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Forsterite from
Cima Uzza, Valbona (Val Bona) & Val d'Arnò, Daone & Breguzzo, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy


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 Cima Uzza, Valbona (Val Bona) & Val d'Arnò, Daone & Breguzzo, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:918345
Long-form Identifier:1:3:918345:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘStabio Valley, Niardo, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy
41.5km (25.8 miles) ⓘVal di Serra Quarry, Pilcante, Ala, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
50.8km (31.5 miles) ⓘVedretta della Miniera (Cima della Miniera), Zebrù Valley, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
51.1km (31.7 miles) ⓘCima delle Pale Rosse, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
51.8km (32.2 miles) ⓘSelva, Poschiavo, Bernina Region, Grisons, Switzerland
52.8km (32.8 miles) ⓘSelva Quarry, Selva, Poschiavo, Bernina Region, Grisons, Switzerland
53.0km (33.0 miles) ⓘQuadrada (incl. Quadradin), Selva, Poschiavo, Bernina Region, Grisons, Switzerland
58.9km (36.6 miles) ⓘAcquanegra asbestos mines (Costòn d’Acquanegra; Acquanera asbestos mines), Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
59.3km (36.9 miles) ⓘSferlùn asbestos mine, Vallone del Cengiaccio (Cengiaccio; Cengiàsc; Cengiasco), Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
59.8km (37.2 miles) ⓘValbrutta (Val Brutta), Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
References
Callegari E. (1962): La Cima Uzza (Adamello Sud-Orientale). Parte I. Studio petrografico e petrogenetico delle formazioni metamorfiche di contatto. Mem. Ist. Geol. e Mineral. Univ. Padova, 23, 116 pp.
Bucher-Nurminen, K. (1982). On the mechanism of contact aureole formation in dolomitic country rock by the Adamello intrusion (northern Italy). American Mineralogist, 67(11-12), 1101-1117.
Gerdes M.L., Baumgartner L.P., Person M., Rumble D. (1995): One- and two-dimensional models of fluid flow and stable isotope exchange at an outcrop in the Adamello contact aureole, Southern Alps, Italy. Am. Mineral., 80, 1004-1019.
 
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