Monte Ferrato quarry, Prato, Prato Province, Tuscany, Italy

Quarry opened into basalts and serpentines.

References:
-Pisaneschi E., Scali I., 1974. I Minerali del Monte Ferrato. Notiz. Gr. Mineral. Fiorent., I, 3: 9-10.
-Carobbi G., Rodolico F., 1976. I minerali della Toscana. Saggio di mineralogia regionale. Leo Olschki Editore, Firenze.
-Orlandi P., 1976. Il granato del Monte Ferrato ed i minerali che l'accompagnano. Atti Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat., Mem., 81: 167-173.
-Brizzi G., Meli R., 1993. Il fascino delle riscoperte: lo zircone di Monte Ferrato di Prato, Toscana. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 17: 211-213.
-Brizzi G., Meli R., Olmi F., 1996. I minerali delle ofioliti del Monte Ferrato (Prato). Riv. Mineral. Ital., 20: 217-234.

Mineral List:

	Andradite var: Topazolite

	'Apatite'

	Babingtonite

	Chromite

	Datolite

	Epidote

	'Garnet Group'

	Ilmenite

	Laumontite

	Magnetite

	Prehnite

	'Pumpellyite'

	Quartz

	Titanite

	Zircon

	Zoisite var: Thulite

16 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

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