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Melanophlogite from
Giona Mine, Milena, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Melanophlogite
Formula:46SiO2 · 6(N2,CO2) · 2(CH4,N2)
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gypsum2 photos of Melanophlogite associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melanophlogite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Giona Mine, Milena, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (11 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:140252
Long-form Identifier:1:3:140252:0
GUID (UUID V4):09ab2cbd-8758-403c-aa78-a5c5f556e462
Nearest other occurrences of Melanophlogite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Cozzo Tondo Mine (Cozzotondo Mine), Milena, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
4.5km (2.8 miles) Gibellini Mine (Gibellina Mine), Racalmuto sulphur mines, Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
18.8km (11.7 miles) Lucia Mine, Favara, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotopic compositions of the silica clathrate melanophlogite Kristin E. Lazzeri1,2, Gray E. Bebout1,*, and...compositions of N and C were obtained for five melanophlogite samples, ideal formula 46SiO2·6(CO2,N2)·2(CH4...from various localities in Italy and California, U.S.A. The melanophlogite crystals enclathrate 132 to...probable varying proportions of CO2 and CH4 in the melanophlogite cages. Although the lower δ15N values for the...at temperatures of near 100 °C estimated for melanophlogite crystallization. The lower δ13C values (as
Report (issue)
Melanophlogite SiO2 ² n(C; H; O; S) ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Tetragonal...11 98.8 100.05 O S Total (1) Racalmuto, Sicily, Italy. (2) Chvaletice, Czech Republic; by electron...low-temperature mineral in sulfur deposits (Racalmuto, Sicily, Italy); in low-temperature hydrothermal veins associated...in carbonate-bearing serpentinites (Fortullino, Italy; Mt. Hamilton, California, USA). Association: Sulfur...Distribution: In Italy, at Solfatara Giona, Racalmuto, and at Caltanissetta, Sicily; and from Fortullino
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geological Suraey,Washington25, D. C. Assrnact Melanophlogite, found as single crystals and interlocking...from Agrigento (formerly Girghenti) and Palermo in Sicily, is a low temperature cubic polymorph of silica...agent in melanophlogite, and is the material which turns black when heated, giving melanophlogite its name...is optically anisotropic, causing the cubic melanophlogite crystais to exhibit a weak birefringence. The...in Agrigento Province2and at Lercara in Palermo Province. The name melanophiogitedescribesthe fact that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in rhombohedrons, arid obtained from the copper mine of Mindouli, about two leagues east of Comba, between...serpentine in the asbestos mine a t Coteraine, Eastern Townships. Fresh from the mine, the mineral is so soft...17.20 0.99 28.78 Total. 10091 B. H. B. Melanophlogite. By G . FRTEDEL (Juhl.6. f. -Win., 1891, i...series of good specimens of melanophlogite in the Solfara Giona, i n Sicily, and has subjected them to...highly bituminous. The crust, on which the melanophlogite is planted, consists of opal, and the author
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CharlesUn'iuersity,Prague2, Czechoslouakia Assrnecr Melanophlogite from the second occurrence at Chvaletice, Bohemia...Sicilian melanophlogite. The clathrate structure, suggested by Kamb (f965) for melanophlogite, can be...superstructure. INrnooucrroN The existenceof melanophlogite,a cubic polymorph of silica, was confirmedonly...the first occurrenceof this mineral, Racalmuto in Sicily (Skinner and Appleman,1963).S'r-rbsequent studies...X-ray investigations revealedits identity with melanophlogite. The mineral 'assemblagecontaining melanophlo1ite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
, 21,246-248).-At the celebrated Sjo manganese mine, in the Government of Orebro, where numerous rare...48 B. H. B. It formula is 6(MnFe)0,Sb203. Melanophlogite. By E. MALLARD and G. FRIEDEL (Bull. SOC. fran...the Solfatara Giona a t Racalmuto, an analysis is given of absolutely pure melanophlogite, the results
Journal (issue)
PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FEDERICO PEZZOTTA CURATOR OF MINERALOGY...JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2011 PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY Participating Collectors: Marco Amabili Silvia...Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto Giazotto collection... MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY )In OutCine of MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY Federico Pezzotta Mineralogy...literature and music, scholars and aristocrats in Italy assembled some of the first great collections of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sicilia. Torino 1892, 10—14. 5) Note sur la melanophlogite. Bull. soc. fr. de min<5r. 1890, 1 3 , 180...Die studierten Melanophlogitkrystalle stammen aus Giona, und das Vorkommen hat nichts eigentümliches. Die...(Nuove riccrche sulla nielanoIlogite della miniera Giona presso Racalmuto, Memorie Acc. Scienze di Bologna
Journal (issue)
Exhibition of the Dragon Gold Specimen, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California......................cjstefanoxls@gmail.com Hauerite from the Destricella mine Circulation Manager & Staff Photographer Christi...Lhuyd and Alban Thomas near Raddusa, Catania, Sicily, Italy...............................................“the Dragon”), 22.9 cm, from the Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge specimen...in 1960, they collected on some Michigan copper mine dumps and stopped at many roadside rock shops, where
Book
ARSENIURE. Piémont. Niccolite, Saxe 2, Hesse N. Province Nassau, Linneïte, Westphalie. Pensylvanie....Constantine, Algérie. P. OXYDÉ. Massicot, Pérou, Province Nadorite, Australie. Haute-Loire, Tasmanie...Tolluca, Mexique. 52 Tr. 1814. Rendego River, Province de Bahia, Brésil. 56 » Tr. 1814. 11 » Tr...New-Mexico, E.-LJ. River, Alabama, E.-U Diablo, Province d’Arizona, 73 » 44 » 94 » 276 » 33 ...Virginie Santa-Catharina, produit To. 50 88 , Province Roccia, Brésil. rina, o 36 E.-U.,. 1869
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K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(
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1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position.
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Short Hills, New Jersey. Renato Pagano: Milan, Italy. Ole V. Petersen: Geologisk Museum, Copenhagen,...British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...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...Ledge mine, Nevada Co., Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., Colorado quartz mine, Mariposa Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity
Book (volume)
15, 378 (1889). 8. Roter Jaspis von der Viktor - Mine, Cripple Creek in Süd - Dakota ; anal. M. F. Hillebrand...Jimbo , The siliceous oolite of Tateyama , Etchu Province. Beitr. z. Min. Japans, Tokyo, S. 11-76 ( 1905)...Knop , (Freiburg 1892) , 21 . von der Solfotara Giona bei Roccalmuto , Sizilien ; anal. G. Friedel , 13...durch die Umwandlung des Eisenoxyds - alle Melanophlogite enthalten Fe,O3 - in Schwefeleisen durch die...55, 593 (1862). 6. Von dem Cumberlandit von Iron Mine. Hill Rhode Island ; anal. C. H. Warren , Am. Journ
 
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