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Madielle Quarries, Massa, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Photo: Marco Barsanti
This marble basin is localized few km ENE from Massa city; the area in which the marble occurs that sometimes hosts the mentioned minerals, is presently worked by four active quarries. These quarries are the ones in which have been found the greatest number of mineral species; all of them have been found inside cavities of the particular boudinage of the dolomitic formations inside the so-called veined marble.
Mineral List
47 entries listed. 46 valid minerals.
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References
- Orlandi P., Bellé E., 2000. I minerali del marmo del bacino del Frigido, Massa. Comune della Città di Massa, Ed., 144 pp.
- Orlandi P., 2004. Carraraite, zaccagnaite, IMA 1998-033 e altre specie rinvenute nelle geodi dei marmi Apuani. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 28: 24-27.
- Orlandi, P. & Criscuolo, A. (2009). Minerali del marmo delle Alpi Apuane. Pacini editore, Pisa, 180 pp
- Orlandi P., 2004. Carraraite, zaccagnaite, IMA 1998-033 e altre specie rinvenute nelle geodi dei marmi Apuani. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 28: 24-27.
- Orlandi, P. & Criscuolo, A. (2009). Minerali del marmo delle Alpi Apuane. Pacini editore, Pisa, 180 pp
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