| | Report (issue) | 3.5 cm high fi-om the Vallone workings in the Rio Marina mine Collection Walter Giannini Photo Franco...Pezzotta Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milan, Italy with Contributions by Christina Denison, Andrea...high Grotta d'Oggi, San Piero in Campo, Elba, Tuscany, Italy Collection Dave Eidahl; photo Erica and Harold...Pomonte, Cava dell'Oro (two miles west of Marciana Marina), and on Monte Fibula. In both Capo Pomonte and...hematite fragments have also been found in the Livorno (Leghorn) Mountains as well as in and around Calafuria | | | Catalog/List | or D SPC.C.£14 3) CHALCOCITE,Geevor Mine.St Just.Cornwall. Platy hexagonal chalcocite xtls to 8mm with...crystals can grow. G.D. C.£4 24) HEMA TITE,Rio Marina,Elba,Italy. Attractive large lustrous silvery hematite...matrix. G.RF/D. SPC. C. £6 25) PYRITE, Rio Marina,Elba,Italy. Very large bright golden modified cube...GAMAGARITE, Molinello Mine,Val Greveglia,Liguria,Italy. Ba2(Fe,Mn)(VO4h(OH).Rare++. MO brown XN. TN. £8 | | | Book (volume) | Tennessee, 57 Zhao Tong Mine, Yunnan Prov., China, 23 Chalcocite Lucky Friday Pocket, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith...Mine, N. Cape Prov., South Africa, 31 Rio Marina Mine, Elba, Italy, 36 Zagi Mountain, near Peshawar, Khyber...Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Prov., Tuscany, Italy, 37 Sellaite (with Fuchsite) Serra das Éguas...Mexico, 9 Sulfur (on Aragonite) Agrigento, Sicily, Italy, 63 Topaz (on Schorl) Dassu, Baltistan, Pakistan | | | Catalog/List | 2-blt"xl" thick. £5.50. BOTRYOGEN. Gambatesa, Liguria, Italy. Lustrous, orangey brown, cellular mnss of smoll...in size intergrovm and scattered on a cellular Chalcocite matrix. 2tx2t". £7.75; Specimen B - Small, glassy...Itxlt". £3.25; Specimen B Itxl ll • £2.25. DIAMOND. Rio Das Velhas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A single, lustrous...shape. 3x2t". £2.75. 52. ILV ITE. Rio Marina, Isle of Elba, Italy. Lustrous, blackish, divergent bladed...£1. 25. 58. MAGNETITE. Traversella, Piedmont l Italy. Very large, sharp, black, modified crystals to | | | | Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...chalcedony 31 arsenates 65 arsenic 4 arsenides 8 chalcocite 8, 8 chalcolite 74 arsenopyrite /5, 17 chalcopyrite...(Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almadén (Spain). In the United States...Filiform silver: Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) endritic copper rmation. Houghton fichigan) ...covered with calcite. Casteltermini, Agrigento (Italy) look more different. Theirs is the most notable | | | Catalog/List | 00 5^/ ANDRADITE (Var.Demantoid). Vai Malenco, Italy. A silvery-green, schistose matrix slab, 'carrying...£22.00 14. ANGLESITE/GALENA. Tiny Mme, Sardinia, Italy. A glittering, silvery metallic, crystalline cleavage...Bindheimite. 2.5x2x1.25", £5.75 18. ANTIMONITE. Hunan Province, China. A terminated, matrix-free, elongated silvery-grey... ZURITE (Chessylite). Yang Chun Co, Guangdong Province, China. (1983). Superb, brilliant lustrous royal-blue...25x1", £2.50 123. BORNITE/CASSITERITE/FELDSPAR/CHALCOCITE. Levant Section, Geevor Mine, Trewellard, West | | | Book | with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...89 epistilbite 124 arsenic 4 chalcedony 31 chalcocite 8, 8 erythrite 70, 73 argentojarosite 58 arsenates...Idrija (Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almadén (Spain). In the United States...Filiform silver. Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) Dendritic copper famous (Michigan) 1822. It...covered with calcite. Casteltermini, Agrigento (Italy) and diopsids. Other famous mines are Dutoitspan | | | Catalog/List | A - 2tx2". £6.50; Specimen B - HxH-". £4.50. CHALCOCITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Thumb-nail...repla..:ement, though in all ases t e original Chalcocite crystals are sharp. £1.25 each. C LCOPYRITE....crystals 0_ uartz. 2tx2". £3.25. HEMATITE. Rio Marina, Elba, Italy. group of large! sharp, metallic black...cavities in Quartz. 2xlt". £1.25. PYRITES. Tuscany, Italy. An unusual, bright, metallic, stepped crystal | | | Book | Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...chabazite 126, 127 chalcanthite 59 chalcedony 3 I chalcocite 8, 8 chalcolite 74 chalcopyrite 10, 11 chaJcotrichite...(Yugoslavia), son1e n1ines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almaden (Spain). In the United States...11 silver. Nico la Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia ( Italy) ?ndri1ic copper ,·,nation. Houghton fichigan)...covered with calcite. Casteltern1ini, Agrigento ( Italy) look more different. Theirs is the most notable | | | Catalog/List | to 2 mm crystals scattered an and in dark gray chalcocite matrix. (A) 1/2x3/4" to lxl" 4 Specimens $ 5...to l/2x5/8" 10 Specimens ILVAITE Ria Marina, Island af Elba, Italy Choice dark jet-black elongated striated...Specimens $ 15.00 crystals PYRITE Rio Marina, Island of Elba, Italy Choice golden metallic complete cubic...1-1/4" 10 Crystals $ 8.50 PYRITE Rio Marina, Island of Elba, Italy Choice single golden metallic cubic | | | Catalog/List | -b<-b<-t'.'. £4.50. 21. CELESTITE. Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. "Bright, tr'anslucent, sharp terminated crystals...brownish Gossany matrix. 3x2-txl-t". £6.50. ' 23. CHALCoCITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Bright metallic...intergrown and covering massive Chalcocite. 2xlxl". £7.00." 24. CHALCOCITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall...standing on cellular matrh. l~xl". £4.50. ILVAITE. Rio Marina, Isle of Elba, Ital~. A very large, sharp, lustrous...oo. 80. SCHEELITE. Choon Su, Chungchongpukdo Province, Korea. Specimen A - A superb large, lustrous | | | Catalog/List | cavity in basalt matrix. 2tx2x1t", £2.7Sp 24. CHALCOCITE. Tincroft Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Dark greyish...50p 38. EPIDOTE, variety Pistacite. Near Genoa, Italy. Lustrous dark olive gre8n sharp crystals to 4 mm...crystal. 1tx1+X1", £1.50p 49. HEMATITE. Rio Marina, Isle of Elba, Italy. -Fine bright black sharp crystals...matrix. 2~-x1ix17", £2.75p 58. MALACHITE. Shaba Province, Zaire. Select beautifully banded dark to light...3x2x2", £5.50p 63. NEPHELINE. Mte. Somma, vesuvias, Italy. Fine sharp transparent to translucent clear to | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Goethite (still called limonite by some), hematite, chalcocite, and others have all been found faithfully replacing...crystals seen on the market are those from Rio Marina, Elby, Italy. There they have occurred up to five inches | | | Catalog/List | scattered on matrix with odd sharp dark grey CHALCOCITE crystals to 5 rTll]1 in size. ztx2tx1~", £7.00...swze coveriClg basalt,matrix. 3x2" , f.3.50p 25. CHALCoCITE. Tincrmft Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Unusual elongated...00 38. DEMANToID GARNET. Val Malenco, Sondrio, Italy. Lime-green sharp crystals to 3 mm in size sCnttered...2x1tx11t, £2.7513 57. IDDCRASE. ~onte Somma, vesuvias, Italy. Fina bright dark mlive colourad sharp terminated...}x2t It , £1.25p 63. LEUCITE. Viterbo, near Rome, Italy. Sharp creamy-white crystals to -2- It in size scattered | | | Catalog/List | l~xlt"·. £2,75, ANGLESITE. Monte Poni, Sardinia, Italy. A sharp, translucent, milky coloured, vlell terminated...17. 18. ARA ONITE. Floristella Mine, Sicily, Italy. Superb, lustrous, creamy white, sharp terminated...Gossan matrix. 2tx2t". £7.75. 1l.U~0NITE. Piedmont, Italy. Bright, lime yellow platy tabular crystals to 3...thick. £2,75. CELESTITE. Il.grigento ,Si.::ily , Italy, Sharp, \Yell formed, elongated terminated creamy...2~x2+xlt"c £22. DOLOt ITE. Traversella Mine, Piedmont, Italy. Sharp, creamy white, translucent lustrous twinned | | | Catalog/List | sparkling crystals richly encrusting cellular Chalcocite matrix. Attractive specimen with an old lavel...1881. £2.25. 19. CELESTITE. Girgenti, Sicily, Italy. Very choice, lustrous, creamy sharp crystals showing...GRoSsULARITE variety HEssoNITE. Val d'Ala, Piedmont, Italy. sh'lrp, transparent bright orangey crystals to...50. GYPSUM variety sELENITE. Girgenti, Sicily, Italy. Fine, large, transparent to translucent pale creamy...form. ~x2xl*"-t £9.00. 51. HEMATITE. Rio Marin8, Elb8, Italy. Bright, blaCk, well formed crystals, some | | | Catalog/List | hemimorphite and native silver? 60x25x10mm. £35. 15) CHALCOCITE. Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. About 100 lustrous...28x15x9mm. £65. 37) PYRITE and HEMATITE. Rio Marina, Elba, Italy. A group of sharp brassy pentagonal dodecahedral | | | Catalog/List | hemimorphite and native silver? 60x25x10mm. £35. 15) CHALCOCITE. Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. About 100 lustrous...28x15x9mm. £65. 37) PYRITE and HEMATITE. Rio Marina, Elba, Italy. A group of sharp brassy pentagonal dodecahedral | | | Catalog/List | water-worn rounded brownish pebble. 1x1"; £1.50p 25. CHALCOCITE. Trenwith Mine, St. Ives, Cornwall. Very rich...2-tx1-}x1-} " , £6.5Op, 42. HEMATITE. Rio Marina, Is~e of Elba, Italy. Sharp bright black lenticular crystals...£r. 50p 44. IDDCRASE. Val Camonica, ~iedmont, Italy. Lustrous light brownish sharp crystals to ~" in...2x1", £8.00 45. IDCCRASE. Bellecombe, Piedmont, Italy. Fine bright dark olive coloured crystals to ~,"...3x2p1", £4. 50p 47. JgMESoNITE. Julcani Mine, Junin Province, Peru. Steely-grey felted needly masses very richly | | | Catalog/List | £1. 50. 15· BUST,~ITE. 16. ChLCITE. Viterbo, Italy. an unusual specimen showing crystaline rounded...£2.50; Specimen D - Rich metallic masses ,lith Chalcocite and Gossan. Itxlt". £1. 34. CCRNETITE. Mine...Serpentine. 2xHxl:~". £2. 56. H~1ATITE. Rio Marina, Elba, Italy. developed lxl~" sin,sle cr:rsta1. Brilliant...Itxlt". £L 62. MAGNETITE. Travesella, Piedmont, Italy. Sharp black single octahedral crystal with ttl...lustrJus black masses with tra~es of Iron Pyrite lnd Chalcocite. Superb examples of the rich high grade Uranium | | | Catalog/List | resembles glauconitic sandstone ................... Italy Tyrol, Seiser Alp ~arge (to l½") trapezohedral crystals...mass with minor chlorite .................... . Italy Carrara --tlStatuary Marble ti Snow white crystaline...Blue fibrous veins in ore, very attractive ..... CHALCOCITE Copper sulfide Arizona Gila County, near Miami...remnant aggregates in green malachite, some with chalcocite ........... . Montana Silver Bow Co., Butte,...some in kidney shape ............... Italy Island of Elba, Rio Marina --"aright black single rhombohedral | | | Book | Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy : Mondadori, 2003. [256] p. : col. photos. ; cm...Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8-9: Beryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42-43: Silver...Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech...crystals on quartz from Brusson, Valle d'Aosta, Italy NOTE TO THE READER The 288 mineralogical species | | | Catalog/List | epimorphouø impreasions at rear. 3x2 11 ,~.50. 55. CHALCOCITE. Levant Mine,Pendee~,W.Cornwall. Brilliant,steel-grey...matrix. Choice old specime~n. 11x1J" ,e.20.00. CHALCOCITE/CALCITE.Allens Section, Bota11ack Mine, St. ...hexagonal xtla Calcite on Iron3:n:211 ,f.15.00. CHALCOCITE/RADIAC SPECIES. Wh..E(h;ard, St ,.Just, W. Cornwall...Cornwall. Vuggy ,radio-aet i ve Chalcocite-bearing mat:cix.Surie.c0 and vngs la:r-gely covered in bright-blue... and a little cube- cryatalline 109. GEODE. Rio Grande du Sol,Brazil. Attractive cut and polished | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | (based on microscopic counts) quartz 4'0, 49; 5 6; chalcocite renierite 13.4, 8.0; tennantite 1 0, 0.4; galena...neoformazione Clrr,o Genevrllr. dei giacimento elbano di Rio Marina. Peri,od.ico mi'neral,(Roma),27, 2ll-214 (1958)...water, driven by storms into pyritic deposits of Rio Marina, Elba, caused alteration of pyrite to copiapite | | | Catalog/List | 25. 4. 5. ANAPAITE. San Giovanni, Sardinia, Italy. Two halves of a nodule each of which has a cellular...£3.25. 9. APoPHYLLITE. Seiser Alp, Trentina, Italy. Sharp, bright, transparent crystals to t" in size...red crystals of Crocoite. I-txl". £2.50. 33. CHALCOCITE. Geevor Mine, Pendeen: Cornwall. well formed...intergrown on a lxl" area on cellular massive Chalcocite veinstuff. 2-2-x2~-xl+,". £6.50. 34. CHALCOPHANITE...:Jssociation. 2x1~x1". C14.OO. . 5HEMATITE. Rio Marina, Elba, Italy. Bright, black, sharp well formed crystals |
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