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Sphalerite from
Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genoa, Liguria, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:253727
Long-form Identifier:1:3:253727:6
GUID (UUID V4):ce52c2e4-ab82-45d1-bf3f-b84e7c44b2e3
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
3.5km (2.2 miles) Cu mine, Bargone, Casarza Ligure, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
4.1km (2.5 miles) Campegli Mine (Sant'Elena Mine), Campegli, Castiglione Chiavarese, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
6.1km (3.8 miles) Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
9.1km (5.6 miles) Le Cascine, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
11.5km (7.2 miles) Piazza Mine, Deiva Marina, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
23.8km (14.8 miles) Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
29.1km (18.1 miles) Pescia stream, Rovegno, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
39.9km (24.8 miles) Casale, Salsominore, Ferriere, Piacenza Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
41.5km (25.8 miles) Pozzo Stope, Corchia mine, Berceto, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
42.1km (26.2 miles) Speranza Stope, Corchia mine, Berceto, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry of water discharges from the Libiola mine, Italy LUIGI MARINI ,* GIUSEPPE S ALDI, FRANCESCO...Territory & Its Resources, Genoa University, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genoa, Italy (Received April 2, 2002;...October 28, 2002) Two distinct groups of mine waters are found at Libiola. They are red acid waters (pH 2.4–2...meteoric waters with mine-waste materials and addition of local groundwaters to acid mine waters were simulated...simulations were compared with the analytical data of mine waters through activity plots, showing the fields
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
presence of colour-bearing minerals. In sulphides mine dumps (similar to natural soils but without significant...-oxyhydroxysulfates that form as a consequence of the AMD (Acid Mine Drainage) processes. In this work, after a review...sulphide-bearing waste-rock dump of the Libiola mine (Eastern Liguria, Italy). The dump is highly heterogeneous...secondary products of AMD within highly heterogeneous mine waste disposals. Moreover, the results can be used...Munsell Color, CIE- L*a*b*, Fe-oxides, AMD, Libiola mine. Introduction This paper is organized in two
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volcano-Sedimentary Sequences of the Eastern Ligurian Ophiolites (Italy) MINERALIUM DEPOSITA © by Springer-Verlag 1980...Milano, Italy G. Garuti Istituto di Mineralogia e Petrografia, Universit~ di Modena, Italy Ik large...variously serpentinized, pertaining respectively to the Sestri-Voltaggio zone and to the eastern ligurian ophiolites...bornite, neodigenite, pyrite, pyrrhotite and sphalerite are the ore minerals associated with quartz and...mainly defined by pyrite and chalcopyrite, whereas sphalerite, pyrrhorite, marcasite, magnetite, hematite,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
undertaken to investigate the metals speciation in mine wastes and soils. With this work, after a review...within an open-air waste-rock dump (Libiola mine, eastern Liguria, Italy). The selected samples are composed...Synchrotron radiation, μ-XRD, μ-XRF, µ-XANES, Acid Mine Drainage, Fe-oxides 1. Introduction Waste-rock...mechanism, a process typically referred to as Acid Mine Drainage (AMD), which causes extreme acidification...elemental distribution within waste-rock samples of Libiola mine using simultaneously µ-XRD, µ-XRF, and µ-XANES
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Community in an Acid Mine Drainage Fe Precipitate at Libiola Mine (Liguria, Italy) Sirio Consani 1 , Stefano...Community in an Acid Mine Drainage Fe Precipitate at Libiola Mine (Liguria, Italy). Minerals 2021, 11...Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, I-16132 Genoa, Italy; sirio.consani@edu.unige.it (S.C.); marina...National Research Council (CNR), I-10125 Turin, Italy; stefano.ghignone@ipsp.cnr.it Correspondence: cristina...+39-010-3538137; Fax: +39-010-352169 Abstract: Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a common environmental problem
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SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN APENNINE OPHIOLITE, ITALY GIORGIO GARUTI§ Department of Earth Sciences, University...Reggio Emilia, Via S. Eufemia 19, I–41100 Modena, Italy FEDERICA ZACCARINI Department of Applied Geological...Jurassic ophiolites in the Northern Apennine belt of Italy were found to contain gold, acanthite or argentite...Freibergite forms during recrystallization of sphalerite in massive Zn–Fe ore. Hydroromarchite occurs...deposit, Jurassic ophiolite, Northern Apennine, Italy. SOMMAIRE Nous documentons, dans des échantillons
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flat calcite-- attractive piece 6x4. Whitesmith Mine Stontian Scotland £25 7 ElJDIAL YTE rich red masses...all over the top surface 4x3cm Cassagna Mine, Ne Liguria Italy £ 25 14 STRONTIO-ORTHO JOAQU1N1TE one yellow...pinkish micro crystals on Boracite crystals Boulby mine Loftus Yorkshire 3x2cm £18 16 PRICEITE hard white...crystal sections on lx2cm surface Molinello Mine, Val Graveglia Italy £8 18 NATIVE COPPER a cleaned piece 8x5cm...Braunite, Piemontite and quartz Praboma Mine, St Marcel ,Aosta Italy 3.5 x3cm £12 25 RHODIZlTE glass tube
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
transition in the Ligurian Tethys (Northern-Apennine, Italy) Giorgio Garuti a,b,⁎, Federica Zaccarini a,b, Maurizio...Reggio Emilia, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universitá di Parma, Parma, Italy a r t i c l...Hydrothermal sulfide veins Ophiolite External Ligurides Italy a b s t r a c t Galena bearing sulfide veins have...ophiolite (External Ligurides, Northern Apennine, Italy). The galena-rich veins cut across a volcanic pile...Reppia, BD= Monte Bardeneto, BC= Monte Bianco, LB = Libiola, CP= Campegli, CS= Casali, VI= Vigonzano, GR= Groppallo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of VMS deposits of northern Apennine ophiolites, Italy: evidence for the influence of country rock type...Cu/Zn ratio due to a low modal proportion of sphalerite and are enriched in the compatible elements Ni...University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41100 Modena, Italy composition of chlorite varies from Cr-rich, Mg-clinochlore...ophiolites located in the northern Apennines of Italy contain seafloor stratiform, stratabound and subseafloor...characterized by the assemblage pyrite+chalcopyrite+sphalerite (Bertolani 1952, 1953, 1959, 1962; Ferrario and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
attenuation can lead to environmental resilience in mine environment Elisabetta Dore a, Dario Fancello a...Monserrato, 09042, CA, Italy CNR-IGG, UOS Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, I-50121, Firenze, Italy c Department of...Sciences, University of Roma Tre, 00146, Rome, Italy d Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universit�...a di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, Firenze, I-50121, Italy e U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado Water Science...flowing in the Iglesiente and Arburese mine districts (SW Sardinia, Italy), exploited for zinc (Zn) and lead
Journal (issue)
metal contamination in water at Libiola abandoned copper mine, Italy ……...………………. 65 Paulina HÎRTOPANU...Valentin DRĂGUȚ Research on methods of treating mine water generated from exploitation of Roşia Poieni...PLOTINSKAYA, Gheorghe DAMIAN, Floarea DAMIAN Sphalerite assemblages and composition in the Baia Mare...Mineralogy of precious metals ore from Les Fouilloux Gaul mine, Limousin (France) from metals traceability perspective...fulfilled: a) the geographic accessibility of the mine; b) the conservation grade of the places organised
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals from Minothem Environments in Fragnè Mine (Turin, Italy): Preliminary Results Yuri Galliano 1 , Cristina...Minerals from Minothem Environments in Fragnè Mine (Turin, Italy): Preliminary Results. Minerals 2022, 12...Studi di Genova, C.so Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy; yury.galliano@gmail.com (Y.G.); donato.belmonte@unige...Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy; valentina.balestra@hotmail.com BiGea, Università...Università di Bologna, Via Zamboni 67, 40126 Bologna, Italy; jo.dewaele@unibo.it Correspondence: cristina.carbone@unige
Journal (issue)
Articles The Val Graveglia m anganese district, Liguria, I t a ly .......................................Donato, Italy macco.marchesini@agip.it Renato Pagano Casella Postale 37 1-20092 Cinisello, Italy renpagan@tin...Val Graveglia area, Genoa Province, Northern Italy. 1— Cassagna mine 2—Gambatesa mine 3— Molana quarry 4—...Molinello mine 5— Monte Bardeneto prospect 6— Monte Bianco copper mine 7— Monte Bossea mine 8— Monte Coppello-Reppia...Coppello-Reppia prospect 9— Monte Porcile mine 10— Nascio 11—Scrava mine 12— Pontori Prospect h CD ^ .L IG
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l~lt". £4.50. 6. 7. -. 8. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Bright, sparkling...colourful specimen., 3i;x2txlt". £14.00. AZURITE. TVnagh Mine, Co. Galwav, Eire. Select bright blue small sparkling... 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. -2BARYTES. Hailemoor Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland. Specimen A - Choice...specimen. 3tx2~-x2". £8.00. BARYToCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Fine, sharp, creamy spear-like...mineral and the sample came from an area of the mine known as the Admiralty Flats, a lease which belonged
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization—Some Suggestions from Historical Ore Deposits in Italy Marilena Moroni 1, *, Piergiorgio Rossetti 2, *...Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università...Università degli Studi di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università...Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy IGG-CNR, UOS Firenze, 50121 Firenze, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della...Università degli Studi di Firenze, 50121 Firenze, Italy Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università degli
Journal (issue)
Earth Sciences University, “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy Sean T. Brennan US Geological Survey Ann McCarley...Wolfango Plastino University of Roma Tre, Roma, Italy Ladislaus Rybach ETH Ziirich, Ziirich, Switzerland...Gonfiantini Instituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse Pisa, Italy Fax: +1 860 487-8802 e-mail: jwlane@usgs.gov Jan...Francesco Spada Rome University “La Sapienza” Rome, Italy David Stephenson Geological Society of America Foundation...waste-rock dumps from the Libiola Fe-Cu sulphide mine (Eastern Liguria, Italy) P. Marescotti - C. Carbone
Catalog/List
·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...to 3 mm fragments. 3/ 4 11 capsule New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2...intergrown brownish BENITO ITE The Dall es Gem mine, San Benito Co. ,California Select deep blue translucent
Catalog/List
·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...to 3 mm fragments. 3/ 4 11 capsule New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2...intergrown brownish BENITO ITE The Dall es Gem mine, San Benito Co. ,California Select deep blue translucent
Book
region is examined, as is the survival of early mine archaeology in different geological settings. Survey...application of lead isotope analysis to identify early mine sources pioneered by Noel Gale, Zofia Stos-Gale,...Islands Cyprus: island of copper Sardinia and Corsica Italy 4. Iberia and the western Mediterranean South-west...Fig. 1.3. The mineralization of the Great Orme mine, north Wales 9 Fig. 1.4. Base metal metallogeny...Edge mine, England 18 Fig. 1.6. Modern research: Miguel Ángel de Blas Cortina at El Aramo mine, Asturias
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and consists of pyrite, marcasite, wurtzite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, covellite and goethite. The igneous...Pacific Rise of major constituents, pyrite and sphalerite were analyzed, and by comparison with data from...rock-forming minerals, such as plagioclase, pyroxene, sphalerite, were examined by EMP. Clay minerals separated...elements which axe diagnostic of the origin of sphalerite and pyrite, yet below detection limits of EMP...XRD, AAS and ICP-MS, after the separation of sphalerite and pyrite in heavy liquids (tetrabromethane
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits from the Western Alps and Northern Apennine (Italy) PAOLO NIMIS*, PAOLO OMENETTO, GIORGIA STASI, CATERINA...Università di Padova, via G. Gradenigo 6, 35131 Padova, Italy *Corresponding author, e-mail: paolo.nimis@unipd...formed on the seafloor of the Mesozoic Piemonte–Liguria ocean, which were subjected to subduction- (blueschist...redistribution during the opening of the Piemonte–Liguria segment of the Mesozoic Tethyan ocean and the subsequent...Oligocene age containing remnants of the Piemonte–Liguria oceanic lithosphere (Piemonte Zone) and of its
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accompanied only by trace amounts of chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena. The pyrite deposit is of hydrothermal...Occurence References Miedzianka, Seggen Gottes mine dumps this paper Wie ciszowice, open pit Wie ciszowice...Seggen Gottes mine dumps Radzimowice, old mine galleries, dumps; Miedzianka, Seggen Gottes mine dumps Radzimowice...Radzimowice, old mine galleries Radzimowice, old mine galleries Miedzianka, Seggen Gottes mine dumps Miedzianka... Seggen Gottes mine dumps Miedzianka, Seggen Gottes mine dumps Radzimowice, old mine galleries Parafiniuk
Book (edition)
symmetry: Examples of striations on anoctahedral sphalerite crystal and on a cubic pyrite crystal. various... various other properties. For example, in a sphalerite octahedron we find four lustrous faces and four striated...cube gyroid HEXTETRAHEDRAL 43m 3A2-4A3 P .6P sphalerite tetrahedhte hextetrahedron deltoid dodecahedron...obtained a diffraction spectrum by x-raying a sphalerite crystal. The periodicity of the atoms in the...chemical formula changes (C = diamond versus ZnS = sphalerite). Two substances are called isostructural when
Catalog/List
tufts ACTINOLITE,variety BYSSOLITE: Mount Bianco, Italy. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE,variety BYSSOLITE:...SMARAGDITE:Micciano, Pisa, Italy. massive, green 2 variety ADAMITE: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico...slender crystals in matrix AFGHANITE:Pitigliano, Italy. minute crystals AFWILLITE: Crestffiore Quarry,...Index, Washington, USA. crystals ALBITE: Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quobcc, Canada. crystals ALBITE: St....good crystal sections AS ,'\BOVE ALGOOONITE:Calumot Mine, Michigan, USA. massive ALL'\NITE: . Quadeville
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tonnes per year [1]. Poor quality effluent from mine wastes is an extremely difficult problem to mitigate... and acidic effluent. To predict the quality of mine-waste effluent, empirical (e.g., scale factors)...dependent on the mine-waste characteristics that contribute to the geochemical evolution of mine-waste rock...KS heterogeneity in the geochemical evolution of mine-waste rock. There has been very little research...Khalil et al. [10] collected mine waste samples at the abandoned Ketarra mine in Morocco to assess the extent
 
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