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Italy, Toscana, Livorno prov., Campiglia Marittima area
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Temperino
mine. Skarn polymetallic
deposit in Valle del Temperino, near Campiglia Marittima. Now a
restricted area with a geo-mineral park |
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Aragonite
Another "flos ferri" aragonite view, from a piece with botryoidal
formations, as it is possible to see
from the 2nd photo. An old finding
18x13cm
Temperino mine, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno. Italy
Specimen n.895
Another photo: entire
piece
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Aurichalcite
Tufts of typical acicular blue XX, in a limonitic cavity
5.5x5cm
Temperino mine, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno. Italy
Specimen n.129
Another photo: entire
piece
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Quartz
Scepter 3.8cm long, surrounded by small quartz XX, on mineralized matrix
9.5x7cm
Temperino mine, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno. Italy
Specimen n.869 |
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Maffei
quarry. Granite quarry on
Mt Spinosa, that interests the contact rocks with limestone and
skarn |
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Scapolite
Elongated XX, up to 2cm long. A small mass of violet fluorite on the
left, it seems to me an unusual association. The specimen comes from a calcite vein (someone told me that it could be
meionite, I have some doubts)
9x7.5cm
Maffei cave, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno. Italy
Specimen n.470
Another photo:
entire piece
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