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Valle Benedetta, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italyi
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Pentlandite

Valle Benedetta, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Pentlandite

Valle Benedetta, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Pentlandite

Valle Benedetta, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Pentlandite

Valle Benedetta, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Pentlandite

Valle Benedetta, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Pentlandite

Valle Benedetta, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Pentlandite

Valle Benedetta, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Pentlandite

Valle Benedetta, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
43° 31' 18'' North , 10° 24' 29'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
43.52167,10.40826
GRN:
N30E06
Type:
Village
KΓΆppen climate type:
Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Mindat Locality ID:
283276
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:283276:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Valle Benedetta is a frazione of the municipality of Livorno, located in the middle of the Livorno hills and, more precisely, on the slopes of Poggio Lecceta; it is about 9 kilometres from the city centre.

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67 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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β“˜ Agardite-(Y)
Formula: YCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 · 3H2O
References:
Marco Bonifazi collectionIdentification: SEM-EDS
β“˜ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
β“˜ Allophane
Formula: (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
Habit: botryoidal masses
Colour: colourless to white with pearly lustre
β“˜ Anatase
Formula: TiO2
Colour: red with orange internal reflections
β“˜ Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
β“˜ Ansermetite
Formula: Mn2+(V2O6) · 4H2O
Description: XRD identified 05-2023 Marco Bonifazi (pending publication)
β“˜ Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
β“˜ Atacamite
Formula: Cu2(OH)3Cl
β“˜ Azurite
Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
β“˜ Bariopharmacoalumite
Formula: Ba0.5Al4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 4H2O
β“˜ Bariopharmacosiderite
Formula: Ba0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 5H2O
β“˜ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
β“˜ Bassetite
Formula: Fe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O
β“˜ Betpakdalite-CaCa
Formula: [Ca2(H2O)17Ca(H2O)6][Mo6+8As5+2Fe3+3O36(OH)]
References:
Marco Bonifazi collectionIdentified by Marco Bonifazi: XRD
β“˜ Betpakdalite-CaMg
Formula: [Ca2(H2O)17Mg(H2O)6][Mo8As2Fe3+3O36(OH)]
Description: Raman and EDX 2021 - confirmed XRD and EDX 05-2023 Marco Bonifazi (pending publication)
β“˜ Brochantite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
β“˜ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
β“˜ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
β“˜ Chamosite
Formula: Fe2+5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
β“˜ Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
β“˜ Cornubite
Formula: Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
β“˜ Cornwallite
Formula: Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
β“˜ Covellite
Formula: CuS
References:
Marco Bonifazi
Marco Bonifazi collectionIdentification: XRD, SEM-EDS
β“˜ Crednerite
Formula: Cu+Mn3+O2
β“˜ Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
β“˜ Delafossite
Formula: Cu+Fe3+O2
β“˜ Duttonite
Formula: V4+O(OH)2
References:
Marco Bonifazi
β“˜ Ferrimolybdite
Formula: Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O
Description: EDX and Raman 2021 and XRD confirmed/identified 05-2023 Marco Bonifazi (pending publication)
β“˜ Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
β“˜ Graphite
Formula: C
Description: Confirmed SEM EDS
References:
Marco Bonifazi
β“˜ Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
β“˜ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
β“˜ Hydrowoodwardite
Formula: (Cu1-xAlx)(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2O
References:
Marco Bonifazi collectionIdentified by Marco Bonifazi: XRD, SEM-EDS
β“˜ Kaatialaite
Formula: Fe3+[AsO2(OH)2]3 · 5H2O
Description: XRD identified 05-2023 Bonifazi (pending publication)
β“˜ Langite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
β“˜ Lavendulan
Formula: NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl · 5H2O
β“˜ Lithiophorite
Formula: (Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2
β“˜ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
β“˜ Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
β“˜ 'Manganese Oxides'
Description: a constituent of "galestro", an argillaceous schist
β“˜ Manganite
Formula: Mn3+O(OH)
Description: Microscopic bundles of striated black crystals with resinous or sub-metallic lustre as a constituent of "galestro", an argillaceous schist.
β“˜ Metatorbernite
Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
β“˜ Metatyuyamunite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
Description: Confirmed SEM EDS and Raman
References:
Marco Bonifazi
β“˜ Metazeunerite
Formula: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
β“˜ Molinelloite
Formula: Cu(H2O)(OH)V4+O(V5+O4)
Description: The occurrence is volborthite with some duttonite.
β“˜ Native Copper
Formula: Cu
β“˜ Native Gold
Formula: Au
β“˜ Natrojarosite
Formula: NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
References:
Marco Bonifazi collectionIdentification: Raman Spectroscopy
β“˜ Olivenite
Formula: Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
β“˜ Olivenite var. Leucochalcite
Formula: Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
β“˜ Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
β“˜ Pentlandite
Formula: (NixFey)Ξ£9S8
Description: Cobaltiferous. Analysed at the MusΓ©um National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, by Gian Carlo Parodi and Sylvain Pont.
β“˜ Pentlandite var. Cobalt-bearing Pentlandite
Formula: (NixFey)Ξ£9S8
β“˜ 'Petrified Wood'
β“˜ Posnjakite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O
β“˜ Powellite
Formula: Ca(MoO4)
β“˜ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
β“˜ Pyrochroite
Formula: Mn(OH)2
Description: Confirmed EDS and Raman
β“˜ Pyrolusite
Formula: Mn4+O2
β“˜ Pyromorphite
Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Quartz var. Pseudocubic Quartz
Formula: SiO2
References:
Marco BonifaziIdentification: SEM-EDS
β“˜ Rhodochrosite
Formula: MnCO3
β“˜ Sengierite
Formula: Cu2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 6H2O
β“˜ Strashimirite
Formula: Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4 · 5H2O
β“˜ Torbernite
Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O
β“˜ Tyuyamunite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
Description: Confirmed SEM EDS and Raman
References:
Marco Bonifazi
β“˜ Uraninite
Formula: UO2
β“˜ Uraninite var. Pitchblende
Formula: UO2
β“˜ Volborthite
Formula: Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O
β“˜ Woodwardite
Formula: Cu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2O
References:
Marco Bonifazi
Marco Bonifazi collectionIdentification: XRD, SEM-EDS
β“˜ Wulfenite
Formula: Pb(MoO4)
β“˜ ZΓ‘lesΓ­ite
Formula: CaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6 · 3H2O
β“˜ Zeunerite
Formula: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 12H2O