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Laumontite from
Montecatini Mine, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy


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Caporcianite

Montecatini Mine, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Laumontite, etc.

Montecatini Mine, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Caporcianite

Montecatini Mine, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Laumontite, etc.

Montecatini Mine, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Caporcianite

Montecatini Mine, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Laumontite, etc.

Montecatini Mine, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Laumontite
Formula:CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite2
Native Copper2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Laumontite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Montecatini Mine, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:154060
Long-form Identifier:1:3:154060:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Laumontite
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘVal di Perga, Castellina Marittima, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
49.7km (30.9 miles) ⓘFalciani bridge, Impruneta, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
58.0km (36.1 miles) ⓘCrevolone Torrent gabbro outcrop, La Befa, Murlo, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
81.2km (50.5 miles) ⓘCrino di Serra, Marciana, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
83.2km (51.7 miles) ⓘRosina vein (Rosina pegmatite), San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
83.4km (51.8 miles) ⓘFonte del Prete, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
90.7km (56.4 miles) ⓘCa' Madreva (Fosso di Vivalle; Rio di Rame; Capanna Foresta), Gaggio Montano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
95.2km (59.1 miles) ⓘSan Rocco di Creda, Castiglione dei Pepoli, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
References
Terenzi A., Meli R., 1988. La miniera cuprifera di Montecatini in Val di Cecina (PI) Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 12 (1): 19-26
Anderson, Thomas (1844) XXI. Analysis of Caporcianite and Phakolite, two new Minerals of the Zeolite Family. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 15 (2). 331-334 doi:10.1017/s0080456800030003
Baschieri, E. (1908) Studio sulla costituzione delle zeoliti. Rivista di Mineralogia e Cristallografia Italiana, 36, 37-48.
Dini, Andrea, Rielli, Andrea, Di Giuseppe, Paolo, Ruggieri, Giovanni, Boschi, Chiara (2024) The Ophiolite-Hosted Cu-Zn VMS Deposits of Tuscany (Italy). Minerals, 14 (3). 273 doi:10.3390/min14030273
 
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