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Plagioclase from
Montecristo Island, Portoferraio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Montecristo Island, Portoferraio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:940896
Long-form Identifier:1:3:940896:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
44.0km (27.3 miles) ⓘGinevro Mine, Capoliveri, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
47.8km (29.7 miles) ⓘGrotta d'Oggi, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
50.0km (31.0 miles) ⓘTerranera Mine, Porto Azzurro, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
71.0km (44.1 miles) ⓘPiombino Promontory, Piombino, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘPoggetti Butelli slag locality, Scarlino, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
99.2km (61.6 miles) ⓘRhyolite dome, Roccatederighi, Roccastrada, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Mittempergher M. (1954): L’isola di Montecristo. Ricerche petrologiche e psammografiche. Atti Soc. Tosc. Sc. Nat., Memorie, 61, serie A, 167-218
Bertini M., Centamore E., Jacobacci A., Nappi G. (1969): Isola di Montecristo. In: Note illustrative della carta geologica d'Italia alla scala 1:100.000. Foglio 127. Servizio Geologico d'Italia, Roma. Poligrafica & Cartevalori, Ercolano (Napoli), 51-52
Innocenti F., Westerman D.S., Rocchi S., Tonarini S. (1997) : The Montecristo Monzogranite (Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Italy): a collisional pluton in an extensional setting. Geol. J., 32, 131-151
Rocchi S., Westerman D.S., Innocenti F. (2003): Montecristo Island: intrusive magmatism. Per. Mineral., 72, 2 (Special Issue), 105-118
Barsotti G., Nannoni R. (2006): Rocce, minerali e miniere delle isole dell'Arcipelago Toscano. Pacini Editore, Pisa, 152 pp.
 
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