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Pollone mine |
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Pollone mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
The mining works of the Pollone mine, near Valdicastello Carducci. This was a barite mine that closed in 1989. It is famous for its geocronite crystals but also for the crystal of smoky quartz found in its tunnels. |
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Pollone Mine |
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Pollone mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Preziosa tunnel |
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Pollone mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Entrance of Preziosa tunnel. In this tunnel was digged Ag-rich galena and,later, barite. Preziosa tunnel is famous because of proustite, piromorfite and rutile samples. |
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Searching for geocronite |
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Pollone mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Searching for geocronite in Pollone mine's tunnels. |
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Searching for rutile |
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Pollone mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Searching for black rutile crystals in barite veins. Pollone mine, Valdicastello. |
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