Granito di Baveno
Back to basamento cristallino della zona di Strona-CeneriRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- (0%,56%,56%,12%)
- Color RGB
- R: 225 G: 100 B: 100
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Baveno-Granit
- Français
- Granite de Baveno
- Italiano
- Granito di Baveno
- English
- Baveno Granite
- Origin of the Name
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Baveno (Italia), Lago Maggiore
- Historical Variants
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rother Granite von Baveno (Gerlach 1869), Bavenogranit (Studer 1872), Granit der Zone von Baveno (Schmidt & Preiswerk 1908), granites de Baveno-Motterone (Argand 1911b), granito di Baveno (Hermann 1937), granite insubrien de Baveno (Elter et al. 1966), Baveno Granite (Compagnoni et al. 1977), pink granites of Baveno (Trümpy et al. 1980), Baveno granite suite (Pfeifer et al. 1991), plutone granitico di Baveno-Mottarone = plutone di Mottarone-Baveno = granito rosa di Baveno (Dal Piaz et al. 1992a)
Description
- Description
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A peculiar variety is the pink Baveno granite. This is typically very rich in miarolitic cavities that contain crystals of more than 60 mineraI species (Gallitelli. 1937).
Age
- Age at top
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- Cisuralian (= Early Permian)
- Age at base
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- Cisuralian (= Early Permian)
- Dating Method
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276 Ma
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Monte Camoscio, Mottarone, SW Baveno.
Palaenography and tectonic
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- plutonic