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Hematite from
Acqua Bianca valley, Gorfigliano, Minucciano, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Valley
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Comments:xls up to 4 cm.
Habit:tabular xls, rarely rhombohedric xls
Colour:black
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Allanite-(Ce)
Clinochlore
Fluorapatite
Quartz
Rutile
Synchysite-(Ce)
Thorite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzβ“˜14 photos of Hematite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Clinochloreβ“˜8 photos of Hematite associated with Clinochlore at this locality.
Chlorite Group4 photos of Hematite associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Allanite-(Ce)β“˜1 photo of Hematite associated with Allanite-(Ce) at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Acqua Bianca valley, Gorfigliano, Minucciano, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (15 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:131588
Long-form Identifier:1:3:131588:2
GUID (UUID V4):1db7febb-6e8e-4139-b01b-5880bee1041c
References
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Book
2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series...lustrous, though some which are coated by rutile or hematite are yellow or red and earthy; they are equant...different combinations of rutile, anatase, brookite, hematite and titanite (Philippe Beiley, personal communication...distinguishing brilliant black "iron roses" of hematite from the very much rarer "iron roses" of ilmenite...the characteristic major associations of Swiss hematite iron roses are quartz, ortboclase, albite, rutile
 
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