(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.
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Map Reference: 43°59'N , 10°13'E
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