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Forsterite from
Basalt quarry (San Giovanni Ilarione quarry), San Giovanni Ilarione, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Basalt quarry (San Giovanni Ilarione quarry), San Giovanni Ilarione, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1306995
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1306995:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘMonte Madarosa Quarry, Roccolo Pass, Chiampo, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘBosco Lauri Quarry (Basalti Verona Quarry; Basalt quarry), Montecchia di Crosara, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
8.1km (5.1 miles) ⓘPurga di Bolca (Monte Purga di Bolca), Bolca, Vestenanova, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘVago meteorite, Lavagno, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘFosse di Novale, Rossati (Contrada Rossati di Sotto), Novale, Valdagno, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘLonedo, Lugo di Vicenza, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
34.1km (21.2 miles) ⓘVal di Serra Quarry, Pilcante, Ala, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
43.6km (27.1 miles) ⓘMonte Gloso Quarry (Vaccari S.p.A. Quarry), Marsan, Marostica, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
74.2km (46.1 miles) ⓘCima Uzza, Valbona (Val Bona) & Val d'Arnò, Daone & Breguzzo, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
76.8km (47.7 miles) ⓘVigarano meteorite (Cariani; Ferrara; Mainardi; Morandi; Parish; Pieve; Vigarano Mainarda; Vigarano Pieve; Vigarno; Vigarvano; Vigavano [NHM cat.]), Vigarano Pieve, Vigarano Mainarda, Ferrara Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
References
Andreatta, C. (1938) Basalti della Valle dell'Alpone e loro inclusi peridotitici. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana, 57, 239-264
Rambaldelli, A. (1971) Località mineralogiche consigliate. I basalti del Veneto. Notizie del Gruppo Mineralogico Lombardo, 2, 2, 24-27
Del Caldo, A.; Moro, C.; Gramaccioli, C.M.; Boscardin, M. (1973) Guida ai minerali. Fratelli Fabbri Editori. 208 pp.
Longhi, A. (1979) Miniere e Minerali del Veronese. Associazione Geologica Mineralogica Veronese, Edizioni Libreria Cortina, Verona, 95 pp.
Morten, L., and Bondi, M. (1981) Spinel lherzolite inclusions in basalts from Monti Lessini, Veneto Region, northern Italy. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 7, 308–316
Morten, L. (1987) Italy: a review of xenolithic occurrences and their comparison with Alpine peridotites. In: Nixon, P.H. (ed.), Mantle xenoliths. John Wiley, Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore, pages 135–148
BECCALUVA, L. (2001) Depletion Events, Nature of Metasomatizing Agent and Timing of Enrichment Processes in Lithospheric Mantle Xenoliths from the Veneto Volcanic Province. Journal of Petrology, 42 (1) 173-188 doi:10.1093/petrology/42.1.173
GASPERINI, DANIELA, BOSCH, DELPHINE, BRAGA, ROBERTO, BONDI, MIRELLA, MACERA, PATRIZIA, MORTEN, LAURO (2006) Ultramafic xenoliths from the Veneto Volcanic Province (Italy): Petrological and geochemical evidence for multiple metasomatism of the SE Alps mantle lithosphere. GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 40 (4) 377-404 doi:10.2343/geochemj.40.377
Boscardin, M. (2014) Provincia di Verona. In: Zorzi, F., and Boscardin, M. (eds.), Minerali del Veneto. Alla scoperta sei tesori della nostra regione. Museo di Storia Naturale e Archeologia di Montebelluna - Treviso, Cierre Edizioni, Sommacampagna, 153-171.
 
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