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Almandine from
Masueria, Gilba Valley, Brossasco, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Masueria, Gilba Valley, Brossasco, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:599987
Long-form Identifier:1:3:599987:3
GUID (UUID V4):5dd907f4-6e11-4016-94cc-06158cbc89e7
Nearest other occurrences of Almandine
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘVernĂ©, Sampeyre, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘPasso Gallarino, Oncino, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
18.2km (11.3 miles) ⓘBalma Oro Quarry, Montoso Quarries, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
20.8km (12.9 miles) ⓘVallone delle Forciolline, Pontechianale, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
29.4km (18.3 miles) ⓘColle del Baracun coesite occurrence, Bobbio Pellice, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
46.4km (28.8 miles) ⓘBarbacana Pass, Bagni di Vinadio Valley (Corborant Valley), Vinadio, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
48.0km (29.8 miles) ⓘChasteiran micaschist outcrop, Roure, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
54.6km (33.9 miles) ⓘColle del Vento, Villar Focchiardo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
79.9km (49.6 miles) ⓘPoggio San Vittore asbestos mine, Balangero, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
81.7km (50.8 miles) ⓘLadant, Voragno, Ceres, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
observed so-called ‘‘superzoned’’ garnets with almandine-rich cores and pyrope-rich rims (up to 84 mol...gneiss include the localities Tapina and Masueria in Vallone di Gilba. For comparative reasons also a so-called...bearthite. In addition, two metagranite samples from Brossasco were analyzed. Most of the studied mineral separates...separate from a fine-grained ‘pyrope quartzite’ from Masueria was examined (sample 17641). A bulkrock analysis...Quarry  1 km NW Parigi; ˜ Tapina; ¯ Masueria;  ca. 500 m E Brossasco. to the ‘pyrope quartzite’. Additionally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks from the Dora-Maira Massif, Western Alps, Italy (Chopin, 1984), numerous new UHP terranes have been...different UHP schists of the Lago di Cignana area, Italy (Gouzu et al., 2006). The intention of the present...(Chopin et al., 1991), which they re-named the “Brossasco-Isasca Unit” (BIU), into a “monometamorphic complex”...Pyrope quartzite II-VII Phengite schists Tapina C Masueria 3 marble polymetamorphic complex (BIU) Pyrope...of marble and eclogite) of the coesite-bearing Brossasco-Isasca Unit (BIU), and its adjacent units (after
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphic rocks of the coesite-bearing unit (or ‘‘Brossasco-Isasca Unit’’; Compagnoni et al., 1994) of the...described so-called ‘‘superzoned garnets’’ with almandine-rich cores and pyrope-rich rims. The cores of...by Alpine quartz-eclogite-facies metamorphism; Brossasco-Isasca Unit: (c) polymetamorphic complex, (d)...homogranular to porphyritic metagranite (e.g. Brossasco granite), to coarse augengneiss, and to ïŹne-grained...grt, ep/aln, tur, rt, ttn, zrn (as in 1.m.) 6. Masueria a. Fine-grained ‘‘pyrope quartzites’’ (17636,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
end-member composition andradite, pyrope, and almandine are measured. Both a natural and synthetic andradite...of synthetic end-member katoite, pyrope, and almandine also recorded at low temperature. These garnets...measured IR spectra of natural almandine- and pyrope-rich (Dora Maira, Italy) crystals, on the other hand...natural nearly end-member andradite, pyrope, and almandine garnets. The spectra are then compared with their...near end-member andradite is from Val Malenco, Italy (collection of GRR) and the synthetic andradite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dora-Maira Massif located in the western Alps of Italy. Supracrustal rocks of this Massif, containing coesite...found in whiteschists and quartzites from the Brossasco-Isasca Unit, have about a 98 mole % ­M g 3Al 2Si...methods Two Dora-Maira pyropes, Mas-2b from Masueria, Italy, and Ch-2, unknown locality, were investigated...crystals from the Dora-Maira Massif, western Alps, Italy. a Colorless crystal, Ch-2 and b Pinkish crystal...Mas-2b, from the Dora-Maira Massif, western Alps, Italy. Both spectra were collected in the cooling stage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks from the Dora Maira Massif, Western Alps, Italy-ll: what is the age of the ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism...along a paved road in the village of Masueria, NW of Brossasco, altitude ca. 850 m, Val Varaita. 17641...with their intermediate compositions between almandine and grossular record a highpressure metamorphic...coarse grain size; F = fine grain size. A l m = almandine; Ellenb = ellenbergerite; Epid = epidote; Mon...assigning ages of 38 Ma to pyrope (17450, 17641) or almandine (17684) and removing calculated radiogenic Pb
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
grossular- and pyrope-rich garnets with up to 25 mol% almandine component and on other Fe3+-bearing grossular...garnet with relatively high Fe contents (25 mol% almandine component). Paramagnetically shifted NMR peaks...spectroscopy, Mössbauer spectroscopy, pyrope, grossular, almandine, garnet, paramagnetic shifts, short-range order...grossular (Ca3Al2Si3O12), pyrope (Mg3Al2Si3O12), almandine (Fe3Al2Si3O12), and andradite (Ca3Fe2Si3O12)....pyrope-rich and iron-poor garnet from Dora Maira, Italy, showed that even small amounts of Fe2+ cause significant
Book (edition)
Republic). W.D. Birch (Australia), Elena Bonaccorsi (Italy), Ernst A.J. Burke (Netherlands), L.J. Cabri (Canada)...M. Dcliens (Belgium). Giancarlo Delia Ventura (Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA)....(Canada). L.A. Groat (Canada). Alessandro Guastoni (Italy), William A. Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth...(ltaly). Igor Pekov (Russia), atale Perchiazzi (Italy). Ole V. Petersen (Denmark). Fedcrico Pezzotta (ltaly)...), 90 653-662 (syn. str.) Al/uaudile gr- 0 Almandine, FerAti(SiO.) 3, cub., forms two series, with
 
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