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Osilo |
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Sardinia's Mine |
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Osilo |
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Osilo is a classic mineralogical locality nearby Sassari , Norther Sardinia, where beautiful minerals specimens are collected. Minerals can be found in abandoned quarries near the village or along road cuts.
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| Osilo Village |
In this site hosted and andesitic effusive rocks of oligo miocenic age give the possibility to find well and interesting minerals; here a short description of main interesting site located around this small town:
Crastu Muradu: is a big and abandoned quarry develop on three levels; in this site is possible find same rare and interesting zeolites like Yugawaralite (in trasparent crystals till 1 cm) or Gonnardite (in red orange crystals), and also more common minerals like Laumontite (in white and pink colour), Epistilbite, Analcime, Cabasite and more; to underline the presence of showy and interesting sceptered quartz in colour from smoky to amethyst and well develop till 5 - 6 cm.
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| La cava di Crastu Muradu | |
Cava Capurru: Hystorically is most famous locality of Osilo: from this quarry came the beautiful Amethyst quartz trasparent and bright that look like the Las Vigas ones.
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| La cava Capurru | |
Su Marralzu Locality: this locality is located along a secondary road, and from this site came same very interesting and rare Zeolites like bright orange Cabasite till 1 - 2 cm, big red or yellow epistilbite aggregate till 2 - 3 cm, but also Laumontite, Analcime, Heulandite, ecc.
On the Road to Chiesa di Bonaria: another site along a road in which in the past were found nice Amethyst quartz in association with Calcite and Celestine crystals.
Sa Piga Quarry: another abandoned quarry outside the small town, in this site nice white quartz till 5 cm in association with Calcite or, more interesting, reddish Celestine crystals.
 Cava Sa Piga |
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