Forcel Rosso Gully, Mt. Foppa, Adamello Massif, Adamello-Brenta Natural Park, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy

First discovery of a gem-bearing LCT pegmatite in the Alps. Discovered by Mr. Giancarlo Celio, a collector, in November, 1999. The pegmatite field is hosted in the thermometamorphic aureole of the tonalitic Adamello pluton (Alpine age). Maximum pegmatite vein widths are 1.5 meters and many tens of meters long. NOTE: This locality is within one of the protected zones of the park and collecting is prohibited.
The North slope of the Foppa Mt.

Ref.:
Pezzotta, F. and Guastoni, A., The New Discovery of a LCT Pegmatite in the Adamello Massif, Central Southern Alps, Italy; Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milan, Italy.