 | | Journal (issue) | | Articles The Val Graveglia m anganese district, Liguria, I t a ly .......................................Donato, Italy macco.marchesini@agip.it Renato Pagano Casella Postale 37 1-20092 Cinisello, Italy renpagan@tin...Graveglia area, Genoa Province, Northern Italy. 1ā Cassagna mine 2āGambatesa mine 3ā Molana quarry 4ā Molinello...Coppello-Reppia prospect 9ā Monte Porcile mine 10ā Nascio 11āScrava mine 12ā Pontori Prospect h CD ^ .L...manganese district of Val Graveglia in northern Italy produced over one million tons of high-grade ore |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Consequently, anatase has been nominated for this issueāc Connoisscurās Choice. Anatase is perhaps hest...hardness of 5 . 5 4 . 0 and a density of 3.89. Anatase is tetragonal (4im Ym Urn). Crystals are typically... generally in amounts less than 0.5 percent. Anatase is commonly found as a minor constituent of alpine-type...titanite, and o r t h d a s e ( v x . adtilaria). Anatase specimens have been found at many locdities in...the castern United States. Lustrous dipyrmidal anatase crystals to seveml milIimeters have been reported |  | | Catalog/List | | RI C:HARD BYwĀ·AYS TAYLER ,~I 'NE R AL S 2 0 BURS T EAD CL OS E Ā·COBHAM S URRE Y E N GL AND K T 1 1...of Norway) lx2 90p 2x2 ll,80 2x4 t3.70 218 ALMAND!NE with 0~phacit2. 1 to 2 mmrer1 ~lmandine in Ed,:,gj_teroe:'...fi1icaeousscales on matrix a (St M~rcel, Val d'Aosta Italy) W 1J:1 7Cp 1x2 f 1. 30 2x2 :t3. 00 brc~n ~~ss...64 BOULANGERITE silvery grey mass on dolomitic marble. (International Hine1 Kaladar, Ontario,Canada)... 73 BRUCITE grey grains r.ichly distributed in Marble. |  | | Book | | colour too. 9 Jeanbandyite/Natanite - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall. Field of view approx. 3mm...Figure 5. Amethystine Geode (Potato Stone). Dulcote Quarry, Somerset. Figure 6. Calcite "Floater". Bonsall...opening a new cutting. I'm pretty sure that the quarry mentioned on Mindat must have been worked since...Briscoe GALENA, ANGLESITE AND CERUSSITE, WHITWELL QUARRY, WORKSOP, DERBYSHIRE Mineral specimens, like postcards...Saturdays out for a small group of us. Whitwell quarry was on the doorstep of Steetley HQ and whilst I |  | | Book | | (Federal Republic of, FRG) Great Britain Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Swi~erland...contain minerals and rocks from the famous pegmatite quarry at Hagendorf, Oberpfalz, Bavaria. A further 600...Saxony, GDR llfeld, Harz, GDR Rio Marina, Elba, Italy Schneeberg, Saxony, GD R Wolfsberg, Harz, GDR Freiberg...Romania Grube Georg, Horhausen, FRG Brosso, Piemonte, Italy Piz Aul, Wallis, Switzerland 1 Room 1 0a 2 3 5...5 6 Tsumeb, Namibia Agrigento, Sicily, Italy Rheinbreitbach, Bonn, FRG Wurlitz, Fichtelgebirge, FRG Niedermendig |  | | Catalog/List | | Chalcopyrite Whitesmiths Mine, Strontian Galena Italy Stibnite South Crafty, Cornwall Bismuthinite (Fisher)...Carborundum Septred Quartz Varlamoffite Opal Cuprite Anatase Amethyst Goethite after Pyrite Quartz/Rutile Hematite...Cuprite Chalcotrichite Rutile Smoky Quartz Quartz Anatase Hematite & Quartz Brookite Sardinia Wheal Edward...Ā£1 Ā£5 Ā£12 Ā£3 75p 75p 50p Colorado, USA Dulcote Quarry, Somerset Pentire, Cornwall A9 A9 A9 50p 75p...Perovskite Anatase Cuprite/Cu Herkimer Diamond Anatase Lepidocrocite Brookite Quartz Goethite Anatase, Rutile |  | | Catalog/List | | botryoidal , small display piece 2x3 Boyleston Quarry, Glasgow Scotland 1 Ā£10 20. ANAā¢LCIME around a...small 2x2 matrix, good location piece -- Boyleston Quarry south\ofGlasgow, Scotland Ā£8, b) lxl with less...salmon-pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire Ā£ I 0 28. HYDROXYL-HERDERITE good pale...glassy crystals on large 1x 1 inch rock OAS quarry near Rome Italy Ā£8 32. CALCITE pseudomorph after GLAUBERITE...coverage with Augite Call Del Peer quarry, Light di Montecompatri Rome Italy) 2x2cm Ā£ I O 1.5cm Ā£7 35. TITANITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Quebec. The sill is well exposed in the Varennes quarry, which has been operated continuously for crushed...those in the amphibole group, analcime, anacylite, anatase, aragonite, astrophyllite, bastnaesite, birnessite...of a misshapen l@cm lazurite crystal in whitish marble matrix. Examination of the other side of the specimen...lazurite. The matrix of the crystals is diopside marble, indicating a metamorphic grade and rock composition... just off Route 109, there is an old pegmatite quarry known locally chiefly for its occasional production |  | | Journal (issue) | | Louise, Horhausen, FRG San Piero in Campo, Elba, Italy Kongsberg, Norway Friedrichssegen, Bad Ems, FRG...4 cm, on matrix, from San Piero in Campo, Elba, Italy. Photo by Rainer Bode. 260 The M in eralogical...Maria 53, 56100 Pisa, Italy Giovanni Bracci Via dei Mulinacci, 8 57100 Livorno, Italy Domenico Dalena Viale...V. Alfieri, 41 57100 Livorno, Italy F W twothousand years, the marble quarries near Carrara have yielded...yielded superb white marble for sculptors and a fascinating range of minerals for collectors. Research |  | | Book (edition) | | Tenacity properties in all directions), as No and Ne for optically uniaxial minerals. and as Np, Nm, and...opaque, Juster brown. luster vitreous. H > 4. D = 321. Ne,o = 1.586. metallic. Sectile. H 2-2.5. D = 7.22....Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from... Actinolite - byssolite, 50 mm, Valle d'Aosta, Italy, G short-columnar crystals, usually in granular...Austria, and at Passo di Vizze, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Actinolite asbestos occurs mainly in the Alps between |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | volumes. As a mineralogist who grew up in Binntal-ne of the most famous mineral localities of the Alps-and...Albrunpass, a passage of the Alps between Binntal and Italy that was frequently used by Roman legions in the...University of Basel. Figure 3. Diopside, Cervandone (Italy). Length of crystals 10 mm. Specimen: P. Imhof,...particular sulfosalt minerals from the Lengenbach quarry in Binntal-which, at least in part, are still valid...mineral locality in the Alps, namely, the Lengenbach quarry in Binntal. In 1958, due to the initiative of Prof |  | | Journal (issue) | | Williams Minerals of the Alpine Rodingites of Italy ................ 85 By C. M. Gramaccioli An interesting...Gramaccioli via Porpora 1 25 1-20 1 3 1 M i l an, Italy dradite variety ropa:.olite from Roch Neir; apatite...regions of the Italian spur, such as Piemonte and Liguria. Thi rodingite arc follows the spread of grcenstone...valley, approxima1ely 50 km nonhwe t of Torino, Italy. is accessible by a comfonable highway which passes...Ā· . \ ) Val Malenco w z () ITALY ļæ½ ChisoneĀ \ Tai ( \ ' Figure I. Location map |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vienna. Unfortunately the Tyrol which was given to Italy. It is now lack of funds allows this to be available...quarried for lime, for cement and for structural "marble" (in many SYMBOLS A N D ABBREVIATIONS colors)....TunnelāTunnel. GrabenāDitch or trench. GrubeāOpen pit or quarry. KnopfāHead or top of mountain. K o g e l - - D...through InnsĀ bruck and through the Brenner Pass into Italy. This now has a fine autobahn from Innsbruck south...Kogel nr. Brixlegg. CalcostronĀ tianite. Kramsach. Marble Quarries. Haring nr Worgl. Lignite M. "Stinkstone" |  | | Catalog/List | | code number:. :remGml;er is the ~6 * * H ! NE R AL S WI T H UNU S UAL E L E ME N T S 126 DOHNA...on matrix (Praborna Hine,st Marcel, Val d' Aosta Italy) lxl 70p lx2 fl.30 2x2 f3.00 018 ANDi.LUSITE Al...silvery massive with minor Chalcopyrite (Hingsten Quarry, Cornwall) lx2 El.SO 2x2 E3.00 2x3 E5.00 2 002...BARYTES pure golden brown cleavage. (Fullers earth Quarry Redhill, Surrey) lxl SOp. lx7. f.1.00 218 BAUHHAUERITE...creamywhite micro crystals in cavilies in Natrolite (Saga Quarry,TvedalenNorway) lxl EZ.60 063 BOULANGERITE Pb/5 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Scheelite with Epidote in CalĀ cite veins; Brookeite; Anatase; Apatite Rauris T a l . Leaves the valley at TaxenROCKS...Talmuseum. Q Xls. (scepter) (Amethyst), (Clear); Anatase Xls; Fluorite Xls; Rutile Xls; Albite; Chlorite;... of the road. Seidelwinkel-Zoisite. Bucheben. Marble. Kolm Saigurn at the end of the road. Old gold...M. with gallery going 3 or 4 Mi. E. Greisweis. Anatase; Calcite Xls. Greisweis Alpen. Euclase. Turehelwand...AsbesĀ tos. Hofgastein. Ilmenite. Bad Hofgastein. Marble; Epidote Xls. Bad Gastein. Very old gold mines |  | | Catalog/List | | 1111111 R I CHARD T AYLE R MI NE RAL S BYWAYS 2 0 BURS TE AD CL OS E COBHAM S URRE Y P h o n e Co b...Mica). Bobierite. Brugnatellite and Humite from Italy. Unusual green opal variety Hyalite. From India...yellow trown mass from this clussi2 illine (Franklin Ne~Jersey U.S.A) lxl fl. 20 lx2 f2.20 022 JIJ,JGLESIT~... grey-green somewith Serpentine. (CountyBridge Quarry, Lizard) lxl 90p lx2 fl.50 2x2 f3.00 024 NATIVE~...rnicaeousmasses on matrix (St Marcel, Val d 1 Aosta Italy) lxl ?Op lx2 El.JO 2x2 EJ.00 rich brownchip 036 | | | Journal (issue) | | Williams Minerals of the Alpine Rodingites of Italy ............................ 85 By C. M. Gramaccioli...Carlo M. Gramaccioli via Porpora 125 1-20131 Milan, Italy ince the early years of mineralogy, the beautiful...valley, approximately 50 km northwest of Torino, Italy, is accessible by a comfortable highway which passes...The Mineralogical Record, Marchā April, 1979 ef Italy dradite variety topazolite from Roch Neir; apatite...regions of the Italian spur, such as Piemonte and Liguria. This rodingite arc follows the spread of greenstone |  | | Catalog/List | | crystal about 2cm tall and one cm across. Francon Quarry, Quebec Canada Ā£50 2. BERYLLONITE translucent...salmon-pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire Ā£ I 0 21. HYDROZINCITE visible with...inch rock osa quarry near Rome Italy Ā£8 Fluorescent green with short wave UV 28. ANATASE many sharp black...Under x I Othere are numerous vughs with the black Anatase crystals, just about every vugh has got them. 2x2...Bray 33. REALGAR red micro spots on dolomitic marble with some pyrite micros Lengenbach mine, Binn |  | | Catalog/List | | mass nearly lxl inch with Hydrocerussite. Merehead Quarry Mendips Ā£35 9. SIMPSONITE Orange cleavage mass...across on lxl with small quartz crystals Francon Quarry Montreal Quebec Ā£25 14. VESUVIANITE lxl inch area...orange massive in quartz Ā£10 (St Marcel, Aosta Italy) 17. DOMEYK.ITE obvious metallic masses in large...variety "Greenovite" (Praboma Mine, St Marcel, Aosta Italy) pink vein about 3mm wide and 3cm long in rich brown...salmon-pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire Ā£10 41. ALLOPHANE good creamy- pale |  | | Journal (issue) | | P. Cooper Tuperssuatsiaite from the Bortolan quarry, PoƧos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil . . . ....delighted with him.ā While sailing from Nice to Genoa her boat was forced by bad weather to put in at...above 3 or 4Ā£ in a place. I bought a collection of Marble at Florence for half a guinea [10s 6d] & here the...[Venusās Hair]. I have some marble with a shell that looks like fire [Lumachella marble]. I have some spar that...her acquisition of a specimen of āelastic marbleā from Italy to report it to Sir Joseph Banks in August |  | | Catalog/List | | variety "Greenovite" (Praborna Mine, St Marcel, Aosta Italy) pink vein about 3mm wide and 3cm long in rich brown...and with a band ofBarite (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire Ā£10 3x3 inch 42. FLUORITE cleavages...coverage and interesting location Hingston Down Quarry Cornwall 3x2.5 Ā£8 43 . LEPIDOLITE good small display... Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fells Cumbria Ā£15 54. ANATASE many sharp black micro crystals in cavities in...Under xl Othere are numerous vughs with the black Anatase crystals, just about every vugh has got them. 2x2 |  | Demartin, F., Gramaccioli, C. M., Campostrini, I., Diella, V. (2008) THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF MCKELVEYITE-(Y)-2M, A NEW MONOCLINIC POLYTYPE FROM VAL MALENCO, ITALIAN ALPS. The Canadian Mineralogist, 46 (1) 195-203 doi:10.3749/canmin.46.1.195 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Studi di Milano, via Venezian 21, I-20133 Milano, Italy Valeria DIELLA CNR ā Istituto per la Dinamica dei...āArdito Desioā, Via Botticelli 23, I-20133 Milano, Italy Abstract A new monoclinic (Cc) polytype, mckelveyite-(Y)-2M...Fabiā, a talc quarry near Lanzada in Val Malenco, Lombardy, Italy, associated with anatase, brookite, brucite...intercalated in ultrabasic rocks and dolomitic marble in contact with serpentinites. The origin of the...dans le Val Malenco, Lombardie, Italie, associĆ© Ć anatase, brookite, brucite, calcite, dolomite, ilmĆ©nite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a prison; the Allyndale quarry in North Canaan, from w h i c h came the marble for the Connecticut State...York City and elsewhere; and the Hoadley Neck quarry in Guilford, which furnished the granite base for...throughĀ out the United States. I n modern times, one quarry has been used by the Navy as an underwater sound...metal mining in ConnectiĀ cut. Now, trap rock, marble/limestone, sand and gravel, granĀ ite, and crushed...e E x p r e s s w a y ) r o a d cut, Newtown: anatase, calcite, chabazite, chlorite group, heulandite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Earth. They are the main substance in limestone and marble, and they have a wide range of uses, from building...crystals set in an asbestos base from Sondrio in Italy. Actinolite has high mechanical sensitivity - this...(matrix) from Balzano, Italy. Below: Note the blackness of these crystals from Novara, Italy. ~ Actinolite forms...British Columbia (Canada), in the Alpine regions of Italy, in New Zealand, in Siberia (Russia) and in Alaska...occurring in Switzerland, Austria and northern Italy. Albite is a mineral that is common and widespread |  | | Journal (issue) | | 287 288 293 353 A hornfels unit in the Poudrette quarry .................................................and J.Van Velthuizen Figure 1. The Poudrette quarry in the summer of 1988. Photo by L. Horvath. 284...associations are listed with the descriptions. Quarry maps have not been included because the precise...of many past finds in the quarry were never recorded, and because the quarry has changed so much over...Poudrette Inc. is the only company operating today. The quarry owned by Demix Inc. has not been in operation since |
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Marble quarry, Nascio, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy