Campiano minerals page

The mineralized body of Campiano, consisting of massive pyrite and local concentrations of Cu-Pb-Zn sulfides, which is also situated in proximity (north) of the Boccheggiano fault. The mine - often classified as part of the Boccheggiano vein - started officially in 1983 and it has been one of the most important; it was closed in 2003/4.
Campiano, a small village, is 7/8 km far from Montieri and close to Boccheggiano, another village famous for mine activity

	Anhydrite White and semitransparent XX, up to 2cm, on pyrite mineralized matrix 13x8.5cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.19
	Anhydrite Group of tabular XX, edge max 4cm, partially covered by small sugar-like XX of calcite 12x10cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.18
	Anhydrite White XX, up to 0.9cm long, with fluorite (a X with cube face visible on the right, but a lot of XX in the 4th photo) and some siderite 10x19cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.474 Another photo: a bigger view Another photo: entire piece Another photo: a side with fluorite
	Calcite Scalenohedral XX up to 2cm on pyrite-rich matrix, with minor ankerite (or dolomite?) 7x8cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.124
	Calcite Scalenohedrons of calcite, not cleaned and covered by a pale brown/yellow deposit; the XX are long up to 1.7cm and posted on a white quartz matrix, with a fine contrast 11x10cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.130
	Calcite Big XX of calcite (edge up to 4 cm), unusually pink colored. The scalenohedrons are covered by cream ankerite small XX, parallel and well oriented (epitaxy?). Calcite is on a pyrite base 6x5cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.522
	Calcite Small scalenohedron, up to 0.4cm long, scattered on matrix rich in pyrite, with some sulphur XX 5x7cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.133 Another photo: detail of piece Another photo: entire piece
	Calcite "Pineapple" calcite: group of XX grown together, on cubic pyrite 5x6cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.204
	Fluorite Transparent-water colorless modified cube (cube + rhombododecaedron) 0.8cm long, on quartz, with calcite. This kind of fluorite was common in the Campiano mine 5x4cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.78 Another photo: a bigger view Another photo: a different view
	Fluorite Another piece with colorless modified cubes, like the n.78 specimen (edge: 0.7cm long), on quartz, with calcite 5x4cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.22 Another photo: entire specimen
	Fluorite Fluorite X, with a sort of stepped cubic habit: it is another look of the "modified cube" of previous picture, a combination of cube and dodecahedron, with stepped corner. It is a detail of a piece with some Fluorite XX, deposited on a quartz matrix. Amongst fluorite and quartz there are some small anhydrite white XX and some dolomite. In my opinion, very nice piece 18,5x8cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.25 Another photo: bigger view
	Fluorite Cubic-dodecahedral XX of fluorite, on quartz, with anhydrite and dolomite. It is a piece similar to the previous one 20x14cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.104 Another photo: bigger view
	Gypsum Bundle of fragile acicular orange XX, closely pleached 12x8.5cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.160
	Pyrite Cubic XX, slightly striated, almost entirely covered by white calcite in small XX. Max visible edge is 3.5 cm long 8x6.5cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.10
	Quartz Another scepter, with skeletal appearance, 3.5 cm long 5x3cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.285
	Quartz XX max 4cm, covered by small XX of gray quartz , with tabular XX of white anydrithe. On the specimen some XX (intergrowing of cubes) of white transparent fluorite. It is a typical old sample from Campiano mine 20x15cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.187
	Quartz Small group of XX, up to 2cm, with few fluorite XX at the base 6x5cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.66
	Quartz Group of white XX, up to 2.2cm long; some of them show a re-crystallization of smaller and transparent individual pieces on the tips of the main X (not uncommon formation in the Campiano mine) 4.5x5cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.217 Another photo: entire piece
	Quartz Single X, well done, with the usual transparent termination (some bubble are visible) and opaque body 4.5x5cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.294
	Quartz Group of elongated XX up to 6cm 12x10cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.181
	Quartz Group of opaque XX up to 9cm long 4.5x5cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.293
	Quartz Group of XX up to 11cm long with some lamellae of anhydrite and small grains of pyriteThere is another unidentified sulfur in small metallic XX 11.5x5cm Campiano mine, Grosseto. Italy Specimen n.242