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Forsterite from
Valmaggia, Cravagliana, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy


Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Valmaggia, Cravagliana, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1293672
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1293672:6
GUID (UUID V4):22ebfcaa-2ed4-472b-92d7-22265c98682b
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
2.6km (1.6 miles) ā“˜Isola Mine, Vocca, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy
9.6km (5.9 miles) ā“˜Pennino Grande Mine, Campello Monti, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
11.2km (7.0 miles) ā“˜Alvani Mine, Campello Monti, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
23.9km (14.9 miles) ā“˜Candoglia marble quarries, Candoglia, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
26.7km (16.6 miles) ā“˜I Mondei (Ca' Mondei), Montescheno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
31.8km (19.8 miles) ā“˜Cisore serpentinite outcrop, Domodossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
32.6km (20.3 miles) ā“˜Polluce (Pollux), Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
33.4km (20.8 miles) ā“˜Monte Rosso di Verra, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
34.0km (21.1 miles) ā“˜Palon di Resy, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
34.9km (21.7 miles) ā“˜Rocca di Verra, Gobba di Rollin-Rocca di Verra ridge - Blu Lake area, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Introduction The Ivrea-Verbano Zone (IVZ) in northwest Italy (Fig. 1) represents a section of PT continental...NU 2. RI U-Pb zircon geochronology on the Valmaggia pipe. 2.1 Ivrea-Verbano Zone MA The Ivrea-Verbano...subvertically over ~150 x 15 km, extending from northwest Italy into southern Switzerland (Fig. 1). To the west...localities of Bec dā€™Ovaga, Castello di Gavala, Valmaggia, and Piancone la Frera (Fig. 1). One pipe, at...those at Bec dā€™Ovaga, NU Castello di Gavala, Valmaggia and Fei di Doccio. Thus, the samples comprise
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Petrogenesis of the Ultramafic Pipes in the Ivrea Zone, NW Italy G. GARUTI1āˆ—, F. BEA2, F. ZACCARINI3 AND P. MONTERO2...UNIVERSITY OF MODENA, ST EUFEMIA 19, MODENA 41100, ITALY 2 DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY, UNIVERSITY... PIAZZA DI PORTA S. DONATA 1, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY RECEIVED JUNE 22, 1999; REVISED TYPESCRIPT ACCEPTED...and the roof metasediments of the Ivrea Zone, NW Italy. These bodies were emplaced at 287 Ā± 3 Ma and represent...garutig@unimo.it INTRODUCTION The Ivrea Zone, in NW Italy, is believed to represent an exposed section of
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maficā€“ultramafic sequences (Ivreaā€“Verbano Zone, northern Italy) D. Berno1 Ā· R. Tribuzio1,2 Ā· A. Zanetti2 Ā· C....clinopyroxene, and amphibole. Olivine has relatively low forsterite and NiO amounts (84ā€“78 mol % and ā‰¤ 0.14 wt%)...di Pavia, Pavia, Italy 2 Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, C.N.R., Pavia, Italy 3 Institut Universitaire...2001). The Ivreaā€“Verbano Zone from Italian Alps (Italy) exposes a nearly complete, lower continental crustal...silicates were used as standards. Olivine The forsterite proportion of olivine (Fig. 5) decreases from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ternary plot showing the molecular proportions of forsterite (Fo: MgSiO4), fayalite (Fa: FeSiO4) and liebenbergite...Kimberlites and related rocks of the Kuruman Kimberlite Province, Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa. Contrib Mineral...hydromagmatic phases from the Valmaggia ultramafic pipe, Ivrea-Verbano Zone (NW Italy). Terra Nova 20:333ā€“340...subcontinental mantle: evidence from the Ivrea Zone (Italy) and the Beticā€”Rifean cordillera (Spain and Morocco)...petrogenesis of the ultramafic pipes in the Ivrea Zone, NW Italy. J Petrol 42:433ā€“457 Giuliani A, Kamenetsky VS,
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consumed by reaction VI (brucite Ć¾ lizardite ) forsterite Ć¾ H2 O, VI) might be a sink for B (estimated...the release of water and light elements due to forsterite formation seems to be a subordinate process....lg/g Li, 4.80 lg/g B; Ligurides and Erro Tobbio [Italy], Scambelluri et al., 2004). High-pressure ultramaļ¬c...hydromagmatic phases from the Valmaggia ultramaļ¬c pipe, Ivrea-Verbano Zone (NW Italy). Terra Nova 20, 333ā€“340...continental crust-mantle transition, Val Malenco, Italy. Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt. 81, 239ā€“255. Hseu
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and is part of the North Atlantic Large Igneous Province. Although magmatism of the East Greenland rifted...fayalite; An = anorthite, En = enstatite; Fo = forsterite. See text for discussion. Redrawn after Azimov...includes Al- and Fe-poor silicate minerals such as forsterite, enstatite, diopside, Mg-biotite (phlogophite)...vesicle-free but crystal-rich tephra from Mount Etna, Italy, Villarrica, Chile and Medicine Lake Volcano, California...Fe-rich ļ¬‚uid: Mg2 SiO4 Ć¾ 2FeCl2 ! Fe2 SiO4 Ć¾ 2MgCl2 forsterite vapour fayalite vapour (8.3) Where the pipes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in representation of Romagna Apennines, Northern Italy V. LANCIANESE1* AND E. DINELLI1 1 I.G.R.G, UniversitĆ ...techniques. In the Romagna Apennines (Northern Italy) has been conducted an high density stream sediment...Pavia, Italy, langone crystal.unipv.it Dip. di Fisica e Sc. della Terra, Univ. di Messina, Italy 3 Dip...pahoehoe ā€œciciraraā€ lavas from Mount Etna volcano (Italy) G. LANZAFAME1*, S. MOLLO2, G. IEZZI3, C. FERLITO1...e Ambientali, Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italy. (*correspondence: gabriele.lanzafame@gmail.com
 
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