Easter Vein, Catri, Sant'Ilario in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

(Filone di Pasqua, Catri, Sant'Ilario in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Isola d'Elba, Livorno, Toscana, Italia)

Pegmatitic vein uncovered by Sarah Sudcowsky in 2003-2004. The vein yielded good samples of blue-green elbaite, the one which gave this kind of colour on Elba island, plus few smaller INDICOLITE tourmalines, pink apatite, lepidolite, albite, orthoclase.
Some of its elbaites are popular, as "The Queen", "The King", "The Knight", "The blue lady".
References: article "The Easter vein", "Il Filone di Pasqua", by Sarah Sudcowsky.
Lapis n1 2005, "Der Oster Pegmatit" by Sarah Sudcowsky.

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Mineral List:

	Albite

	var: Pericline

	'Apatite'

	Beryl var: Aquamarine

	Elbaite

	Lepidolite

	Orthoclase

	var: Adularia

8 entries listed. 3 valid minerals.

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