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


Locality type:Commune
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sulphur2 photos of Calcite associated with Sulphur at this locality.
Dolomite2 photos of Calcite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Pyrite2 photos of Calcite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Colusite2 photos of Calcite associated with Colusite at this locality.
Fluorite1 photo of Calcite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Famatinite1 photo of Calcite associated with Famatinite at this locality.
Geocronite1 photo of Calcite associated with Geocronite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Covellite1 photo of Calcite associated with Covellite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1300307
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1300307:0
GUID (UUID V4):0b5526d7-c524-4ca6-87c1-23f3d2c22bb4
Localities for Calcite in this Region
Gioia quarries (Gioia-Casette quarries; Gioia-Casette quarrying basin), Casette, 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
Marianna Bassa Quarry, Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Monte Carchio quarries (Guerra Quarries; Carchietto Quarry), Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Monte Brugiana Quarry (Brugiana South-West Quarry; Monte Brugiana South-West Quarry), Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
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materials of the historical architecture of Tuscany, Italy F. FRATINI & S. RESCIC* CNR – Institute for...Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy *Corresponding author (e-mail: s.rescic@icvbc.cnr...in the historical architecture of Tuscany, a region of central Italy characterized by a great variety...while the towns and villages of central-southern Tuscany are generally more heterogeneous, with an abundant...most common durability problems. Tuscany is a region of central Italy characterized by a great variety
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KLIGFIELD Istituto di Geologia, Universiti di Pisa, Italy, Istituto di Geologia, Universitai di Genova, and...collision of the Corsica-Sardinia microplate with Italy. Detailed structural mapping reveals a large scale...the region is related to regional extension in Tuscany. During the D1 deformation of the metamorphic sequences...that extends from the northern Tyrrhenian coast of Italy to the Po Plain, and for a considerable distance...initial rifting, subsidence, and development of the Italy-Adriatic continental margin. The deformation in
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