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Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

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(Miniera di Buca della Vena, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Alpi Apuane, Lucca, Toscana, Italia)

The Buca della Vena mine was exploited for barite and Fe-oxides up to 1988. The mineralization is hosted within two carbonatic lenses of dolomitic metalimestones of Upper Triassic age (Grezzoni formation) and marble of Liassic age (Marble formation), interbedded with lenses of phyllites. The ore body and the hosted rocks show evidences of deformations which have been referred to a first compressive tectonic phase dating back 26 m.y.. Measured homogenization temperature in beryl crystals from the ore body ranged from 250° to 340° C, in good agreement with the metamorphic grade of the area (greenschist facies).
Carmignani et al. (1972, 1976) considered this deposit to be a metasomatic replacement of carbonate rocks, genetically connected to a hypothetical synkinematic intrusive body.
According to Cortecci et al. (1985), on the other hand, on the basis of isotope analysis of sulfates and sulfides, concluded that the deposit is sedimentary in origin and was subsequently metamorphosed and partly remobilized during the Tertiary Appenninic orogeny.

Orlandi & Dini (2004) distinguish four different kind of occurrence of Buca della Vena minerals:
-Type V-1 veins: calcite and baryte veins embedded in the dolomitic limestones.
-Type V-2 veins: quartz and baryte veins embedded in the ore body (Fe-oxides + baryte)
-Type V-3 veins: quartz veins embedded in the phyllites.
-Type F-1 fractures: vertical fractures with the wall covered by calcite, baryte and albite crystals.



References:
• Panichi U., 1911. Minerali che accompagnano il giacimento ferrifero della Buca della Vena presso Stazzema. Atti R. Accad. Naz. Lincei, Rend., 20
• Carmignani L., Dessau G., Duchi G., 1976. I giacimenti a barite, pirite ed ossidi di ferro delle Alpi Apuane. Studio minerogenetico e strutturale. Nuove osservazioni sui giacimenti polimetallici. Boll. Soc. Geol. Ital., 95: 1009-1061
• Mellini M., Merlino S., Orlandi P., 1979. Versiliaite and apuanite, two new minerals from the Apuane Alps, Italy. Amer. Miner., 64: 1230-1234.
• Merlino S., Orlandi P., 1983. A second occurrence of stibivanite: Buca della Vena mine (Apuan Alps), Italy. Canad. Miner. 21: 159-160
• Mellini M., Orlandi P., Perchiazzi N., 1983. Derbylite from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps, Italy. Canad. Miner., 21: 513-516.
• Benvenuti M., Lattanzi P., Tanelli G., Cortecci G., 1986. The Ba-Fe-pyrite deposit of Buca della Vena, Apuane Alps, Italy. Rend. Soc. Ital. Mineral. Petrol., 41: 347-358
• Orlandi P., Checchi F., 1986. La miniera di Buca della Vena (LU) e i suoi minerali. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 10: 49-61
• Orlandi P., Checchi F., 1986. The Buca della Vena mine, Tuscany, Italy. Miner. Rec., 17: 261-268.
• Mellini M., Orlandi P., Vezzalini G., 1986. V-bearing derbylite from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps, Italy. Mineral. Mag., 50: 328-330.
• Duchi G., Franzini M., Giamello M., Orlandi P., Riccobono F., 1993. The iron-rich beryls of Alpi Apuane.Mineralogy, chemistry, fluid inclusion. N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 5: 193-207
• Orlandi P., 1994. Two new mineral phases from Piedmont and Tuscany, Italy. Congr. Internaz. IMA, Pisa, 1994: 311.
• Dini A., Orlandi P., 1995. Coloradoite (HgTe), from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy. Atti Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat., Mem., Serie A, 102: 47-50.
• Orlandi P., Pasero M., Duchi G., Olmi F., 1997. Dessauite, (Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe3+)20 O38, a new mineral of the crichtonite group from Buca della Vena mine, Tuscany, Italy. Amer. Miner., 82: 807-811.
• Orlandi P., Moëlo Y., Meerschaut A., Palvadeau P., 1999. Lead-antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy). I. Scainiite, Pb14 Sb30 S54 O5, the first Pb-Sb oxy-sulfosalt, from Buca della Vena mine. Eur. J. Miner., 11: 949-954.
• Orlandi P., 2003. Buca della Vena: i solfosali aciculari di piombo e antimonio (Alpi Apuane, Toscana, Italia). Riv. Miner. Ital., 27 (4): 224-229.
• Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24.
• Orlandi P., Moëlo Y., Meerschaut A., Palvadeau P., Leone Ph., 2004. Lead-antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy). VI. Pellouxite, ~ (Cu,Ag)2Pb21Sb23S55ClO, a new oxy-chloro-sulfosalt from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps. Eur. J. Miner., 16: 839-844.
• Orlandi P., Meerschaut A., Moëlo Y., Palvadeau P., Léone P., 2005. Lead–antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy). VIII. Rouxelite, Cu2HgPb22Sb28S64(O,S)2, a new sulfosalt from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps: definition and crystal structure. Canad. Mineral., 43: 919-933.
• Orlandi, P. & Pasero, M. (2006): Allanite-(La) from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps, Italy, an epidote-group mineral. Canadian Mineralogist, 44: 63-68
• Orlandi, P., Moëlo, Y., Campostrini, I., Meerschaut, A. (2007): Lead-antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy). IX. Marrucciite, Hg3Pb16Sb18S46, a new sulfosalt from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps: Definition and crystal structure. European Journal of Mineralogy, 19, 267-279.
• Biagioni, C. (2009). Minerali della Provincia di Lucca. Associazione Micro-Mineralogica Italiana, Cremona, 352 pp.

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Mineral List:
  		•  'Adularia'
    KAlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    Habit: tabular
    Colour: colorless, white
    Description: Type V-3 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Habit: tabular
    Colour: colorless, white
    Description: xls up to 1 cm in F-1 fractures. xls up to 5 mm included in dolomitic limestone.
    Reference: [Orlandi & Dini, 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 29, 1: 11-24. ]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Allanite-(Ce)
    {CaCe}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    2+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Habit: prismatic xls
    Colour: brown, black
    Description: Type V-3 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
  		•  Allanite-(La) (TL)
    {CaLa}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    2+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Type Locality: Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    Habit: prismatic
    Colour: black
    Description: xls up to 5 mm. Type V-1 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi, P. & Pasero, M. (2006): Allanite-(La) from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps, Italy, an epidote-group mineral. Canadian Mineralogist, 44: 63-68]
  		•  Anatase
    TiO
     
    2
    Habit: bypiramidal, tabular
    Colour: brown, red, honey-yellow, blue, black
    Description: xls up to 3 mm. Type V-1 and V-3 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi & Dini, 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 29, 1: 11-24.]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Marco Pellecchia
  		•  Andorite
    PbAgSb
     
    3
    		S
     
    6
    Colour: black
    Description: Type V-1 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi & Dini, 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 29, 1: 11-24.]
  		•  Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Habit: tabular
    Colour: colorless
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24.]
  		•  Apuanite (TL)
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    4
    		Sb
    3+
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		S
    Type Locality: Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    Habit: prismatic
    Colour: black
    Description: In the past it is rather common in the Sala del Castello. Today, it is very difficult to find sample of this phase. Type V-1 veins.
    Reference: [Mellini M., Merlino S., Orlandi P., 1979. Versiliaite and apuanite, two new minerals from the Apuane Alps, Italy. Amer. Miner., 64: 1230-1234. Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24. ]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © D.Preite
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Habit: spray of acicular xls
    Colour: white
    Reference: [Orlandi & Dini, 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 29, 1: 11-24.]
  		•  Aurichalcite
    (Zn,Cu)
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Habit: crusts or lamellar xls
    Colour: green-blue
    Description: It is a product of the alteration of Cu sulfosalts, like bournonite.
    Reference: [Orlandi & Dini, 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 29, 1: 11-24.]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Azurite
    Cu
     
    3
    		[OH|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Habit: tabular xls
    Colour: blue
    Reference: [Orlandi & Dini, 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 29, 1: 11-24.]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Habit: prismatic
    Colour: colorless, white, green
    Description: xls up to 5 cm. It is present in all types of occurrences.
    Reference: [Orlandi & Dini, 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 29, 1: 11-24.]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Beryl
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    Habit: prismatic xls
    Colour: blue, green
    Description: Type V-1 and V-2 veins.
    Reference: [Duchi G., Franzini M., Giamello M., Orlandi P.(1993): The iron-rich beryls of Alpi Apuane. Mineralogy, chemistry and fluid inclusion. N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 193-207. ]
  		•  Beryl
    var: Aquamarine
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    Habit: prismatic
    Colour: blue
    Description: Type V-1 veins. It is also present in type V-2 veins, associated with hematite and quartz.
    Reference: [Orlandi & Dini, 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 29, 1: 11-24.]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  Beryl
    var: Emerald
    Habit: prismatic
    Colour: green
    Description: Type V-1 veins.
    Reference: [Duchi G., Franzini M., Giamello M., Orlandi P., Riccobono F., 1993. The iron-rich beryls of Alpi Apuane. Mineralogy, chemistry and fluid inclusion. N. Jb. Mineral. Mh.: 193-207]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Boulangerite
    Pb
     
    5
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    11
    Habit: thin, sometimes bent, acicular xls
    Colour: steel gray
    Reference: [Orlandi P., 2003. Buca della Vena: i solfosali aciculari di piombo e antimonio (Alpi Apuane, Toscana, Italia). Riv. Miner. Ital., 4: 224-229. ]
  		•  Bournonite
    PbCuSbS
     
    3
    Habit: prismatic, striated // elongation.
    Colour: black
    Description: Type V-1 veins and F-1 fractures.
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record, 17 (4), 261-268. Orlandi & Dini, 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 29, 1: 11-24.]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Brannerite ?
    (U
    4+
     
    		,Ca)(Ti,Fe
    3+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Habit: prismatic xls
    Colour: black
    Description: XRD show that this mineral is amorphous, even after heating up to 900°C. EDS analysis show only the presence of U and Ti. It can be brannerite or orthobrannerite.
    Reference: [Orlandi, P. & Campostrini, I. (2005): Zibaldone. Aggiornamenti di mineralogia italiana 2004. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 3/2005, 184-191.]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Habit: rhomboedric
    Colour: white, pink, colorless, black
    Description: It contains several % of Mg[CO3]
    Reference: [Orlandi & Dini, 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 29, 1: 11-24.]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Cerussite
    PbCO
     
    3
    Habit: tabular
    Colour: colorless, brown
    Reference: [Orlandi & Dini, 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 29, 1: 11-24.]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Biagioni, C. (2009). Minerali della Provincia di Lucca. Associazione Micro-Mineralogica Italiana, Cremona, 352 pp. ]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Chalcostibite
    CuSbS
     
    2
    Habit: tabular, acicular
    Colour: brown-blackish
    Description: Type V-1 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi & Dini, 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 29, 1: 11-24.]
  		•  Chapmanite
    Fe
    3+
    2
    		Sb
    3+
     
    		[OH|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    Colour: green
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24.]
  		•  Cinnabar
    HgS
    Habit: rhombohedric xls
    Colour: red
    Description: xls size < 0,5 mm. It is present in V-1 veins and F-1 veins of Sala del Castello.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24.]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Clinochlore
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		Al[(OH)
     
    8
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Habit: micaceous
    Colour: green
    Description: Type V-1 and V-2 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
  		•  Coloradoite
    HgTe
    Colour: black
    Description: xls size < 0,01 mm
    Reference: [Dini A., Orlandi P. (1995) - Coloradoite from Buca della Vena Mine, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy - Atti Soc. tosc. Sc. nat. - Mem. serie A, 102, pag. 47-50]
  		•  Dadsonite
    Pb
     
    23
    		Sb
     
    25
    		S
     
    60
    		Cl
    Habit: slightly flattened, acicular xls
    Colour: black
    Description: It is very similar to rouxelite.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., 2003. Buca della Vena: i solfosali aciculari di piombo e antimonio (Alpi Apuane, Toscana, Italia). Riv. Miner. Ital., 4: 224-229. ]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Derbylite
    (Fe,Fe,Ti)
     
    7
    		SbO
     
    13
    		(OH)
    Habit: prismatic, often twinned
    Colour: black
    Description: xls up to 3 mm. Type V-1 veins. It contains up to 10 wt% V2O3.
    Reference: [Mellini M., Orlandi P., Vezzalini G (1986).: V-derbylite from Buca della Vena mine. Apuan Alps Italy . Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 328-330. ]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Dessauite-(Y) (TL)
    (Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe
    3+
     
    		)
     
    20
    		O
     
    38
    Type Locality: Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    Habit: pseudo-hexagonal
    Colour: black
    Description: Type V-1 veins. Only one sample found.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Pasero M., Duchi G., Olmi F., 1997. Dessauite, (Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe3+)20 O38, a new mineral of the crichtonite group from Buca della Vena mine, Tuscany, Italy. Amer. Miner., 82: 807-811; Orlandi, P. & Pasero, M. (2006): Allanite-(La) from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps, Italy, an epidote-group mineral. Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 63-68. ]
  		•  Destinezite
    Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|SO
     
    4
    		|PO
     
    4
    		]·6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24.]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Habit: rhomboedric
    Colour: white
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record, 17 (4), 261-268; Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24.]
  		•  Dravite
    [Na][Mg
     
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Habit: prismatic
    Colour: brown-red
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24.]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Habit: cubic
    Colour: colorless, violet
    Description: Type V-1 veins
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24.]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24.]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Gersdorffite
    NiAsS
    Habit: cubic
    Colour: lead-grey
    Description: Type V-2 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24.]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: prismatic
    Colour: colorless
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24.]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Habit: tabular
    Colour: black
    Description: It forms, with baryte and magnetite, the ore bodies. It is also present in type V-1 and V-2 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  Jamborite ?
    (Ni
    2+
     
    		,Ni
    3+
     
    		,Co,Fe)(OH)
     
    2
    		(OH,S,H
     
    2
    		O)
    Habit: crusts
    Colour: green
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
  		•  Karelianite
    V
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Habit: tabular, pseudohexagonal
    Colour: black
    Description: xls size < 1 mm. Type V-1 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Habit: octahedric, cubeoctahedric
    Colour: black
    Description: It forms, with baryte and hematite, the ore bodies. It is also present in type V-1 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Habit: crust, acicular xls
    Colour: green
    Description: It is an alteration product of bournonite and tetrahedrite.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Marrucciite (TL)
    Hg
     
    3
    		Pb
     
    16
    		Sb
     
    18
    		S
     
    46
    Type Locality: Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    Reference: [Orlandi, P., Moëlo, Y., Campostrini, I., Meerschaut, A. (2007): Lead-antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy). IX. Marrucciite, Hg3Pb16Sb18S46, a new sulfosalt from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps: Definition and crystal structure. European Journal of Mineralogy, 19, 267-279.]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © JF Carpentier
  		•  Millerite
    NiS
    Habit: acicular
    Colour: golden yellow
    Description: It is partially altered in a earthy green mineral (jamborite ?).
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24. ]
  		•  Monazite-(Ce)
    (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO
     
    4
    Colour: honey yellow to pink
    Description: Type V-3 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Montroseite
    (V,Fe)O(OH)
    Habit: prismatic xls
    Colour: black
    Description: xls size < 1 mm. Type V-1 veins. It is associated with an unidentified mineral.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
  		•  Muscovite ?
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
  		•  Pellouxite (TL)
    (Cu,Ag)Pb
     
    10
    		Sb
     
    12
    		S
     
    27
    		O(Cl,S)
     
    0.6
    Type Locality: Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    Habit: strongly flattened, ribbon-like xls.
    Colour: black
    Description: IMA 2001-033
    Reference: [Lapis 29(1), 11-24 (2004); Orlandi, P., Moëlo, Y., Meerschaut, A., Palvadeau, P., Leone, Ph., 2004: Lead-antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy). VI. Pellouxite, ~ (Cu,Ag)2Pb21Sb23S55ClO, a new oxy-chloro-sulfosalt from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps. Eur. J. Miner., 16: 839-844]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Pillaite (TL)
    Pb
     
    9
    		Sb
     
    10
    		S
     
    23
    		ClO
     
    0.5
    Type Locality: Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    Habit: very slight acicular xls; striated // to the elongation
    Colour: lead-gray, sometimes coated by thin iridescent
    Description: xls up to 1 cm.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., 2003. Buca della Vena: i solfosali aciculari di piombo e antimonio (Alpi Apuane, Toscana, Italia). Riv. Miner. Ital., 4: 224-229. ]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Habit: pentagonododecahedric xls, octahedric xls
    Colour: yellow
    Description: It is present in all the occurrences.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Habit: prismatic xls
    Colour: colorless
    Description: Type V-2 and V-3 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
  		•  Robinsonite
    Pb
     
    4
    		Sb
     
    6
    		S
     
    13
    Habit: acicular with mirror-like non striated faces
    Colour: black
    Description: xls up to 1 cm.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., 2003. Buca della Vena: i solfosali aciculari di piombo e antimonio (Alpi Apuane, Toscana, Italia). Riv. Miner. Ital., 4: 224-229. ]
  		•  Rouxelite (TL)
    Cu
     
    2
    		HgPb
     
    23
    		Sb
     
    27
    		S
     
    65.5
    Type Locality: Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    Habit: thin acicular xls
    Colour: pitch black
    Description: xls are more than 1 cm in lenght but only few micron in thickness. IMA 2002-062.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Meerschaut A., Moëlo Y., Palvadeau P., Léone P., 2005. Lead–antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy). VIII. Rouxelite, Cu2HgPb22Sb28S64(O,S)2, a new sulfosalt from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps: definition and crystal structure. Canad. Mineral., 43: 919-933.]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
     
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Habit: acicular, prismatic
    Colour: yellow, red, black
    Description: Type V-1 and V-3 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Scainiite (TL)
    Pb
     
    14
    		Sb
     
    30
    		S
     
    54
    		O
     
    5
    Type Locality: Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    Habit: acicular, sometimes flattened xls
    Colour: black, with frequent bluish hues
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Moëlo Y., Meerschaut A., Palvadeau P. (1999): Lead-antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy): I. Scainiite, Pb14Sb30S54O5, the first Pb-Sboxy-sulfosalt, from Buca della Vena mine., European Journal of Mineralogy 11, 949-954 ]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Schafarzikite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Sb
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Habit: prismatic
    Colour: dark brown
    Description: It is known only in few specimens.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24. ]
  		•  Seligmannite ?
    PbCuAsS
     
    3
    Description: Crystals of bournonite-seligmannite series are reported by Orlandi & Checchi (1986) but successively studies seem to show that all the samples are Sb-rich (so they are bournonites).
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  Sénarmontite
    Sb
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Habit: octahedric
    Colour: colorless
    Description: F-1 fractures
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Habit: rhombohedric xls
    Colour: brown
    Description: It is associated with hematite and magnetite near the type V-1 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
  		•  Smythite
    (Fe,Ni)
     
    9
    		S
     
    11
    Habit: hexagonal lamellae
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
  		•  Spessartine
    Mn
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Habit: trapezohedral xls
    Colour: orange-brown
    Description: In the marble
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Habit: tetrahedral xls
    Colour: honey yellow, ruby red, black
    Description: In type V-1 veins and F-1 fractures. Tiny, ruby red xls have been observed with altered aggregates of apuanite.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
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    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  Stibiconite
    Sb
    3+
     
    		Sb
    5+
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		(OH)
    Description: It is an alteration product of stibnite.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
  		•  Stibiobetafite
    (Sb,Ca)
     
    2
    		(Ti,Nb,Ta)
     
    2
    		(O,OH)
     
    7
    Habit: octahedric xls
    Colour: yellow, reddish
    Description: xls size > 1 mm. Type V-1 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  Stibivanite
    Sb
     
    2
    		VO
     
    5
    Habit: tabular, prismatic, acicular xls
    Colour: emerald green, yellow-green
    Description: xls up to 3-4 mm. Buca della Vena mine is the type locality for the politype stibivanite-2O, found only in one sample and indistinguishable from stibivanite-2M, also present in this locality. Type V-1 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Thomas Witzke
  		•  Stibnite
    Sb
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Habit: tabular-prismatic xls
    Colour: black, with bluish iridescence
    Description: It is very similar to scainiite. Usually it is associated with Pb-acicular sulfosalts in F-1 fractures. It is also present in V-1 veins; probably, in this occurrence, it is an alteration product of apuanite.
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record, 17 (4), 261-268. Orlandi & Dini, 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 29, 1: 11-24.]
  		•  Stolzite
    Pb[WO
     
    4
    		]
    Colour: yellow brown
    Description: Type V-2 veins.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24]
  		•  Sulphur
    S
     
    8
    Reference: [• Biagioni, C. (2009). Minerali della Provincia di Lucca. Associazione Micro-Mineralogica Italiana, Cremona, 352 pp.]
  		•  Tetrahedrite
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Habit: complex xls
    Colour: black
    Description: Type V-1 veins
    Reference: [AmMin 87:182]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Cristian B.
  		•  Tintinaite
    Pb
     
    22
    		Cu
     
    4
    		(Sb,Bi)
     
    30
    		S
     
    69
    Habit: prismatic-acicular with non striated faces. It never shows a strongly acicular habit.
    Colour: gray
    Reference: [Orlandi P., 2003. Buca della Vena: i solfosali aciculari di piombo e antimonio (Alpi Apuane, Toscana, Italia). Riv. Miner. Ital., 4: 224-229. ]
  		•  Ullmannite
    NiSbS
    Reference: [Biagioni, C. (2009). Minerali della Provincia di Lucca. Associazione Micro-Mineralogica Italiana, Cremona, 352 pp. ]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  Vanadinite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(VO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Habit: prismatic
    Colour: red
    Reference: [MinRec 17:266-267]; Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24. ]
  		•  Versiliaite (TL)
    Fe
     
    2
    		Fe
     
    4
    		Sb
     
    6
    		O
     
    16
    		S
    Type Locality: Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    Habit: prismatic
    Colour: black
    Reference: [Mellini M., Merlino S., Orlandi P., 1979. Versiliaite and apuanite, two new minerals from the Apuane Alps, Italy. Amer. Miner., 64: 1230-1234. Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24. ]
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    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  Vivianite
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Colour: green
    Description: Type V-2 veins
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record, 17 (4), 261-268; Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24. ]
  		•  Zinkenite
    Pb
     
    9
    		Sb
     
    22
    		S
     
    42
    Habit: prismatic, deep striations // to elongation; acicular
    Colour: steel grey, sometimes with iridescent hues. Never black.
    Reference: [Orlandi P., 2003. Buca della Vena: i solfosali aciculari di piombo e antimonio (Alpi Apuane, Toscana, Italia). Riv. Miner. Ital., 4: 224-229. ]
    Site Photo
    Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
    © Marco Barsanti


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