 | | Report (issue) | | 3.5 cm high
fi-om the Vallone workings in the Rio Marina mine
Collection Walter Giannini
Photo Franco...Pezzotta
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milan, Italy
with Contributions by
Christina Denison, Andrea...high
Grotta d'Oggi, San Piero in Campo, Elba, Tuscany, Italy
Collection Dave Eidahl; photo Erica and Harold...Pomonte, Cava dell'Oro (two miles west of
Marciana Marina), and on Monte Fibula. In
both Capo Pomonte and...hematite fragments have also been found in the
Livorno (Leghorn) Mountains as well as in and
around Calafuria |  | | Book | | Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972
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For many years...78
gummite 36
gypsum 62
halides 20
halite 20
halotrichite 60
hambergite 55
hanksite 59
harmotome 124,...(Yugoslavia), son1e n1ines on
Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almaden (Spain).
In the United States...11 silver. Nico la
Secci, Sarrabus,
Sardinia ( Italy)
?ndri1ic copper
,·,nation. Houghton
fichigan)...covered with calcite.
Casteltern1ini,
Agrigento ( Italy)
look more different. Theirs is the most notable | | | Book | | with Orbis Publishing Limited
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Adapted from the original Italian...gummite 36
gypsum 62
halides 20
halite 20
halotrichite 60
hambergite 55
hanksite 59
harmotome /24...Idrija (Yugoslavia), some mines on
Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almadén (Spain).
In the United States...Filiform silver. Nicola
Secci, Sarrabus,
Sardinia (Italy)
Dendritic copper
famous
(Michigan)
1822. It...covered with calcite.
Casteltermini,
Agrigento (Italy)
and diopsids. Other famous mines are Dutoitspan |  | | Book | | Unitech COSPECT, Via C. Golgi, 19-20133 Milano (ITALY) Massimo Russo I Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica...Vesuviano. Via Diocleziano, 328 - 80 I 2A-Napoli (ITALY) 'l)eduated, ttJ ~ ?ltMia ~ 1935-2013 8...origin in Italy. It is worth noticing that among the 397 minerals with type-locality in Italy, 118 (just...volcanoes, the most famous of which were located in Italy and were often part of the classic "grand tour'~...and then made trips to Portugal, Malta, Egypt and Italy, where he carried out studies on Etna and the effects |  | | Book | | of Specimen
AMMONIUM
CHLORIDE
NH,Cl
Vesuvius,
Italy
nodular, compact,
earthy, scaly
in clays, marls...ore veins,
vitreous,
pearly
transluc.
alunite
Italy
fibrous, acicular,
capillary crystals,
& agg.
...(SO4)2]
(Alum Stone)
La Tolfa near
Civitavecchia,
Italy
WAVELLITE
Al;
[(OH)3(PO,4)»} .
quartzite
limonite...other zeolites
No. 65 —72
Mgs
4H.O
Vesuvius,
Italy
aluminite
white,
yellow,
green,
Name
& Chem.
Formula...striated
cleavage
planes
Pare in
:
Val Sarentina,
Italy
ALSTONITE
CaCO, + BaCo,,
(Bromlite)
Alston Moor |  | | Book | | raised form - cameo) have been found in Etruria (Tuscany) and show the influence of Egypt. The Roman stonecutters...they founded their workshops mainly in southern Italy. The first work of Pliny the Elder (died AD 79)...world, there are other well-known sources in Tuscany (Italy), at Avala near Belgrade (Serbia), and in California...crystals of cinnabar were found in the Chinese province of Hu-nan; crystals and beautiful twins up to...of antimonite are in Mexico and in the Jiangxi province in China. The richest European deposits are at |  | | Book | | is found Include Almaden
(Spain), Monte Amlata (Italy), ldrija (Slovenia), Moschellandsberg (Germany)...Named platina de/ Pinto (Pinto silver) after the Rio Pinto in Colombia, it is
also found at Nizhni Tagil...(Canada),
Kern County (California, USA), Sardinia (Italy) and Sarawak (Borneo).
Sb
Colour:
light grey
...Russia, South Korea, Mexico, the Czech RepubUc and Italy.
C
Colour:
black
Lustre; opacity:
dull metallic;...rocks. It Is found in the Copper Belt of Zambia, Rio Tinto (Spain), Katanga
(Congo), Cyprus, the Urals | | | Book | | is found Include Almaden
(Spain), Monte Amlata (Italy), ldrija (Slovenia), Moschellandsberg (Germany)...Named platina de/ Pinto (Pinto silver) after the Rio Pinto in Colombia, it is
also found at Nizhni Tagil...(Canada),
Kern County (California, USA), Sardinia (Italy) and Sarawak (Borneo).
Sb
Colour:
light grey
...Russia, South Korea, Mexico, the Czech RepubUc and Italy.
C
Colour:
black
Lustre; opacity:
dull metall...rocks. It Is found in the Copper Belt of Zambia, Rio Tinto (Spain), Katanga
(Congo), Cyprus, the Urals |  | | Book | | Sicily (Italy). Sulphur of volcanic origin is found in Turkey, Mexico, !ndonesia,
Japan, USSR, Italy and...(USA). Perfect crystals have come from Sicily (Italy), (Poland) and (the USA).
Individual crystals have...in association with aragonite; Girgenti (Sicily, Italy)
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Native element
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Graphite (Plumbago, Black...Almaden
(Spain),
rare; Idria
Monte
Amiata
(Italy), Juan Cavelica (Peru), (USA) e Application: chemistry...rare; Braunsdorf near Freiberg (GDR),
Pereta — Tuscany (Italy), Djebel Hamimat (Algeria), Kadamdja — Kirgizia | | | Book | | Sicily (Italy). Sulphur of volcanic origin is found in Turkey, Mexico, Indonesia,
Japan, USSR, Italy and...(USA). Perfect crystals have come from Sicily (Italy), (Poland) and (the USA).
Individual crystals have...in association with aragonite; Girgenti (Sicily, Italy)
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Sulphur
H
0- 2
*
>t,;:
..,.
'"'
'
...Moschellandsberg (FRG), Almaden (Spain), Monte Amiata
(Italy), Juan Cavelica (Peru), (USA) • Application : chemistry...rare; Braunsdorf near Freiberg (GDR),
Pereta - Tuscany (Italy), Djebel Hamimat (Algeria), Kadamdja - Kirgizia |  | | Book | | through volcanic activity in
Vulcano. Lipari Islands, Italy.
Tellurium
Te
TRIGONAL
•
•
ceiestite and halite...come from
many localities near Girgetui, Sicily, Italy (Caltanisseta.
Cianciana) where they reached up...volcanically
active places, like Solfatara near Pozzuoli, Italy or in
sulfur lava near Shiretoku. Japan. Sulfur...intensive oxidation/reduction reactions of pyritc in Rio
Tinto. Spain and in Kostajnik. Serbia.
Application:...Kazakhstan. Massive
aggregates are important Cu ore in Rio Tinto, Spain;
Bor. Serbia; Bisbee, Arizona. USA and | | | Book | | volcanoes
AMMON II M
CHLORIDE
Nil ,CI
Vesuvius,
Italy
nodular, compact,
earthy, scaly
monoclinic
in...ALUNOGEN
AI.JSOJ,. 18H.O
.Kcramohalitc)
Bolzano,
Italy
good
watersoluble
fibrous, acicular,
capillary...HYDROM AGNESI TE
Mg»
lOHfCO,)-],.
4H.O
Vesuvius,
Italy
short- to longcolumnar, tabular
crystals, compact...l(OH)»(SO|)yj
( Alum Stone)
La Tolfa near
Civitavecchia,
Italy
white,
yellow,
green,
brown,
bluish
white
vitreous...(Fluor Spar,
Blue John;
Parc in
Vai Sarcntina,
Italy
Cleavage
Fracture
& o.
Phys.
Props.
barytes, apatite |  | | Book (edition) | | expressed in abbreviations:
Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic.
(municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich
Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and
is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The
former Kivu province is now divided to three regions:
INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi
province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems...(2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c
Rio Blanco County. Colorado. AM. 63. 930-937. 1978. 4 |  | | Book (edition) | | Republic). W.D. Birch (Australia), Elena Bonaccorsi (Italy), Ernst A.J. Burke (Netherlands), L.J. Cabri (Canada)...M. Dcliens (Belgium).
Giancarlo Delia Ventura (Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA)....(Canada). L.A. Groat (Canada).
Alessandro Guastoni (Italy), William A. Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth...(ltaly). Igor Pekov (Russia), atale
Perchiazzi (Italy). Ole V. Petersen (Denmark). Fedcrico Pezzotta (ltaly)...Apuan
2(Si2O7)(SiO,)O(OH),
Alps,Stazzema,Lucca,Tuscany,ltaly,SI, 152-158,EJM 18,551-567, CM 44,
523-531 | | | Book | | flexible,
greasy
AMMONIUM
CHLORIDE
NH,CI
1-Vesuvius,
Italy
tabular crystals,
in quartz veins
rose-shaped,...HYDROMA GNES ITE
lvig;
(OH(C03)2l2 .
4H, 0
Vesuvius,
Italy
--
COLEMAN ITE
Ca
(B30.(0H)al .
H,0
'-------"'...Stone)
L....:......
La Tolfa near
Civitavecchia,
Italy
in fissures in
sandstone, in silica
schists, greywacke...ORITE
CaF~
(Fluor Spar)
Pare in
Va l Sarentina,
Italy
good
pointed, pyramidal,
short-colum nar
crystals·;...ea.
[(Cl 2 ,SO,,C0:1):i
(AJ,Si 20.)ij)
Vesuvius,
Italy
in cavities in
igneous rocks, in
fissures in granites |  | | Book | | [the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa
mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by F. Olmi, C. Sabelli
& G. Brizzi) 19:305-310...ALBERTINI, CLAUDIO
Famous mineral localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168
ALBITE
Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario:...8:287-293
Minerals of the Alpine rodingites of Italy (by
C. M. Gramaccioli) 10:85-89
Micromounting in...Arcu
su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari, Sardinia [Italy]
(by R. Vochten & G. Brizzi) 18:181-184
AREM, JOEL...Minerals from the upper Arno River Valley,
Tuscany, Italy (by M. Corazza, G. Pratesi & R.
Braga) 25:293-299 |  | | Book | | aragonite. calcite,
Sulphur, 66 mm, Sicily, Italy
Selenium
Se
TRIGONAL
e e
Properties: C - gray...through volcanic activity in
Vulcano, Lipari Islands, Italy.
Tellurium
Te
T R IGONAL
e e
celestitc and halite...come from
many localities near Girgenti, Sicily, Italy (Caltanisseta,
Cianciana) where they reached up...volcanically
active places, like Solfatara near Pozzuoli, Italy or in
sulf11r lava near Shiretoku, Japan. Sulfur...intensive oxidation/reduction reactions of pyrite in Rio
Tinto, Spain and in Kostajnik, Serbia.
Application: |  | | Book (volume) | | 2013).
MALAWI
Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district.
"Illite" is the name of a series...Administered Tribal Areas and North
West Frontier Province. Ilmenite crystal clusters to 12 cm across
have...Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier
Province. Surface diggings worked by local people on Zagi...per'>onalcommunication, 2007).
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ITALY
Rio Marina area, Island of Elba, Tuscany. Elba (Latin: llva)
is the...just to the south
of the Rio Marina iron mine. On the coast near Torre di Rio, near
the clock tower for |  | | Book | | Filrnset by Kcyspools Ltd, Golbornc, Lanes
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2I...'simple rock'. The limestones of the
Alp:i Apuanc (Tuscany, ItaJy) or the rock-salt of Galicia (Poland) are...discovered annually all over the world. Recent finds in
Italy alone, for instance, include roggianite, canavasite...Glauberite
Goslarite
Greenockite
Gypsum
Halite
Halotrichite
Hanksite
Hesaidrite
Hieratite
Hydrophilite...England (Cornwall and Derbyshire) and Italy (Sardinia, nonhern
Italy and the eastern AJps). Zinc m inerals |  | | Book | | appraisal. Many
Right: Native mercury
from Lucca. Italy. This
form is extremely rare as
mercury is normally...States, in California and
Texas; and in Spain and Italy.
Treatment. Occurs naturally in such
small drops...specimen
Far right: Sulphur
crystal from Perticara.
Italy
Localities. Domeykite has been found in
several...England and
in the copper ores of Montecatini,
Tuscany, Italy. Fine-coloured specimens
are found at Androta...portions
of mercury deposits.
Localities. From Idria, Italy; the Bedington mine near Knoxville, California; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Alехеу Sverdlov
Design:
Irina Markarova
Layout:
Marina Voinich
Production manager:
lima Irkova
MuPКii4щi...inclusions.
СgophоtolиmiпеsceRе (77К).
Liaonin Province, China.
Specimen: Yana Baa.
(right) Photoluminescence...crystal (about
З т т across) with vacuoles.
Liaonin Province, China,
Specimen: Yana Bao.
(left) Laser luminescence...vacuoles and mineral
inclusions (10').
Liaonin Province, China.
Specimen: Boo Yana.
(left) Luminescence...found among the Chinese
crystals from the Liaonin Province, Northeastern China (samples
of these crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | plutonium and
uranium. The Minas Gerais
region north of Rio de Janeiro
has mines that contain
amethysts, aquamarines...crystals set in an
asbestos base from Sondrio in
Italy. Actinolite has high
mechanical sensitivity - this...(matrix) from Balzano, Italy.
Below: Note the blackness of
these crystals from Novara, Italy.
~
Actinolite forms...British Columbia (Canada), in the Alpine
regions of Italy, in New Zealand, in Siberia (Russia) and in
Alaska...occurring in
Switzerland, Austria and northern Italy.
Albite is a mineral that is common
and widespread |  | | Journal (issue) | | Society (Baltimore, MD)
Carlos do Prado do Barbosa (Rio de Janeiro)
Pierre Bariand, University o f Paris...Alfredo Ferri, / Sassi de Alfredo Ferri (Milan, Italy)
Chris and Agatha Galas, Galas Minerals (Delhi,...Iglesias,
Sardinia, Italy
Agrigento mines, Sicily, Italy
Rio Marina/Grottad’o mines,
Elba, Italy
Bourgoin mine...mine,
Piracicaba, Brazil
Conselheiro Pena area, Rio
Doce, Brazil
Virgem da Lapa District, Minas
Gerais...long; from Brusson, near
Verres, Valle d ’Aosta, Italy; Smithsonian
specimen (USNM #B5285). Photo by Wendell |  | | Book | | secondary sulphates, e.g. gypsum, epsomite,
and halotrichite. In the advanced stage of decomposition the...copper are
Rheinbreitbach, FRG; Chessy, France; Rio Tinto, Spain; Moldova,
Romania; Recsk, Hungary; Zlaté...Sprie, Romania; Kongsberg,Norway; Borgofranco,
Italy; Huelva, Spain; Copiapoo, Chile; Hidalgo, Mexico;...grains. In the Japanese
deposit at Atakani, Echizen Province,
balls of about 1 cm with a prickly surface
have...as part of
volcanic activity, e.g. on Vesuvius, Italy; large deposits are also found
near the volcano |  | | Book | | secondary sulphates, e.g. gypsum, epsomite,
and halotrichite. In the advanced stage of decomposition the...copper are
Rheinbreitbach, FRG; Chessy, France; Rio Tinto, Spain; Moldova,
Romania; Recsk, Hungary; Zlate...Sprie, Romania; Kongsberg,Norway; Borgofranco,
Italy; Huelva, Spain; Copiapo6, Chile; Hidalgo, Mexico;...grains. In the Japanese
deposit at Atakani, Echizen Province,
balls of about l cm with a prickly surface
have...as part of
volcanic activity, e.g. on Vesuvius, Italy; large deposits are also found
near the volcano |
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