Merlinoite from
Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy

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Merlinoite

Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy

Merlinoite, etc.

Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy

Merlinoite

Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy

Merlinoite

Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy

Merlinoite, etc.

Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy

Merlinoite

Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy

Merlinoite

Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy

Merlinoite, etc.

Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy

Merlinoite

Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy

Merlinoite

Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy

Classification
Locality type:	Quarry
Species:	Merlinoite
Formula:	K₅Ca₂(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄ · 24H₂O
Confirmation
Validity:	Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baryte	3
Phillipsite Subgroup	2
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Merlinoite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	7567
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:7567:1
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Merlinoite

50.9km (31.6 miles)	ⓘ Fosso Attici, Magliano Romano, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
52.0km (32.3 miles)	ⓘ Biachella Valley, Sacrofano, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
References
Sabatini, V. (1903). La pirossenite melilitica di Coppaeli. Boll. R. Com. geol. Ital., 34, 376. *Passaglia, E., Pongiluppi, D., Rinaldi, R. (1977) Merlinoite, a new mineral of the zeolite group. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 355-364* *Cundari, A., Ferguson, A. K. (1991) Petrogenetic relationships between melilitite and lamproite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 107 (3) 343-357 doi:10.1007/bf00325103* Villa, I., Serva, L., & Quercioli, C. (1991). Verso una datazione della lava di Cupaello (Rieti). Plinius, 4, 102-103. Stoppa, F., Cundari, A. (1995) A new Italian carbonatite occurrence at Cupaello (Rieti) and its genetic significance. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 122 (3) 275-288 doi:10.1007/s004100050127 Conticelli, S., D'Antonio, M., Pinarelli, L., Civetta, L. (2002) Source contamination and mantle heterogeneity in the genesis of Italian potassic and ultrapotassic volcanic rocks: Sr-Nd-Pb isotope data from Roman Province and Southern Tuscany. Mineralogy and Petrology, 74 (2) 189-222 doi:10.1007/s007100200004 *Isakova, A. T., Panina, L. I., Stoppa, F. (2017) Genesis of kalsilite melilitite at Cupaello, Central Italy: Evidence from melt inclusions. Petrology, 25 (4) 433-447 doi:10.1134/s0869591117040038*

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Merlinoite from Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy

Merlinoite from
Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy