Facciatoia Quarry, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Facciatoia Quarry | Quarry |
| San Piero in Campo | Village |
| Campo nell'Elba | Municipality |
| Livorno Province | Province |
| Tuscany | Region |
| Italy | - not defined - |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 45' 4'' North , 10° 12' 51'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| San Piero in Campo | 589 (2014) | 0.3km |
| Sant'Ilario | 186 (2014) | 1.4km |
| Campo nell'Elba | 4,155 (2007) | 1.6km |
| Marina di Campo | 2,104 (2014) | 1.9km |
| La Pila | 405 (2014) | 2.2km |
Mindat Locality ID:
7791
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:7791:3
GUID (UUID V4):
2926819c-92aa-4e2e-99a1-2557b689ba29
Name(s) in local language(s):
Cava Facciatoia, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Isola d'Elba, Livorno, Toscana, Italia
This is an old magnesite quarry that yielded nice rubellite crystals in the last decade of the 1800s.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | 'Microlite Group' | 4.00. | A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Smoky Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 6 - Borates | |||
| ⓘ | Hambergite | 6.AB.05 | Be2(BO3)(OH) |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorapatite | 8.BN.05 | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Phenakite | 9.AA.05 | Be2SiO4 |
| ⓘ | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
| ⓘ | Bertrandite | 9.BD.05 | Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Uvite (TL) | 9.CK.05 | CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| ⓘ | Orthoclase | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Lepidolite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Tourmaline var. Rubellite' | - | A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| ⓘ | '' | - | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Bertrandite | Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Hambergite | Be2(BO3)(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Uvite | CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Be | Beryllium | |
| Be | ⓘ Bertrandite | Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2 |
| Be | ⓘ Hambergite | Be2(BO3)(OH) |
| Be | ⓘ Phenakite | Be2SiO4 |
| B | Boron | |
| B | ⓘ Hambergite | Be2(BO3)(OH) |
| B | ⓘ Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| B | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| B | ⓘ Uvite | CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| O | ⓘ Bertrandite | Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| O | ⓘ Hambergite | Be2(BO3)(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
| O | ⓘ Phenakite | Be2SiO4 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Smoky Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| O | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| O | ⓘ Uvite | CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Uvite | CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | ⓘ Uvite | CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | ⓘ Bertrandite | Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | ⓘ Phenakite | Be2SiO4 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Smoky Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Si | ⓘ Uvite | CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Ca | ⓘ Uvite | CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Ta | Tantalum | |
| Ta | ⓘ Microlite Group | A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n |
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References
Bosi, Ferdinando, Biagioni, Cristian, Pezzotta, Federico, Skogby, Henrik, Hålenius, Ulf, Cempírek, Jan, Hawthorne, Frank C., Lussier, Aaron J., Abdu, Yassir A., Day, Maxwell C., Fayek, Mostafa, Clark, Christine M., Grice, Joel D., Henry, Darrell J. (2022) Uvite, CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH), a new, but long-anticipated mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup from San Piero in Campo, Elba Island, Italy. Mineralogical Magazine, 86 (5) 767-776 doi:10.1180/mgm.2022.54
