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Corsica, France

Canari Mine, Canari, Bastia, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France

Photo: Marine d'Albo Beach, background Canari quarry2010 Robert J. PECORINI

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Corse, France

This island is sub-divided into the departments 'Haute-Corse' and 'Corse-du-Sud'.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Actinolite
var: Smaragdite
Albite
Altaite
Anatase
'Andorite'
Andradite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Antigorite
Arsenopyrite
Atacamite
Awaruite
Azurite
'Bardiglio'
Baryte
Bayldonite
Berthierite
Bieberite
Bismoclite
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
Caledonite
Carrollite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite

'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Clinochlore
Clinozoisite
Coloradoite
Connellite
Copper
Covellite
Cuprobismutite
Deerite
'Diallage'
Diopside
Dolomite
Dravite
Epidote
Ferro-barroisite
Freibergite
Galena
Glaucophane
Goethite
Gold
Greenockite
Greigite
Grossular
Halotrichite
Heazlewoodite
Hematite
var: Martite

Hercynite
var: Picotite
Hessite
Hörnesite
Idaite
Ilmenite
Ilvaite
Jarosite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Lawsonite
Lepidocrocite
Linarite
Lizardite
Magnesiocopiapite
Magnetite
Malachite
Melonite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Millerite
Molybdenite
Orpiment
Orthoserpierite
Pääkkönenite
Pekoite
Pentlandite
Perovskite
Phlogopite
Picropharmacolite

Polybasite
Posnjakite
Priderite
'Prochlorite'
Proustite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Realgar
Richterite
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
Spangolite
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Sulvanite
Sylvanite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
Tremolite
Valleriite
Vesuvianite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite

118 entries listed. 102 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

France

Corsica
- Corse-du-Sud
  - Appietto
    - Appietto quarry
  - Cauro-Bastelica
  - Testa
    - Bradesi
- Haute-Corse
  - Bastia
    - Canari
      - Canari Mine (Albo)
      - Marine d'Albo
    - Cardo
      - Cardo Mine
    - Casamozza
    - Luri
      - Castello mine
    - Macinaggio
      - Tomino
    - Olmeta-di-Tuda
      - Rutali
    - Poggio-Mezzana
      - Pero-Casevecchie
    - Sisco
    - St Florent
  - Calvi
    - Argentello Mine
  - Corte

France

Corsica
- Haute-Corse
  - Corte
    - Ghisoni
      - La Finosa Mine (Fontana Rossa Mine)
    - Linguizzetta
    - Moïta
      - Cuniole
      - Matra
        Matra Mine
      - Zalana
    - Morosaglia
    - Moulin de Grenier (?)
    - Muffrage (?)
    - Piedicorte-di-Gaggio
      - Altiani
    - Piedicroce
      - Nocario
      - Piedipartino
    - Ponte Leccia
      - Golo river
      - Prato-di-Giovellina
        Prato pass
    - Railway tunnel
    - Saint Martin (?)
    - San Pedrone (?)
    - San Pedrone Massif
    - Sermano
      - Arbitro
      - Bustanico
    - Soveria
      - Castiglione
      - Castirla
    - Venaco
      - Vezzani Mine
    - Vivario
      - Noceta
      - Vizzavona

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References

- Poitrasson, F. (2002): In situ investigations of allanite hydrothermal alteration: examples from calc-alkaline and anorogenic granites of Corsica (southeast France). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 142: 485-500.
- Kuhlemann, J., Frisch, W. & Meschede, M. (2009): Korsika - Geologie, Natur und Landschaft, Exkursionen. Sammlung geologischer Führer 99, Gebr. Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, 236 pp. (in German).
- Lheur, C., Meisser,N., Pecorini, R. and Steinmetz, A. (2011): Nouveautés minéralogiques en Corse. La Régne Minéral. 102: 33-40

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