 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Life Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy; gaggero@dipteris.unige.it (L.G.); foxy25@hotmail...complex of S. Francesco of Castelletto (Genoa, Italy) preserve traces of varicolored paint layers. Microscopic...continental (Hungary and France) and maritime (Sardinia, Cyprus, or Veneto) routes between the 13th and...complex of S. Francesco of Castelletto (Genoa, Italy), were catalogued: the typological and stylistic...Life Sciences (DISTAV) of the University of Genoa, Italy. Microphotographs were acquired with an optimized |  | | Journal (issue) | | (a mass of small cavities), from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Right: Needle-shaped crystals of aurichalcite...Zaire, and in various parts of F ranee, Greece, Italy and Russia. FACT Above: An example of aurichalcite...other maning that colour is an~ paints: the blue azurite they ganese minerals, or the pale blue of aurichalcite...are bright green; lapis lazuli, vivianite and azurite are blue; amethyst, fluorite and kammerite are...of Jibethenite crystals from Kakanda in Shaba Province, Zaire. m r- LI M N E R A L S ex: w z |  | | Journal (issue) | | PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FEDERICO PEZZOTTA CURATOR OF MINERALOGY...JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2011 PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY Participating Collectors: Marco Amabili Silvia...Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto Giazotto collection... MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY )In OutCine of MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY Federico Pezzotta Mineralogy...literature and music, scholars and aristocrats in Italy assembled some of the first great collections of |  | | Book | | with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...aurichalcite 47, 49 autunite 72, 74 axinite 91, 97 azurite 46, 49 babingtonite /0/, 102 balas ruby 24 barite...(Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almadén (Spain). In the United States it...Filiform silver. Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) Dendritic copper famous (Michigan) 1822...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite |  | | Book | | (Federal Republic of, FRG) Great Britain Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Swi~erland...Tarnowitzite) Rhodochrosite Witherite Malachite Azurite Anglesite Apatite Barite Hureaulite Strengite Galena...Saxony, GDR llfeld, Harz, GDR Rio Marina, Elba, Italy Schneeberg, Saxony, GD R Wolfsberg, Harz, GDR Freiberg...particularly interesting collection of miners' lamps and mine surveying instruments. Ancient and mediaeval mining...worn by mine officials of Saxony on ceremonial occasions. A special attraction is a model mine, 20m below |  | Ruggieri, Giovanni, Lattanzi, Pierfranco, Luxoro, Silvana S., Dessi, Roberto, Benvenuti, Marco, Tanelli, Giuseppe (1997) Geology, mineralogy, and fluid inclusion data of the Furtei high-sulfidation gold deposit, Sardinia, Italy. Economic Geology, 92 (1) 1-19 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.92.1.1 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dataof the FurteiHigh-Sulfidation GoldDeposit,Sardinia, Italy GIOVANNI lqUGGIERI, InstitutoInternazionale...Ricerche Geotermiche, CNR,PiazzaSolferino 2, 56100Pisa,Italy PIERFRANCO LATTANZI, Dipartimento di Scienze dellaTerra...09127Caglian', Italy SILVANA S. LUXORO, ROBERTODESSi, Progemisa, Via Contivecchi 7, 09122Cagliari,Italy MARCO...50121Firenze,Italy Abstract Theepithermal high-sulfidation golddeposit at Furtei(Sardinia, Italy)contains...tionoccurs (Tanelliet al.,1991);in Sardinia, epithermal gold The Corsica-Sardinia microplateis a formersegmentof |  | | | | Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...aurichalcite 47, 49 autunite 72, 74 axinite 91, 9/ azurite 46, 49 babingtonite /0/, 102 balas ruby 24 barite...(Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almadén (Spain). In the United States it is... Filiform silver: Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) endritic copper rmation. Houghton fichigan)...covered with calcite. Casteltermini, Agrigento (Italy) look more different. Theirs is the most notable | | | Book | | Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...aurichalcite 47, 49 autunite 72, 74 axinite9I, 91 azurite 46, 49 babingtonite JOI, 102 balas r_uby 24 barite...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...(Yugoslavia), son1e n1ines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almaden (Spain). In the United States it is |  | | Journal (issue) | | On The Cover Covellite specimen, Calabona Mine, Sardinia, Italy (ROB LAVINSKY, The Arkenstone/iRocks...(and a few other fortunate campers) to a diferent mine and teach us the techniques of mining there. hey...distant mountains, a lake, and a tiny town. At the mine hauled out various screens of diferent diameters...than Butte covellite specimens from the Calabona Mine, Italy are unrivaled in terms of iridescence. WIKIMEDIA...“richest hill on Earth” at Butte, Montana’s Leonard Mine. As a matter of fact, covellite enjoys some royal |  | Svorová Pawełkowicz, Sylwia, Wagner, Barbara, Kotowski, Jakub, Żukowska, Grażyna Zofia, Gołębiowska, Bożena, Siuda, Rafał, Jokubauskas, Petras (2021) Antimony and Nickel Impurities in Blue and Green Copper Pigments. Minerals, 11 (11) 1236 doi:10.3390/min11111236 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Roberta Di Febo Keywords: copper pigments (azurite; malachite); impurities/admixtures; antimony; nickel;...Scott dates the first use of azurite to the 6th millennium BC [2,3]. Azurite (2CuCO3 ·Cu(OH)2 ) [1,2] and...interpreted as alteration products of malachite or azurite; or evidence of use of a synthetic copper pigment...natural admixtures [7,18,24,31] of malachite or azurite. Minerals like olivenite, adamite [18], and mixite...Turkish invasion. Archival studies confirmed that azurite and malachite from Miedzianka in the HCM were sold |  | | Book (volume) | | to try to list all of the mining geologists and mine managers who made these visits possible and who...Netherlands-Extreme Western Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Volume V (or Volume III, Part III) will take up...current electoral and administrative departments. In Italy the deposits are listed alphabetically, except for...east of Coimbra (N40°12 N, 8 ° 2 5 W ) in the province off Beira f Baixa and some 25 km slightly NofW...crude ore averages about 0.3 per cent of WO3. The mine can produce 2000 to 2500 tons per day of tungsten |  | | Book | | Geografico De Agostini, Novara 1967 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN 0 85613 108 3 Crystallography...system. Among the more important are wolframite, azurite, malachite, colemanite, gypsum, crocoite, brazilianite...garnet known as hessonite . Val d’Ala, Piedmont, Italy (4 mm). The rhombic-shaped face in the centre is...Cubic system. Triglyphic pyrite, from Traversella, Italy (30 mm). The corner of the crystal is interrupted...form. 17 Cubic system. Pyrite from Grosseto, Italy (10 mm). The pentagona l dodecahedral form ofthis |  | | Book | | times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...presence of lime are often preserved as mala~ chite, azurite, or smithsonite; the occurrence of these minerals...octahedron. Elba, Italy. Below center Combined octahedral and pyritohedral faces. Elba, Italy. Below right...largest diamond ever found was the Cullinan (Premier mine, 1905), of 3,106 et., or 621.2 grams; from it were...time. Very few pipes are worth working. The Premier mine produces 1 million carats a year. Alluvial deposits: |  | | Book (edition) | | MINERALS realgar PRISMATIC orpiment (holohedral) azurite malachite 2/m gypsum OA2.P epidote pyroxenes...chemical composition (e.g., pyrite by limonite, or azurite by malachite). (Sometimes pseudomorphism occurs...absorbed. Some such colors are idiochromatic, like azurite and lapis lazuli (deep blue), malachite and dioptase...sample of scheelite, coming from Traversella (Turin, Italy), in light natural (above) and exposed Other...vanadinite, pyromorphite), carbonates (malachite, azurite, cerussite, smithsonite), a few oxides (cuprite) |  | | Book | | inherent colour such as yellow sulphur or blue azurite. For minerals whose colour varies with impurity...is found Include Almaden (Spain), Monte Amlata (Italy), ldrija (Slovenia), Moschellandsberg (Germany)...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...Brunswick (Canada), Kern County (California, USA), Sardinia (Italy) and Sarawak (Borneo). Sb Colour: light grey...Russia, South Korea, Mexico, the Czech RepubUc and Italy. C Colour: black Lustre; opacity: dull metallic; | | | Book | | inherent colour such as yellow sulphur or blue azurite. For minerals whose colour varies with impurity...is found Include Almaden (Spain), Monte Amlata (Italy), ldrija (Slovenia), Moschellandsberg (Germany)...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...Brunswick (Canada), Kern County (California, USA), Sardinia (Italy) and Sarawak (Borneo). Sb Colour: light grey...Russia, South Korea, Mexico, the Czech RepubUc and Italy. C Colour: black Lustre; opacity: dull metall |  | | Book | | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...over its beer: to go underground in a non-working mine is sheer folly unless you are accompanied by someone...(preferably several people) who really knows the mine. Before venturing into the field serious collectors...really is a matter of life or death when you are in a mine - only a plan will show where water on the floor...even on you. If you are recovering specimens from a mine (few collectors can or should do this) watch the |  | | Book | | aurifères des roches volcaniques de Rodalquilar, Province d' Almeria. ARGENT Ag Cubique. Les cristaux nets...allongées Vue générale des installations de la mine d'or de l'entreprise nationale Adaro, à Rodalquilar...Guadalajara ; Guadalcanal, province de Séville et ceux de Las Her rerias, province d' Almeria. ELE,\J F...dans les mines de Jaroso, _Almagrcra, dans la province d'Almcria. De l'allemand W1SMUTH, d'origine inconnue...étain. Abondant en Saxe, Allemagne; à Sorata, province de La Paz, Bolivie; Kingsgate, Nouvelles Galles |  | | Book | | sulfide) oxidizes to form anglesite (lead sulfate). Azurite (blue copper carbonate) can react to form malachite...this way keeps the original crystal shape of the azurite, it is called a pseudomorph, meaning “false form...characteristic green of malachite and blue of azurite are both due to copper, an element that can produce...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular |  | | Journal (issue) | | miners drill holes in the rock at Taxco silver mine in Mexico. Right: North Sea drilling rig 'Claymore-A'...crystals set in an asbestos base from Sondrio in Italy. Actinolite has high mechanical sensitivity - this...(matrix) from Balzano, Italy. Below: Note the blackness of these crystals from Novara, Italy. ~ Actinolite forms...British Columbia (Canada), in the Alpine regions of Italy, in New Zealand, in Siberia (Russia) and in Alaska...including limonite, calcite, malachite, smithsonite, azurite and hemimorphe. Ada mite crystals should be cleaned |  | | Book | | Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy : Mondadori, 2003. [256] p. : col. photos. ; cm...CAPTIONS Page 1: Cuprite crystals from the Ray mine, Arizona Pages 2-3: Liroconite from PERFECT CLEAVAGE...Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8-9: Beryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42-43: Silver...Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech |  | Gu, X. X., Tang, J. X., Wang, C. S., Chen, J. P., He, B. B. (2003) Himalayan magmatism and porphyry copper-molybdenum mineralization in the Yulong ore belt, East Tibet. Mineralogy and Petrology, 78 (1) 1-20 doi:10.1007/s00710-002-0203-6 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | than 1.0% Cu is followed by an enrichment zone of azurite cuprite native copper delafossite tenorite...Ghezzo C, Stefanini B (1992) The Calabona intrusive complex (Sardinia, Italy): evidence for a porphyry copper |  | | Book | | Right: This silver specimen from Seed. Sarrabus. Sardinia, is called filiform from its threadlike appearance...chalcopyrite, chalcocite, cuprite, mala¬ chite and azurite. It often occurs in the vicinity of igneous rocks...Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico....appraisal. Many Right: Native mercury from Lucca. Italy. This form is extremely rare as mercury is normally...States, in California and Texas; and in Spain and Italy. Treatment. Occurs naturally in such small drops |  | | Book (volume) | | Spain by F. Vazquez Guzman Portugal by D. Thadeu Italy by P. Zuffardi European part of the U.S.S.R. by...Southwest Europe embraces France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Each volume has an introductory chapter of the...Cordillera Pyreneo-Proven!yal chain Corsica and Sardinia . Mineralization in relation to tectonic evolution...Elisa and Dorinda Barruecopardo Golpejas or Bellita mine Morille-Martinamor El Cubito El Trasqui16n. Santa...Baixo Tejo and Sado Basins Silica sand deposits Italy by P. Zuffardi Introduction Geological setting Stratigraphy |  | | Book | | mineral or gem society in almost every state and province, attend regular meetings, and go on conducted...by his discovery of the world’s largest diamond mine. Nevertheless, the amateur will surely find many...such as yellow sulfur, pink rhodochrosite, blue azurite, and green malachite. Most minerals, however, are...book, the following are carbonates: aragonite, azurite, calcite, cerussite, dolomite, magnesite, malachite...have come from the Calabona mine at Al- ghero on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. Similar specimens |
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Calabona Mine, Alghero, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy