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Gypsum from
Floristella Mine, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Habit:Prismatic
Colour:White, Transparent
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Celestine1 photo of Gypsum associated with Celestine at this locality.
Sulphur1 photo of Gypsum associated with Sulphur at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Floristella Mine, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:391120
Long-form Identifier:1:3:391120:4
GUID (UUID V4):9334ee89-935d-48cd-b82a-1add793647f9
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
5.0km (3.1 miles) Pergusa Lake area, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
14.8km (9.2 miles) Pasquasìa Mine, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
15.1km (9.4 miles) Baccarato Mine, Aidone, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
17.2km (10.7 miles) Destricella Mine, Raddusa, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
18.6km (11.5 miles) Giumentaro Mine, Capodarso, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
19.9km (12.4 miles) Trabonella Mine, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
21.4km (13.3 miles) Stretto mines, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
21.5km (13.4 miles) Garciulla Mine (Roccalumera Garciulla Mine), Santa Caterina Villarmosa, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
21.9km (13.6 miles) Garcia Mine (Garcia Villarmosa Mine), Santa Caterina Villarmosa, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
22.9km (14.3 miles) Musto Giunto Mine, Santa Caterina Villarmosa, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
£13;50. 6. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, TYwardreath, Covnwall. Small, bright, creamy hexagonal...white Quartz. 2i" x 3". £10. BARYTES. Force Crag Mine, Nr. Keswick, Cumberland. An attractive intergro~n...2" on edge. 3x3~_ll.£6. 50. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, ~ornwall. Unusual, greyish green ~lusters...£6.50. BARYTI)~~ITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Mine, Nr. Alston, Cumberland. Large, spear-shaped crystals...2-blt"xl" thick. £5.50. BOTRYOGEN. Gambatesa, Liguria, Italy. Lustrous, orangey brown, cellular mnss of smoll
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
came off of the mountain on which is the Beidell Mine. What is the ROCKS AND MINERALS black mineral...one of the old abandoned ore dumps from a long ago mine, north of Cartersville. At the present time several...Mineral Society members collecting at an old manganese mine near Cartersville, Ga. Temp. 10 s . 577 red crystals...with a brilliant luster. Associated minerals are gypsum, hewettite (or metahewettite), carnotite and various...the LaSal Mountains, Grand County, Utah, and in Gypsum Valley, San Miguel County, Colorado. The writer
Catalog/List
tufts ACTINOLITE,variety BYSSOLITE: Mount Bianco, Italy. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE,variety BYSSOLITE:...SMARAGDITE:Micciano, Pisa, Italy. massive, green 2 variety ADAMITE: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico...slender crystals in matrix AFGHANITE:Pitigliano, Italy. minute crystals AFWILLITE: Crestffiore Quarry,...Index, Washington, USA. crystals ALBITE: Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quobcc, Canada. crystals ALBITE: St....good crystal sections AS ,'\BOVE ALGOOONITE:Calumot Mine, Michigan, USA. massive ALL'\NITE: . Quadeville
Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...greenockite 11 greenovite 81 grossularite 78 gummite 36 gypsum 62 halides 20 halite 20 halotrichite 60 hambergite...(Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almadén (Spain). In the United States it is...Filiform silver: Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) endritic copper rmation. Houghton fichigan) ...covered with calcite. Casteltermini, Agrigento (Italy) look more different. Theirs is the most notable
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with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...greenockite I1 greenovite 81 grossularite 78 gummite 36 gypsum 62 halides 20 halite 20 halotrichite 60 hambergite...(Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almadén (Spain). In the United States it...Filiform silver. Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) Dendritic copper famous (Michigan) 1822. It...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite
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Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...greenockite 11 greenovite 81 grossularite 78 gummite 36 gypsum 62 halides 20 halite 20 halotrichite 60 hambergite...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...(Yugoslavia), son1e n1ines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almaden (Spain). In the United States it is
Catalog/List
l~xlt"·. £2,75, ANGLESITE. Monte Poni, Sardinia, Italy. A sharp, translucent, milky coloured, vlell terminated...14. 15. 16. 17. 18. ARA ONITE. Floristella Mine, Sicily, Italy. Superb, lustrous, creamy white, sharp...crystals. 3x2t". £5.50. ll.URICHP.LCITE. Grandvield Mine, Grand :anyon, Coconino Co., Arizona, U.S.~. Select...Gossan matrix. 2tx2t". £7.75. 1l.U~0NITE. Piedmont, Italy. Bright, lime yellow platy tabular crystals to 3...under u.v. 4tx2t". £5,50. AZUrtITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Conchise Co., Arizona. U.S.A. Fine, bright
Book
Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy : Mondadori, 2003. [256] p. : col. photos. ; cm...CAPTIONS Page 1: Cuprite crystals from the Ray mine, Arizona Pages 2-3: Liroconite from PERFECT CLEAVAGE...Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8-9: Beryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42-43: Silver...Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech
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Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy: Mondadori, 2003. (256} p. : col. phptos. ; cm....mineral; it is expressed on a scale from 1 to 10. Ray mine, Arizona Pages 2-3: Liroconite from Cornwall, England...Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8- 9: 13eryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42- 43: Silver...Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech
Catalog/List
78-79 79 79 79 VANADINITE specimen from the Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona GLOBES AND ATLASES...fluo­ rescence under ultra violet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...Calcium magnesium iron aluminum silicate. Spain Province of Huesca, Estopinian. �ue mass in ancient trap...silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky- blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite .... Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. S.ky-bJue crystals and masses on and in blue shattuckite
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it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...Maria Gramaccioli. Matteo Boscardin. published in Italy in 1973 by Fratelli New Fabbri Editori. material...with its superb color States, illustrations in Italy in the lan- proved to be so well related to the...mineral collecting has become widespread here in Italy, as well as in the rest of Europe and America. Whether...southeast of Aosta in the extreme northwest part of Italy. 1 EQUIPMENT AND PREPARATION FOR THE HUNT It
Journal (issue)
.................................... 17 DAOPING MINE Guanghua Liu and Berthold Ottens .................from the Dadongla (Yunchangping) mine near Tongren, Guizhou Province, China. Marcus Budil specimen; Jeff...Xikuangshan, the site of the world’s largest stibnite mine. Berthold Ottens is a German dealer and author of...today, near the ancient mine workings, there is a large open-pit copper mine which provides small calcite...of Tonglushan, near the city of Daye in Hubei Province, have revealed important historical information
Book (edition)
Short Hills, New Jersey. Renato Pagano: Milan, Italy. Ole V. Petersen: Geologisk Museum, Copenhagen,...Reference Mineral Description and Feel 1 Tale 2 3 Gypsum Calcite 4 5 6 Fluorite Apatite Orthoclase a...fingers Scratched easily with the fingernail, as gypsum Just scratched by a copper coin, but not normally...British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver
 
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