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Monte Folgorito, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italyi
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Monte FolgoritoMountain
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 1' 10'' North , 10° 12' 6'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Sant'Eustachio291 (2014)1.9km
Azzano329 (2014)2.2km
Montignoso10,023 (2012)2.4km
San Vito-Cerreto1,311 (2014)2.4km
Riomagno226 (2014)2.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
25264
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:25264:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Quartz veins with lazulite are embedded in the Carnic sericitic phyllites and metaconglomerates. The primary rocks were a succession of sands, clays and conglomerates, metamorphosed to the greenschists facies during a tectono-metamorphic event developed between 27 and 8 My.
Inside these rocks and the quartz veins, there are kyanite, pyrophyllite, chlorite and hematite; lazulite is present only inside some among them.

The mineralized quartz veins in phyllitic rocks and metaconglomerates are located on southern side of Mt Folgorito, in a locality named "Strinato" along the road from Strettoia Village that reaches Cerreta S. Nicola.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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8 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Habit: prismatic hexagonal xls
Colour: colorless, whitish
'Chlorite Group'
Habit: lamellar
Colour: dark green
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Habit: pseudo-hexagonal xls
Colour: black
Description: xls up to 15 mm. Parallel associations of xls.
Kyanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
Habit: prismatic
Colour: grey, green-blue
Description: Xls up to 10 cm. Usually it is concentrated in the contact zone between quartz and embedding rocks.
Lazulite
Formula: MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
Habit: pseudo-pyramidal with rombic section
Colour: light blue, blue
Description: Nice xls up to 15 mm of a very deep color and transparent.
Pyrophyllite
Formula: Al2Si4O10(OH)2
Habit: radiating aggregates of acicular xls
Colour: white, pale yellow, orange
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Habit: prismatic xls
Colour: colorless, milky
Rutile
Formula: TiO2
Habit: acicular
Colour: red
Svanbergite
Formula: SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Habit: rhombohedric
Colour: colorless
Xenotime-(Y)
Formula: Y(PO4)
Habit: prismatic
Colour: pale yellow

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Xenotime-(Y)8.AD.35Y(PO4)
Lazulite8.BB.40MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
Svanbergite8.BL.05SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Group 9 - Silicates
Kyanite9.AF.15Al2(SiO4)O
Pyrophyllite9.EC.10Al2Si4O10(OH)2
Unclassified
'Chlorite Group'-
'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
H PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2
H SvanbergiteSrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
H ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
OOxygen
O HematiteFe2O3
O KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
O LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
O PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O RutileTiO2
O SvanbergiteSrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
O Xenotime-(Y)Y(PO4)
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FFluorine
F ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
MgMagnesium
Mg LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Al LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
Al PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2
Al SvanbergiteSrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
SiSilicon
Si KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Si PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
P LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
P SvanbergiteSrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
P Xenotime-(Y)Y(PO4)
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
SSulfur
S SvanbergiteSrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
ClChlorine
Cl ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
CaCalcium
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
TiTitanium
Ti RutileTiO2
FeIron
Fe HematiteFe2O3
SrStrontium
Sr SvanbergiteSrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
YYttrium
Y Xenotime-(Y)Y(PO4)

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Wikipedia:https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Folgorito

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