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Thortveitite from
Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy


Locality type:Commune
Classification
Species:Thortveitite
Formula:Sc2Si2O7
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Thortveitite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:60291
Long-form Identifier:1:3:60291:4
GUID (UUID V4):4d366a27-d0c4-4b70-830d-7b7ea8ccecc7
Localities for Thortveitite in this Region
Laghetto Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
Nearest other occurrences of Thortveitite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Laghetto Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
30.6km (19.0 miles) Seula mine, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
30.6km (19.0 miles) Locatelli quarry, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
31.7km (19.7 miles) Scala dei Ratti Quarry (Ratti Quarry; Scala Quarry), Feriolo, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
68.6km (42.6 miles) Cima delle Piodelle REE-mineralization, Veglia Alp (Alpe Veglia), Varzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
69.5km (43.2 miles) Conca di Boccareccio REE-mineralization, Veglia Alp (Alpe Veglia), Varzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
69.5km (43.2 miles) Ritterpass NE-combe REE-mineralization, Chummibort, Grengiols, Östlich Raron, Valais, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(2000) CESIAN BAZZITE AND THORTVEITITE FROM CUASSO AL MONTE, VARESE, ITALY: A COMPARISON WITH THE MATERIAL...Studi di Milano, Via Botticelli 23, I-20133 Milano, Italy VALERIA DIELLA Centro CNR per la Geodinamica alpina...quaternaria, Via Botticelli 23, I-20133 Milano, Italy FRANCESCO DEMARTIN Dipartimento di Chimica Strutturale...Studi di Milano, Via Venezian 21, I-20133 Milano, Italy PAOLO ORLANDI Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra...Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria, 53, I-56100 Pisa, Italy ITALO CAMPOSTRINI Dipartimento di Scienze della
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silicates from the Baveno and Cuasso al Monte NYF-granites, Southern Alps (Italy): Mineralogy and genetic...Storia Naturale, Corso Venezia 55, 20121 Milan, Italy C.N.R., Istituto per la dinamica dei processi ambientali...ambientali, Via Botticelli 23, 20133 Milan, Italy ABSTRACT A chemical and paragenetic study has been...Baveno and Cuasso al Monte, Western Southern-Alps, Italy. In the Baveno and Cuasso al Monte plutons, detailed...a significant number of crystals of bazzite, thortveitite, scandiobabingtonite, cascandite, and jervisite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DATA ONLY: THE CASE OF HINGGANITE-(Y) FROM CUASSO AL MONTE, ITALY FRANCESCO DEMARTIN AND ALESSANDRO MINAGLIA...Università degli Studi, via Venezian 21, I-20133 Milano, Italy CARLO MARIA GRAMACCIOLI§ Dipartimento di Scienze...degli Studi, via Botticelli 23, I-20133 Milano, Italy ABSTRACT Important data concerning chemical composition...Ca-rich gadolinite-group minerals from Cuasso al Monte, Varese, Italy. These crystals can be ascribed to...crystal-structure refinement, rare-earth elements, Cuasso al Monte, Italy. SOMMAIRE On peut obtenir des données
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Xenotime-(Y) and Sn-rich thortveitite in miarolitic pegmatites from Baveno, Southern Alps, Italy A. GUASTONI1, F...University of Padova, Via Gradenigo 6, I-35131 Padova, Italy Laboratoire de Minéralogie et Cosmochimie Muséum...Cámara] ABSTRACT Xenotime-(Y), (Y,REE)PO4, and thortveitite, (Sc,Y)2Si2O7, in a miarolitic cavity in a niobium...granitic pegmatite at Baveno, Verbania, Southern Alps, Italy, were investigated by electron microprobe analysis...the most likely sources of the Y and REEs. The thortveitite from Baveno contains up to 3.20 wt.% SnO2, an
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals in the miaroles of granite at Baveno, Italy CARLO MARIA GRAMACCIOLI1*, ITALO CAMPOSTRINI1 and...Baveno, Italy, dates back to 1915, just a few years after the discovery in Norway of thortveitite, the first...which thortveitite (Orlandi, 1990) and scandiobabingtonite [Ca2FeScSi5O14(OH)] (Orlandi et al., 1998)...interesting blue, Mn-bearing specimens (Gramaccioli et al., 2000b). On considering all these discoveries, five...proved a few years before by Schetelig (1911) for thortveitite. This rare species was first found in Norway
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Baveno granite (Verbania, central-southern alps, Italy) Alessandro Guastoni 1 & Fabrizio Nestola 1 & ...granitic pegmatite at Baveno, Verbania, Southern Alps, Italy. These samples were investigated by means of an...Padova, Italy 2 DiSPUTer, University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, I -66100 Chieti, Italy Keywords... REE-bearing epidote Introduction Armbruster et al. (2006) classified allanites as a subgroup of the...REE3+; M the sixfold coordinated site occupied by Al, Fe2+ and Fe3+; T site denotes two distinct groupings
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discovery of a true scandium mineral in nature, viz. thortveitite (Sc2Sb07), was marked by an International symposium...(Bernhard et al. 1998, MoeHoet al. 2002) - the Sc-analogue of xenotime; juonniite (Liferovich et al 1997) -...robertsite; scandiobabingtonite (Orlandi et al. 1998, Gramaccioli et al. 1998, Raade & Erambert 1999) - the Sc-analogue...(Ferraris et al. 2001, Nespolo et al. 2001, Nespolo 2004, Nespolo & Ferraris 2004, Ferraris et al. 2004, Raade...Raade et al. 2002); the scandium-dominant analogue of milarite named ofte da lite ( Cooper et al. 2005,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Saturation of any Sc-dominant mineral (except thortveitite, Sc2Si2O7) is almost never achieved during primary...various hi-tech applications, namely high-strength Al-Sc alloys, electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells...and Juve, 1988, Kolitsch et al., 2010, Pezzotta et al., 2005, Raade et al., 2002 and references therein)...have been found and among the terrestrial ones thortveitite, Sc2Si2O7, is the only primary magmatic mineral...of relevant elements – Fe3+, Al, Zr, Nb, Ta…; see Shannon, 1976) in some Al,Fe-bearing rock-forming minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Stereochimica Inorganica, via Venezian 2i, 1-20133 Milano, Italy Universita degli Studi, CARLO MARIA GRAMACCIOLI...Mineralogia, Universita via Botticelli 23,1-20133 Milano, Italy degli Studi, TULLIO PILATl CNR, Centro per 10...Reattivititaly ABSTRACT The crystal structure of two samples of...bazzite, from the Baveno granite, in Piemonte, Italy (type locality, miarolitic occurrence) and from...scandium, crystal-structure refinement, Baveno, Italy, T0rdal. Norway. SOMMAIRE Nous avons affine la
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vanadian rutile; pyrite; thorite; thorogummite; thortveitite; uraninite; vanadian crichtonite; xenotime-(Y);...Sage (1982); A.W. Knox, Unpublished data; Smyk et al. (1993); Platt and Mitchell (1996); Potter (2004);...Archaean metasedimentary and granitic rocks (Smyk et al. 1993). Following emplacement of the breccia, the...volcaniclastic breccia (after Sage 1991; Smyk et al. 1993) by alkaline metasomatism. The subcomplex...thorite; thorogummite; monazite-(Ce); xenotime-(Y); thortveitite; hollandite; tyuyamunite; crichtonite; transition
Journal (issue)
Journal of Gemmology / 2008 / Volume 31 / No. 1/2 Thortveitite – a new gemstone R. Chapman, I.F. Mercer, A...the quest that identified this as gem-quality thortveitite, a scandium yttrium silicate. A faceted stone...were subsequently identified as high-scandium thortveitite. The unusual chemistry indicates a possible...electron microprobe, Raman spectroscopy, scandium, thortveitite, three-phase inclusions Introduction A specimen...edges viewed through the crown facets of the thortveitite. © R. Chapman. tests on this faceted stone
Journal (issue)
rare-element class pegmatites in the Borborema Province in NE-Brazil?...................................miarolitic granite of Cuasso al Monte, Varese province, (Southern Apls, Italy)…………………………………………………………………………………41...The Tertiary pegmatite filed of the Central Alps (Italy and Switzerland)……………………………….44 HANSON, S.L., ZITO...pegmatitic granite dykes in the central Grenville Province……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...pegmatite of Malga Garbella, Val di Rabbi, Trento province, Italy…………………………………………………………………………………………………………165
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Among these minerals, thortveitite is the most important. Indeed, thortveitite is the principal source...been exploited or considered for exploitation. Thortveitite is a grayish-green to black, monoclinic sorosilicate...mid-1950s and early 1960s, 10s of kilograms of thortveitite from the Iveland-Evje pegmatite field were sold...extraction of scandium. The price paid for the thortveitite was ~$2,400 per kilogram (~$19,630 today), which...Piedmont region of northern Italy (Gramaccioli et al., 2004; Pezzotta et al., 2005). This granite is also
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
R+ = Na, Cs, K, Rb; R2+ = Mg, Fe2+, Mn, Ca; R3+ = Al, Sc, Fe3+, and (2) CH□ 2OR3+ = CHCa 2OR2+ [or modified...R+ = Na, Cs, K, Rb; R2+ = Mg, Fe2+, Mn, Ca; R3+ = Al, Sc, Fe3+, et (2) CH□ 2OR3+ = CHCa 2OR2+ [ou bien...written as: CH(Na,Cs,Rb,K,H2O,He,Ar) T(2)(Be,Li)3 O(Al,Fe3+,Sc,Cr,V,Fe2+,Mg,Mn) T(1)[Si O ] (Franz & 2 6...Be3Sc3+2Si6O18; e.g., Armbruster et al. 1995, Gramaccioli et al. 2000, Raade et al. 2004; stoppaniite: Be3Fe3+2Si6O18;...Be3Fe3+2Si6O18; e.g., Ferraris et al. 1998, Della Ventura et al. 2000), (ii) so-called “T-beryl”, with dominant
Journal (issue)
mineralet er Saga 1 larvikittbrudd, Mørje (Grice et al. 2016). Drangedal VESTFOLD Tørdal, Heftetjernpegmatitten...mineralsamleren Hans Morten Thrane Esmark (1801-1882) (Friis et al. 2016). Et større funn av behoitt ble gjort på plan...kan indikere micheelsenitt (analysen viste Y, Ca, Al, P og karbonat). Det er nødvendig med ytterligere...(jf. Larsen 1989). Selje Liset-eklogitten. Et Ca-Na-Al-silikat med nefelinstruktur er blitt godkjent av...”Ca-rikt mineral med nefelinstruktur” (jf. Smith et al. 1986). SØR-TRØNDELAG Meldal Svinsås jaspisbrudd
Book
Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy : Mondadori, 2003. [256] p. : col. photos. ; cm...Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8-9: Beryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42-43: Silver...Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech...crystals on quartz from Brusson, Valle d'Aosta, Italy NOTE TO THE READER The 288 mineralogical species
Thesis/Dissertation
(Heftetjern = bulk mean 53 ppm Sc; Rosing-Schow et al., 2020) define both rocks as Sc-enriched compared...Heftetjern pegmatite (4.1 wt.% K2O; Rosing-Schow et al., 2020) compared to the high K2O content of the Sc-poor...Sc-poor Kleppe quarry (7.4.wt% K2O; Rosing-Schow et al., 2020) indicate that the Heftetjern pegmatite melt...15%) compared to the Kleppe quarry (<5%) (Kushiro et al., 1996). This suggests that the Sc enrichment in... REE and Mo (Černý, 1991b; Simmons et al., 2003; Glover et al., 2012). Because of the elevated abundances
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
have the general formula A2MQ2T2O8u2 (Bačı́k et al. 2017) where A ¼ Ca, REE (Y þ lanthanides), actinoids...Pb, Mn2þ, Bi; M ¼ Fe, A (vacancy), Mg, Mn, Zn, Cu, Al; Q ¼ B, Be, Li; T ¼ Si, P, As, B, Be, S; u ¼ O, OH...and by Be2þ in the gadolinite subgroup (Bačı́k et al. 2017). Minasgeraisite-(Y), endmember formula Y2CaBe2...members of the group (e.g., Demartin et al. 2001, Bačı́k et al. 2014). The orientation of the unit cell...has fluctuated in the past: the review by Bačı́k et al. (2014) used the P21/a setting, and the original
Book
Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy: Mondadori, 2003. (256} p. : col. phptos. ; cm....Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8- 9: 13eryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42- 43: Silver...Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech...crystals on quartz from Brusson, Valle d'Aosta, Italy NOTE TOTHE READER The 288 mineralogical species
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
homogeneous compositions containing 46 ± 24 µgg–1 Al, 8 ± 3 µgg–1 Ti, 1.4 ± 0.8 µgg–1 Ge, and 11 ± 7 µgg–1...has more variable compositions with 69 ± 57 µgg–1 Al, 19 ± 11 µgg–1 Ti, 2.3 ± 1.8 µgg–1 Ge, and 7 ± 5...hydrothermal veins and quartzites (e.g., Müller et al., 2012b). The advantage of pegmatite deposits is...only be partly removed during processing (Haus et al., 2012). These impurities include: (1) ­lattice-bound...Kerkhof and Hein, 2001; Götze et al., 2004; Stevens-Kalceff, 2009; Seifert et al., 2011). Lattice-bound trace
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granite-syenite complex (named as Keivy alkaline province) is an essential part of the Keivy block (Figure...granite pegmatite Silicates beryl Keivy alkaline province/AR 1. pegmatite of peralkaline granite 2. quartz-epidote...perakaline granites and syenites of the Keivy alkaline province (11), spodumene pegmatites of Kolmozero-Voronja... Voronja. Comparing to type locality (Baveno, Italy) and other occurrences [51–53], bavenite from Kolmozero-Voronja...Comparing to pegmatites type locality (Baveno, Italy) and otherhigh occurrences [51–53], 2 O andbavenite
Book (edition)
expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems... Actinolite - byssolite, 50 mm, Valle d'Aosta, Italy, G short-columnar crystals, usually in granular
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[the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by F. Olmi, C. Sabelli & G. Brizzi) 19:305-310...ALBERTINI, CLAUDIO Famous mineral localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario:...8:287-293 Minerals of the Alpine rodingites of Italy (by C. M. Gramaccioli) 10:85-89 Micromounting in... J. F. Cooper, Jr. & J. S. White, Jr.) 6:180-183 AL YES, JEANETE --with J. P. Cassedanne: Apatite and...Caimcross: Gold in South Africa 23:209-225. 23:228 Al 'JAJ\ABO~OINA The Anjanabonoina pegmatite. Madagascar
Book
Breivikbotn Silicocarbonatite, Seiland Igneous Province in Northern Norway: Prerequisites for Zeolite...Minerals from the Sakharjok Massif, Keivy Alkaline Province, NW Russia Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 458...of the Russian Arctic) provided by Vernikovsky et al. [1]. The main oil and gas generating deposits of...known hydrocarbon reserves. The article by Kozlov et al. [2] is devoted to the Western part of the Russian...investigated in several subsequent papers. Kalinin et al. [3] reports on gold prospects in the region with
Book
Kubelka-Munk function (Kubelka and Munk 1931; Boroumand et al. 1992) to a diffuse reflectance spectrum produces...to a, b and c (drawn using data from Hiraishi et al. 1979) 1384 cm−1 indicates the presence of NO3−...The picture is drawn using data from Goriletsky et al. (2001) As noted by Chalmers (2006), “to many readers...chlorothionite, CuK2(SO4)Br2 is formed (Fernández et al. 1993). Reduction of potassium ferricyanide to ferrocyanide... 180, 200, 225 °C) have been tested by Kendix et al. (2009). According to their data, at 180 °C and
 
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