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Biotite from
Del Prete Quarry, Cuasso al Piano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Del Prete Quarry, Cuasso al Piano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1021636
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1021636:3
GUID (UUID V4):08e9e146-162f-4a02-8757-3f871ca5be5b
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘLaghetto Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
22.0km (13.6 miles) ⓘCannero Riviera ore body, Trarego Viggiona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
26.5km (16.5 miles) ⓘParagneiss outcrop, Intragna, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘIl Pizzo gneiss outcrop, Intragna, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘAlpe Agricola gneiss outcrop, Caprezzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
31.7km (19.7 miles) ⓘMount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘCirla Quarry (Monte Camoscio Quarry; Camoscio Quarry), Feriolo, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
32.9km (20.4 miles) ⓘMont'Orfano (Montorfano), Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
33.7km (20.9 miles) ⓘCastello Svitto, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘCandoglia, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
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Pezzotta Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milan, Italy with Contributions by Christina Denison, Andrea...Campo. Situated on the southeastern edge of the Monte Capanne massif, the village is the type locality...Grotta d'Oggi, San Piero in Campo, Elba, Tuscany, Italy Collection Dave Eidahl; photo Erica and Harold van...Neumeier Page 20 The Monte Capanne Pegmatites Federico Pezzotta Page 28 Minerals of the Monte Capanne Pegmatites...Lacona, San Giovanni, the Gulf of Biodola, the Monte Orello area, Magazzini, the outskirts of Portoferraio
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MINERALS IN THE FONTE DEL PRETE GRANITIC PEGMATITE DIKE, ISLAND OF ELBA, ITALY CARLO AURISICCHIO§ Istituto...di Roma, C.N.R., p.le A. Moro 5, I-00185 Roma, Italy CATERINA DE VITO AND VINCENZO FERRINI Dipartimento...Roma “La Sapienza”, p.le A. Moro 5, I-00185 Roma, Italy PAOLO ORLANDI Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra... via S. Maria 53, I-56126 Pisa, Italy ABSTRACT The Fonte del Prete rare-element-enriched granitic pegmatite...of Elba, Italy, displays LCT-type geochemical features, and is genetically related to the Monte Capanne
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Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro, 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy Abstract As Richard H. Jahns used to say, granitic...Republic, a well-characterized example, Černý et al. (1984) found the plagioclase at both borders of...strength of the (Al,Si)–O bonds in the tetrahedra, and the necessary involvement of Al and Si in any exsolution...from the wall zone. Falster (1994) and Sirbescu et al. (2009) documented rapid, disequilibrium crystallization...like El Muerto, in Oaxaca, Mexico (Prol-Ledesma et al. 2012), the border zone contains strikingly elongate
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........................339 by R. V. Dietrich Italy Minerals of the Elba pegmatites...................] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77...Lowell) [1982, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 19-28.] The Jensen quarry, Riverside County, California (by F. DeVito and...have used the writings of the 11th cen­ tury scholar al-Birunis as a source. Ibn Mansur writes: La’l appears...itself, consisting of at least 12 elements: Si, B, Al, Fe, Mn, Mg, Ca, K, Na, Li, H and O. Other properties
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Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy : Mondadori, 2003. [256] p. : col. photos. ; cm...Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8-9: Beryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42-43: Silver...Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech...crystals on quartz from Brusson, Valle d'Aosta, Italy NOTE TO THE READER The 288 mineralogical species
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REE–Y–Th–U accessory minerals in the Monte Capanne pluton (Elba Island, Italy): a possible indicator of hybridization... CNR, Pisa, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy c Department...microtextures of REE–Y–Th–U accessory minerals in the Monte Capanne anatectic–hybrid pluton suggests the occurrence...obliteration by homogenization of 102 A. Dini et al. / Lithos 78 (2004) 101–118 successive batches of...granodioritic and tonalitic plutons (e.g., Poli et al., 1996; Patiño Douce, 1999). The lack of distinctive
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historic specimen from the Grotta d'Oggi, Elba, Italy. Federico Pezzotta collection; Antonio Miglioli...were discovered, Pierre also visited the Hagendorf quarry in Bavaria, rich in rare phosphates, the Mezica...at the Natural History Museum in London, and with Al McGuinness, a major American dealer, the collection...(1976) by Pierre Bariand et al. 656 Mineraux Passion (1992) by Nelly Bariand et al. The Marvellous World of...locality Gail and Fen visited was the Kalkar limestone quarry in Santa Cruz, California, where they found surprisingly
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breakdown of a hydrous phase like muscovite or biotite, or simply an adjustment in their composition,...account for the origin of A-type granites (Collins et al. 1982; more about that theme later). In systems undergoing...plagioclase + K-feldspar + muscovite + garnet + biotite ± apatite ± beryl ± tourmaline (Barr 1985); in...Himalayan continent–continent collision zone (Deniel et al. 1987, Le Fort 1988) attest to rapid collection of...Himalayan environment of continental collision (Laurs et al. 1998). A particularly interesting case of granitic
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Sn–polymetallic ore deposits (Bouchot et al. 2005, Cuney et al. 2002, Marignac & Cuney 1999). The La Châtaigneraie...the French Massif Central (Bouchot et al. 2005, Lerouge et al. 2000, Lerouge & Bouchot 2005). Yet, no... dated between 315 ± 3 Ma (40Ar/39Ar on biotite; Monié et al. 1999) and 334 ± 7 Ma (U/Pb on zircon; Lafon...veins intrude the monzogranite and schist (Roig et al. 1999) (Fig. 1). The leucogranite intrusions were...using 40Ar/39Ar on muscovite at 306–307 Ma (Monié et al. 1999). Aplites occur mainly at the contact between
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Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy: Mondadori, 2003. (256} p. : col. phptos. ; cm....Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8- 9: 13eryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42- 43: Silver...Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech...crystals on quartz from Brusson, Valle d'Aosta, Italy NOTE TOTHE READER The 288 mineralogical species
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anisotropism. scoria from Vesuvius-Somma, Campania, Italy. N a m e d for W . G . M u m m e o f C S I R O ...~ ct 1.498, [3 1.506, 7 1.507. Named Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, for the locality.... 105.12 ~ Z = 4. Dmeas. 3.60 g/cm 3. Optically Italy. CaMn3§ Manganese analogue of biaxial negative,...bright blue needles to 2 mm, in a quartz matrix, Province, South Africa; also recorded from the from the...Wessels mine, Hotazel district, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Tentative formula given as CaaMn3SisO2o(OH)6
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numero 13 Notiziario dell’Associazione LETTERA DEL PRESIDENTE Nella vita c’è sempre un bivio: essere...promesse di ritornare in Associazione. Mi trovo di nuovo al bivio, all’out out! Per fortuna vanno di moda le...Aglio Presidente A.P.M.P. Escursione alla ricerca del quarzo fumè. 1 Associazione Piemontese di Mineralogia...Responsabile della redazione Paolo Deambrosis Stampa del notiziario Massimo Becchetti Domenica Marabello...Deambrosis Responsabile della consegna del notiziario INDICE SCIENZA Lettera del Presidente (L. Aglio).......
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et al. 1986, 2004, Spilde & Shearer 1992, Černý & Nĕmec 1995, Tindle & Breaks 1998, Tindle et al. 1998...1998, Lahti 2000, Masau et al. 2000, Aurisicchio et al. 2002, Zhang et al. 2004). This diversity holds... Černý et al. 1986, 2004), contamination from wallrocks (Černý & Nĕmec 1995, Tindle et al. 1998), evolving...Walker et al. 1986, Spilde & Shearer 1992) and other factors like enrichment in F (Černý et al. 1986, Spilde...Canada (Ercit 1986, Černý et al. 1998, Tindle & Breaks 1998, Tindle et al. 1998). Thus, in this paper
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Ambientali—Sezione di Milano Via Mangiagalli 34 20133 Milano Italy DATE DUE Lothar Viereck-Goette Institut fiir Geowissenschaften...geological map of Stromboli volcano (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) based on application of lithostratigraphic and...An application to the Vulsini Volcanoes (central Italy)................. sales D.M. Palladino, S. Simei...of volcanism off Campi Flegrei (Bay of Naples, Italy)......... Alfonsa Milia Stratigraphy and volcanological...structural evolution of the Ischia resurgent caldera (Italy) over Ee ASOLO RW RON ae eat cease age ee A Hd OS
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ISSN 2038-0801 Previsione del tempo di occorrenza di una frana FEDERICO A., ELIA G., FIDELIBUS C. 15...Napoleonico: una sfida per la sicurezza idraulica del basso Bacino del Fiume Reno (EmiliaRomagna, Italia) BIAVATI... 83 SuscettibilitĂ  da gully erosion nel bacino del T. Turbolo (Calabria settentrionale): approccio multidisciplinare...Ciancetti (Pavia) Pietro De Paola (Roma) Mario Del Prete (Potenza) Leonardo Disperati (Siena) Walter Dragoni...della Geologia applicata, intesa nel senso piĂš ampio del termine. Sono inclusi in questa espressione gli studi
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10:215-217 ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54...[the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by F. Olmi, C. Sabelli & G. Brizzi) 19:305-310...ALBERTINI, CLAUDIO Famous mineral localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario:...Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite crystals in calcite-cored vein-dikes...8:287-293 Minerals of the Alpine rodingites of Italy (by C. M. Gramaccioli) 10:85-89 Micromounting in
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Czech Republic. It contains minor to accessory biotite, schorl, muscovite, sekaninaite, andalusite, diaspore...Ta/(Ta+Nb). The contents of P, U, Ti, Zr, Si, Sc, Al and Ca vary from negligible in ferberite to minor...)−17 , where R2+ = Fe2+ > Mn, Ca; R3+ = Fe3+ > Sc, Al; R4+ = Ti > Zr, Si, U; R5+ = Nb > Ta, P; R6+ = W...et al., 1998; Novák & Černý, 1998a; Aurisicchio et al., 2002; Černý et al., 2007; Breiter et al. 2007)...Verlagsbuchhandlung, D-70176 Stuttgart  488 M. Novák et al. Fig. 1. Schematic geological map of the Bory pegmatite
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in the IlĂ­maussaq peralkaline complex, Gardar Province, West Greenland, in an extensional environment;...these minerals only require the abundant cations Al and Si and crystallize at relatively low concentrations...and Eldredge 2010; Hazen and Ferry 2010; Hazen et al. 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012) have developed and quantified...Beryllonite, NaBe(PO4), in columnar aggregate from Kunar Province, Afghanistan, and in glassy fragments from the...CsLiBe2Al2Si6O18. Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar. R060583 reproduced with permission
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complex containing characteristic minerals such as biotite, muscovite, garnet, cordierite, andalusite, ilmenite...contient les minéraux caractéristiques suivants: biotite, muscovite, grenat, cordiérite, andalusite, ilménite...All SMB rocks are of the peraluminous (Clarke et al. 2004), so-called S-type (Chappell & White 1974)...SMB shows major-element (Clarke et al. 2004) and isotopic (Clarke et al. 1988) evidence of contamination...1998, Černý et al. 1986, 1999, 2000, Hanson et al. 1998, Uher et al. 1998, Belkasmi et al. 2000, Aurisicchio
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microcrystalline masses, penetrated by laminae of biotite. Hardness less than that of calcspar. Sp. gr. =...temperature, Lefler gives for allophite the formula 2(Al,0,.SiOz + 3 (Mg 0.Si0,). H. W. Foresite, a new...in the druses of the granite-masses of Fonte del Prete, in Elba. It appears t o be the latest formation...determined from the mean of three analyses, isSiOn. Al,03. CaO. MgO. KZO. Na20. 49.96 27.40 5.47...Fumatiwa belongs to a range of mountains in tlie Province la Rioja of the Argentine Republic, which, in
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granitic pegmatites (e.g. Černý et al., 1985, 1986; London, 1996; Mulja et al., 1996; Novák and Černý, 1998)...fractionation process of pegmatites (Černý et al., 1985, 1986; Mulja et al., 1996; Novák and Černý, 1998; Tindle...and Breaks, 1998, 2000; Aurisicchio et al., 2002; Novák et al., 2003). * E-mail: rcwang@nju.edu.cn DOI:...and columbite-tantalite for two decades. Wang et al. (1981) carried out a systematic mineralogical study...zircon in the Koktokay No. 3 granitic A. C. ZHANG ET AL. pegmatite, to provide further insights into the
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repeatedly found in meteorites and lunar rocks (Bowles et al., 2011). In principle, rutile could be referred to...in some cases exceeds 50 at % (Černý et al., 1981; Bowles et al., 2011). Isomorphic capacity or compatibility...abnormal of metamorphic rutile. 707 708 REZNITSKY et al. 1.1 1.0 Th Ion radius, Å 0.9 Y U4+ Zn Mg ...compatible in rutile 0.8 0.7 2+ Fe 0.6 Ti V4+ Al 0.5 1 2 3 4 Ion charge U6+ Nb, Ta Sb W Highly...substituting Ti in structure of rutile (Tiepolo et al., 2000; Meinhold, 2010). Complemented by V4+ ion
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(Aurisicchio et al., 2002; Beurlen et al., 2008; Černý, 1989; Černý and Ercit, 1985, 1989; Černý et al., 1986...2004, 2007; Ercit et al., 1995; London, 2008; Novak and Černý, 1998; Novak et al., 2003; Spilde and Schearer...Schearer, 1992; Uher et al., 1998). The major problem is to distinguish between primary magmatic columbite–tantalite...hydrothermal–metasomatic ores (Van Lichtervelde et al., 1 Deceased 2013. 2007). The Kolmozero pegmatite... Please cite this article as: Badanina, E.V., et al., Mineral chemistry of columbite–tantalite from spodumene
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Ordovician magmatic–thermal event in the Mt Painter Province, northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia M....magmatic–hydrothermal event in the Mt Painter Province might help to link the tectonic evolution of central... with shortening in the order of 10–20% (Paul et al. 1999). In contrast to the southern part of the Adelaide...in the basement (Drexel & Major 1990; Neumann et al. 2000), and their proposed effect on thermal and...Sandiford 1995; Sandiford et al. 1998; Paul et al. 1999; McLaren et al. 2002a). Despite several previous
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the pegmatiteforming melts (e.g., Aurisicchio et al. 2002, Ercit 2005a, Škoda & Novák 2007). Studies...minerals (CGM and SGM, respectively) (Pieczka et al. 2013, 2014). The purpose of this project was to...respective sites (Lumpkin & Ewing 1992, 1995, Brugger et al. 1997). The A site is mainly occupied by Na, Ca,...well as subordinate V, Sn, Zr, Hf, Fe3þ, Mg, and Al. The X site contains mostly O with minor OH and F...vacant (Atencio et al. 2010). Following the IMA-approved nomenclature (Atencio et al. 2010), the PSM are
 
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