 4x4 surface. It's about 1mm thick Cassagna Mine...Mine, Ne ,Graveglia Valley, Liguria Italy, I collected it in 2019 . £18 9 VANADINITE attractive piece.
Catalog/List
covering small quartz crystals 3x3cm Bwlch I Glas Mine, Tal-y-Bont Ceredigion Wales £6 I 19 NIFONTOVITE...1cm long and 3 mm across on very small matrix Fuka Mine, Okayama Japan £ 15 -20 - TANXALITE-obv:iousblac~...creamy white cleavable like a feldspar 6x3cm £25 Fuka Mine,m Okayama Prefecture Japan , (photo left) 23B) smaller...obvious brown mass in 3x2 Casagna Mine, Graveglia Valley Liguria Italy £ 10 L...~~--------1 --=2q_ PR...an~ schis~_ Curiglia, Varese Province, Lombardy Italy 1.5cm£10 --- ------ - ·=- - 30 CHRYSOCOLLA,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tinzenite was also identified from Cassagnain Liguria, Italy, b-"-pelx Publication authorized by the Director...study was made of the rare manganesesilicate ganophyllite, which had been found there. Among the comparative...comparative materiai investigated was ganophyllite from Franklin, New Jersey, which occurred in close association...in Figure 1, patterns of axinite from the Toroku mine, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan (U.S.N.M. 105575) (no...Bourg d'Oisans, Dauphine, France, and the Toroku mine, Japan, are identical. The patterns of tinzenite
Catalog/List
deal of the matrix. 5x5x2.5cm Molinello Mine, Vai Graveglia, Italy £35 2 AWARUITE about 10 individual 2...or more pieces in a plastic box. Friedrichsegen Mine, bad Ems , Lahn .Rhineland-Palatinate Germany £18...brown fibrous about 3x2cm Punta Gensane, Viu Turin Italy 13 SENARMONITE single sharp grey octahedral crystal...rich grey masses with large cleavage face 5x4 Fuka Mine ,Okayama Japan £45 B) smaller piece 2.5 x 3cm £20...pale mauve fibrous mass . Praboma mine, St Marcel |, Piedmont Italy 5x2.5 £12 Sample b) .5x1.5 £ 36 ARAGONITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
5+O4)(OH)6, a new ardennite-group mineral from Italy 1 2 3 4 PrePub Article ANTHONY R. KAMPF1,*, CRISTINA...the ardennite group from the Monte Alpe mine, Liguria, Italy. It crystallized from V- and Mn-rich hydrothermal...Studi di Genova, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy 3 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University...Palmanova 67, 20132 Milano, Italy 5 via XXV Aprile 28, 16046 Mezzanego, Italy Key-words: alpeite; new mineral;...ardennite group; crystal structure; Monte Alpe mine; Italy. 35 1. Introduction 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
Journal (issue)
prachtige rhodochrosietskalenoëders van de N’Chwaning Mine (ZuidAfrika). Alleen het rond brilliantslijpsel...(Afghanistan) en de klassiekers van de Himalaya Mine (Pala, California) vertegenwoordigd. Ere wie ere...aggregaatje van rhodochrosiet. Veldbreedte 3 mm. Gambatesa mine, Val Graveglia, Italië. Verzameling en foto R. Bracco...twintig werden 3 veel voorkomende mineralen van de Cassagna mijn als nieuwe species geïdentificeerd, namelijk...mineraal dat voorkwam in een aantal parageneses in Cassagna, zoals beschreven door E. Sanero (1936), kwam
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
analogue of medaite, from the Molinello mine, Liguria, Italy: occurrence and crystal structure Cristian...Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy *Corresponding author, e-mail: cristian.biagioni@unipi...Studi di Genova, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy 3 Department of Applied Geological Sciences and...Via Luigi Delfino 74, 17017 Millesimo, Savona, Italy 5þ Abstract: The new mineral species arsenmedaite...deposit of the Molinello mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova, Liguria, Italy. It occurs as orange-reddish
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
striated epidotes in matrix, from the Calumet iron mine, Colorado. Epidote was described in 1801 by Haüy...collectors. Within the United States, the Green Monster mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, has yielded superb...quartz (Leavens and Thomssen 1977); the Calumet iron mine, Chaffee County, Colorado, is a notable locale for...quartz and yellow-green titanite, from the Capelinha mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, are relatively inexpensive...crystals are found in skarn at Traversella, Piedmont, Italy. Epidote gwindels form attractive floater groups
Journal (issue)
and exhibitors, to the Franklin Mineral Museum and Mine Replica with its outstanding mineral exhibits, fluorescent...display and unusual mine replica depicting a typical working place down in the Franklin mine, and also to the...encountered minerals occurring at the Sterling Hill mine, some of which are totally new to science. The Franklin-Sterling...a mineral, new to science, at the Sterling Hill mine. We are pleased to announce the discovery of yet...yet another mineral, new to science, from the same mine. Your editor quotes the following, intact, from
Catalog/List
cleavage Yakutia.Russia MnS lxl £9 ½x½ £3 IX½ Rawhide Mine. Mohave 255 ALA!\IOSITE Rich white cruslS on matrix...botryoidal with possible New East Wheat Russell mine, ½x½ 501 ALLOPHANE £4 -·-· . . ALSiO £2.SO B~~.~~~~t~...grey masses '1.\ith possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, Ix½ £4 13 ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 micros. Hexham,Northumberland...- - · - --·· -·Pure grey metallic mass San Jose Mine, Oruro. Bolivia 6x6mm £3 217 A1'DORITE . PbAgSb_S...£1.JQ .. .. F~ls~ar_G!_?~P 2x2 £2 lx2£1 Kaveltorp Mine Sweden Rich fawn sheaves in silvery schist 27 ANTHOPHYLLITE
Book (edition)
Republic). W.D. Birch (Australia), Elena Bonaccorsi (Italy), Ernst A.J. Burke (Netherlands), L.J. Cabri (Canada)...M. Dcliens (Belgium). Giancarlo Delia Ventura (Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA)....(Canada). L.A. Groat (Canada). Alessandro Guastoni (Italy), William A. Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth...(ltaly). Igor Pekov (Russia), atale Perchiazzi (Italy). Ole V. Petersen (Denmark). Fedcrico Pezzotta (ltaly)...Radon H In I Ir Fe Kr La Pb Li Lu Mg Mn Hg Mo Nd Ne Ni Nb N Os 0 Pd p Pt K Pr Ra Rn Rhenium Rhodium
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...Tenacity properties in all directions), as No and Ne for optically uniaxial minerals. and as Np, Nm, and...opaque, Juster brown. luster vitreous. H > 4. D = 321. Ne,o = 1.586. metallic. Sectile. H 2-2.5. D = 7.22....Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald
Book
are: Russia (46), United States of America (34), Italy (19), Canada (16), People's Republic of China (11)...Czech Republic Finland France Germany Greece India Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Moon Nu111ber of Species...(trigonal) HBaAl 3 (AsOJ 2 (0H) 6 Locality: The Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, in the middle Black Forest, Germany...)(CO 3 )s(OH) 2 ·1.SH2 O Locality: T he Kamoto East mine, District ofKolwezi, southern Shaba, Zafre (Lat...Fossa crater, Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy. Oca,rretzce: As fumarolic encrustations. Associated
Book (edition)
Short Hills, New Jersey. Renato Pagano: Milan, Italy. Ole V. Petersen: Geologisk Museum, Copenhagen,...NOTATION FOR REFRACTIVE INDICES eel Ng or n, or N, ne idk, Ny n, or Ol or or or No Ny Np Dm Ng 7MB8...GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA PR RI SC SD TN TX...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Lake Co., Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower... | Sent 4 eileb ea goatee hein. a at ad its Ne “wines gut we ae VE ee am ite@ os jan OTS...Kiser biaant t te . Chie em wonlog Wis Wo Tie? ne Avitiég sonswheee oul nfetsiber't Celta to oj? Sime...MeN alll = sin) Aw Neten'h = F'R Smeal velo? ne) Ply pectin we Guteoate3 Yr: xs © ARE - Wir acs
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County; at the Double...MODE OF OCCURRENCE: Found in waste piles in a coal mine in the L'vov-Volynskii basin, USSR. It is found
Book
Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous...ilmenite crystals as described here for the Dodo mine. In general, ilmenite crystals from the Subpolar
Report (volume)
according to the type locality Piemont in Northern Italy. The first Cr rich epidote occurrence was described...increasing Fe3+. This increase is strongest in nJ and nE and smallest in nD. Because of this difference, birefringence...refractive indices and birefringence (nJ–nD), (nJ–nE), and (nE–nD) increases linearly with Fe3+ content and...(1977) are questionable and especially those for nE are incorrect. We will therefore refer only to the...analyses. As in the Al-Fe3+ solid solution series nE is generally parallel [010], nD approximately parallel
Report (volume)
osteo ei teats teates i ontccerdstacandrsts ore, ne cones: ots otcmane men cecmeodasaas 6 RRELETENCES...eseecaacnccnersenes otsup'eceap es 119 PLCS Y SUC sO FLO ETI rere ne ene ecact anne Macaeatiore ee eee aan ‘FheisystenublazO-B...ANEMIA RS BE bh ora S A iis See 150 UWAToke ecah ee ne" San aio Salliet SE RUE ig1 De EMBO Semnt EEE aN...go esc Gs cacansaninscapd tb ondes bas sp eeOeONae ne eny case eutecsok 183 KOMEKUp ING. «ccs 5 teas 2...arc RL Dea: SE, Pe ON ONT 187 DNASCAIICS secede Ne trie ace teat a NNees SPRL En MME, EIR NEON 187
Report (volume)
described from a boiling hot spring in Tuscany, Italy in 1778 and boracite was the first more complex...P, Tolomeo L (1977) Harkerite from Alban Hills, Italy. Lithos 10:133-141 Baysal O (1973) New hydrous magnesium-borate...pentaborate sheet structure from the Tuzla salt mine, Bosnia and Hercegovina. Am Mineral 79:562-569 Beukes...Peprossiite-(Ce), a new mineral from Campagnano (Italy): the first anhydrous rare-earth-element borate...Canavesite, a new carboborate mineral from Brosso, Italy. Can Mineral 16:69-73 Ferraris G, Ivaldi G, Chopin
 
Mineral and/or Locality  
Mindat Discussions Facebook Logo Instagram Logo Discord Logo
Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: April 19, 2024 06:34:02
Go to top of page