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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.




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Mineral List:
Albite
Amblygonite
Analcime
Anatase
Apatite-(CaF)
Arsenopyrite
Bassanite
Beryl
var: Morganite
Biotite
Brochantite
Cassiterite
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Clinozoisite
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
Cookeite
Dachiardite-Ca
Elbaite (TL)
Epistilbite
Euxenite-(Y)
Foitite
'Heulandite'
Hübnerite
Ixiolite
var: Wolframoixiolite

Laumontite
Lepidolite
Metatorbernite
Microlite
Mordenite
Natrolite
Orthoclase
Petalite
Pollucite
Polycrase-(Y)
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rutile
var: Niobian Rutile

Schorl
Stellerite
'Stilbite'
Synchysite-(Ce)
Tantalite-(Mn)
Titanite
Titanowodginite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Uranmicrolite
Uranopolycrase (TL)
Xenotime-(Y)


58 entries listed. 43 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
Italy
 
  • Tuscany
    • Livorno Province
      • Elba Island
        • Campo nell'Elba
          • San Piero in Campo
            • Fonte del Prete

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