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

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Dirupo Forcel Rosso, Monte Foppa (fianco nord), Massiccio dell'Adamello, Parco Naturale Adamello-Brenta, Brescia, Lombardia, Italia

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.

References

- 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.

Mineral List

Albite 'Apatite' Bismutocolumbite Bismutotantalite Calcite Columbite-(Mn) Elbaite

Fluorite 'K Feldspar' Lepidolite Liddicoatite Microlite Group Muscovite Pyrochlore Group

Pyrochlore Group var: Stibiopyrochlore (of Pezzotta et al) Pyrochlore Supergroup var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) var: Stibiobetafite (of Černý et al) Quartz var: Amethyst var: Smoky Quartz Roméite Group Stibiocolumbite

'Stibiomicrolite (of Groat et al)' Stibiotantalite 'Tourmaline var: Indicolite' 'var: Verdelite' Zircon var: Hafnian Zircon

26 entries listed. 13 valid minerals.