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Gorgona Island, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Gorgona Island | Island |
| Livorno | Municipality |
| Livorno Province | Province |
| Tuscany | Region |
| Italy | Country |
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Type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Gorgona Scalo | 115 (2015) |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Isola di Gorgona, Livorno, Livorno, Toscana, Italia
Gorgona is the northernmost island in the Tuscan Archipelago, a group of islands off the west coast of Italy. Between Corsica and Livorno, this diminutive island has been valued most for its wildlife, especially marine birds, and its isolation. The latter quality resulted in the foundation of Gorgona Abbey in the Middle Ages. After its closure, the monastery grounds and buildings were appropriated in 1869, at the foundation of an agricultural penal colony, which is currently in use.
Two distinct structural complexes are present in this island: a metasedimentary unit, composed of metasandstones (Metareniti di Cala di Pancia Fm.) and carbonatic micaschists (Calcescisti di Cala Gorgona Fm.), and an ophiolitic unit formed by serpentines, gabbros and metabasalts. Only rare quartz veins are present in the metasedimentary rocks while interesting samples of albite, epidote and quartz were found in the ophiolitic rocks.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Albite Formula: Na(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Epidote Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Glaucophane Formula: ◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Lawsonite Formula: CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Lawsonite | 9.BE.05 | CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O |
| ⓘ | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| ⓘ | Glaucophane | 9.DE.25 | ◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| H | ⓘ Glaucophane | ◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Lawsonite | CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| O | ⓘ Glaucophane | ◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Lawsonite | CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Na | ⓘ Glaucophane | ◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Glaucophane | ◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Al | ⓘ Glaucophane | ◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Lawsonite | CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Si | ⓘ Glaucophane | ◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Lawsonite | CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Ca | ⓘ Lawsonite | CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Fossils
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgona_(Italy) |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q19347 |
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