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Capraia Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italyi
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Capraia Island (south-west sector)

Capraia Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Capraia Island (south-west sector)

Capraia Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Capraia Island (south-west sector)

Capraia Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Capraia Isola295 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
123138
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:123138:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Isola di Capraia; Capraia Isola
Other Languages:
French:
Capraia Isola, Province de Livourne, Toscane, Italie
German:
Capraia Isola, Provinz Livorno, Toskana, Italien
Italian:
Isola di Capraia (Capraia Isola), Provincia di Livorno, Toscana, Italia
Russian:
Остров Капрая (Капрая-Изола), Провинция Ливорно, Тоскана, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
卡普拉亞島, 利佛諾省, 托斯卡纳, 意大利
Spanish:
Capraia Isola, Provincia de Livorno, Toscana, Italia
Aragonese:
Capraia Isola, Toscana, Italia
Armenian:
Կապրայա, Լիվորնո, Տոսկանա, Իտալիա
Basque:
Capraia Isola, Livornoko probintzia, Toskana, Italia
Bavarian:
Capraia Isola, Toskana, Italien (Walsch; Belischelant; Balschlònt)
Belarusian:
Капрая-ізола, правінцыя Ліворна, Таскана, Італія
Bosnian:
Capraia Isola, Toskana, Italija
Breton:
Capraia Isola, Proviñs Livorno, Toskana, Italia
Bulgarian:
Капрая Изола, Ливорно, Тоскана, Италия
Catalan:
Capraia Isola, província de Liorna, Toscana, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Capraia Isola, Provincia di Livorno, Toscana, Italya
Central Bikol:
Capraia Isola, Provincia nin Livorno, Tuscany, Italya
Corsican:
Capraia Isula, Pruvincia di Livornu, Tuscana, Italia
Croatian:
Capraia, Toskana, Italija
Czech:
Capraia Isola, Provincie Livorno, Toskánsko, Itálie
Danish:
Capraia Isola, Livorno, Toscana, Italien
Dutch:
Capraia Isola, Livorno, Toscane, Italië
Esperanto:
Capraia Isola, Provinco Livorno, Toskanio, Italio
Estonian:
Capraia Isola, Livorno provints, Toscana, Itaalia
Farsi/Persian:
کاپرایا, استان لیورنو, توسکانی, ایتالیا
Finnish:
Capraia Isola, Livornon maakunta, Toscana, Italia
Galician:
Capraia Isola, Provincia de Livorno, Toscana, Italia
Greek:
Καπραΐα, Λιβόρνο, Τοσκάνη, Ιταλία
Hungarian:
Capraia Isola, Livorno megye, Toszkána, Olaszország
Japanese:
カプラーイア・イーゾラ, リヴォルノ県, トスカーナ州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Капрая-Изола, Тоскана, Италия
Latin:
Capraria Insula (Aegilos Insula; Aegila Insula), Provincia Liburnensis (Provincia Labronica), Tuscia, Italia
Ligurian:
Cravæa, Toscann-a, Italia
Lombard:
Capraia Isola, Pruvincia de Livorno, Toscana, Italia
Malay:
Capraia, Wilayah Livorno, Tuscany, Itali
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Capraia Isola, Livorno Séng, Toscana, Italia
Neapolitan:
Capraia Isola, Toscana, Italia
Norwegian:
Capraia, Livorno, Toscana, Italia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Capraia, Provinsen Livorno, Toscana, Italia
Piedmontese:
Capraia Isola, Provincia ëd Livorn, Toscan-a, Italia
Polish:
Capraia Isola, Prowincja Livorno, Toskania, Włochy
Portuguese:
Ilha Capraia, Livorno, Toscana, Itália
Romanian:
Capraia Isola, Provincia Livorno, Toscana, Italia
Scots:
Capraia, Province o Livorno, Tuscany, Italy
Serbian:
Capraia Isola, Ливорно, Тоскана, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Capraia, Livorno, Toskana, Italija
Sicilian:
Capraia Isula, Pruvincia di Livornu, Tuscana, Italia
South Azerbaijani:
کاپرایا, توسکانی, ایتالیا
Swedish:
Capraia Isola, Livorno, Toscana, Italien
Tagalog:
Capraia, Livorno, Tuscany, Italya
Tarantino:
Capraia Isola, Provinge de Livorno, Toscana, Itaglie
Turkish:
Capraia Isola, Livorno ili, Toskana, İtalya
Ukrainian:
Капрая-Ізола, Ліворно , Тоскана, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Capraia Isola, Livorno, Italiya
Vietnamese:
Capraia, Livorno, Toscana, Ý
Volapük:
Capraia Isola, Litaliyän
Waray:
Capraia Isola, Livorno, Toscana, Italya


The Island of Capraia is the westernmost of the seven islands that constitute the Tuscan Archipelago, the third in size (about 20 km²) after Elba and Giglio, and the nearest volcanic outcrop to the Corsica lamproite. The island is also a municipality of the province of Livorno, whose official name is Capraia Isola.

The Capraia Island is formed by the coalescence of two volcanic structures: the Capraia and the Zenobito Volcanoes (Rodolico, 1938; Franzini, 1964; Barberi et al., 1986; Poli et al., 1995; Poli and Perugini, 2003; Aldighieri et al., 2004; Chelazzi et al., 2006). The Capraia Volcano is a large asymmetric composite volcano, strongly dissected by recent tectonic activity accompanied by flank collapse and sea-driven erosion. It is made up of the coalescence of several domes and volcanic centres, which produced predominant massive lava flows and ash and block flows with only subordinate pyroclastic flows. The exposed magmatic activity has been dated from 7.5 to 6.9 Ma. The Zenobito Volcano is a small monogenetic apparatus that produced a cinder cone associated with a very small plateau-like lava structure in a short time spanning at 4.6 Ma, overlapping the south-westernmost edge of the Capraia Volcano. Outcropping rocks of the older volcano are high-K calc-alkalic rocks ranging in composition from dominant andesite and dacite to rare rhyolite, straddling latite and trachyte fields. Volcanic rocks from the Zenobito Volcano are much more uniform in composition ranging from potassic trachybasalt to shoshonite, but some subalkalic samples falling within the andesite basaltic field have been also found.

Minerals can be found as constituents of the volcanic rocks or in fissures.
The clinopyroxene from Capraia Volcano has augitic composition whereas clinopyroxene from Zenobito Volcano is enriched in the diopsidic component (Chelazzi et al., 2006).

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


18 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
ⓘ Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Augite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
ⓘ 'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
ⓘ Cristobalite
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
ⓘ Enstatite
Formula: Mg2Si2O6
ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
ⓘ Fibroferrite
Formula: Fe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
ⓘ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'
Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
ⓘ Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
ⓘ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘ Phlogopite
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘ 'Plagioclase'
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Sanidine
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
ⓘ Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
ⓘ Tridymite
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘChromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘIlmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘTridymite4.DA.10SiO2
ⓘCristobalite4.DA.15SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘAragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4
ⓘFibroferrite7.DC.15Fe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
ⓘTitanite9.AG.15CaTi(SiO4)O
ⓘEnstatite9.DA.05Mg2Si2O6
ⓘAugite9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘDiopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
ⓘPhlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘSanidine9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
ⓘ'Hornblende Root Name Group'-◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
ⓘ'Plagioclase'-(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
ⓘ'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Hⓘ FibroferriteFe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
Hⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Hⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
CCarbon
Cⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
Oⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Oⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Oⓘ CristobaliteSiO2
Oⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Oⓘ EnstatiteMg2Si2O6
Oⓘ FibroferriteFe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Oⓘ TridymiteSiO2
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Oⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Oⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Oⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Oⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FFluorine
Fⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Fⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
NaSodium
Naⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Mgⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Mgⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mgⓘ EnstatiteMg2Si2O6
Mgⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Mgⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
AlAluminium
Alⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Alⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Alⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Siⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Siⓘ CristobaliteSiO2
Siⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Siⓘ EnstatiteMg2Si2O6
Siⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Siⓘ TridymiteSiO2
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Siⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Siⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Siⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
SSulfur
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Sⓘ FibroferriteFe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
ClChlorine
Clⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Clⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
KPotassium
Kⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Kⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kⓘ SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
CaCalcium
Caⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
Caⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Caⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Caⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Caⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Caⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Tiⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Tiⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
CrChromium
Crⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Feⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Feⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Feⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Feⓘ FibroferriteFe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capraia_Isola
Wikidata ID:Q157733
GeoNames ID:6542255


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