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CampoinVolo: the Marina di Campo town (close to the gulf on the lower left of the image) and the area of occurrence of the tourmaline bearing pegmatites with the San Piero in Campo village (centre of the image. Photo take from the airplane by Andrea Dini.
Filone1Grotta: and aplitic-pegmatitic dike hosted in monzogranite in the Grotta d'Oggi quarry. Photo Andrea Dini.
FiloneMulino2: narrow miarolitic pegmatitic veins in monzogranite. Photo Andrea Dini.
SpiaggiaPaolina1: boulder of aplitic-pegmatitic "line rock" at the Paolina beach. Photo Andrea Dini.
Pastori dike section2: Miarolitic pegmatitic vins at Filone dei Pastori. Photo Federico Pezzotta.
Pastori Marco Pocket: mineral collector Marco Lorenzoni with a miarolitic cavity rich in shorl-elbaite crystals in the Filone dei Pastori. Photo Federico Pezzotta.
osina dike section: large aplitic-pegmatitic dike (Rosina dike) hosted in monzogranite rich in K-feldspar megacrystals. Photo Federico Pezzotta.
Torm cassit S Silv: Polychrome elbaite crystals with quartz and cassiterite. Specimen 3.5 cm across, San Silvestro Pegmatite, Federico Pezzotta collection, Photo Roberto Appiani.
Torm castelletto S Silv: group of polychrome elbaite crystals. Longest crystal 1.8 cm long, San Silvestro Pegmatite, Federico Pezzotta collection, Photo Roberto Appiani.
Front cover ExtraLapis: elbaite crystal 5.6 cm long from the Rosina pegmatite. Federico Pezzotta collection, Photo Roberto Appiani.