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Caprara Quarry (Capraia Quarry), Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italyi
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Caprara Quarry (Capraia Quarry)Quarry
Madielle quarrying basinGroup of Quarries
MassaCommune
Massa-Carrara ProvinceProvince
TuscanyRegion
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Caprara Quarry (Capraia Quarry), Madielle quarrying basin, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 2' 49'' North , 10° 12' 42'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Antona308 (2014)2.6km
Altagnana173 (2014)3.1km
Azzano329 (2014)3.3km
Sant'Eustachio291 (2014)3.6km
Arni157 (2014)3.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
29561
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:29561:0
GUID (UUID V4):
fc884c04-f9fe-4792-aec4-c813f3681473
Other Languages:
Italian:
Cava Caprara (Cava della Caprara; Cava Capraia), Bacino estrattivo delle Madielle, Massa, Provincia di Massa-Carrara (Provincia di Massa e Carrara), Toscana, Italia


This underground marble quarry, located at 840 m a.s.l. at the foot of the northern slope of Monte Focoraccia, is famous for particular precious marbles and marble breccias (Fiore di Pesco, Breccia Capraia, Arabescato, Calacatta, and Statuario commercial varieties).

The quarry is opened in the Focoraccia syncline (or Capraia syncline), which is made up of "Grezzoni" dolostones, Megalodon-bearing marbles, Seravezza Breccias (Brecce di Seravezza) [deriving from a discontinuous Late Triassic formation stratigraphically at the top of the "Grezzoni" dolomitic formation], and Marble sensu stricto.

The "Brecce di Seravezza" Formation mostly consists of metamorphic polygenic breccias with marble and subordinate dolomite clasts, reddish and green phyllites, locally chloritoid-rich. It is characterised by a strong lateral variation in thickness and lithology and interpreted as a rockfall talus deposit consisting of marble and dolostone clasts embedded in a mainly carbonate matrix. Two ornamental stones are quarried from this formation:
- a metabreccia, characterized by white, white-ivory and pale pink-coloured pluricentimetric marble clasts, with thick reddish brown and green veins. The rock mass is mainly calcareous and varies in colour from violet to green to dark bordeaux. It is commercially called "Breccia Capraia";
- a homogeneous multicoloured marble breccia ranging in colour from dark bordeaux to pink, green and white. It has varying crystallisation structures with coarse grain alternating with fine-grained areas. It is commercially known as "Fior di Pesco".

Cavities very rarely occur in marble breccia, while accessory minerals are abundantly found in the cement that binds the clasts.

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8 valid minerals.

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'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Formula: (Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2(SiO4)O(OH)2
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Goethite
Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.α-Fe3+O(OH)
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
Chloritoid9.AF.85(Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2(SiO4)O(OH)2
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified
'Chlorite Group'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Chloritoid(Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2(SiO4)O(OH)2
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
O Chloritoid(Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2(SiO4)O(OH)2
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
O HematiteFe2O3
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
MgMagnesium
Mg Chloritoid(Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2(SiO4)O(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al Chloritoid(Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2(SiO4)O(OH)2
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si Chloritoid(Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2(SiO4)O(OH)2
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S PyriteFeS2
KPotassium
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
MnManganese
Mn Chloritoid(Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2(SiO4)O(OH)2
FeIron
Fe Chloritoid(Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2(SiO4)O(OH)2
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe PyriteFeS2

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