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Fluorophlogopite from
Vispi Quarry, San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy


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Fluorophlogopite, etc.

Vispi Quarry, San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy
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Fluorophlogopite

Vispi Quarry, San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy
00558070017368133124552.jpg
Fluorophlogopite, etc.

Vispi Quarry, San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy
01030770017272040405139.jpg
Fluorophlogopite

Vispi Quarry, San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy
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Fluorophlogopite, etc.

Vispi Quarry, San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy
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Fluorophlogopite

Vispi Quarry, San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Fluorophlogopite
Formula:KMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
Comments:The mineral classified as phlogopite or fluorian phlogopite by the authors before the institution of the species fluorophlogopite (2006) has been reclassified as fluorophlogopite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Willhendersonite7
Fluorapatite7
Kalsilite7
Umbrianite6
Melilite Group4
Thomsonite-Ca4
Magnetite3
Götzenite2
Perovskite2
Calcite2
Chabazite-Ca2
Phillipsite-Ca1
Cuspidine1
Clinopyroxene Subgroup1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorophlogopite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vispi Quarry, San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:767313
Long-form Identifier:1:3:767313:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorophlogopite
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘTrachyte quarry, Bolsena, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
43.5km (27.0 miles) ⓘMontenero Quarry, Onano, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
65.1km (40.5 miles) ⓘCassia Road km 61.5, Capranica, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
65.6km (40.7 miles) ⓘCampo Padella, Capranica, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
81.6km (50.7 miles) ⓘFicoreto carbonatite, Campagnano di Roma, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
References
Mittempergher, M. (1965) Vulcanismo e petrogenesi nella zona di San Venanzo (Umbria). Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, serie A, 72, 437-479
Cingolani, G. (1974) Eccezionali cristalli di kalsilite a S. Venanzo (Umbria) Notizie del Gruppo Mineralogico Lombardo, 5, 3 (settembre 1974), 66-67
De Michele, V. (1974) Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini.
Peacor, Donald R., Dunn, Pete J., Simmons, William B., Tillmanns, Ekkehart, Fischer, Reinhard X. (1984) Willhendersonite, a new zeolite isostructural with chabazite. American Mineralogist, 69 (1-2) 186-189
Cundari, A., Ferguson, A. K. (1991) Petrogenetic relationships between melilitite and lamproite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 107 (3) 343-357 doi:10.1007/bf00325103
Cruciani, Giuseppe, Zanazzi, Pier Francesco (1994) Cation partitioning and substitution mechanisms in 1M phlogopite: A crystal chemical study. American Mineralogist, 79 (3-4) 289-301
Meli, R. (1997) Giacimenti da non dimenticare: i minerali delle vulcaniti di San Venanzo (Terni). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 21, 3 (3-1997), 269-275
Stoppa, F., Sharygin, V. V., Cundari, A. (1997) New mineral data from the kamafugite-carbonatite association: The melilitolite from Pian di Celle, Italy. Mineralogy and Petrology, 61 (1) 27-45 doi:10.1007/bf01172476
Sharygin, Victor V., Pekov, Igor V., Zubkova, Natalia V., Khomyakov, Alexander P., Stoppa, Francesco, Pushcharovsky, Dmitry Yu. (2013) Umbrianite, K7Na2Ca2[Al3Si10O29]F2Cl2, a new mineral species from melilitolite of the Pian di Celle volcano, Umbria, Italy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 25 (4) 655-669 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2013/0025-2306
 
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