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Opal from
Fortullino, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Habit:botryoidal
Colour:colourless
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cinnabar2 photos of Opal associated with Cinnabar at this locality.
Melanophlogite1 photo of Opal associated with Melanophlogite at this locality.
Magnesite1 photo of Opal associated with Magnesite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fortullino, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1014608
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1014608:2
GUID (UUID V4):579ccb40-541e-495f-a7b2-96f7b98da9f3
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
1.2km (0.7 miles) Botro dell'Arancio Quarry, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.2km (1.4 miles) Botro Masaccio quarry, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
4.2km (2.6 miles) Castiglioncello, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
4.6km (2.9 miles) Buca Fonda quarry, Gabbro, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
5.2km (3.2 miles) Gabbro, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
5.3km (3.3 miles) Quartz occurrences, Gabbro, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
7.3km (4.5 miles) Poggio alle Fate, Colognole, Collesalvetti, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
9.8km (6.1 miles) Via della Sambuca U-V occurrence, Valle Benedetta, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
12.2km (7.6 miles) Poggio Corbolone, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
12.7km (7.9 miles) Montemassi, Collesalvetti, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
infiltration into serpentinites at Malentrata (Tuscany, Italy) C. Boschi a,⁎, A. Dini a, L. Dallai a, G....Georisorse, Sede di Pisa, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy CNR-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, U.O. di...di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, 50121, Florence, Italy a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Accepted 10...10 March 2009 Keywords: Magnesite Serpentine Tuscany Carbon dioxide sequestration Hydraulic fracturing...a c t The magnesite deposits of Malentrata (Tuscany, Italy) were derived from serpentinite silicification–
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on melanophlogite from Varano Marchesi (Parma, Italy) Mario Tribaudino,1,* Andrea Artoni,1 Christian...Parma, Italy 2 Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Parma, Viale Usberti, 7/A, I-43100, Parma, Italy 3 Dipartimento...di Parma, Viale Usberti, 17/A, I-43100, Parma, Italy 1 Abstract The results of a new single-crystal...comes from a new finding at Varano Marchesi (Parma, Italy), and occurs in small veins and pockets along fractures...separated from the host rock by a thin crust of opal-CT. Raman spectroscopy was done to investigate the
Report (issue)
98.8 100.05 O S Total (1) Racalmuto, Sicily, Italy. (2) Chvaletice, Czech Republic; by electron microprobe...mineral in sulfur deposits (Racalmuto, Sicily, Italy); in low-temperature hydrothermal veins associated...serpentinites (Fortullino, Italy; Mt. Hamilton, California, USA). Association: Sulfur, calcite, \opal," cristobalite...Distribution: In Italy, at Solfatara Giona, Racalmuto, and at Caltanissetta, Sicily; and from Fortullino, near Quercianella...Quercianella, Tuscany. In the Chvaletice deposit, Czech Republic. In the USA, at Mt. Hamilton, Santa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tertiary volcanic rocks (Filippi 2002), Fortullino (Tuscany, Italy) from a serpentinite breccia (Grassellini...Makarov 1975), and Parma (Northern Appennines, Italy) from interbedded marls and volcaniclastic sediments...(OLD3) compared with melanophlogites from Sicily, Italy (Von Lasaulx 1876); Czech Republic (Zak 1967); California...Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania s.d. Racalmuto Sicily, Italy Chvaletice Mt. Hamilton Czech Republic California...unknown mineral phase with a composition similar to “opal”. We conjecture that some of the alteration products
Journal (issue)
-Sulfur crystals in aragonite,Agrigento,Sicily,Italy (10x7x3 cms) . (6 3,5 2,5 .) -Chalcanthite from...September 2017. Information: www.mineralienmesse.at Italy-Torino : 46th Euromineralexpo , 23-30 September...TAL Are you interested on what is happening in Italy, in Europe n minerals , events, new finds, exchange...Naturale , Corso Venezia n. 55 , -20121 Milano , Italy. Excellent color photos and for each article in...Herschelite, (8,5 X 7 X 5,5 cms) Aci Castello ,Catania ,Italy , , (6,5 4,5 3,5 .) -Aurichalcite , Lavrion,Greece
Catalog/List
plate on Sandine (arro~ed).(le Tre Croci Vetralla Italy) lxlins E4.50 498 ZEKANNITE (Zn Fe) (Te 0) Ha minute...Valentinite. Kinor green Tripuhyite.(Tafone Hine Tuscany) lem E6 lx2cm El2 448 ZINKENITE Pb Sb O very rich...2xJ EJ lxl fl.50 lx2 fJ.00 307 OPALSi0/2 H/20 399 OPAL pur_egrey white showingvar ious quite att_active...(EromangaQueenslandAustralia) lx2ins ES 495 OPAL 311 OWHOCLASE Felspar group Com.~on Opal, pure white hard unusual translucent...Natrix. (Visp • Q arr y, ear San Vcnauu., Terni Province, Umbria, Ital ) 1/ x l/2irs ES CRYST AL S 162
Journal (issue)
Sergio Gallo Via Ventimiglia 188, 10127 —Torino, Italy Melanophlogite, a cubic form of silica, has been...Chvaletice, in late 1971 at a locality named Fortullino, 2 km south of Bohemia, was found during the...mining period 1964-65 in Quercianella (Livorno), Tuscany, Italy. It is the fourth oc­ a metamorphosed...48 units of Si02, late 1971, not far from Livorno (Tuscany). There the lodes calculated density 1.99...of [C + H + S]. Fig. 1. Melanophlogite, Fortullino, Italy. (1.2x) September—October, 1974 207 quantities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
often occurs with cristobalite and chalcedony or opal in low-temperature geologic environments (Zák 1972;...1982). At Racalmuto, melanophlogite occurs with opal and quartz and is often nucleated around these phases...and Orlandi, P. (1972) Sulla melanoflogite del Fortullino (Liverno). Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze...on melanophlogite from Varano Marchesi (Parma, Italy). American Mineralogist, 93, 88–94. Westrum, Jr
Catalog/List
£9 . 00 7. ASCHARITE. orosso m ne , Pi ectnont, Italy. Creamy- white si l ky radi at i ng mass with minor...£26 . 50p' 36 •. DAToLITE . Cerezzola , Emilia , Italy. Cright sharp co lou rless transparent crystals... 2-t.x2-~x2" , £3 .75p 62. MELANoPHLoGITE . Fortullino , Tusc3ny , It a ly. Glassy botryoidul maSSElS...50p Specimen 0 : 2+'x2,~--x1* '.' , £2 .50p 67 . OPAL . Curclaze claywork , St . Austell , Cornwall .
Catalog/List
Zeølilc IX ½ lx2 !8 CaSiO OLMNI SiO OPAL SiO OPAL SIO OPAL ., GNL •• IIYAUl'E lx2 80p Rid!darltgR1C11...clearto whitemicrosphereson 2x2ins surmce (Fortullino,Livomo,Italy) f.6 B) Ix I inchalsowithsmall magnesitecrystals
Book
[the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by F. Olmi, C. Sabelli & G. Brizzi) 19:305-310...ALBERTINI, CLAUDIO Famous mineral localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario:...8:287-293 Minerals of the Alpine rodingites of Italy (by C. M. Gramaccioli) 10:85-89 Micromounting in...Arcu su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari, Sardinia [Italy] (by R. Vochten & G. Brizzi) 18:181-184 AREM, JOEL...Minerals from the upper Arno River Valley, Tuscany, Italy (by M. Corazza, G. Pratesi & R. Braga) 25:293-299
Book
by reference to the nearest town or village, a province or county name, or a prominent geographical feature... In most of these pegmatites, green-fluorescing opal and autunite can be found. Especially 13 FLUORESCENCE...found in which, under ultraviolet, the green of opal, the yellow-orange of apatite, and the blue of a...autunite, and feldspars. Outstanding is hyalite opal with brilliant green fluorescence. Ruby corundum...yellowfluorescing powellite combined with green-fluorescing opal is very colorful. Central and Northern Rocky Mountain
Book
by reference to the nearest town or village, a province or county name, or a prominent geographical...most of these peg- matites, green-fluorescing opal and autunite can be found. Especially 13 FLUORESCENCE...found in which, under ultraviolet, the green of opal, the yellow-orange of apatite, and the blue of a...autunite, and feldspars. Outstanding is hyalite opal with brilliant green fluorescence. Ruby corundum...yellowfluorescing powellite combined with green-fluorescing opal is very colorful. Central and Northern Rocky Mountain
Book (volume)
Ca2B4O4(OH)7Cl·7H2O Locality: Salar de Carcote deposit, El Loa province, Antofagasta, Chile. Description: Colourless crystal...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta province, Argentina (type locality). Description: Colourless...District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Description: Grey grains from the...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina. Description: Colourless crystal. Identified...(NH4)B5O7(OH)2·H2O Locality: Larderello, Val di Cecina, Tuscany, Italy (type locality). Description: White powdery
Book
aragonite. calcite, Sulphur, 66 mm, Sicily, Italy Selenium Se TRIGONAL e e Properties: C - gray...through volcanic activity in Vulcano, Lipari Islands, Italy. Tellurium Te T R IGONAL e e celestitc and halite...come from many localities near Girgenti, Sicily, Italy (Caltanisseta, Cianciana) where they reached up...volcanically active places, like Solfatara near Pozzuoli, Italy or in sulf11r lava near Shiretoku, Japan. Sulfur...30 mm (] 3/ 16 in) occur in Sanabus, Sardinia, Italy. Maybe the best argentite crystals occurred in Mexico
Book
through volcanic activity in Vulcano. Lipari Islands, Italy. Tellurium Te TRIGONAL • • ceiestite and halite...come from many localities near Girgetui, Sicily, Italy (Caltanisseta. Cianciana) where they reached up...volcanically active places, like Solfatara near Pozzuoli, Italy or in sulfur lava near Shiretoku. Japan. Sulfur...to 30 mm (1Y» in) occur in Sarrabus, Sardinia, Italy. Maybe the best argentite crystals occurred in Mexico...Ontario, Canada; also known from Sarrabus, Sardinia. Italy and St. Andreasberg, Germany. Breithauptite, 80
Book (edition)
polished, 70 mm, Anjanabonoina, Madagaskar, G Page 5: Opal - fire, polished, 50 mm, Mezezo, Ethiopia, G Page...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems
Journal (issue)
The Chicoutimi area lies within the Grenville Province of the Canadian Shield. This southernmost division...char­ acteristics used to delineate the Grenville province. The Yates deposit has four distinct zones of...Radioactive mineral occurrences of the province of Quebec. Province o f Quebec Canada, Department o f Mines...Variations in tectonic styles in Canada—the Grenville province. Geological Association o f Canada Special Paper...from Guong Dong Province, China. * Exceptional ORPIMENT crystals from Guizhou Province, China. * The world’s
Book
(Si3.60Al0.40O10)(OH)2 from Dora Maira massif, Italy; at 3515 and 3552 cm−1 (CrR3+□ and MgCr□, respectively)...32) of holotype tsilaisite from island of Elba, Italy, containing [Mn2+1.34Al1.14 Li0.54Ti0.04] at the...spectra of cordierite from Allumiere, Latium, Italy have been assigned to C = O-stretching vibrations...absorption spectra of cordierite from Allumiere, Latium, Italy in the region of C = O-stretching vibrations collected...·2H2O from Monte Cavalluccio, Sacrofano, Rome, Italy show a sharp band at 2351 cm−1 having maximum absorption
Book
Paleontologia delPUniversita degli Studi Trieste, ITALY LLOYD R. BRESLAU Coast Guard Headquarters Washington...Geologia Università degli Studi di Milano Milano, ITALY CLAUDE DEGIOVANNI Faculté des Sciences, Alger et...Marina Consiglio Nazionale Delle Rieerche Bologna, ITALY FRANK FABRICIUS Institut für Geologie Technische...FIERRO Istituto di Geologia delLUniversit'a Genova, ITALY JOSEPH P. FLANAGAN U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office...Marina Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Bologna, ITALY ANDRE A. MONACO Centre de Recherches de Sédimentologie
 
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