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Cuddia Mida (Cuddia di Mida; Kuddia Mida), Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italyi
Regional Level Types
Cuddia Mida (Cuddia di Mida; Kuddia Mida)- not defined -
Pantelleria IslandIsland
Trapani ProvinceProvince
SicilyAutonomous Region
ItalyCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 47' 19'' North , 11° 59' 38'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
36.78878,11.99398
GeoHash:
G#: sq892cjwp
GRN:
N25E07
Köppen climate type:
Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Siba - Roncone144 (2014)1.3km
Bugeber115 (2014)2.3km
Scauri942 (2014)3.2km
Kamma1,206 (2014)3.9km
Madonna delle Grazie110 (2014)4.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
271048
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:271048:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Cuddia Mida (Cuddia di Mida; Kuddia Mida), Isola di Pantelleria, Provincia di Trapani, Sicilia, Italia


Cuddia Mida is a parasitic cone (591 m) located on the north flank of Montagna Grande.

Cuddia Mida is the FRL for anorthoclase, described under the name “Natronorthoklas” by Förstner [Foerstner] (1877) and later renamed anorthoclase by Rosenbusch (1885).

Cuddia Mida is a well-known occurrence for aenigmatite, a mineral described (Foerstner, 1881) from the pantellerite lavas of Pantelleria under the name “cossyrite” (after Cossyra, the ancient name for Pantelleria). Titanium was not recorded in Foerstner's analysis and for a number of years cossyrite was considered as a varietal name for the apparently titanium-free aenigmatites of Pantelleria. Dittrich, that analysed cossyrite crystals collected by Soellner on the rim of the Cuddia Mida cone, eventually showed that cossyrite was titaniferous (Soellner, 1909) [see http://www.mindat.org/loc-2098.html, for complete references on aenigmatite of Pantelleria].


Note: In Handbook of Mineralogy, Volume 2, by Anthony et al. this locality is misspellt as Cuddua Mida.

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘAenigmatite9.DH.40Na4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]
ⓘAlbite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘvar. Anorthoclase9.FA.35(Na,K)AlSi3O8

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ AenigmatiteNa4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36]
Oⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
NaSodium
Naⓘ AenigmatiteNa4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36]
Naⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Naⓘ Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AenigmatiteNa4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36]
Siⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
KPotassium
Kⓘ Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ AenigmatiteNa4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36]
FeIron
Feⓘ AenigmatiteNa4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36]

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References

[Foerstner] Förstner, H. (1877) Ueber die Natronorthoklas von Pantelleria. Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 1:1, 547-561.
Foerstner, E.[H.] (1881) Nota preliminare sulla geologia dell'isola di Pantelleria secondo gli studi fatti negli anni 1874 e 1881. Bollettino del R. Comitato Geologico d'Italia, 12, 523-556.
Foerstner, H. (1881) Ueber Cossyrit, ein Mineral aus Liparit-laven der Insel Pantelleria. Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 5:4, 348-362.
Rosenbusch, H. (1885) Mikroschopische Physiographie der Mineralien und Gesteine. Ein Hülfsbuch bei mikroskopischen Gesteinsstudien. Band I. Die petrographisch wichtigen Mineralien. Zweite gänzlich umgearbeitete Auflage. E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagshandlung (E. Koch), Stuttgart, 664 pages.
Soellner, J. (1909) Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Cossyrits von Pantelleria. Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 46, 518-562.
Rotolo, S.G., La Felice, S., Mangalaviti, A., Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia. (2007) Geology and petrochemistry of the recent (<25 ka) silicic volcanism at Pantelleria Island. Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana. 126(2), 191-208.
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