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Elba (San Piero, Grotta d'Oggi)

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: pollucite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Miocene granite pegmatite

Type locality of elbaite tourmaline; a historic gem-pegmatite district.

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Grotta d'Oggi / San Piero in Campo pegmatites, Elba3 km away · Gem locality
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San Piero in Campo, Elba, Italy4 km away · Gem locality
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