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Omphacite from
Mount Beigua, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Omphacite
Formula:(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(AleFef3+Feg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Omphacite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Beigua, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:974008
Long-form Identifier:1:3:974008:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Ernst, W.G. (1976) Mineral chemistry of eclogites and related rocks from the Voltri Group, Western Liguria, Italy. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 56, 293–343.
Ernst, W. G. (1981) Petrogenesis of eclogites and peridotites from the Western and Ligurian Alps. American Mineralogist, 66 (5-6) 443-472
Messiga, B. (1987) Alpine metamorphic evolution of Ligurian Alps (North-West Italy): chemography and petrological constraints inferred from metamorphic climax assemblages. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 95 (3) 269-277 doi:10.1007/bf00371842
Messiga B., Scambelluri M. (1988): Comparison between two types of coronitic eclogites from the Western Alps: Implications for a pre-eclogitic evolution. Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt., 68, 225-235
MESSIGA, B., SCAMBELLURI, M. (1991) Retrograde P-T-t path for the Voltri Massif eclogites (Ligurian Alps, Italy): some tectonic implications. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 9 (1) 93-109 doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.1991.tb00506.x
Messiga B., Tribuzio R., Bottazzi P., Ottolini L. (1995): An ion microprobe study of trace element compositions of clinopyroxenes from blueschist and eclogitized Fe-Ti-gabbros (Ligurian Alps, nortwestern Italy): Some petrologic considerations. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 59, 59-75.
Vignaroli G., Rossetti F., Rubatto D., Theye T., Lisker F., Phillips D. (2010): Pressure-temperature-deformation-time (P-T-d-t) exhumation history of the Voltri HP complex, Ligurian Alps, Italy. Tectonics, 29, 6, TC6900.
 
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