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Madielle Quarries, Massa, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

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(Cave Madielle, Massa, Alpi Apuane, Massa-Carrara, Toscana, Italia)

This marble basin is localized few Km ENE from Massa city; the area in which it is extracted the marble that sometimes hosts the mentioned minerals, is actually interested by four working quarries. These quarries are the ones in which have been found the greatest number of mineral species; all of them have been found into the cavities of the particular boudinage of the dolomitic formations inside the so called veined marble.

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.




Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
  		• Bismuthinite2.DB.05
    Bi
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
  		• Bornite2.BA.15
    Cu
     
    5
    		FeS
     
    4
  		• Chalcocite2.BA.05
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
  		• Chalcopyrite2.CB.10a
    CuFeS
     
    2
  		• Cinnabar2.CD.15a
    HgS
  		• Colusite2.CB.30
    Cu
     
    26
    		V
     
    2
    		(As,Sn,Sb)
     
    6
    		S
     
    32
  		• Covellite2.CA.05a
    CuS
  		• Digenite2.BA.10
    Cu
     
    9
    		S
     
    5
  		• Enargite2.KA.05
    Cu
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    4
  		• Famatinite2.KA.10
    Cu
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    4
  		• Galena2.CD.10
    PbS
  		• Greenockite2.CB.45
    CdS
  		• Jordanite2.JB.30a
    Pb
     
    14
    		(As,Sb)
     
    6
    		S
     
    23
  		• Luzonite2.KA.10
    Cu
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    4
  		• Moëloite2.HC.25
    Pb
     
    6
    		Sb
     
    6
    		S
     
    14
    		(S
     
    3
    		)
  		• Nekrasovite2.CB.30
    Cu
     
    26
    		V
     
    2
    		(Sn,As,Sb)
     
    6
    		S
     
    32
  		• Pyrite2.EB.05a
    FeS
     
    2
  		• Smythite2.CC.10
    (Fe,Ni)
     
    9
    		S
     
    11
  		• Sphalerite2.CB.05a
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
  		• Stibnite2.DB.05
    Sb
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
  		• Tetrahedrite2.GB.05
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
  		• Wurtzite2.CB.45
    (Zn,Fe)S
  		• Zinkenite2.JB.35a
    Pb
     
    9
    		Sb
     
    22
    		S
     
    42
    Group 3 - Halides
  		• Fluorite3.AB.25
    CaF
     
    2
    Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
  		• Anatase4.DD.05
    TiO
     
    2
  		• Quartz4.DA.05
    SiO
     
    2
  		• Rutile4.DB.05
    TiO
     
    2
    Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
  		• Azurite5.BA.05
    Cu
     
    3
    		[OH|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
  		• Calcite5.AB.05
    CaCO
     
    3
  		• Cerussite5.AB.15
    PbCO
     
    3
  		• Dawsonite5.BB.10
    NaAlCO
     
    3
    		(OH)
     
    2
  		• Dolomite5.AB.10
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
  		• Malachite5.BA.10
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
  		• Strontianite5.AB.15
    SrCO
     
    3
    Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
  		• Baryte7.AD.35
    BaSO
     
    4
  		• Celestine7.AD.35
    SrSO
     
    4
  		• Gypsum7.CD.40
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  		• Apatite-(CaF)8.BN.05
    Ca
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
  		• Lavendulan8.DG.05
    NaCaCu
     
    5
    		[Cl|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		] · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Group 9 - Silicates
  		• 'Adularia'9.FA.30
    KAlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
  		• Albite9.FA.35
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
  		• Muscovite9.EC.15
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
  		• Roscoelite9.EC.15
    K(V,Al)
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]


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