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Geographical
sections. Italy, Toscana, Grosseto prov.,
Fenice Capanne vein |
Selection
of images from the collection. ©
Fernando Metelli. All the photos and other material on this site are copyright,
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This is an important
mineralized vein in the Massa Marittina area with old mixed sulphides mines
(copper, lead, zinc. Activity ended in 1985
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Brochantite
Mineralized matrix covered by needles of brochantite up to 1cm long
7x9cm
Fenice Capanne mine, Grosseto. Italy
Specimen n.1031
Another photo:
entire piece
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Copper
Thin plate of copper, partially altered and covered by malachite, on
mineralized matrix. Probably it comes from Capanne Vecchie, in the
Fenice Capanne mine area
6.2x3.8cm
Fenice Capanne mine, Grosseto. Italy
Specimen n.144
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Quartz
Group of quartz XX, up to 5 cm long, pale amethist. They have a
strange termination, with inverted or fat scepter formation, as it is
clearer in the other two photos
10x7.5cm
Fenice Capanne mine, Grosseto. Italy
Specimen n.739
Another photo:
different view
Another photo: a
detail
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Quartz
Sceptered quartz, 3 cm high, posted on the top of matrix
7.5x6cm
Fenice Capanne mine, Grosseto. Italy
Specimen n.1292 |
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Rhodochrosite
Pale pink and pearly XX, edge up to 2cm, with micro-XX of bright
calcite and small grains of sphalerite
6.2x3.8cm
Fenice Capanne mine, Grosseto. Italy
Specimen n.1211
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Sphalerite
Dark malformed (complex?) group of XX, 1.1 cm wide, in a quartz
cavity, 4x2cm large. Some cubic pyrite around the piece
7x9cm
Fenice Capanne mine, Grosseto. Italy
Specimen n.1253
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