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


Locality type:Commune
Classification
Species:Realgar
Formula:As4S4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Realgar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:467261
Long-form Identifier:1:3:467261:6
GUID (UUID V4):ab682524-0359-46ca-abc1-8ac4d987b5eb
Localities for Realgar in this Region
Pratazzolo Quarry (Pratazzolo B Quarry; Pulcinacchia), Pescina-Boccanaglia quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Bicchieri Quarry (Lorano Basso Quarry), Torano quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Ravaccione quarries (Ravaccione Quarry; Torrione Quarry; Tecchione Quarry), Torano quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (issue)
.........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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 23:45 31 December 2014 Realgar Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Hunan Province, China T here has been a dramatic...now appropriate to discuss its sister species, realgar, one of the most intensely red of all minerals...unusual sources. When occurring in good specimens, realgar is relatively easy to recognize because of its...welldeveloped cleavage on {101}, {100}, {120}, and {110}. Realgar is monoclinic (2/m) and occurs in variably striated...incrustations and inclusions in other minerals. Realgar is simple arsenic sulfide (AsS). Published chemical
Report (issue)
With baumhauerite-2a, other lead sulfarsenides, realgar, pyrite, dolomite (Binntal, Distribution: In the...Seravezza marble quarries, 20 km southwest of Carrara, Tuscany, Italy. In Canada, at Madoc, and in the Hemlo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quarry, Colonnata valley, Carrara basin, Apuan Alps, northern Tuscany, Italy. Occurrence: In calcite vein...vein cavities within the famous Carrara marble. Associated minerals are: azurite and volborthite. It...Ge contents of 1.3 wt.% have been found in the Carrara area. General appearance: Prismatic to tabular...member of the ettringite group. Name: After the Carrara region. Comments: IMA No. 1998–002. Because of...Carraraite and zaccagnaite, two new minerals from the Carrara marble quarries: their chemical compositions, physical
Journal (issue)
Hochleitner und Stefan Weiß Anatas und Rutil aus Carrara, Italien: „Alpine" Mineralien in Marmordrusen S...Basispinakoid, 5 mm hoch auf Calcit. Cava Crestola Bassa, Carrara, Italien. Fund im März 2015, Sammlung Andrea Morino...in Marmordrusen: Anatas, Rutil und Brookit aus Carrara, lta ien von Antonio Miglioli und Andrea Morino...1970er Jahre waren die Marmorsteinbrüche rund um Carrara bei Sammlern in aller Welt vor allem berühmt für...Hauptfundstellen für Rutil und Anatas im Marmorbecken von Carrara. Graphik der Autoren Alpinotype Mineralgesellschaft:
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[the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by F. Olmi, C. Sabelli & G. Brizzi) 19:305-310...ALBERTINI, CLAUDIO Famous mineral localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario:...8:287-293 Minerals of the Alpine rodingites of Italy (by C. M. Gramaccioli) 10:85-89 Micromounting in...Arcu su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari, Sardinia [Italy] (by R. Vochten & G. Brizzi) 18:181-184 AREM, JOEL...Minerals from the upper Arno River Valley, Tuscany, Italy (by M. Corazza, G. Pratesi & R. Braga) 25:293-299
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralisation and geothermal fluids in southern Tuscany (central Italy): an isotope (C, O, H, S) and Rare Earth...figures and 4 tables Abstract: Southern Tuscany (central Italy) is a mining district with epithermal stibnite...(gold and cinnabar) mineralisation in Southern Tuscany on the basis of chemical and stable isotope (C...deposited the stibnite mineralisation of southern Tuscany in a temperature range from 120 to 300 °C and the...stibnite, Tuscany. Introduction The interest in the historical mining district of southern Tuscany (central
Journal (issue)
klarer Zi11kble11deFoto: F. A. Pfaffl kriswll von Carrara. D11rch111esser 2111111. Foto: C. M. Gramaccioh...orientiert auf Zinkblende aufgewachsen (Epitaxie). Carrara. Größte Breite des Kristalls ca. 4 mm. Sw1111u11y...and Val Fon11azza, and t!te marble quarries at Carrara. Of t!tese mi11erals. probably t!te mast prized...der Zugang ist langwierig und anstrengend. In Carrara schließlich gibt es wenig Mineralien. indessen...crO sola). Adular. Albit. Fluorit. Quarz. Gips (Carrara). oft in schönen Formen und wasserklar durchsichtig
Journal (issue)
Johnson M inerals o f th e S eravezza M arble, Tuscany, I ta ly ........................................Tel: (501) 767-4800> 34 Carrara 1 9/20 Via P ie di M arm o R om e, Italy H ours: 10-1 a n d 5 -7 M...Tel: 39-50-501587 Lungarno Gambacorti 39 P isa , Italy Hours: by Appointment Specialty: Italian and Worldwide...(612) 297-6709 C.so Venezia 55, 20121 M ilano, Italy The Mineralogical Record, volume 2 7 , January-February...1-56100 Pisa, Italy L oren zo D e l C hiaro Via Virgilio, 80 1-55049 Viareggio, Italy R en a to P agano
Journal (issue)
clear up the locality confusion. Cornelio Saavedra province (politically equivalent to a U.S. "county"), Potosf...Canutillos, Machacamarca district, Cornelio Saavedra province, Potosf department, Bolivia". The locality is...chalcotrichite from Daye Mining District (Hubei Province, China) before, but it was quite abundant with...cmmatrixfromDayeMiningDistrict(Hube1 " ,, . . Province,China).FabreMineralsspecimen. usual abundance...crystals from a location near Jinlong, Guangdong Province. There were several new lots of ambercolored mimetite
over with the finger; of the two red minerals, realgar and cinnabar, the former has a yellowish orange...Streak red (unlike realgar). Most important ore for the extraction of mercury. 3—5 Realgar and orpiment are...particularly in the oxidation and weathering zone. 3-4 Realgar. AsS. Monoclinic. Usually small crystals, or granular...H 1.5—2. G 3:5. Together with tetrahedrite and realgar in dolomite.) 6-7 Cobalt bloom and nickel bloom...shells). The coarse to finegrained calcite marbles (Carrara, page 63/4) are formed by metamorphism of limestone
Journal (issue)
Riviera, brings us to our destination, Ge11oa in Italy. We stop here only long enough to glance at the...interesting collection of minerals, chiefly from Tuscany and Elba. There are many minerals here ":hich ...collection, probably the l-1.rgest and best in Italy, which is shown l 'J us by the most courteous Prof...mainstay when journeying in out-of-the-way parts of Italy. It would not be an exaggeration to say that while...storekeepers around the village. We had been in Italy long enough by this time to have picked up a little
black crystal of augite (a pyroxene) comes from Italy. Augite crystals are found in various igneous rocks...distinctive This sample is from the Lipari Islands, Italy. bands formedias the thick, sticky lava flowed...CHINA The staggering landscape of the Hunan Province of China is typical of karst scenery. Named after...sculpted this statue from Carrara marble, : Zaye PHS Es cunpey CARRARA QUARRY The world's most famous...famous marble comes from the Carrara quarry in Tuscany, Italy. Michelangelo used it, since it was the
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over with the finger; of the two red minerals, realgar and cinnabar, the former has a yellowish orange...Streak red (unlike realgar). Most important ore for the extraction of mercury. 3- 5 Realgar and orpiment are...particularly in the oxidation and weathering zone. 3- 4 Realgar. AsS. Monoclinic. Usually small crystals, or granular...H 1.5-2. G 3.5. Together with tetrahedrite and realgar in dolomite.) 6-7 Cobalt bloom and nickel bloom...shells). The coarse to finegrained calcite marbles (Carrara, page 63/4) are formed by metamorphism of limestone
Catalog/List
Golden-yellow foliated with small amounts of realgar. lxl 2/6d., lx2 5/-, 2x2 10/-, 2x3 15/-. PECTOLITE...Metamorphic Rocks MARBLE Carrara, Italy. Fine grained. Pure. Carrara, Italy. Cut and polished slabs.
Journal (issue)
Stibnite from the Wuling antimony mine, Jianxi province, China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...mine at the southern end of the Seridó pegmatitic province (adapted from Sinkankas, 1981). Figure 2. Location...situated within a large, well-known pegmatite province containing hundreds of pegmatite bodies that have...Serido Group, is part of the Borborema geologic province (Almeida et al., 1981). The dikes are thought...International Mineralogical Association, Pisa, Italy, 1–13. ALMEIDA, F. F. M., HASUI, Y., BRITO NEVES
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Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland...Roux, and A. Tranoy, Inscriptions Romaines de la Province de Lugo, Paris 1979. IRT J. M. Reynolds and...patrimonium regni Norici, at the heart of the province of Noricum. Based on Alföldy’s method Slobodan...Roman mining administration in a speciWc region or province.23 Perhaps the most comprehensive analysis of...quarries such as Karystos, Dokimeion, or Luna/Carrara have not yielded the same amount of information
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
. — , Mayen 5 0 8 . I A u r i p i g m e n t , Carrara 494. ! — , J a p a n i 07. ! Ausdehnung i s o m... Japan 291. Azurit, neue Flächen 5 0 0 . ; —, Carrara 493. ; —, Japan 285. — , Utah 3 7 9 . B. B a r...r y s t a l l z e i c h n u n g 8. Bleiglanz, Carrara 4 9 4 . — , S c h m e l z p u n k t s e r n i e...zwischen Genesis und Flächenausbildung 327. —, Carrara 492. —, Dänemark 634. —, Grand Rapids 394. —, Guggiate...Grönland 629. Carborundum in Meteoreisen 514. Carrara, Mineralien aus dem Marmor 492. ! i Celsian,
Book (edition)
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... Actinolite - byssolite, 50 mm, Valle d'Aosta, Italy, G short-columnar crystals, usually in granular
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Lapis Lazuli (see No. 96) Top right: Orpiment with Realgar (see No. 288) Bottom: Garnets in Mica Schist (see...marcasite, molybdenite, pentlandite, pyrites, realgar, proustite and pyrargyrite, niccolite, linnaeite...(cubic system). Occurs in Germany, Italy, Brazil. (Specimen from Italy). 5 Adularia a colourless variety...below). Found in the Eifel (Germany), Bohemia, Italy, France. Figs. 14 and 15 are from Bohemia. 16 Diallage...parts of the world, e.g. London Clay, Austria, Italy, Spain, Sweden, USA. Fig. 22 from Elba, Fig. 23
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Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy : Mondadori, 2003. [256] p. : col. photos. ; cm...Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8-9: Beryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42-43: Silver...rhodochrosite from Peru Pages 50-51: Tetrahedrite and realgar from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71:...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
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(Federal Republic of, FRG) Great Britain Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Swi~erland...Saxony, GDR llfeld, Harz, GDR Rio Marina, Elba, Italy Schneeberg, Saxony, GD R Wolfsberg, Harz, GDR Freiberg...Romania Grube Georg, Horhausen, FRG Brosso, Piemonte, Italy Piz Aul, Wallis, Switzerland 1 Room 1 0a 2 3 5...5 6 Tsumeb, Namibia Agrigento, Sicily, Italy Rheinbreitbach, Bonn, FRG Wurlitz, Fichtelgebirge, FRG Niedermendig...Northumberland, Great Britain 7 Caltanisetta, Sicily, Italy 9 Li..ineburg, Niedersachsen, FRG 8 Mansfeld, Thuringia
Journal (issue)
sulphide ore, including bomite. Carrara Captured by JapAmericans Carrara, a world-famous marble quarrying...quarrying center, located in northwestern Italy, about 5 miles from the west coast, was captured from the Nazis...commanded by Lieut. Gen. Lucien K. Truscott. In Carrara are the celebrated quarries of fine-grained white...for 2,000 years or more. Another Copper Mine The Carrara quarries are noted also for This mine may be found...tetrahedrite. from the State Geologist's report: Carrara, a city which had a pre-war The Raritan Mine population
Catalog/List
AERINITE Calcium magnesium iron aluminum silicate ~ Province of Huesca, Estopinian Blue massive in an_cient...beautiful opalescence ................... PERICLINE Italy, Austria 1 SWitzerland Aleine areas Fine large white...... ALLOPHANE Hydrous aluminum silicate Seain Province of Barcelona, Station Creu Elorde Waxy yellow-green...aluminum silicate Reeublic of South Africa Cape Province, Penge mine Grayish-green long-fibered mass, considered...calcium magnesium iron titanium alumina-silicate Italy Island of Linosa --Lustrous black rectangular crystal
 
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