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Fonte del Prete, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

(Fonte del Prete, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Isola d'Elba, Livorno, Toscana, Italia)

One of the most known localities of Elba, for pegmatite minerals.
LCT-type (Li-Cs-Ta) pegmatite related to the Monte Capanne pluton.

References:
-Orlandi, P., & Pezzotta, F. (1997). Minerali dell'Isola d'Elba. Edizioni Novecento Grafico, Bergamo, 249 pp.
-Aurisicchio, C., De Vito, C., Ferrini, V., and Orlandi, P. (2002) Nb abd Ta oxide minerals in the Fonte del Prete granitic pegmatite dyke, Island of Elba, Italy. Canadian Mineralogist: 40: 799-814.





Mineral List:
  • Albite
  • Amblygonite
  • Analcime
  • Anatase
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Bassanite
  • Beryl
  • Biotite
  • Brochantite
  • Cassiterite
  • 'Chabazite'
  • Chalcopyrite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Clinozoisite
  • Columbite-(Fe)
  • Columbite-(Mn)
  • Cookeite
  • Dachiardite-Ca
  • Elbaite (TL)
  • Epistilbite
  • Euxenite-(Y)
  • Foitite
  • 'Heulandite'
  • Hübnerite
  • Laumontite
  • Lepidolite
  • Metatorbernite
  • Microlite
  • Mordenite
  • Natrolite
  • Orthoclase
  • Petalite
  • Pollucite
  • Polycrase-(Y)
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Rutile
    var: Niobian Rutile
  • Schorl
  • Stellerite
  • 'Stilbite'
  • Synchysite-(Ce)
  • Tantalite-(Mn)
  • Titanite
  • Titanowodginite
  • Topaz
  • 'Tourmaline Group'
  • Uranmicrolite
  • Uranopolycrase (TL)
  • Wolframoixiolite
  • Xenotime-(Y)


    51 entries listed. 42 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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