Seravezza Quarries, Seravezza, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

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Cave di Seravezza, Seravezza, Alpi Apuane, Lucca, Toscana, Italia

Marble quarries located near Seravezza town. Marble quarries are on the eastern slope of Monte Trambiserra (Pitone area) and on the SW slope of Monte Ornato (Ceragiola area and Monte Costa area).
Pitone area hosts two quarries (both abandoned since 1984): Biagi quarry and Tessa quarry. Monte Costa area hosts several quarries but only one is still active. Ceragiola area includes Tognetti quarry, Bigi quarry and Agostini quarry.

References

- Bracci G., Dalena D., Orlandi P., Duchi G., Vezzalini G., 1980. Guettardite from Tuscany. A second occurrence. Canad. Mineral., 18: 13-15
- Franzini M., Orlandi P., Pasero M., 1992. Morphological, chemical and structural study of robinsonite (Pb4Sb6S13) from Alpi Apuane, Italy. Acta Vulcanologica, Marinelli Volume, 2: 231-235.
- Orlandi P., Del Chiaro L., Pagano R., 1996. Minerals of the Seravezza Marble, Tuscany, Italy. Min. Rec. vol. 27, pp. 47-58 Jan-Feb. 1996
- Orlandi P., Meerschaut A., Palvadeau P., Merlino S., 2002. Lead-antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy). V. Definition and crystal structure of moeloite, Pb6Sb6S14(S3), a new mineral from Ceragiola marble quarry. Eur. J. Mineral., 14: 599-606.
- Biagioni, C. (2009). Minerali della Provincia di Lucca. Associazione Micro-Mineralogica Italiana, Cremona, 352 pp.
- Orlandi, P. & Criscuolo, A. (2009). Minerali del marmo delle Alpi Apuane. Pacini editore, Pisa, 180 pp.
- Orlandi, P., Moëlo, Y. & Biagioni, C. (2010). Lead-antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy). X. Dadsonite from the Buca della Vena mine and Bi-rich izoklakeite from the Seravezza marble quarries. Periodico di Mineralogia, 79, 113-121. [izoklakeite from Ceragiola]

Mineral List

Adamite Albite Anatase Anglesite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Aurichalcite Azurite Baryte Baumhauerite ? Bismuthinite Boulangerite Bournonite Calcite Celestine Cerussite

Chalcopyrite Colusite Dadsonite Dolomite Duftite Enargite Famatinite Fluorite Galena Giessenite Guettardite Gypsum Hydrozincite Izoklakeite Jamesonite Jordanite

'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Luzonite Malachite Marcasite Millerite Mimetite Moëloite (TL) Orpiment Oxyplumboroméite Pyrite Quartz Realgar Robinsonite Rosasite Rutile Sartorite

Semseyite Smithsonite Smythite Sphalerite Stibnite Strontianite Sulphur Sulvanite Tetrahedrite 'Wad' Wulfenite Wurtzite Zinkenite

61 entries listed. 58 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 1 erroneous literature entry.