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Italy, Lombardia, Bergamo prov., Zorzone-Val
Vedra mine
Old zinc mine, part of the important
lead-zinc mining district In
Orobic Prealps, between Val Brembana and Val Seriana. I see both the name
of Zorzone and Val Vedra used for the same mine.
It belongs to the Oltre il Colle mining district, with three localities: Val
Vedra (Zorzone), Val Parina, monte Arera.
My minerals came from the Malanotte mine, part of the Zorzone - Val Vedra mine,
famous
for plattnerite. The first
discovery of this minerals in province
of
Bergamo
was in 1968
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Calcite
This is another typical sample from Zorzone. In the massive
fluorite there is a cavity with calcite. The former XX of calcite
are partially replaced by hydrozincite, and covered by small hemimorphite
XX. There are a lot plattnerite XX, microcrystalline
8.5x8cm
Zorzone mine, Val Vedra, Oltre il Colle, Bergamo. Italy
Specimen n.1188
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Hemimorphite
Small transparent XX of hemimorphite, with brown inclusions, on
microcrystalline auricalcite
9x6cm
Zorzone mine, Val Vedra, Oltre il Colle, Bergamo. Italy
Specimen n.821
Another photo: a
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Hydrozincite
Pale green hydrozincite in the vug - 1.5x3cm wide - of mineralized
matrix
9x7cm
Zorzone mine, Val Vedra, Oltre il Colle, Bergamo. Italy
Specimen n.502 |
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Plattnerite
Thin sparkling XX of black plattnerite are scattered on a mineralized matrix
(hydrozincite) covered by very small XX of hemimorphite.
These XX are less than 0.1 cm approx and this is the better image I am able to take
with my camera
8.5x8cm
Zorzone mine, Val Vedra, Oltre il Colle, Bergamo. Italy
Specimen n.54
Another photo: a
bigger view
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Plattnerite
Very small plattnerite XX under and within rounded formations of hydrozincite
and hemimorphite
8.5x8cm
Zorzone mine, Val Vedra, Oltre il Colle, Bergamo. Italy
Specimen n.544
Another photo: a
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Wulfenite
X of wulfenite on mineralized matrix; there are some other wulfenite
XX on the piece
5x5cm
Zorzone mine, Val Vedra, Oltre il Colle, Bergamo. Italy
Specimen n.812 |
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