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Nepheline from
Mount Etna, Etna Volcanic Complex, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy


Locality type:Volcano
Classification
Species:Nepheline
Formula:Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nepheline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Etna, Etna Volcanic Complex, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1388052
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1388052:1
GUID (UUID V4):2f1e1e97-f0e7-42e8-90d0-6fd73a5c045b
Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline
42.0km (26.1 miles) Iazzotto quarry, Catania, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
References
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Archaeometry of a Roman Millstone from Santa Maria Arabona, Manoppello (Abruzzo, Central Italy) Francesca...Archaeometry of a Roman Millstone from Santa Maria Arabona, Manoppello (Abruzzo, Central Italy). Minerals...Department of Psychological, Health and Territory Sciences, D’Annunzio University, 66100 Chieti, Italy; angelatufo@virgilio...Belle Arti e Paesaggio dell’Abruzzo, 66100 Chieti, Italy; anna.dionisio@beniculturali.it Dipartimento di...“Sapienza”, 00185 Roma, Italy; francesca.castorina@uniroma1.it Department of Arts Humanities and Social
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The trachybasaltic volcanics of the Adrano area, Mount Etna, Sicily A.M.DUNCAN Summary. The Adrano area...approximately 150 km2 of the lower SW flanks of Mount Etna, Sicily. A wide selection of the rocks that occur...represented in the area. Lavas of alkalic affinity form by far the greater proportion of the volcanics in the area...area, and comprise a trachybasaltic suite of lavas ranging from hawaiite through mugearite to benmoreite...no overall progressive variation in the chemistry of these trachybasaltic lavas with time; rather that
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www.elsevier.com/locate/epsl Magma changes at Mount Etna: the 2001 and 2002–2003 eruptions Roberto Clocchiattia... van der Hilst Abstract The 2001 and 2002–2003 Etna eruptions were strongly explosive and their lavas...addition to plagioclase, clinopyroxene and olivine, some of these lavas contain amphibole megacrysts which are...a volatile-rich magma at the top of a shallow chamber, and relicts of hypersthene phenocrysts resulting...resulting from an earlier, high pressure stage of crystallization (1.1–1.4 GPa, i.e. 30–40 km depth). Variations
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Springer-Verlag 1978 Tholeiitic Basalt Magmatism of Mount Etna and Its Relations With the Alkaline Series J...Abstract. Mount Etna is composed for the most part of intermediate alkaline products, most of them porp...Islands, SE of Etna, and an alkali olivine basalt composes a neck at Paterno, SW foot of Etna. Both pigeonite...olivine tholeiite magma by subtraction or addition of phases crystallized at moderate and low pressure...fractionation of the primitive olivine tholeiite magma at varying levels of the crust. The speed of ascent of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral. 2002, 14, 175-183 Provenance and trade of volcanic rock millstones from Etruscan-Celtic and Roman...Roman archaeological sites in Central Italy ALBERTO RENZULLI1*, PATRIZIA SANTI1, GIOVANNI NAPPI1, MARIO...61029 Urbino, Italy 2 - Istituto di Archeologia, Università di Urbino, I - 61029 Urbino, Italy 3 - Dipartimento...Archeologia, Università di Bologna, I - 40124 Bologna, Italy Abstract: Rectangular hopper-rubber (Olynthian-style)...found, respectively, in the archaeological sites of Monte Bibele (4th-3th century B.C., Etruscan-Celtic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calc-alkaline and Na-alkaline magmatism in South Italy volcanoes: A melt inclusion approach§ Pierre Schiano...Sezione di Pavia, via Ferrata 1, I-27100 Pavia, Italy d Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universita'...Universita' di Pisa, via Santa Maria 53, I-56100 Pisa, Italy Received 3 September 2003; received in revised form...present-day tectonic setting of the Tyrrhenian Sea is dominated by the eastward migration of the Tyrrhenian^ Appenines...existence of a contemporaneous and parallel extensional^compressional regime. This complex setting leads
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processes by means of geochemical and isotopic variations: A case study from Mt. Etna volcano Silvio Mollo...Via di Vigna Murata 605, I-00143 Roma, Italy Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche,... Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italy a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 12 October...Keywords: Lava flow Degassing Oxygen fugacity Mt. Etna a b s t r a c t We report results from geochemical...collected from the vertical section of a pahoehoe lava flow unit from Mt. Etna volcano. Textural observations
Book (volume)
GEOLOGY 4 PART CENTRAL AND Ili SOUTHERN ITALY BY C. § DU RICHE PRELLER, M.A, Ph.D, AMICE., MLEE...New : LTD. Oxrorp Srrezt, W.C, 2 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANA - CHAMPAIGN FEB 15 2002...Internet Archive in 2022 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alternates https://archive...MOUNTAIN BARTGG CENTRAL AND GEOLOGY. Ut SOUTHERN ITALY. OTHER 1877. 1880. 1881. 1893. 1893. 1893. 1893...AUTHOR. BY THE Petrographic Study on the Syenite of the Foya Mountains, South Portugal: ‘‘ Journ. Geol
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemostratigraphic investigation of the prehistoric Vavalaci lava sequence on Mount Etna: Simulating borehole drilling...Hilary Downes ⁎ Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street,...2011 Available online 5 March 2011 Keywords: Mount Etna Vavalaci Alkaline magmatism Stratigraphy Borehole...drilling of volcanic successions has been suggested as a way of establishing stratigraphic sequences of unexposed...unexposed lava flows on large complex volcanoes, with the aim of in-depth study of magmatic processes and source
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Origin and evolution of the Pleistocene magmatism of Linosa Island (Sicily Channel, Italy) Marcella DI BELLA1...Scienze della Terra, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy *Corresponding author, e-mail: srusso@unime.it 2...Perugia, Italy Abstract: Major, trace element and Sr-Nd isotope data are reported for volcanic rocks from...Linosa Island (Sicily Channel) with the aim of discussing the genesis and evolution of magmatism at the...the northern margin of the African plate. The volcanic rocks exposed at Linosa exhibit a transitional
Report (chapter)
click here to seek permission to re-use all or part of this article Subscribe click here to subscribe...Lyell Collection Notes © The Geological Society of London 2014 Downloaded from http://mem.lyellcollection...t & HILARY DOWNES 2 llnstitute of Geophysics and Tectonics, School of Earth and Environment, Leeds University...(e-mail: M. Wilson @earth. leeds.ac, uk) 2School of Earth Sciences, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX...from Spain to Bulgaria, and south to north from Sicily to central Germany. Magmatism is spatially and
Book
Titles of related interest Confronting catastrophe: new perspectives on natural disasters David Alexander...Alexander .... Geology and landscapes of Scotland Con Gillen Mars: the mystery unfolds Peter Cattermole...1vlontagne Pelee and the destruction of St Pie1Te Al wyn Scarth Principles of emergency planning and management...Kilburn & Bill McGuire. ~·_..:."".T. ., . ,. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle . ~ ,,,. ~ ' .,, f ·· ;·...canoes o Europe Alwyn Scarth formerly University of Du11dee Jean-Claude Tanguy Universite de Paris et
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in Marginal Zones of Deepwater Basins in the Western Mediterranean Academician of the RAS O. A. Bogatikov...1134/S1028334X08040028 The Late Cenozoic subareal volcanic activity, which started in the late Eocene and...produced diverse volcanic belts [4]. Analysis of the tectonic setting of the volcanic belt on continents...using the “Volcanic Belts” GIS developed by the authors made it possible to classify the volcanic belts into...groups, including the volcanic belts in marginal zones of deepwater basins [3]. Volcanic belts confined to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gases extracted during fusion of volcanic glasses substantIate other sources of evidence that alkaline magmatism...S02 contents, with relatively smaller proportions of H 2 0. In addition to higher C and S activity, alkaline...aspects of alkalIne magmatism and the links with carbonatite further emphaSIze the key positIOn of C, S...subordinate role of H 20. Introduction Many aspects of alkaline magmatism, from style of eruption to laboratory...discussed in terms of rocks, i.e. the non-volatile record of activity. The dangers of relying on "fossil"
Book
canoes o . . . uro Alwyn Scarth formerly University of Dundee Jean-Claude Tanguy Universite de Paris et...Istanbul Karachi Kuala L11mpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris Sao Paolo Shanghai Singapore...Jean-Claude Tanguy 2001 Published in the U11ited States of America by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison...registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may...recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Oxford University Press. First published in 2001
Report (chapter)
Mineralogia, Corso Ercole I D'este 32, 44100 Ferrara, Italy Abstract: Tertiary-Quaternary magmatism within the...surrounding regions, including the European foreland of the Alps, the North African margin and the Eastern...basalts and potassic partial melts (e.g. leucitites) of the mantle lithosphere; 9 orogenic, subduction-r...characteristics which may be related to subduction of continental crustal materials; 9 subalkaline basalts...convergence of Africa-Arabia with Eurasia which resulted in the progressive closure (by subduction) of oceanic
Book
Arsri* ; iii-- LONDON GEOLOGISTS* ASSOCIATION OF ON THK IJII-'MiKKNT MESSRS, JOHNSTON-LAYIS, PLATANIA...SAMBON, ZEZI LAYIS IX THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE VOLCANIC DISTRICTS ^ 3ST 16 ZFH^TIES ID Kl)ITI-:i)...ACCOUNT OF AN EXCURSION TO THEM MADE BY ENGLISH AND OTHER GEOLOGISTS IN 1889 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ... GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION OF LONDON WITH PAPERS ON THE DIFFERENT LOCALITIES BY MESSRS, JOHNSTON- LAYIS...SAMBON.ZEZI LAYIS INCLUDING THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE VOLCANIC DISTRICTS 16 -A-ICTID IE3 HI ^. T IE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Austria Mantle sources of the Cenozoic Iblean volcanism (SE Sicily, Italy): Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic constraints...Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy 20ttawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton...version accepted May 30, 1999 Summary A wide range of relatively undifferentiated lavas, ranging in composition...ankaratrites, were erupted in the Iblean area (SE Sicily) during the Upper Miocene-Lower Pleistocene. New...paper, have been used to constrain the petrogenesis of the Iblean magmas, and to characterise their sources
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 1999 Paolo Nimis Clinopyroxene geobarometry of magmatic rocks. Part 2. Structural geobarometers...12 November 1998 Abstract The crystal structures of 212 experimentally synthesized, igneous clinopyroxenes...chemical data. The coexisting melts span a wide range of petrologically relevant, dry and hydrous compositions...mantle (P = 0± 24 kbar; garnet absent) and a variety of fO2 values (from CCO-bu€ered to air-bu€ered) and...volume (VM1) relations were investigated over a range of pressures and temperatures using data derived from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Trua á S. EsperancËa á R. Mazzuoli The evolution of the lithospheric mantle along the N. African Plate:...the tholeiitic and alkaline volcanic rocks of the Hyblean plateau, Italy Received 4 June 1997 / Accepted...geochemical characteristics of primitive tholeiitic and alkaline volcanic rocks that erupted in the Plio-Pleistocene...in Sicily (Italy) were used to constrain the mantle sources involved in the volcanic activity of this...this area of the Mediterranean. It is shown that some of the Hyblean plateau magmas with the most extreme
Journal (issue)
s11ries, as they are ne eded. Oniiie MlnerelTraii: Italy MALTA THE $TORY OFTHE EARTH Minerals Ill Medlclne...Co11s11/ta11t Series consultant Mick Wright, MSc, is Head of Geology at Richmond-upon­ Thames College, where he...currentl y carrying out research into the volcanic geology of Mount Etna in S icily, and assisting fieldwork...Burwood. Wctoiia 3125. PleaH enclose yout f)aymen t of the C0\1 8r price plu s $1 per is sue p&h. Display...lor. off8($, Backlnuk Yo�• can Qrder back issues of Treasures oftf11>Earthby phoning (0000)873331 (MC>n
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: MACEWAN LIBRARY ®), 1006224453. ; THE OF GEOLOGICAL AMERICA SOCIETY Special Paper 418 Cenozoic...Universita di Ferrara Via Saragat 1 Ferrara I-44100 Italy Gianluca Bianchini Dipartimento di Scienze della...| Ferrara I-44100 Italy Marjorie Wilson School of Earth & Environment University of Leeds KecdssLS2.9)i...9)i United Kingdom fo HE GEOLOGICAL SOCIELY OF AMERICA Special Paper 418 3300 Penrose Place, PO. Box...MacEWAN Copyright © 2007, The Geological Society of America, Inc. (GSA). All rights reserved. GSA grants
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間変化からの知見― Advance in petrological studies on evolution of magma feeding system beneath active stratovolcanoes:...Information from detailed temporal variations of petrologic features of eruptive rocks Abstract 伴 雅雄 * Masao...山形大学理学部地球環境学科 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Yamagata University...reviews recent petrological studies on evolution of magma feeding system beneath active stratovolcanoes...detailed stratigraphy of eruptive rocks, are effective to reveal the evolution of the system. The results
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1007/s00710-017-0541-z ORIGINAL PAPER North Qorveh volcanic field, western Iran: eruption styles, petrology...metamorphic Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone of western Iran, the “North Qorveh Volcanic Field” is constituted by Pleistocene...resulted by Strombolian eruptions. Some of them are more complex, such as the Kuh-e Qarineh cone in where...density–current deposits due to gas streaming at the base of eruption columns and are overlain by basaltic lava...Strombolian and then Hawaiian activities. Two types of enclaves have been found: gneissic xenoliths scavenged
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Papmon Journals Ltd. 1988. Mntcd in U.S.A. Volcanic output of SO2 and trace metals: A new approach CLOAREC~~~...model of volcanic emission of gases and volatile& it was possible to normalize to *‘OPothe volcanic output...output of SOz, Pb, Bi and other trace as well as major metals. It appears that the results concerning SO*...even for poorly volatile major metals, the part of volcanic aerosols produced by evaporation is at least...second major component of dry gases emitted from active volcanoes. However, the volcanic contribution to the
 
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