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Magnetite from
Monte Calvario, Biancavilla, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluoro-edenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Monte Calvario, Biancavilla, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:243289
Long-form Identifier:1:3:243289:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
12.3km (7.6 miles) ⓘMonti Rossi, Nicolosi, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
16.0km (10.0 miles) ⓘMount Etna, Etna Volcanic Complex, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
27.1km (16.8 miles) ⓘFaraglione Grande, Cyclopean Islands (Cyclopean Isles), Aci Trezza (Acitrezza), Aci Castello, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
33.2km (20.6 miles) ⓘIazzotto quarry, Catania, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
59.3km (36.8 miles) ⓘValle Guffari, Buscemi, Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy
85.1km (52.9 miles) ⓘLa Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy
85.7km (53.2 miles) ⓘPietre Cotte lava flow, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy
91.9km (57.1 miles) ⓘMonte Embrisi, Montebello Jonico, Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy
References
Preite, D. (1982): I minerali etnei di Biancavilla (CT). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 6(4), 112-114.
Preite, D. (1985): Note di mineralogia italiana: augite e flogopite di Biancavilla (CT). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 9(4), 144.
Preite, Domenico (1985) Die Fundstelle Biancavilla am Ätna, Italien [The Biancavilla site on Etna, Italy]. Lapis, 10 (3) 23
Gianfagna, Antonio, Oberti, Roberta (2001) Fluoro-edenite from Biancavilla (Catania, Sicily, Italy): Crystal chemistry of a new amphibole end-member. American Mineralogist, 86 (11) 1489-1493 doi:10.2138/am-2001-11-1217
 
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