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Labradorite from
Miemo, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Mining Area
Classification
Species:Anorthite var: Labradorite
Formula:(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Labradorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Miemo, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1413403
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1413403:0
GUID (UUID V4):70ec74c2-20d1-4cef-8e76-0e119dfb5784
Nearest other occurrences of Labradorite
52.9km (32.9 miles) Falciani bridge, Impruneta, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
57.5km (35.7 miles) Nalbi, Impruneta, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
88.6km (55.0 miles) Serra dei Zanchetti (Serra del Zanchetto ophiolite), Camugnano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
97.9km (60.8 miles) Monte Beni, Futa Pass - Raticosa Pass area, Firenzuola, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
References
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MOUNTAIN GEOLOGY ’ PARTS NORTHERN 1 AND [ITALY II AND TUSCANY BY C. S. DU RICHE PRELLER, M.A., Ph.D...MOUNTAIN PaRts NORTHERN I anp ITALY GEOLOGY. II. AND TUSCANY. OTHER GEOLOGICAL SAME PUBLICATIONS...Filol. Florence.” 1881. The Central Apennines from Tuscany to the Adriatic: ‘“‘ Journ. Ital. Alpine Club,...(The Moraine Walls and Lake Basins of Northern Italy. The Piedmontese Alps, Ligurian Apennines, Carrara...idem. The Ancient Sea and Lake Basins of Central Italy : idem. Italian Mountain Geology, Part II]. Wheldon
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system, the combinations are either rhombohedral or di-rhombohedral, or hemi-rhombohedral, &c. agreeably...perpetual fires of the Pietra Mala, and other places in Italy, in the north of Asia, &c. and occurs in several...near Vienna ; also from swamps and marshes. In Italy both cold and warm, it is disengaged from the soil...in his Memoir on the Origin of the Volcanoes in Italy. On the western bank of the Niagara river, a mile...is found besides in caves in several places in Italy, and at Aix in Savoy. Sulphuric-acid is also formed
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Anorthite, G. Rose, . 189 66 190 191 192 19. Labradorite, * Baulite, Forchammer, * Saussurite, 20. Nephrite...of natural history, that general science, whose province it is to discriminate all the va es of matter...kinds of information relating to minerals. Its province as a science has already been assigned in the...f. This arm may be lengthened or shortened in the di rection cd, by means of the slit Im . Two similar...rapidly on being moved . It is best seen in the labradorite. 3. The Opalescence consists in a kind of milky
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particular one is spread over a larger surface. Labradorite furnishes a very good example of this. Iridescence...Bronzite. Serpentine : BoweTiite. Williamsite. Verde di Prato. Verde Batrachite. Jade, Nephrite, or Stone...Anhydrous cina Silicate of Gluand Lime. Leucophane. di Susa. Fibrous Serpentine :— Silicates Baltimorite...Alu- mina, Potash, Soda, 8fc. Oligoclase. Labradorite. Silicate Silicates of of Potash, Soda, Lithia...Zeilanite. Xanthosiderite. Nickel. Wood Terra di Sienna. Cobalt Bloom, orErythrine. Cobalt Coating
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Moletz, Aries, Baden near Vienna, &c. ; likewise in Italy, from volcanic productions, and from swamps and...C. P. Sulphuric acid 81-67, water 18-83. P. L. Italy, Sicily, Java, &c. in the vicinity of volcanoes... hydrogen 14-8, Thomson. P. L. Persia, Sicily, Italy, &c. Var. Petroleum. T. 0,2,3 ; C. blackish and...and near 2. Semi-fluid Parma, in Note. The Italy. 1st var. often thickens and passes into the 2nd...P. L. Egypt, Arabia, Hindostan, Hungary, Spain, Italy, on the surface of plains, and in limestone caves
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a 1 22 d h, h, 1 22 d 122 di. a 122 d Alun de plume Bornarc 122 di. Amalgam j, b, w, 80 ii. Amalgamo...noyaculaire 11, 138 Arg. smectique h, 53 Arg. verde di monte Baldo Nap. 57 Arg. vitriolatee Berg. 122 d...k, Cuivre ore per Black j, noir fer lazur di w. vii. j, Yellow pyrites Cuivre pyriteux Armenite... 42. DIAMOND. Diamond sulphuret of 64 viii. di Dramond Tables, j, Demant Carbon Daourite Meth...Diamnnt k, w, Malabar of iron Bour- Verde Italy— Diallage chatoyante Brong. Diallagc metallo'ide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Compared with a fossil quaternary bear from the province of Constantine, no satisfactory result was given;...are no remains of the striped species in Spain or Italy, but they occur at Lunel-Viel. Hence it may be credited...that o~ the Faluns and the Vienna basin, North Italy, and Malta, and is not without affinity with the...yielded by the Cainozoic of Victoria and of the province of Adelaide had among them forms with the Dysasteroid...describer was n o t slow to perceive that there was a di~iculty about placing it in that genus ~. It occupied
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hat index for further crystal structure and X-ray di ffraction data. The type locality (T L) for the mineral... 35. 232. A colourless variety from (TL) Elba. Italy. Named from cxxpoux ' lack of colour·. Achromaite...Mines 20. 65. (TL) Vallee d Ala. Lans. Piedmont. Italy. Alamandine. syn. of almandine. D.L.G. Karsten (...(almashite I I) varieties of amber. low in oxygen and di ffering from romanite, q.v. (TL) Almas (Almash) valley...from (TL) Almhiltte Bos. in the Adarnello pluton. Italy. Almeraite. KCI.NaCI.MgCl 2.H2O. L. Tomas and J
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NEW HAVEN: HE1STRY H. PECK. 1874. < &3 ^ftO/VAL MUS Entered according to Act of Congress, in the...square, having the 4 sides equal B, a rectangle, di£ fering from A, in having only the opposite sides...slowly on turning in different positions, as in labradorite. Opalescence : when there is a milky or pearly...hardness, a character it ; ; ; It is the province of chemistry to discuss fully the nature of the...their journey to Siberia. The river Gunil, in the province of Constantine, in Africa, is reported to have
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slowly on turning in different positions, as in labradorite. Opalescence : when there is a milky or pearly...are known only to the mineralogist. It is the province of chemistry to discuss fully the nature of the...vitreous electricity ; ; ; ; river Gunil, in the province of Constantine, in Africa, is re- ported to have...waters. Trona is a sesquicarbonate of soda. In the province of Suckenna in Africa, between Tripoli and Fezzan...extended plains ; in northern in India in the province of Lahore, and in Persia at Teflis the valley
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varieties, and others which are quarried in. Italy, Greece, and the Greek Islands, were employed by...discovered. it named gurhofian or ; and a green- Miemo in TusThe next species is from gurhofite, from...85 to 3. anhydrite has been found only at in Italy, and thence called vulpinite known by but name...given it the name of bardiglione. The sulphates in Italy it is the of lime are very abundant ; but the...400 feet high. There is a similar hill in the province of Lahore in India: but in most countries salt
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by impregnation with mineral matter. Also being di-guised in character by combination with other substances...slowly on turning in different positions, as in labradorite. Opalescence : when there is a milky or pearly... salt, also found in vast beds in It is the province of chemistry to discuss fully the nature of the...Siberia. The cund, ; ; ; river Gunil, in the province of Constantine, in Africa, is reIn the United...waters. Trona is a sesquicarbonate of soda. In the province of Suckena in Africa, between Tripoli and Fezzan
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slowly on turning in different positions, as in labradorite. Opalescence : when there is a milky or pearly...are known only to the mineralogist. It is the province of chemistry to discuss fully the nature of the...to Siberia. The ; ; ; ; river Gunil, in the province of Constantine, in Africa, is reIn the United...waters. Trona is a sesquicarbonate of soda. In the province of Suckenna in Africa, between Tripoli and Fezzan...in northern Persia at Teflis ; in India in the province of Lahore, and in the valley of Cashmere ; in
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stockwerks. Enamel. A glass having an ap- * * Di^ezed by Google ; GLOSSARY AND INDEX OP TERMS...slowly on turning in different positions, as in labradorite. Opalescence : when there is a milky or pearly...are known only to the mineralogist. It is the province of chemistry to discuss fully the nature of the...Siberia. The ; ; ; ; ; river Gunil, in the province of Constantine, in Africa, is reported to have...waters. Trona is a sesquicarbonale of soda. In the province of Suckena in Africa, between Tripoli and Fezzan
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el>r making given angles with them. Solids of this di^scription :tre ealled 'ervstals;' the planes by wliieh...the two lialf for the two hemispheres into which di^^ded by a zone-circle through 010, 001. 1G9. The...form kkOy if k be the distance between two poles di^ering only in the sign of k, tuiiK= ^ 175. twr»...of HK) truncate tlic solid angh'H in xshich thci-di;t ii of olo truiicMte the solul ;iii2fle8 in which...prism b, is polarized in s plane through the longer di^nal of a (perpendicular to the plane of the paper)
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pretty shapes and tints, but with objects modeled by a Di vine hand ; and every additional fact becomes to...and crystallization the same process 7 Explain the di~erent resnlts of .crystallization by the example...: then sa \V the stick again in parallel oblique di. rections, (accurately parallel,) and an oblique...slowly on tu1ning in different positions, as in labradorite. Opalescence : when there is a milky or pearly...are known only to the mineralogist. It is the province of chemistry to discuss fully the nature of the
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Prismatic Olivenite, or Phosphat of Copper, 331 2. Di-prismatic Olivenite, or Lenticular Copper, 333 3...The translucent varieties, when viewed in a certain di rection , sometimes exhibit a silvery or pearly... sp. 1. PRISMATIC TELSPAR. Nap. p. 213. - Labradorite, Lam . t. ii. p. 197. – Feldspath opalin, Haüy...also in Bavaria, Suabia, Lusatia, Hessia, France, Italy, and Hungary. Africa . - Along with basalt, in the...lar iron - ore or iron - glance, in the Swedish Province of Wermeland , 38 GEN . 5. FELSPAR . [ cl
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veins, &c., the consideration of which forms the province of Geology. . 79. ACCIDENTAL IMITATIVE SHAPES... This property of minerals has been termed their Di- OPTICAL CHARACTERS OF MINERALS. chroism. Tourmaline...pertaining to these subjects being the appropriate province of Chemistry, and should, of course, be looked...and it The present treaN fulfilled, yet such a di- might have been effected with consistency. show...Cleavelandite. Brooke. Tetartin Breithaupt. 7. IF LABRADORITE. Polychromatic Feld-spar. Partsch Labrador Feld-spar
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constant, minerals, as bas been tated, ~~y often be di tingui hed by measuring these angles. Th1s 1 · done...*-"Another .mode for approx.imate re.s uhs consists in ho!di,ng the crystal with the two faces (,vh.ose incJination...vegetable 01·igin. 11 = = How·is the d1a:m,ond di tinguish~d 7 Whn't ate iti, principal locu.Htiee...Cafl;'!l.~it~n, Indiana,, l. b1tum1noas, S, ur,.. Val~ Comhu.· stible ,A,she, an. d R.izi.d 11K tt rtz-•...re the main sonrce,a of these metals. Its ores are di tinguhshed by givin,g off when bea ted an odor resembling
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rocks, but from an opposite cause, or by an agent di; ; i rectly the reverse, vis. by fire ; constituting...described as being perfecdy aytfailine or lameliar in one di* Sapphire yields to cleavage in one direction with... still more moonstone and chrysoberyl and labradorite. minerals resembles that which is obin beautiful...ities or aummitt of the prism, these two aommits will di£ESBr from each other in the namber or situation of...positive by friction. tive cally opposite. * The di^erent configuration of tlie opposite parts of a crysud
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echinoderm theca or plate directed away from the mouth (di¬ aber The mouth of a river, or the confluence of...(Nicodemus, phenocrysts in a groundmass of labradorite with orthoclase 1971). (b) The ratio of absorbed...of excess Si02 is assumed. Cf: AFM diagram; A'KF di¬ gentle and curved lee slope, with a maximum angle...mollisol. bearing tonalite of Monte Adamello, Italy. active method A construction method in permafrost...pair is attached posteriorly and laterally from the di¬ adductor ridge A linear elevation that develops
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called a section, plane which and that which di- vides the form into two equal parts, without dissecting...cracks and fissures with which the mineral spersed. di- inter- only to be observed in sunshine or in...is greatly extended where many which remarkable di- of transparency of minerals are ascertained by...Levyne. 38. Anorthite. 18. Gmelinite. 39. Labradorite. 19. Laumonite. 40. Scapolite. 20. Natrolite...Arsenical Pyrites, J. Di-prismatic Arsenical Iron, i 14‘85 lege 10*85. j lege Di-prisniatic 270 ,
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considered under the heads of the minerals exploited. Italy produces a small quantity of leucite. The overwhelming...discovered in Yorkshire. Alunite is produced by Korea, Italy, U.S.S.R., Japan, Australia and Spain. Nitre production...rhyolites, in which it forms seams and pockets, as in Italy, Spain, Korea, New South Wales, U.S.S.R. and in...associated with a basic intrusive rock at Monte Catini, Italy. Native copper also occurs in the upper part of...Cornwall, Siberia, Kongsberg (Norway), Monte Catini (Italy), Mexico, Peru, Chile, Butte (Montana), and Zambia
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by distortions in the atomic lattice, as in labradorite. Some minerals tarnish on the surface when exposed...centre, no planes and 1 tetrad. (4) Di tetragonal hemimorphic (di tetragonal pyramidal) .class: no centre...tetrad and 4 diads. (7) Tetragonal holosymmetric (di tetragonal bipyramidal) class: a centre, 5 planes...considered in terms of the minerals exploited. Italy produces a small quantity of leucite. The overwheln1ing...and Italy all producing between 0.1 and 1.0 Mt per annu1n . Alunite is produced by Korea , Italy, the
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apophyllite crystal of Fig. 56C is made up of prism ( 100), di tetragonal prism (310), bipyramid ( 111) and basal...one formed of the six upper faces of the hexagonal di pyramid and the other of the six lo'wer faces. Such...considered under the heads of the minerals exploited. Italy produces a small quantity of leucite. The overwhelming...discovered in Yorkshire. Alunite is produced by Korea, Italy, U .S.S. R., Japan, Australia and Spain. Nitre production...rhyolites, in which it forms seams and pockets, as in Italy, Spain, Korea, New South Wales, U.S.S.R. and in
 
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