The “Stella Polare” Expedition (1899–1900): Study and Enhancement of the Rock Collection
The “Stella Polare Expedition” collection represents the rocks collected during the attempt to reach the North Pole in the winter of 1899–1900 by the Italian explorer Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, better known as “Duca degli Abruzzi”. The collection is currently kept on loan at the Regional Museum of Natu...
Published in: | Geoheritage |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2020
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2318/1763168 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-020-00460-9 |
id |
ftunivtorino:oai:iris.unito.it:2318/1763168 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftunivtorino:oai:iris.unito.it:2318/1763168 2023-11-05T03:42:01+01:00 The “Stella Polare” Expedition (1899–1900): Study and Enhancement of the Rock Collection Borghi A. Vignetta E. Ghignone S. Gallo M. Vaggelli G. Borghi A. Vignetta E. Ghignone S. Gallo M. Vaggelli G. 2020 http://hdl.handle.net/2318/1763168 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-020-00460-9 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000523026400001 volume:12 issue:2 firstpage:1 lastpage:13 numberofpages:13 journal:GEOHERITAGE http://hdl.handle.net/2318/1763168 doi:10.1007/s12371-020-00460-9 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85085087255 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Duca degli Abruzzi Franz Josef Land archipelago Geochemical analysi Historic rock collection Stella Polare Expedition info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftunivtorino https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-020-00460-9 2023-10-10T22:26:35Z The “Stella Polare Expedition” collection represents the rocks collected during the attempt to reach the North Pole in the winter of 1899–1900 by the Italian explorer Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, better known as “Duca degli Abruzzi”. The collection is currently kept on loan at the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences in Turin and belongs to the series of mineralogical-lithological collections owned by the University of Turin. It is unique from both the historical and the scientific points of view. It mainly consists of effusive magmatic rock samples, such as tholeiitic basalts, basaltic andesites and sub-intrusive rocks, such as dolerites. In the collection are also present sedimentary rocks (i.e. sandstone, siltite, jasper), high-grade metamorphic rocks (i.e. granulite) and a good number of mineralizations (i.e. quartz, opal, calcedony, calcite and zeolite), probably included within the effusive magmatic rocks in the form of veins or amygdales. From the geochemical point of view, it was possible to classify volcanic rocks as effusive products belonging to the sub-alkaline subduction-related tholeiitic series, which in turn can be distinguished into two main types, corresponding to basalts and basaltic andesites. Furthermore, the dolerites show geochemical features compatible with an oceanic environment analogous to Ocean Island Basalts, not or scarcely contaminated by the continental crust, in agreement with the geographic and geological position of the Franz Josef Land, located at the border of the Eurasian continental shelf and close to the Nansen depression ocean floor. The rediscovery and study of this collection have made it possible to enhance historically, and to deepen, with a scientific approach, the study of materials that would have been difficult to retrieve. Article in Journal/Newspaper Franz Josef Land North Pole Ocean Island Università degli studi di Torino: AperTo (Archivio Istituzionale ad Accesso Aperto) Geoheritage 12 2 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Università degli studi di Torino: AperTo (Archivio Istituzionale ad Accesso Aperto) |
op_collection_id |
ftunivtorino |
language |
English |
topic |
Duca degli Abruzzi Franz Josef Land archipelago Geochemical analysi Historic rock collection Stella Polare Expedition |
spellingShingle |
Duca degli Abruzzi Franz Josef Land archipelago Geochemical analysi Historic rock collection Stella Polare Expedition Borghi A. Vignetta E. Ghignone S. Gallo M. Vaggelli G. The “Stella Polare” Expedition (1899–1900): Study and Enhancement of the Rock Collection |
topic_facet |
Duca degli Abruzzi Franz Josef Land archipelago Geochemical analysi Historic rock collection Stella Polare Expedition |
description |
The “Stella Polare Expedition” collection represents the rocks collected during the attempt to reach the North Pole in the winter of 1899–1900 by the Italian explorer Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, better known as “Duca degli Abruzzi”. The collection is currently kept on loan at the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences in Turin and belongs to the series of mineralogical-lithological collections owned by the University of Turin. It is unique from both the historical and the scientific points of view. It mainly consists of effusive magmatic rock samples, such as tholeiitic basalts, basaltic andesites and sub-intrusive rocks, such as dolerites. In the collection are also present sedimentary rocks (i.e. sandstone, siltite, jasper), high-grade metamorphic rocks (i.e. granulite) and a good number of mineralizations (i.e. quartz, opal, calcedony, calcite and zeolite), probably included within the effusive magmatic rocks in the form of veins or amygdales. From the geochemical point of view, it was possible to classify volcanic rocks as effusive products belonging to the sub-alkaline subduction-related tholeiitic series, which in turn can be distinguished into two main types, corresponding to basalts and basaltic andesites. Furthermore, the dolerites show geochemical features compatible with an oceanic environment analogous to Ocean Island Basalts, not or scarcely contaminated by the continental crust, in agreement with the geographic and geological position of the Franz Josef Land, located at the border of the Eurasian continental shelf and close to the Nansen depression ocean floor. The rediscovery and study of this collection have made it possible to enhance historically, and to deepen, with a scientific approach, the study of materials that would have been difficult to retrieve. |
author2 |
Borghi A. Vignetta E. Ghignone S. Gallo M. Vaggelli G. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Borghi A. Vignetta E. Ghignone S. Gallo M. Vaggelli G. |
author_facet |
Borghi A. Vignetta E. Ghignone S. Gallo M. Vaggelli G. |
author_sort |
Borghi A. |
title |
The “Stella Polare” Expedition (1899–1900): Study and Enhancement of the Rock Collection |
title_short |
The “Stella Polare” Expedition (1899–1900): Study and Enhancement of the Rock Collection |
title_full |
The “Stella Polare” Expedition (1899–1900): Study and Enhancement of the Rock Collection |
title_fullStr |
The “Stella Polare” Expedition (1899–1900): Study and Enhancement of the Rock Collection |
title_full_unstemmed |
The “Stella Polare” Expedition (1899–1900): Study and Enhancement of the Rock Collection |
title_sort |
“stella polare” expedition (1899–1900): study and enhancement of the rock collection |
publishDate |
2020 |
url |
http://hdl.handle.net/2318/1763168 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-020-00460-9 |
genre |
Franz Josef Land North Pole Ocean Island |
genre_facet |
Franz Josef Land North Pole Ocean Island |
op_relation |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000523026400001 volume:12 issue:2 firstpage:1 lastpage:13 numberofpages:13 journal:GEOHERITAGE http://hdl.handle.net/2318/1763168 doi:10.1007/s12371-020-00460-9 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85085087255 |
op_rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-020-00460-9 |
container_title |
Geoheritage |
container_volume |
12 |
container_issue |
2 |
_version_ |
1781698845336403968 |