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Thorogummite from
Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Commune
Classification
Species:Thorite var: Thorogummite
Formula:(Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
Comments:Found only once at Val Bona quarry, as a mm-sized globular aggregate, characterised by a "bread-crust" surface, white-greenish in colour, friable, overgrown by small chalcopyrite crystals. Chemical analyses (Orlandi & Del Chiaro, 1989) showed a ThO2 content close to 55 wt.%, UO2 close to 40 wt.%, and a low amount of SiO2 (5 wt.%). According to these authors, the mineral could be classified as an intermediate member between "thorogummite" and coffinite. "Thorogummite" has been discredited as a valid species in 2014 (IMA14-B). However, Biagioni et al. (2019) have pointed out that, if the chemical data given by Orlandi & Del Chiaro (1989) are reliable, the empirical chemical formula for "thorogummite" from Val Bona, recalculated on the basis of (Th+U) = 1 atom per formula unit, is (Th0.58U0.42)(SiO4)0.23(OH)3.08, i.e. that of a phase different from thorite. Consequently, further studies on this specimen would be desirable.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Thorogummite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11012
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11012:1
GUID (UUID V4):c8aea600-a123-42df-98f0-683115d97db3
Localities for Thorogummite in this Region
Val Bona Quarry (Valbona Quarry), Miseglia quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Orlandi, P., and Del Chiaro, L. (1989) Nuovi dati sui minerali delle geodi del marmo di Carrara. Atti della SocietĂ  Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A, 96, 313-325
Orlandi, P., and Franzini, M. (1994) I minerali del marmo di Carrara. Cassa di Risparmio di Carrara - Amilcare Pizzi Editore S.p.A., Milano, 109 pp.
Orlandi, P., and Criscuolo, A. (2009) Minerali del marmo delle Alpi Apuane. Parco delle Alpi Apuane - Pacini Editore, Ospedaletto-Pisa, 180 pp.
Biagioni, C., Orlandi, P., Camarda, S., Chinellato, M., Appiani, R., Del Chiaro, L., and Sanguineti, G. (2019) Minerals from marbles of Carrara and the Apuan Alps. LoGisma editore, Vicchio (Firenze) - Musumeci S.p.A., Quart (Aosta), 144 pp.
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Baveno twins (from a prominent locality at Baveno, Italy) they are often repeated (Fig. 447). In Fig. 448...NON-METALLIC COLORS: A. WHITE. 1. Snow-white: Carrara marble. 2. Reddish white, 3. Yellowish white and... PART IV. DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY It is the province of De506. Scope of Descriptive Mineralogy. scriptive...Bahia, etc. region was that near Diamantina in the province of Minas Geraes; The discovery of diamonds in...Pitt, 137 carats; the Florentine or Grand Duke of Tuscany, 133 carats. The "Star of the South" found in Brazil
Laznicka, Peter - Ed. (1985) Phanerozoic Environments, Associations and Deposits - Developments in Economic Geology No. 19A. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/c2013-0-11843-0
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affects its present characteristics as a mineral province, because of the exposure of the various depth...and contains the principal Soviet porphyry Cu-Mo province estimated to represent some 15 Mt Cu and 200 Tt...and Au mineralization this is a distinct Sn(W) province. 1026 Fig. 28-9. Kounrad "porphyry" Cu-Mo deposit...28-10. Permo-Carboniferous high level plutonic province of N.E. Queensland and its metallic mineralization...deserve a brief treatment. In the Colorado Plateau province, Hunt (1956) and Hunt et al. (1953) recognized
Schrader, FC, Stone, RC, Sanford S. (1914) Useful minerals of the United States. Bulletin Vol. 585. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b585
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portion of coarse-grained granite veins in Piedmont Province from alteration of feldspar. In Calhoun County...and white clouded marble near Sylacauga and at Carrara near Talladega. Crystalline dolomite found along... and Wad. Marble. Quarried: Amador County, at Carrara quarry, eec. 29, T. 7 N., R. 12 E.; Butte County...mercury minerals found outside of the limestones. Thorogummite. Llano County, occurs at Baringer Hill. Tin...occurrences in other counties of the Piedmont province. Lead. See Cerusite, Galena, and Massicot. Limestone
Egleston, Thomas (1891) A Catalogue of Minerals and Synonyms (2nd ed.) John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
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turquin . VERDE ANTIQUE : Marbre verd antique. CARRARA. PARIAN : Lychnites ; marbre de Paros. ( Statuary...phosphate of iron. Carphostilbite. See Thomsonite. Carrara marble . See Calcite . CARROLITE , Faber. CuC02S4...Paijkull ; euk.. rasit ; parathorite, Shep. THOROGUMMITE , Hidden and Mackin tosh . UO3. ThSiO4 + 2H
Egleston, Thomas (1892) A Catalogue of Minerals and Synonyms (3rd ed.)
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bleu turquin. Verde antique Marbre verd antique. Carrara. Parian: Lycbnites; marbre de Pares. : : (Statuary...derit, Breit. CarphoBtilbite. See Thomsonlte. Carrara marble. See Calcite. CARROLITE, Faler. CnCOiS*...THORITE, Berz. ThSi04+2H2p. Te- tragonal. THOROGUMMITE, Ridden and Mackintosh. U03.ThSi04+2H20. Tetragonal
(1917) Useful minerals of the United States. Bulletin Vol. 624. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b624
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portion of coarse-grained granite veins in Piedmont Province from alteration of feldspar. In Calhoun County...and white clouded marble near Sylacauga and at Carrara near Talladega. Crystalline dolomite found along...places chiefly for cement: Amador County, - at Carrara quarry, sec. 29, T. 7 N., R. 12 E.; white marble...County, Luning and Mina. Nye County, quarried at Carrara; occurs in Bullfrog district. White Pine County...localities in Concord, Marble, Middletown, .and Upper Province townships; Linwood, occasionally found. Philadelphia
(2010) 20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association 21–27 August, 2010 Budapest, Hungary. Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Abstract Series Vol. 6. University of Szeged
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(Romania) (Slovakia) (China) (Germany) (Poland) (Italy) (Czech Republic) (Romania/USA) (Germany) (Hungary)...Terra, UniversitĂ  di Pavia, Italy (*michele.zema@unipv.it) 2 CNR-IGG, Pavia, Italy 3 Bayerisches Geoinstitut...5 1 Dept. of Chemistry, University of Florence, Italy (*dibenefr@geo.unifi.it) 2 Inst. for Materials Science...University of Florence, Italy 4 Inst. for Physico-Chemical Processes, CNR, Italy 5 Inst. of Geological... UniversitĂ  di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy (*dmalf@unimore.it) The aim of this work is to prepare
(1916) The data of geochemistry (third edition) Bulletin Vol. 616. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b616
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stable in turn. The study of these changes is the province of geochemistry. To determine what changes are......... Rothamsted, England & ........ Perugia, Italy d ............... Ceylon e... ........ ...........13 meters depth. This lake drains southward into Italy. A co............................ so4... ........Organic matter rejected. J. Lago di Garda, northern Italy. Analysis by Schwager, Geognost. Jahreshefte, 1894...three small streams near Oderzo, in northwestern Italy, see M. Spica and G. Halagian, Gazz. chim. ital
(1911) The data of geochemistry (second edition) Bulletin Vol. 491. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b491
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stable in turn. The study of these changes is the province of geochemistry. To determine what changes are......... Rothamsted, England c ........ Perugia, Italy <*. ............... Ceylon « .....................13 meters depth. This lake drains southward into Italy. A C08 .......................... S04 ..........Organic matter rejected. J. Lago di Garda, northern Italy. Analysis by Schwager, Geognost. Jahreshefte, 1894...three small streams near Oderzo, in northwestern Italy, see M. Spica and G. Halagian, Gazz. chim. ital
Mason, Brian, Berry, L. G. (1968) Elements of Mineralogy (2nd ed.) W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, CA.
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prevalence of these twins at a locality in Kai province, Japan, although such twins have also been recognized...classic locality for such minerals is Mt. Vesuvius in Italy, where over fifty different minerals have been collected...the Texas-New Mexico area of the USA, and in the province of Perm in the USSR. Very large reserves of potassium...extracted from volcanic steam at Lardarello in Italy. The only nitrate deposits of commercial importance... Australia; and also at localities in Silesia, Italy, Spain, Yugoslavia, and Burma. Production and uses:
 
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