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Galena from
Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy


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Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
© Marco Barsanti
Description
Comments:xls up to 5 cm.
Usually galena has 0,3 to 0,4 wt% Ag at Bottino; sometimes are observed cubanite and pyrargyrite inclusions.
Habit:cube-octahedral, rarely octahedral
Colour:grey
Quality of samples:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Rarity at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:European Journal of Mineralogy, 12 (2)
Associated minerals:
Associates:Boulangerite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Group
Cubanite
Freibergite
Meneghinite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Siderite
Sphalerite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
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