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Anorthoclase from
Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy


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Anorthoclase, etc.

Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy
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Anorthoclase, etc.

Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy
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Anorthoclase, etc.

Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy
07599190017363333126992.jpg
Anorthoclase, etc.

Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy
07208760017272001475429.jpg
Anorthoclase, etc.

Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy
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Anorthoclase, etc.

Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy
07599190017363333126992.jpg
Anorthoclase, etc.

Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy
07208760017272001475429.jpg
Anorthoclase, etc.

Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy
09275150017272001499301.jpg
Anorthoclase, etc.

Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy
Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Albite var: Anorthoclase
Formula:(Na,K)AlSi3O8
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - First Recorded Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Aegirine3
Aenigmatite2
Sanidine1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anorthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:803
Long-form Identifier:1:3:803:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Anorthoclase in this Region
Cuddia Mida (Cuddia di Mida; Kuddia Mida), Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy
References
[Foerstner] Förstner H. (1877): Ueber die Natronorthoklas von Pantelleria. Zeits. Kryst. Min., 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. Boll. R. Comit. Geol. Ital., 12, 523-556
[Foerstner] Förstner H. (1884): Ueber die Feldspäthe von Pantelleria. Zeits. Kryst. Min., 8, 1, 125-202
Foerstner H. (1884): Ueber künstliche physikalische Veränderungen der Feldspäthe von Pantelleria. Zeits. Kryst. Min., 9, 1, 333-352
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 pp.
Washington, H. S. (1909). ART. VIII.--The Submarine Eruptions of 1831 and 1891 near Pantelleria. American Journal of Science (1880-1910), 27(158), 131-150.
Bahat D. (1979): Anorthoclase megacrysts: physical conditions of formation. Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 287-291
Wolff, J. A., & Wright, J. V. (1981). Formation of the Green Tuff, Pantelleria. Bulletin Volcanologique, 44(4), 681-690.
Civetta, L., Cornette, Y., Crisci, G., Gillot, P. Y., Orsi, G., Requejo, C. S. (1984) Geology, geochronology and chemical evolution of the island of Pantelleria. Geological Magazine, 121 (6) 541-562 doi:10.1017/s0016756800030703
Civetta, L., Cornette, Y., Gillot, P. Y., Orsi, G. (1988) The eruptive history of Pantelleria (Sicily channel) in the last 50 ka. Bulletin of Volcanology, 50 (1). 47-57 doi:10.1007/bf01047508
Lowenstern, Jacob B. (1994) Chlorine, fluid immiscibility, and degassing in peralkaline magmas from Pantelleria, Italy. American Mineralogist, 79 (3-4) 353-369
Civetta, L., D'Antonio, M., Orsi, G., Tilton, G. R. (1998) The Geochemistry of Volcanic Rocks from Pantelleria Island, Sicily Channel: Petrogenesis and Characteristics of the Mantle Source Region. Journal of Petrology, 39 (8) 1453-1491 doi:10.1093/petroj/39.8.1453
(2005) Plio-Quaternary Volcanism in Italy. Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/3-540-29092-3
White, J. C., Ren, M., & Parker, D. F. (2005). Variation in mineralogy, temperature, and oxygen fugacity in a suite of strongly peralkaline lavas and tuffs, Pantelleria, Italy. The Canadian Mineralogist, 43(4), 1331-1347.
Di Carlo, I., Rotolo, S. G., Scaillet, B., Buccheri, V., Pichavant, M. (2010) Phase Equilibrium Constraints on Pre-eruptive Conditions of Recent Felsic Explosive Volcanism at Pantelleria Island, Italy. Journal of Petrology, 51 (11) 2245-2276 doi:10.1093/petrology/egq055
Neave, David A., Fabbro, Gareth, Herd, Richard A., Petrone, Chiara M., Edmonds, Marie (2012) Melting, Differentiation and Degassing at the Pantelleria Volcano, Italy. Journal of Petrology, 53 (3) 637-663 doi:10.1093/petrology/egr074
Lanzo, Giovanni, Landi, Patrizia, Rotolo, Silvio G. (2013) Volatiles in pantellerite magmas: A case study of the Green Tuff Plinian eruption (Island of Pantelleria, Italy) Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 262. 153-163 doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.06.011
Rotolo, S. G., Scaillet, S., La Felice, S., & Vita-Scaillet, G. (2013). A revision of the structure and stratigraphy of pre-Green Tuff ignimbrites at Pantelleria (Strait of Sicily). Journal of volcanology and geothermal research, 250, 61-74.
Avanzinelli, Riccardo, Braschi, Eleonora, Marchionni, Sara, Bindi, Luca (2014) Mantle melting in within-plate continental settings: Sr–Nd–Pb and U-series isotope constraints in alkali basalts from the Sicily Channel (Pantelleria and Linosa Islands, Southern Italy) Lithos, 188. 113-129 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2013.10.008
 
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