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section. Italy, Toscana, Livorno prov., Isola d'Elba, Rio Marina area |
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of images from the collection. ©
Fernando Metelli. All the photos and other material on this site are copyright,
if you wish to use them please contact me for permission
I have pieces coming from the
mine areas in the eastern part of the island. Some of them come from my
'70s findings
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Fluorite
Cubic XX up to 0.6 cm, on altered hematite. Fluorite
specimens are unusual in the iron mines from Elba
7x8cm
Valle Giove stope, Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Livorno. Italy
Specimen n.188
Another photo: a bigger
view
Another photo: entire
piece
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Hematite
Complex shape XX up to 3cm
6x7cm
Bacino stope, Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Livorno. Italy
Specimen n.508
Another photo: a
bigger view
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Hematite
Group of XX, a main X is 2.5 cm wide, the others smaller, very
bright
6x4.5cm
Bacino stope,
Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Livorno. Italy
Specimen n.988
Another photo: a
bigger and different
view
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Hematite
Some XX , the biggest is 4x2.7cm (unfortunately it is
broken), on compact hematite
15x12cm
Bacino stope,
Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Livorno. Italy
Specimen n.190
Another photo:
same piece before
cleaning
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Hematite
Small XX, upt ot 1,5 cm wide, partially covered by a coating of
kaolinite. It is a poor specimen, but I received it when I was a
child from a miner and it is a memento
15x12cm
Vigneria stope, Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Livorno. Italy
Specimen n.76 |
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Ilvaite
Ilvaite X - 2.6 cm long - posted on a matrix of deeply altered
hedembergite, with some quartz. There is another ilvaite X on
the other side, immersed in the matrix. the X is corroded, as often
happens for this piece from Rio Marina area old mines
10x9cm
Monte Fico, Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Livorno. Italy
Specimen n.309
Another photo: a
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Pyrite
Single X 2.5 wide, on compact hematite. The X was immersed in
hematite and extracted manually
6.5x5cm
Valle Giove, Rio Marina mine, Elba Island. Italy
Specimen n.305 |
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Pyrite
Complex X, 1x2 cm wide, on hematite
3.5x4.5cm
Valle Giove, Rio Marina mine, Elba Island. Italy
Specimen n.195 |
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Pyrite
Octahedron, on hematite
6.5x5cm
Terre Nere mine, Rio Marina, Elba Island. Italy
Specimen n.226 |
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Pyrite
Complex XX, 0.6cm wide, posted on top on rock covered by small XX of
siderite
5x4cm
Rio Marina, Elba Island. Italy
Specimen n.898 |
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Pyrite
Perfect pyritoedron manually extracted from matrix, 1 cm wide, on hematite
3.5x3.7cm
Valle Giove, Rio Marina mine, Elba Island. Italy
Specimen n.268 |
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Pyrite
Pyritohedron (pentagonal dodecahedron) XX, edge max 2.5cm, on compact pyrite.
Not cleaned since it has a fracture and I want to safe it, it is one of
my older findings
6x6cm
Vigneria stope, Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Livorno. Italy
Specimen n. 52
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Pyrite
Big pyritoedra, edge up to 5cm, on a small portion of compact
hematite
15x12cm
Valle Giove stope, Rio Marina mine, Elba Island. Italy
Specimen n.479
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Pyrite
Group of XX, with unusual shape
2.5x2.7cm
Valle Giove, Rio Marina mine, Elba Island. Italy
Specimen n.277 |
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