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Offretite from
Cattignano quarry, San Giovanni Ilarione, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy


Classification
Species:Offretite
Formula:KCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Offretite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cattignano quarry, San Giovanni Ilarione, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:537919
Long-form Identifier:1:3:537919:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Offretite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘChiereghini Valley, San Giovanni Ilarione, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘBasalt quarry (San Giovanni Ilarione quarry), San Giovanni Ilarione, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘBeltrami, San Giovanni Ilarione, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘMonte Madarosa Quarry, Roccolo Pass, Chiampo, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
5.4km (3.3 miles) ⓘRoccolo Pass tuff outcrop (Monte Calvarina west slope), San Giovanni Ilarione, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
5.9km (3.7 miles) ⓘBertocchi quarry (ex Alvese quarry), San Pietro Mussolino, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘMonte Calvarina, Roncà, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘBentonite mine, Contrada Re, Monte Furlan, Cerealto, Valdagno, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘFittà, Soave, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘMonte Scagno, Contrada Nori, Montorso Vicentino, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
References
Mattioli, M., Cenni, M., and Raffaelli, G. (2008) I Minerali del Veronese. Le mineralizzazioni secondarie delle rocce vulcaniche dei Monti Lessini. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, 2a serie, Sezione Scienze della Terra 7-2008, 196 pp.
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.
Mattioli, Michele, Giordani, Matteo, Arcangeli, Pierluca, Valentini, Laura, Boscardin, Matteo, Pacella, Alessandro, Ballirano, Paolo (2018) Prismatic to Asbestiform Offretite from Northern Italy: Occurrence, Morphology and Crystal-Chemistry of a New Potentially Hazardous Zeolite. Minerals, 8 (2) 69 doi:10.3390/min8020069
 
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