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Curiglia, Curiglia con Monteviasco, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italyi
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CurigliaRoad Cutting
Curiglia con MonteviascoCommune
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Princivalleite

Curiglia, Curiglia con Monteviasco, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Princivalleite, etc.

Curiglia, Curiglia con Monteviasco, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Princivalleite, etc.

Curiglia, Curiglia con Monteviasco, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Princivalleite

Curiglia, Curiglia con Monteviasco, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Princivalleite, etc.

Curiglia, Curiglia con Monteviasco, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Princivalleite, etc.

Curiglia, Curiglia con Monteviasco, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Princivalleite

Curiglia, Curiglia con Monteviasco, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Princivalleite, etc.

Curiglia, Curiglia con Monteviasco, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
46° 3' 29'' North , 8° 48' 24'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
46.05833,8.80667
GRN:
N31E05
Type:
Road Cutting
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Curiglia160 (2014)0.3km
Veddasca346 (2016)1.5km
Garabiolo118 (2016)3.4km
Due Cossani212 (2014)3.5km
Agra318 (2014)3.8km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Club Cercatori di Minerali e Fossili TicinoViganello, Ticino13km
Mindat Locality ID:
107364
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:107364:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Italian:
Curiglia, Curiglia con Monteviasco, Varese, Lombardia, Italia
Lombard:
Curìa (Curija), Curìa cun Monteviasch (Curija cun Monteviasch), Pruvincia de Vares, Lumbardia (Lombardéa), Italia


Small pegmatite dyke embedded in gneiss along the cut of a small road on the eastern side of the Curiglia village.

The occurrence of subhedral crystals of a pale blue tourmaline in this pegmatite was discovered in 2003 by Federico Pezzotta. On the basis of the first analytical data, this tourmaline was classified as olenite (Pezzotta & Guastoni, 2006). A single-crystal structure refinement of a sample showed (Kolitsch & Ertl, unpubl. data) that this olenite is very similar to an Fe-bearing olenite described from a Czech locality (Cempírek et al., 2006). A recent crystal-chemical characterisation of a sample of this tourmaline proved it to be a new species, named princivalleite in honour of the mineralogist Francesco Princivalle (b. 1956).

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8 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘ Beryl
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Description: White crystals
ⓘ Cordierite
Formula: Mg2Al4Si5O18
Colour: Purpleish
ⓘ 'K Feldspar'
ⓘ Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
✪ Olenite
Formula: NaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)
Colour: Blue
Description: The mineral previously classified as olenite (Pezzotta & Guastoni, 2006) has been restudied and it is the new species princivalleite (Bosi et al., 2020; Biagioni et al., 2021).
ⓘ Oxy-schorl
Formula: Na(Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
ⓘ Princivalleite (TL)
Formula: Na(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
Type Locality:
Colour: Light blue
Description: The mineral was previously described as olenite.
References:
Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2020) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 58. European Journal of Mineralogy, 32 (6) 645-651 doi:10.5194/ejm-32-645-2020
and Pasero, Marco (2021) Nuove specie mineralogiche italiane. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 45, 4 (4-2021), 296-300.
Bosi, Ferdinando, Pezzotta, Federico, Skogby, Henrik, Altieri, Alessandra, Hålenius, Ulf, Tempesta, Gioacchino, Cempírek, Jan (2022) Princivalleite, Na(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O, a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup from Veddasca Valley, Varese, Italy. Mineralogical Magazine, 86 (1) 78-86 doi:10.1180/mgm.2022.3
Altieri, Alessandra, Luppi, Riccardo, Skogby, Henrik, Hålenius, Ulf, Tempesta, Gioacchino, Pezzotta, Federico, Bosi, Ferdinando (2023) Thermal treatment of the tourmaline Fe-rich princivalleite Na(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 50 (4). 27 doi:10.1007/s00269-023-01250-9
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Sillimanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
Habit: Fibrous
Colour: Yellow

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘSillimanite9.AF.05Al2(SiO4)O
ⓘBeryl9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)
ⓘCordierite9.CJ.10Mg2Al4Si5O18
ⓘPrincivalleite (TL)9.CK.Na(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
ⓘOlenite ?9.CK.05NaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)
ⓘOxy-schorl9.CK.05Na(Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
ⓘMuscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘAlbite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
ⓘ'K Feldspar'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ OleniteNaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)
Hⓘ Oxy-schorlNa(Fe22+Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
Hⓘ PrincivalleiteNa(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
BeBeryllium
Beⓘ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
BBoron
Bⓘ OleniteNaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)
Bⓘ Oxy-schorlNa(Fe22+Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
Bⓘ PrincivalleiteNa(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
OOxygen
Oⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Oⓘ CordieriteMg2Al4Si5O18
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ OleniteNaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Oⓘ Oxy-schorlNa(Fe22+Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
Oⓘ PrincivalleiteNa(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
NaSodium
Naⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Naⓘ OleniteNaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)
Naⓘ Oxy-schorlNa(Fe22+Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
Naⓘ PrincivalleiteNa(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ CordieriteMg2Al4Si5O18
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Alⓘ CordieriteMg2Al4Si5O18
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ OleniteNaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)
Alⓘ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Alⓘ Oxy-schorlNa(Fe22+Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
Alⓘ PrincivalleiteNa(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Siⓘ CordieriteMg2Al4Si5O18
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ OleniteNaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Siⓘ Oxy-schorlNa(Fe22+Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
Siⓘ PrincivalleiteNa(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
KPotassium
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
MnManganese
Mnⓘ PrincivalleiteNa(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
FeIron
Feⓘ Oxy-schorlNa(Fe22+Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O

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References

Pezzotta, Federico (2005) Rubini e zaffiri- Corindoni policromi di Ambarohy, Ihosy, Madagascar. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 30 (2) 116-124
Cempirek, J., Novak, M., Ertl, A., Hughes, J. M., Rossman, G. R., Dyar, M. D. (2006) Fe-Bearing Olenite with Tetrahedrally Coordinated Al from an Abyssal Pegmatite at Kutna Hora, Czech Republic: Structure, Crystal Chemistry, Optical and Xanes Spectra. The Canadian Mineralogist, 44 (1) 23-30 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.44.1.23
Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2020) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 58. European Journal of Mineralogy, 32 (6) 645-651 doi:10.5194/ejm-32-645-2020
Biagioni, Cristian, Bosi, Ferdinando, Miyawaki, Ritsuro, and Pasero, Marco (2021) Nuove specie mineralogiche italiane. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 45, 4 (4-2021), 296-300.
Bosi, Ferdinando, Pezzotta, Federico, Skogby, Henrik, Altieri, Alessandra, Hålenius, Ulf, Tempesta, Gioacchino, Cempírek, Jan (2022) Princivalleite, Na(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O, a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup from Veddasca Valley, Varese, Italy. Mineralogical Magazine, 86 (1) 78-86 doi:10.1180/mgm.2022.3
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