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Artana quarry, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

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Artana quarry

Artana quarry, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

View of Artana quarry.
 © Cristian B.Photo ID: 128642    View Count: 106

Artana quarry

Artana quarry, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

This is the main extractive area of Artana Quarry
 © Marco BarsantiPhoto ID: 128867    View Count: 184

Artana quarry - closer wiew

Artana quarry, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

Artana quarry -closer wiew of main extractive area
 © Marco barsantiPhoto ID: 128868    View Count: 75

Artana quarry - extraction tunnel

Artana quarry, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

One of the tunnels created by underground extraction iof marble
 © Marco BarsantiPhoto ID: 128869    View Count: 83

Artana quarry - typical mineralized vugs into marble

Artana quarry, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

A couple of sulphur crystals into small vug, with calcite, found into a discarded marble block in Artana quarry
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Artana quarry - typical vug into marble

Artana quarry, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

This is a typical vug (this one is 2 cm of lenght) which can contain minerals as quartz, dolomite, fuorite, calcite, sulphur and more. In this photo, it can be seen a small yellow suphur crystal
 © Marco BarsantiPhoto ID: 128870    View Count: 97

Cavity in the marble

Artana quarry, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

A cavity in the marble, rich in calcite xx.
 © Cristian B.Photo ID: 128643    View Count: 118
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