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Pyrrhotite from
Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite1 photo of Pyrrhotite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite1 photo of Pyrrhotite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:160637
Long-form Identifier:1:3:160637:9
GUID (UUID V4):1c529398-b5da-451a-b2db-70e95c9f8a11
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
4.7km (2.9 miles) Rocchette Pannocchiesi, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
8.5km (5.3 miles) Fenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
8.5km (5.3 miles) Campiano Mine, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
8.7km (5.4 miles) Boccheggiano mines, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
10.1km (6.3 miles) Accesa mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
11.3km (7.0 miles) Marsiliana slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
11.5km (7.2 miles) Cascata slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
11.8km (7.3 miles) Forra slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
18.5km (11.5 miles) Gavorrano Mine, Gavorrano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
19.5km (12.1 miles) Poggio dei Leccioni (Serrazzano), Serrazzano, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
skarns du gisement, en contexte evaporitique, de Niccioleta (Toscane, Italie) [Mineral. Deposita 20, 201-210...di Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, I-50121 Firenze, Italy 2 Istituto di Mineralogia e Petrografia, Universit/t...Universit/t di Siena, Via Mattioli 4, 1-53100 Siena, Italy The two companion papers of D6chomets (1985, 1986)...the skarn associated with the pyrite deposit of Niccioleta, a topic which had been only cursorily treated...model, according to which the pyrite deposit of Niccioleta is entirely the result of metasomatic replacement
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Valle del Temperino,CampigliaMarittima, Tuscany,Italy F. CoasxNx,G. CORTECCI,G. LEONE,AND G. TANELLI...per mil for sphalerite,8.19--0.61 per mil for pyrrhotite,8.35 _ 0.54 per rail for chalcopyrite,and 7.73...Calcare Cavernosoand Filladi di Boccheggianoof Tuscany. Introduction It is known, largely from the papers...skarn-sulfidedepositof Valle del Temperinohas ite---•pyrrhotite> chalcopyrite beenregardedas a classicexampleof...sulfurisotopiccompositionsof coexistingpyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite; the iron
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
skarns du gisement, en contexte evaporitique, de Niccioleta (Toscane, Italie) Les transformations des sulfates...mineral microprobe analyses of the rocks of the Niccioleta ore deposit allow the determination of the metasomatic...feeding. R~sum6. L'6tude d6taill6e du gisement de Niccioleta r6vble les rdactions m6tasomatiques ayant transform6...alimentation marine. Les areas de pyrite de Niccioleta sont associ6s h des lentilles d'anhydrite et...6tude vise & pr6ciser la nature des skarns de Niccioleta, ~t identifier les roches transform6es et /t
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)
in Ore Genesis Problems Evidences from Southern Tuscany Pyritic Deposits A. Bralia, G. Sabatini and F....Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Siena, Italy On the basis of a sound evaluation of literature's...On the basis of their Co/Ni ratios the Southern Tuscany ores fit in a two-stage metallogenic model: a primary...may benefit from these geochemical studies tOO. TUSCANY PYRITIC DEPOSITS In a period of almost a century...opinions on the possible genetic models for Southern Tuscany pyritic deposits. Most of them proposed epigenetic
Book (volume)
Acanthite San Juan de Reyes Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 52 Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico,...47 (Cuproadamite with Ferrolotharmeyerite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 22 Apophyllite (on Stilbite) Jalgaon...Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine, Anhui Prov., China, 18 (& Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 32, 38-39...Quartz) Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee...India, 40 (on Copper) Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, 49 Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Autonomous Pref,, Yunnan
Journal (issue)
.. 261 by L. R. Ream The Niccioleta and Boccheggiano pyrite mines, Tuscany ............................This locality is east of the Bell Hill fluorspar mine situated at the end of the paved road. A good vehicle...zones of high concentrations, it is necessary to mine a large volume of rock to obtain very many fine...with the neighboring pit, is known as the Violet mine. These two pits on the Violet claims have produced...Mountains red beryl occurrence during visits to their mine is also greatly appreci­ ated. Special thanks to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
skarns du gisement, en contexte vaporitique, de Niccioleta, Toscane, Italie,, R. D6chomets Ecole Nationale...Greco N ° 52 et U.A. N ° 726 Notre intdrSt pour Niccioleta a pour origine l'association de la min6ralisation...min6ralisateurs et le milieu 6vaporitique. Dans le cas de Niccioleta A, l'association 6tant bien 6tablie sur le plan...granitiques, voient leur importance soulign6e, /~ Niccioleta, par l'abondance des skarns. Ainsi que le signalent...son origine s6dimentaire, puisqu'il existe /t Niccioleta des amas de grenatite, de pyrox6nite et d'6pidotite
Journal (issue)
CREDITO LOMBARDO, AG ENCY E. ACCO UNf 6908/4, MILANO, ITALY. -Please send COPY of your remittance document whit...presso il paese di Boccheggiano, in provincia di Grosseto. Essa rappresenta una delle piu import.anti e...Media Evo come testimoniato dall'esistenza a Massa Marittima, capoluogo dell a zona mineraria, del primo...Boccheggiano; in esse vengono coltivati (Campiano, Niccioleta) o sono stati coltivati (Boccheggiano, Gavorrano)...circa il Km. 30,800 e quindi la S.S. 441 per Massa Marittima Risalendo, al primo bivio, verso il paese di
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyritic orebodiesare able size, extends from the Province of Seville, here compared:the southwestIberian...southernPortugal (see pyrite ores of southernTuscany, Italy. The grade Straussand Madel, 1974, fig. 1). This...Portugal pyrite belt Lower Carboniferous Southern Tuscany Triassic Western Alps (Piemonte-Valled'Aosta)... 492 WILLIAM ß FLORENCE O ••'•O Okm ß SIENA NICCIOLETA BOCCHEGGIANO FENICE FOLLONICA F. JENKS m...Pyrite Ores of Tuscany GAVORRANO ROSSO From threeminingcenters(Gavorrano,Niccioleta, and Boccheggiano(Fig
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogy and mineral collecting, certainly have seen pyrrhotite. Geologists know it as a silvery-yellow to bronze-yellow... Many conclude that because pyrite is cubic, pyrrhotite must be hexagonal, as it often appears. That...could lead to a very interesting discussion. Most pyrrhotite is actually monoclinic, with at least seven polymorphs...literature. So, although we may all wish for pyrrhotite to be a simple sulfide, in fact, it’s extremely...both a crystallographic and chemical standpoint. Pyrrhotite is metallic and opaque, varying in color from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...mica,carbonates, chlorite,apatite,zircon,rutile,pyrrhotite,pyrite,arsenopyrite, andgalena. Tourmalinitesshowa
Book (volume)
to try to list all of the mining geologists and mine managers who made these visits possible and who...Netherlands-Extreme Western Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Volume V (or Volume III, Part III) will take up...current electoral and administrative departments. In Italy the deposits are listed alphabetically, except for...geologically similar deposits of Campiglia Marittima and Massa Marittima, which appear in that order. This Volume...east of Coimbra (N40°12 N, 8 ° 2 5 W ) in the province off Beira f Baixa and some 25 km slightly NofW
Journal (issue)
PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FEDERICO PEZZOTTA CURATOR OF MINERALOGY...JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2011 PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY Participating Collectors: Marco Amabili Silvia...Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto Giazotto collection... MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY )In OutCine of MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY Federico Pezzotta Mineralogy...literature and music, scholars and aristocrats in Italy assembled some of the first great collections of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
skarns du gisement, en contexte evapofitique, de Niccioleta (Toscane, Italie) Physico-chimie de la m6tallogen~se...475°C-1,000b, has made the pyrite ore-deposit of Niccioleta. The transformations of the substrates (anhydrite-rocks...emergence of South Tuscany in the Early Pliocene. If the anhydrite-rocks makes Niccioleta to be a peculiar...des solutions chlorur6es a form6 le gisement de Niccioleta, entre 425 °C-500 bars et 475 °C-1000 bars. Les...Toscane au d6but du Plioc6ne. L'anhydrite fait de Niccioleta un cas particulier; le mod61e g6othermal propos6
Catalog/List
£13;50. 6. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, TYwardreath, Covnwall. Small, bright, creamy hexagonal...white Quartz. 2i" x 3". £10. BARYTES. Force Crag Mine, Nr. Keswick, Cumberland. An attractive intergro~n...2" on edge. 3x3~_ll.£6. 50. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, ~ornwall. Unusual, greyish green ~lusters...£6.50. BARYTI)~~ITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Mine, Nr. Alston, Cumberland. Large, spear-shaped crystals...2-blt"xl" thick. £5.50. BOTRYOGEN. Gambatesa, Liguria, Italy. Lustrous, orangey brown, cellular mnss of smoll
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...[the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by F. Olmi, C. Sabelli & G. Brizzi) 19:305-310...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALBERTINI, CLAUDIO Famous mineral localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario:...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE
Book (volume)
Spain by F. Vazquez Guzman Portugal by D. Thadeu Italy by P. Zuffardi European part of the U.S.S.R. by...Southwest Europe embraces France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Each volume has an introductory chapter of the...Elisa and Dorinda Barruecopardo Golpejas or Bellita mine Morille-Martinamor El Cubito El Trasqui16n. Santa...Baixo Tejo and Sado Basins Silica sand deposits Italy by P. Zuffardi Introduction Geological setting Stratigraphy...provinces Polymetamorphic Caledonian-Hercynian-Alpidic province Northern Alpine chain Southern Alpine chain C
Book
Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy : Mondadori, 2003. [256] p. : col. photos. ; cm...CAPTIONS Page 1: Cuprite crystals from the Ray mine, Arizona Pages 2-3: Liroconite from PERFECT CLEAVAGE...Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8-9: Beryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42-43: Silver...Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech
Book (edition)
molybdenite dihexagonal prism hexagonal prism (first pyrrhotite beryl and second order) basal pinacoid dihexagonal...others repelled (diamagnetic). Magnetite and pyrrhotite are the only common minerals of the first type...chalcopyrite is brass yellow, copper is red, pyrrhotite is bronze colored, and so on. The color of transparent...sample of scheelite, coming from Traversella (Turin, Italy), in light natural (above) and exposed Other...are phosphates (apatites), sulfides (pyrite, pyrrhotite), oxides (magnetite, chromite) and a few native
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems
Book
2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous
Book
Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy: Mondadori, 2003. (256} p. : col. phptos. ; cm....mineral; it is expressed on a scale from 1 to 10. Ray mine, Arizona Pages 2-3: Liroconite from Cornwall, England...Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8- 9: 13eryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42- 43: Silver...Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech
Report (issue)
the U.S., England, France, Germany, Austria, and Italy. Many folders have summaries of the chemistry, prepared...Average composition from various types of ore, Thierry mine, Ont. ACANTHITE. Sakharova and Bryzgalov, Mineral...164141 (1983). Occurrence at Montaldo di Castro, Italy. AGARDITE-(Ce). Fehr and Hochleitner (Lapis 1...87M/2325 (1987) Analyses (not in abs.) from'Koryu mine, Hokkaido, Japan AIKINITE. Boldyreva (Zap. Vses...crystals) ALLANITE. Visoni and Zerpolo (Moderna, Italy), Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh. 6, 413-423 (1984)
 
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