Garfagnana was particularly rich of Lignite deposits. These deposits, consituted by Pliocenic-Pleistocenic gravels, sands and clays were once excavated to extract lignite and, in Castelnuovo area, bituminous lignite; actually these mines are completely abandoned and their entrances almost covered by vegetation or buried under new constructions. Also the TL of Dinite is completely obliterated.
References
• Petri G., 1852. Sulla dinite, nuovo minerale di origine organica. Gazz. Chim. Ital., Toscana, ser. II, 4: 233-234
• Campani G., 1873. Esame chimico-industriale di alcuni combustibili fossili di Castelnuovo di Garfagnana esibiti dal sig. Maggiore Paolo Stella. Pisa. Boll. R. Comit. Geol. Ital., 5, Bibl. Tosc., 1874: 119
• De Stefani C., 1887. Le ligniti del bacino di Castelnuovo di Garfagnana. Boll. R. Comit. Geol. Ital.: 212-241
• Franzini M., Pasero M., Perchiazzi N., 1991. Re-discovery and re-definition of dinite, a forgotten organic mineral from Garfagnana, northern Tuscany, Italy. Eur. J. Mineral., 3: 855-861.
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