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Tecchia Quarry, Fantiscritti, Miseglia quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italyi
Regional Level Types
Tecchia QuarryQuarry (Abandoned)
FantiscrittiGroup of Quarries
Miseglia quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin)Basin
CarraraCommune
Massa-Carrara ProvinceProvince
TuscanyRegion
Italy- not defined -
Tecchia Quarry, Fantiscritti, Miseglia quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 5' 33'' North , 10° 8' 36'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Quarry (Abandoned) - last checked 2019
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Colonnata268 (2014)1.2km
Bedizzano797 (2014)2.2km
Miseglia449 (2014)2.4km
Casette635 (2014)2.8km
Forno708 (2014)2.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
29522
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:29522:1
GUID (UUID V4):
8b9391ad-afdb-4f9f-8203-82b9528e0366
Other Languages:
Italian:
Cava della Tecchia, Fantiscritti, Bacino estrattivo di Miseglia (Bacino estrattivo di Miseglia-Fantiscritti; Bacino estrattivo di Fantiscritti), Carrara, Provincia di Massa-Carrara (Provincia di Massa e Carrara), Toscana, Italia


Abandoned marble quarry above the Canalgrande B quarry, at the foot of a steep rocky wall ("tecchia" in the local dialect indicates a vertical or subvertical quarry face or mountain wall).

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4 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Galena
Formula: PbS
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2

List of minerals for each chemical element

FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
SSulfur
S GalenaPbS
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Ca FluoriteCaF2
FeIron
Fe PyriteFeS2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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