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Copiapite from
Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Municipality
Classification
Species:Copiapite
Formula:Fe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copiapite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:403532
Long-form Identifier:1:3:403532:9
GUID (UUID V4):045f662f-9431-44d7-80fa-da10cd8b963a
Localities for Copiapite in this Region
Cape Arco Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Rialbano Mine (Rio Albano Mine), Fornacelle and Rio Albano Mines, Cavo, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Bacino stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Valle Giove stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Vigneria stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
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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
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pyrite, especially in arid climates. Association: Copiapite, amarantite, hohmannite, coquimbite, voltaite...Elena mine, Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province, Argentina. In the USA, from the Redington mine...Pennsylvania. At Libiola, Liguria, and Rio Marina, Elba, Italy. Name: From the Greek for bunch of grapes
Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...bavenite 102, /03 bazzite 93,95 benitoite 89, 90 copiapite 61 copper 4, 5 copper vitriol 59 coquimbite 60...(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
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Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...73 cobaltite 17 colemanite 54, 54 columbite 36 copiapite 61 copper 4, 5 copper vitriol 59 coquimbite 60...(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
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with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...cobaltite 17 colemanite 54, 54 columbite 36 copiapite 61 copper 4, 5 copper vitriol 59 coquimbite 60...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rnebohmite(Ce)) 4 – Baveno \(45°55`N, 8°30`E), Piemonte, Italy \\* 1901bavenite; 1998scandiobabingtonite 12 –...6 km, including Cherbadung (= Pizzo Cervandone, Italy)) \\1845dufrenoysite;…1994fetiasite (Gorb); 1...della Vena m. \Stazzema (43°59`N, 10°18`E), Tuscany, Italy \\1979apuanite; …1997dessauite; 1999scainiite...km NE of Ornavasso (45°58`N, 8°24`E), Piemonte, Italy \\1905paracelsian;…1984titantaramellite 11 – Cap...\Rosia (43°15`N, 11°12`E), ~10 km SW of Siena, Tuscany, Italy \\1968onoratoite;…1999clinocervantite 4 –
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
neoformazione Clrr,o Genevrllr. dei giacimento elbano di Rio Marina. Peri,od.ico mi'neral,(Roma),27, 2ll-214 (1958)...into pyritic deposits of Rio Marina, Elba, caused alteration of pyrite to copiapite and other sulfates and
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usually a shaly earthy iron sulphide, possibly copiapite or a variant thereof. "The carboniferous shales... an earthy black manganese oxide, occurs at Del Rio, Cocke Co., Tenn., TEXAS: Mrs. Ruby F. Renfro, 2901...section of Caobal, community of San Cristobal, province of Trujillo, Dominican Republic. ECUADOR: The...color, occur at Ballintoy, County Antrim, Ireland. ITALY: Very nice specimens of iridescent limonite are...often found in the iron mines o£ Rio Marina, on the Island of Elba, Italy. JAPAN: Brownish xls of staurolite
Catalog/List
AERINITE Calcium magnesium iron aluminum silicate ~ Province of Huesca, Estopinian Blue massive in an_cient...beautiful opalescence ................... PERICLINE Italy, Austria 1 SWitzerland Aleine areas Fine large white...... ALLOPHANE Hydrous aluminum silicate Seain Province of Barcelona, Station Creu Elorde Waxy yellow-green...aluminum silicate Reeublic of South Africa Cape Province, Penge mine Grayish-green long-fibered mass, considered...calcium magnesium iron titanium alumina-silicate Italy Island of Linosa --Lustrous black rectangular crystal
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sample of scheelite, coming from Traversella (Turin, Italy), in light natural (above) and exposed Other...small deposits are found near Pisa and Florence (Italy). Uses Native copper rarely occurs in large enough...Formerly mined in a small district near Monte Rosa (Italy). The main source of the commercial metal, used...Found in quartzite lenses near Serravezza (Lucca, Italy) in deposits of commercial importance. Uses In amalgams...the Harz (Germany), Erzgebirge (DDR), France, Italy, Romania and Czechoslovakia. In Camp, Santa Cruz
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Republic). W.D. Birch (Australia), Elena Bonaccorsi (Italy), Ernst A.J. Burke (Netherlands), L.J. Cabri (Canada)...M. Dcliens (Belgium). Giancarlo Delia Ventura (Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA)....(Canada). L.A. Groat (Canada). Alessandro Guastoni (Italy), William A. Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth...(ltaly). Igor Pekov (Russia), atale Perchiazzi (Italy). Ole V. Petersen (Denmark). Fedcrico Pezzotta (ltaly)...Apuan 2(Si2O7)(SiO,)O(OH), Alps,Stazzema,Lucca,Tuscany,ltaly,SI, 152-158,EJM 18,551-567, CM 44, 523-531
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appraisal. Many Right: Native mercury from Lucca. Italy. This form is extremely rare as mercury is normally...States, in California and Texas; and in Spain and Italy. Treatment. Occurs naturally in such small drops...specimen Far right: Sulphur crystal from Perticara. Italy Localities. Domeykite has been found in several...England and in the copper ores of Montecatini, Tuscany, Italy. Fine-coloured specimens are found at Androta...portions of mercury deposits. Localities. From Idria, Italy; the Bedington mine near Knoxville, California;
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warm hand• Similar minerals: in powder form - copiapite (123), greenockite (199) and orpiment (4) • Distinguishing...Sicily (Italy). Sulphur of volcanic origin is found in Turkey, Mexico, Indonesia, Japan, USSR, Italy and...(USA). Perfect crystals have come from Sicily (Italy), (Poland) and (the USA). Individual crystals have...in association with aragonite; Girgenti (Sicily, Italy) 32 Sulphur H 0- 2 * >t,;: ..,. '"' ' ...Moschellandsberg (FRG), Almaden (Spain), Monte Amiata (Italy), Juan Cavelica (Peru), (USA) • Application : chemistry
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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...(2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado. AM. 63. 930-937. 1978. 4
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warm hande Similar minerals: in powder form — copiapite (123), greenockite (199) and orpiment (4) e Distinguishing...Sicily (Italy). Sulphur of volcanic origin is found in Turkey, Mexico, !ndonesia, Japan, USSR, Italy and...(USA). Perfect crystals have come from Sicily (Italy), (Poland) and (the USA). Individual crystals have...in association with aragonite; Girgenti (Sicily, Italy) 32 Native element © Graphite (Plumbago, Black...Almaden (Spain), rare; Idria Monte Amiata (Italy), Juan Cavelica (Peru), (USA) e Application: chemistry
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is found Include Almaden (Spain), Monte Amlata (Italy), ldrija (Slovenia), Moschellandsberg (Germany)...Named platina de/ Pinto (Pinto silver) after the Rio Pinto in Colombia, it is also found at Nizhni Tagil...(Canada), Kern County (California, USA), Sardinia (Italy) and Sarawak (Borneo). Sb Colour: light grey ...Russia, South Korea, Mexico, the Czech RepubUc and Italy. C Colour: black Lustre; opacity: dull metallic;...rocks. It Is found in the Copper Belt of Zambia, Rio Tinto (Spain), Katanga (Congo), Cyprus, the Urals
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is found Include Almaden (Spain), Monte Amlata (Italy), ldrija (Slovenia), Moschellandsberg (Germany)...Named platina de/ Pinto (Pinto silver) after the Rio Pinto in Colombia, it is also found at Nizhni Tagil...(Canada), Kern County (California, USA), Sardinia (Italy) and Sarawak (Borneo). Sb Colour: light grey ...Russia, South Korea, Mexico, the Czech RepubUc and Italy. C Colour: black Lustre; opacity: dull metall...rocks. It Is found in the Copper Belt of Zambia, Rio Tinto (Spain), Katanga (Congo), Cyprus, the Urals
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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...intensive oxidation/reduction reactions of pyrite in Rio Tinto, Spain and in Kostajnik, Serbia. Application:
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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...intensive oxidation/reduction reactions of pyritc in Rio Tinto. Spain and in Kostajnik. Serbia. Application:...Kazakhstan. Massive aggregates are important Cu ore in Rio Tinto, Spain; Bor. Serbia; Bisbee, Arizona. USA and
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Filrnset by Kcyspools Ltd, Golbornc, Lanes Printed in Italy 3 6 8 8 9 10 l1 11 23 30 33 36 45 205 209 2I...'simple rock'. The limestones of the Alp:i Apuanc (Tuscany, ItaJy) or the rock-salt of Galicia (Poland) are...discovered annually all over the world. Recent finds in Italy alone, for instance, include roggianite, canavasite...Burkeite Carnallite Chalcokyani te Chalk Colemanite Copiapite Coquimbite Cotunnite Criolite Cuprornapnesite...England (Cornwall and Derbyshire) and Italy (Sardinia, nonhern Italy and the eastern AJps). Zinc m inerals
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at the University of Modena, Italy. Monte Chiaro, Taro Valley, Italy. Veniale, F. & van der Marel, H...at Ziryanovsk, Altai Mountains, Semipalatinsk Province, Kazakhstan. Rose, G. (1828) In Haidinger, W....Aluminum Named as the aluminous analogue of copiapite. Temple Rock, Utah, U.S.A. Berry, L.G. (1947):...composition, a contraction of aluminite, alum. Tolfa, Italy. Gesner (1565) In Beudant, F.S. (1824): Traité élémentaire...develops when it is heated or rubbed. Cyclops Island, Italy. Hurlbut, CJ. (1937): Geol. Foren. Stockholm Forh
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[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
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2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series...Administered Tribal Areas and North West Frontier Province. Ilmenite crystal clusters to 12 cm across have...Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier Province. Surface diggings worked by local people on Zagi...per'>onalcommunication, 2007). 4 ITALY Rio Marina area, Island of Elba, Tuscany. Elba (Latin: llva) is the...just to the south of the Rio Marina iron mine. On the coast near Torre di Rio, near the clock tower for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sandstone at the Huemul mine, Malargiie area, Mendoza province, Argentina, have the composition Na4MgVloO2s.24H20;... 1958, vol. 27, p. 211) ; FeCI3.61120 , from Rio Marina, Elba. Hydroniojarosite. A. S. Povarennykh, 1962...boriferous sofiioni of Travale, Val de Cecina, Tuscany, prove to consist of (NH4)2Fe(SO4)2.6H~O and (NH4)...p. 1777; M.A. 17-504. The zinc member of the Copiapite family, previously known from several localities
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Greece. Other occurrences are found in Chile, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, and Algeria. SELECTED...Switzerland; and several localities in northern Italy. SELECTED REFERENCE: Peishan, Z., and Kejie, T....the Lake Baikal area, USSR; at Pitigliano, Tuscany, Italy; and at the Edwards mine, Edwards, New York...CONSTANTS: High temp.: @ = S72 way, Sweden, France, Italy, Switzerland (pericline), Austria, Germany, USSR...Chiaro, Taro Valley, Italy; in weathered serpentine from Ferriere, Nure Vally, Italy; and in Precambrian
 
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