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Phengite from
Verné, Sampeyre, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Hamlet
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Phengite
Formula:KAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Phengite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Verné, Sampeyre, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1089381
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1089381:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Phengite
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘPunta Rasciassa, Oncino, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘCroce del Puy outcrop, Casteldelfino, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘMorelli outcrop, Elva, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.3km (5.1 miles) ⓘVallone delle Forciolline, Pontechianale, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
9.9km (6.1 miles) ⓘBals outcrop, Bellino, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
10.7km (6.7 miles) ⓘGrange Vignale outcrop, Stroppo, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘGilba Valley, Brossasco, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘLago Chiaretto omphacite outcrop, Pian del Re, Crissolo, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘColletto Fiorenza, Pian del Re, Crissolo, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘRefuge du Viso outcrop, Abriès-Ristolas, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
References
Castelli, D., Rostagno, C., Lombardo, B. (2002): Jd-Qtz-bearing metaplagiogranite from the Monviso meta-ophiolite (Western Alps). Ofioliti, 27, 81-90
Lombardo, B., Rubatto, D., Castelli, D. (2002): Ion microprobe U-Pb dating of zircon from a Monviso metaplagiogranite: implications for the evolutions of the Piedmont-Liguria Thetys in the Western Alps. Ofioliti, 27, 109-117
Piccoli, G.C. (2002) I minerali delle Alpi Marittime e Cozie. Provincia di Cuneo. Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" di Alba, Ed., Alba, 362 pp.
Castelli, D., Lombardo, B. (2007): The plagiogranite - FeTi-oxide gabbro association of Verné (Monviso metamorphic ophiolite, Western Alps). Ofioliti, 32, 1-14.
 
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