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Sphalerite from
Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Commune
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Colusiteⓘ2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Colusite at this locality.
Zinkeniteⓘ1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Zinkenite at this locality.
Cerussiteⓘ1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1300289
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1300289:5
GUID (UUID V4):e94eff05-330e-4562-bdab-f81d942a3394
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
Gioia quarries (Gioia-Casette quarries; Gioia-Casette quarrying basin), Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Frigido Mine, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Madielle quarries, Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
October 2013 Lead-antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy). XIV. Disulfodadsonite, Pb11Sb13S30(S2)0.5...Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy *Corresponding author, e-mail: biagioni@dst.unipi...area, near the town of Seravezza, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy. It occurs as acicular crystals, up to 3–4...width, associated with boulangerite, calcite, and sphalerite. Disulfodadsonite is metallic black. Under the...Seravezza, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy. 1. Introduction about 20 km southwest of Carrara. The marble quarries
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3749/canmin.49.2.623 LEAD–ANTIMONY SULFOSALTS FROM TUSCANY (ITALY). XI. THE NEW MINERAL SPECIES PARASTERRYITE...Cu)3Pb19(Sb,As)22(As–As)S56, FROM THE POLLONE MINE, TUSCANY, ITALY † Yves MOËLO§ Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel...Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, I–56126 Pisa, Italy Catherine GUILLOT-DEUDON Institut des Matériaux...Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, I–56126 Pisa, Italy Werner PAAR Department of Materials Engineering...Carducci, near Pietrasanta, in the Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy. It forms acicular crystals up to 4 3 0.3 mm
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Isotope Study on Pyrite Deposits of Southern Tuscany, Italy G. Cortecci 1, D. D. Klemm 2, P. Lattanzi 3...di Geologia Nucleare, Universit& di Pisa, Pisa, Italy 2 Institut fiJr AIIgemeine und Angewandte Geologie...Mineralogia e la Geochimic& dei Sedimenti, Firenze, Italy The S-isotope composition (~34S_DT) of 213 samples...sulfur from the pyrlte mznerallzatlons of southern Tuscany and assoclated country rocks were determined. The...~ . INTRODUCTION Pyrite deposits of southern Tuscany currently represent the major mineral resource
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Control of Mineralization in the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy)*) By L. CARMIGNANI, G. DESSAU and G. DUCHI**)...evaporites. Interposed between the two units is the "Massa Unit", a set of tectonic slices, which might have...importance include: 1. Polymetallic veins of galena, sphalerite and lead-antimony sulphosalts in chiefly quartzose...of the "Autochthon" and in the phyllites of the "Massa Unit". 3. Small quartz veins with cinnabar in the...the phyllites of the "Autochthon" and of the "Massa Unit". These deposits are all clustered in the southern
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Smelting in the Colline Metallifere District (Tuscany, Italy): Slag Heterogeneity as a Tracer of Ore Provenance...Smelting in the Colline Metallifere District (Tuscany, Italy): Slag Heterogeneity as a Tracer of Ore Provenance...di Firenze, Via. G. Capponi 3r, 50121 Florence, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università...Università di Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, 50121 Firenze, Italy; m.benvenuti@unifi.it (M.B.); rosarosa.manca@unifi...Università di Siena, Via Roma 56, 53100 Siena, Italy; giobianchi@unisi.it (G.B.); luisa.dallai@unisi
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DEPOSITSAND ASSOCIATEDCOUNTRY ROCKS (SOUTHERN TUSCANY, ITALY) G. CORTECCI’ , P. LATTANZI’ and G. TANELLI’...Pisa (Italy) ’ Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universitk di Firenze, I-50121 Firenze (Italy) (Received...deposits and associated country rocks (southern Tuscany, Italy). Chem. Geol. (Isot. Geosci. Sect.), 58: 121-128...from pyrite and polymetallic deposits of southern Tuscany and associated country rocks are presented. Hydrothermal...similar rocks from non-mineralized areas of northern Tuscany show no isotopic evidence of metamorphic and hydrothermal
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dargestellt. Summary Fibrous Sphalerite From Accesa, Southwest Tuscany, Italy Within the lead-copper-zinc-mineralizationat...Strahlenblende" (fibrous sphalerite) has been found. The main component is sphalerite with very small amounts...the succession, grading into younger sparlike sphalerite. Its properties and later alteration during ore... Einleitung 50 k m siidwestlich yon Siena, bei Massa Marittima, liegt die pyrifft~hrende Blei-Kupfer-Zink-Lagerst~itte...solfuri di Zn, Pb e Cu di Fenice Capanne presso Massa Marittima (Toscana). Rendiconti della S.I.M.P.,
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.........259 b y U. Burchard Minerals of the Carrara M arble..........................................Louise, Horhausen, FRG San Piero in Campo, Elba, Italy Kongsberg, Norway Friedrichssegen, Bad Ems, FRG...4 cm, on matrix, from San Piero in Campo, Elba, Italy. Photo by Rainer Bode. 260 The M in eralogical...Maria 53, 56100 Pisa, Italy Giovanni Bracci Via dei Mulinacci, 8 57100 Livorno, Italy Domenico Dalena Viale...41 57100 Livorno, Italy F W twothousand years, the marble quarries near Carrara have yielded superb
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mines near Pinarcik in the Ilbir Mountains, MÅ­gla Province, Turkey .............................. 541 by...559 by L. Presmyk & M. Countiss Sphalerite and wurtzite from the Carrara Marble .........................DIASPORE twin, 1.3 cm, from near Pinarcik, MÅ­gla Province, Turkey. See the article beginning on page 541...com ItalianMinerals.com Quality Minerals from Italy & Worldwide www.ItalianMinerals.com e-mail: italianminerals@libero... was born Gabriella Katherine Loewi in Venice, Italy, on April 23, 1920, the daughter of Jewish art dealers
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Levigliani and Ripa mines, Apuane Alps žTuscany, Italy/ Andrea Dini a,1, Marco Benvenuti b,2 , Pilar Costagliola... Pierfranco Lattanzi c,3 a b CNR-IGGI, Pisa, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, UniÕersita`...Florence 50121, Italy c Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, UniÕersita` di Cagliari, Italy Received 24 August...the Monte Amiata area ŽSouthern Tuscany., mercury production in Tuscany is recorded from the Levigliani...Keywords: Mercury; Metamorphism; Apuane Alps; Tuscany; Palaeozoic ) Corresponding author. Fax: q39-55-284-571
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Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Valle del Frigido, Italy. 3.62 (vs), 3.20 (vs), 2.63 (vs), 2.51 (vs), 2.98...91 Total 100.48 100.00 (1) Valle del Frigido, Italy; by electron microprobe, corresponds to Fe0.79 Cu0...tetrahedrite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, marcasite, galena, sphalerite, meneghinite, ullmannite, pentlandite, vaesite...Distribution: At Valle del Frigido, one km east of Massa, Tuscany, Italy. Name: In honor of Professor Carlo L. Garavelli...Bari, Italy. Type Material: University of Florence, Florence, 100/l; University of Bari, Bari, Italy; National
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Cretaio Cu Prospect, Massa Marittima, Grosseto (Tuscany, Italy): Occurrence and Crystal Structure...Università di Pisa, Via Santa Maria 53, I-56126 Pisa, Italy; marco.pasero@unipi.it Department of Applied Geological...discovered in the Cretaio Cu prospect, Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy, as very rare, light green, vitreous...contribution to the study of the mineralogy of Tuscany. Keywords: tiberiobardiite; chalcophyllite group;...group; copper; silicate; sulfate; Cretaio; Tuscany; Italy 1. Introduction The occurrences of small Cu ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
919-933 (2005) LEAD–ANTIMONY SULFOSALTS FROM TUSCANY (ITALY). VIII. ROUXELITE, Cu2HgPb22Sb28S64(O,S)2,...Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, I–56126 Pisa, Italy ALAIN MEERSCHAUT, YVES MOËLO§, PIERRE PALVADEAU...the Buca della Vena Fe–Ba deposit, Apuan Alps, Italy. It occurs as acicular metallic crystals in calcite...lead, antimony, mercury, crystal structure, Tuscany, Italy. SOMMAIRE La rouxélite, Cu2HgPb22Sb28S64(O...associated with bournonite; tetrahedrite and sphalerite also were observed in the same veinlets. The
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CREDITO LOMBARDO, AG ENCY E. ACCO UNf 6908/4, MILANO, ITALY. -Please send COPY of your remittance document whit...nel Media Evo come testimoniato dall'esistenza a Massa Marittima, capoluogo dell a zona mineraria, del...a circa il Km. 30,800 e quindi la S.S. 441 per Massa Marittima Risalendo, al primo bivio, verso il paese...riscaldamento per compressione adiabatica, questa enorme massa d'aria non esufficiente nella stagione calda a raffreddare...contrariamente agli altri g iacimenti di pirite dell'area di Massa Marittima-Boccheggiano in cui ii contenuto di questi
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Thallium-rich pyrite ores from the Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy: constraints for their origin and environmental...southern sector of the Apuan Alps (AA) massif, Tuscany, Italy, is characterized by the occurrence of a series...marcasite ore samples from other mining districts of Tuscany have been collected in order to compare them with...radiogenic than those from the other deposits from Tuscany. Geochemical data of pyrite ores from AA give new...56126 Pisa, Italy 2 Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, CNR, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy Keywords
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of massive sulfides have been reported in the province. Recent classifications have considered the IPB...simple, with pyrite as the main mineral phase, and sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite as major components...the IPB deposits is pyrite, with subordinate sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite–tennantite...la Mora, Aguas Teñidas, San Miguel, Aznalcollar, Massa Valverde, Frailes, Masa Valverde, Riotinto, Sierrecilla...la Mora, Aguas Teñidas, San Miguel, Aznalcóllar, Massa Valverde and Frailes, although similar features
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization consists mainly of galena (PbS), sphalerite and wurtzite (ZnS), pyrite and marcasite (FeS2...Mc—microcline; orthoclase; Ptd—petedunnite; Qz—quartz; Sp—sphalerite; Trd—tridymite; Wlm—willemite; Wo— Or—orthoclase;...Or—orthoclase; Ptd—petedunnite; Qz—quartz; Sp—sphalerite; Trd—tridymite; Wlm—willemite; wollastonite; Wu—wurcite;...secondary phases. Ore minerals are represented by sphalerite and wurtzite (2.5 vol.%), and galena (1 vol.%)...5). Minerals 2020, 10, 1039represented by the sphalerite/wurtzite, which forms partly melted crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oxide-pyrite deposits from the Apuane Alps (northern Tuscany, Italy) G. CORTECCI 1, P. LATTANZI 2 and G. TANELLI...Pisa (Italy) 2Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universit~ di Firenze, 1-50121 Firenze (Italy) 3Dipartimento...della Terra, Universit& di Napoli, 1-80138 Napoli (Italy) (Accepted for publication April 13, 1989) Abstract...oxidepyrite deposits from the Apuane Alps (northern Tuscany, Italy). In: K. GrSnvold (Guest-Editor), Water-Rock...Introduction In the Apuane Alps region (northwestern Tuscany, Italy), barite, iron oxide + pyrite are presently
Book
examined, while the famous pro¬ duction centre of Carrara is dealt with in great detail. Jacket illustration:...different Uses of Marble Chapter Four The Marble of Carrara Chapter Five The Future of Marble Chapter Six...the quarrymen, marble workers and inhabitants of Carrara who with their enthusiasm helped and encouraged...- materia e cultura» © Sagep Editrice, Genoa - Italy Translated by Penelope J. Hammond-Smith All rights...York, N.Y. 10016 ISBN 0-8160-1350-0 Printed in Italy-Genoa - by Sagep Editrice Foreward Whoever reads
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Exploration for Antimony Deposits in Southern Tuscany, Italy R. M. Dehm, D. D. Klemm, C. M[Jller, J. Wagner...in addition to those already knwon. Southern Tuscany was already famous for it's variety of ore deposits...Etruscan times. Besides the antimony deposits, the province homes massive pyrite deposits, hematite and magnetite...Stratigraphy The stratigraphic units present in Southern Tuscany can be grouped as follows (Fig. 1). A) Tuscan Basement... Whereas in 424 R.M. Dehm et al. Northern Tuscany a variety of old Paleozoic units is exposed in
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minerals Review Campiglia Marittima Skarn (Tuscany): A Challenging Example for the Evolution of Skarn-Forming...Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy; andrea.dini@igg.cnr.it Dipartimento di Scienze...Università di Pisa, Via Santa Maria 53, I-56126 Pisa, Italy; sergio.rocchi@unipi.it Correspondence: simone.vezzoni@igg...Rocchi, S.; Dini, A. Campiglia Marittima Skarn (Tuscany): A Challenging Example 1. Introduction for the...heritage of Tuscany is one of the most varied, studied, and rich in history across Italy, from both the
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primary minerals like goethite, ferrihydrite, sphalerite, galena, smithsonite, minrecordite, cerussite...France [26], Czech Republic [11,27], Germany [10], Italy [28]. There is relatively little data about medieval...smithsonite, goethite, galena goethite, ferrihydrite, sphalerite, galena, smithsonite, minrecordite, cerussite...represented by goethite and Fe hydroxides, mostly. Sphalerite, galena, carbonate minerals such as smithsonite...different from Bohutín (Czech Republic) or Massa Marittima (Italy) slags, which did not include calcium phases
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iron skarn deposit of Traversella (Western Alps, Italy) P. NIMIS1,*, L. DALLA COSTA2 1 2 3 AND A. GUASTONI3...Padua, Italy Amici Museo "G. Zannato", Piazza Marconi, 15, 36075 Montecchio Maggiore (VI), Italy Museo...Università di Padova, via Giotto 1, 35121 Padua, Italy [Received 18 April 2013; Accepted November 2013;...of the Traversella magnetite mine (Western Alps, Italy) was studied by reflected-light microscopy, scanning...level (Fig. 2). At the western margin of the 1st Massa Ferriere, at level 860, cobaltite occurs as subcentimetric
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Pb-Zn-Ag Mineralization at Bottino, Apuane Alps, Italy: GeologicSetting,Mineral Textures,and SulfideChemistry...Universitddi Firenze,via G. La Pira 4, 1-50121 Firenze,Italy AND GIUSEPPE TANELLI Dipartimentodi Scienzedella...Mezzocannone 8, 1-80138Napoli,Italy Abstract The Pb-Zn-Agdepositsof Bottino,Italy, are amongthe mostsignificant...mostsignificant in the ApuaneAlps (NW Tuscany)miningdistrictandwere activelyexploitedin the past.The orebodiesconstitute...mineralogyof the ore veinsis especiallycomplex.Galena,sphalerite,pyrrhotite,arsenopyrite,pyrite, chalcopyrite
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Prov., South Africa, 31 Rio Marina Mine, Elba, Italy, 36 Zagi Mountain, near Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...Aragonite) Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Prov., Tuscany, Italy, 37 Sellaite (with Fuchsite)... Ramona Dist., San Diego Co., California, 25 Sphalerite (on Amethyst) Commodore 5 Mine, Amethyst Vein...Mexico, 9 Sulfur (on Aragonite) Agrigento, Sicily, Italy, 63 Topaz (on Schorl) Dassu, Baltistan, Pakistan
 
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