Sassomorello ophiolite, Sassomorello, Prignano sulla Secchia, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italyi
Regional Level Types | |
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Sassomorello ophiolite | Outcrop |
Sassomorello | Hamlet |
Prignano sulla Secchia | Commune |
Modena Province | Province |
Emilia-Romagna | Region |
Italy | - not defined - |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 25' 27'' North , 10° 44' 17'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Varana | 251 (2014) | 3.6km |
Prignano sulla Secchia | 3,551 (2012) | 4.0km |
Prignano | 604 (2014) | 4.0km |
Serramazzoni | 3,232 (2014) | 4.2km |
La Pioppa | 107 (2014) | 4.3km |
Mindat Locality ID:
241676
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:241676:5
GUID (UUID V4):
881718c7-4dd8-4fcf-b1d4-079c074197cb
Other Languages:
Italian:
Ofiolite di Sassomorello, Prignano sulla Secchia, Provincia di Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italia
Ophiolitic outcrop (650 m of maximum extent) located close to the village of Sassomorello, along the Rossenna stream. It is delimited by straight
escarpments and crops out in the surrounding landscape composed of Varicolored and Palombini shales.
The outcrop consists of breccias with serpentinite clasts of variable dimensions. Locally, gabbroic clasts also are present. Lizardite, occurring as trigonal prisms, is ascribable to the 1T polytype (Laurora et al., 2011).
Two organic minerals, i.e., weddellite and whewellite, occur on the surface of lherzolitic serpentinite.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
9 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup' Formula: AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
ⓘ Antigorite Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Chromite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' |
ⓘ Forsterite Formula: Mg2SiO4 |
ⓘ 'Limonite' |
ⓘ Lizardite Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
ⓘ 'Lizardite-1T' Habit: Trigonal prisms References: Laurora, A., Brigatti, M. F., Malferrari, D., Galli, E., Rossi, A., Ferrari, M. (2011) The crystal chemistry of lizardite-1T from Northern Appennines ophioltes near Modena, Italy. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (4) 1045-1054 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.4.1045[one sample from Sassomorello has been used in this study |
ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' |
ⓘ 'Plagioclase' Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup' Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup var. Bastite' Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
ⓘ Spinel Formula: MgAl2O4 |
ⓘ Weddellite Formula: Ca(C2O4) · (2.5-x)H2O |
ⓘ Whewellite Formula: Ca(C2O4) · H2O |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Spinel | 4.BB.05 | MgAl2O4 |
ⓘ | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Forsterite | 9.AC.05 | Mg2SiO4 |
ⓘ | Lizardite | 9.ED.15 | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
ⓘ | Antigorite | 9.ED.15 | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Group 10 - Organic Compounds | |||
ⓘ | Weddellite | 10.AB.40 | Ca(C2O4) · (2.5-x)H2O |
ⓘ | Whewellite | 10.AB.45 | Ca(C2O4) · H2O |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Plagioclase' | - | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
ⓘ | 'Serpentine Subgroup' | - | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
ⓘ | 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Amphibole Supergroup' | - | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
ⓘ | 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Serpentine Subgroup var. Bastite' | - | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Lizardite-1T' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
H | ⓘ Antigorite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
H | ⓘ Lizardite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
H | ⓘ Weddellite | Ca(C2O4) · (2.5-x)H2O |
H | ⓘ Whewellite | Ca(C2O4) · H2O |
H | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Bastite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
H | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | ⓘ Weddellite | Ca(C2O4) · (2.5-x)H2O |
C | ⓘ Whewellite | Ca(C2O4) · H2O |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
O | ⓘ Antigorite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
O | ⓘ Forsterite | Mg2SiO4 |
O | ⓘ Lizardite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
O | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
O | ⓘ Weddellite | Ca(C2O4) · (2.5-x)H2O |
O | ⓘ Whewellite | Ca(C2O4) · H2O |
O | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Bastite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
O | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
O | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
F | Fluorine | |
F | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
Na | Sodium | |
Na | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Antigorite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Mg | ⓘ Forsterite | Mg2SiO4 |
Mg | ⓘ Lizardite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Mg | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
Mg | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Bastite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
Al | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
Al | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Bastite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
Al | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
Si | ⓘ Antigorite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Si | ⓘ Forsterite | Mg2SiO4 |
Si | ⓘ Lizardite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Si | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Bastite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
Si | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Si | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
Cl | Chlorine | |
Cl | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | ⓘ Weddellite | Ca(C2O4) · (2.5-x)H2O |
Ca | ⓘ Whewellite | Ca(C2O4) · H2O |
Ca | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Ti | Titanium | |
Ti | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
Cr | Chromium | |
Cr | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Mn | Manganese | |
Mn | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Bastite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
Fe | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Bastite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
Ni | Nickel | |
Ni | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Bastite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Bastite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
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References
Laurora, A., Brigatti, M. F., Malferrari, D., Galli, E., Rossi, A., Ferrari, M. (2011) The crystal chemistry of lizardite-1T from Northern Appennines ophioltes near Modena, Italy. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (4) 1045-1054 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.4.1045one sample from Sassomorello has been used in this study