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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Schwertmannite
Formula:Fe163+(OH,SO4)12-13O16 · 10-12H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schwertmannite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:364748
Long-form Identifier:1:3:364748:6
GUID (UUID V4):d507def9-7112-4641-a8d4-b75917a8b12c
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)
elements when acid waters from the derelict Libiola mine (Italy) are mixed with stream waters Marina Accornero...Territory & its Resources, Genoa University, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genoa, Italy Received 17 September 2004;...elements when acid waters from the derelict Libiola mine are mixed with the Gromolo creek waters, and...incorporated into ferrihydrite and subordinately in schwertmannite and jarosite; (c) Al is chiefly sequestered...and sorption on its surface. The effects of acid mine waters on the Gromolo aqueous system are not ameliorated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oxyhydroxide assemblages from the Libiola mine (eastern Liguria, Italy): structural and microstructural...Genova, Italy di Storia Naturale, Università di Firenze, Via G. la Pira, 4, I-50121 Firenze, Italy 3INFM-LAMIA...3INFM-LAMIA, C.so Perrone, 24, I-16152 Genova, Italy 4UdR INSTM and Dip. Chimica, Università di Firenze,...Fiorentino, Italy 2Museo Abstract: The Libiola Fe-Cu-sulphide mine, near Sestri Levante (eastern Liguria), represents...most extensively exploited sulphide deposits in Italy. In this area, active Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) processes
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genova, Genova, Italy Museo di Storia Naturale, Universita di Firenze, Firenze, Italy 3 Dip. Chimica...Chimica, Universita di Firenze, Firenze, Italy 2 Received January 11, 2005; revised version accepted June...formed in the abandoned Libiola Mine (Liguria, Italy) as a result of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) processes...sulfide-rich deposits; this process, known as Acid Mine Drainage (AMD), causes a strong acidification of...systems are amorphous hydroxides, ferrihydrites, schwertmannite and goethite (Cornell and Schwertmann, 1996;
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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)
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 (article/letter/editorial)
example is pyrite oxidation that generates Acid Mine Drainage (AMD); this, in turn, speeds up other mineral...nanoparticles (such as hematite, goethite, schwertmannite) continuously undergo transformation processes...supergenic environments, such as those represented by mine wastes (in particular tailings), and the identification...not only for the mineralogical characterization of mine-wastes but also for the development of mechanistic...the preliminary examination of solid samples from mine sites. Although this technique can not reach the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Posnjakite (Cu3,97Al0,03) Rozenite FeSO4 4H2O Schwertmannite Fe15,92Al0,08[(SO4)2,54(SiO4)0,20(AsO4)0,05]...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and moderately low pH and actively accumulate schwertmannite on streambeds. Soil deposits away from the...but no schwertmannite, suggesting either that the original conditions precluded schwertmannite precipitation...diagenesis occurred rapidly converting the schwertmannite to goethite. The New World Mining District...profile, which is a gradual transition from schwertmannite- and goethite-bearing soils to goethite-only...bearing on acid-mine site remediation and climate-record utilization. Schwertmannite, a sulfate-bearing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2004 Evidence on the structure of synthetic schwertmannite MITCH LOAN,1,* JOHN M. COWLEY,2 ROBERT HART...nanodiffraction (END) provides a new understanding of schwertmannite, an iron oxyhydroxysulfate mineral. The ball-and-whisker...ball-and-whisker, or “hedge-hog,” morphology of schwertmannite particles makes a complete structural interpretation...this study. END analyses suggest that most schwertmannite whiskers have a structure consistent with the...certain conditions in an electron microscope, schwertmannite particles transformed to crystalline cubic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colloidal Fraction in Soils Developing on Abandoned Mine Spoils Md Abu Raihan Chowdhury and David M. Singer...of colloid-bound trace metals from abandoned coal mine spoils can potentially be a significant source of...the size-dependent enrichment of trace metals in mine spoil samples using centrifugation and acid extraction...design better remediation projects for abandoned mine spoils to better account for a potentially underappreciated...Keywords: colloids; mine spoil; soil Colloidal Fraction in Soils Developing on Abandoned Mine Spoils. Minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1998 the holding pond for the tailings of a pyrite mine in Aznalcóllar (Seville, SW Spain) failed and spilled...(Fig. 6). Furthermore, the neoformation of schwertmannite-type minerals [Fe8O8(OH)6SO4] has been described...profile (Dold, 2003; Sánchez et al., 2005). Schwertmannite-type minerals and Fe oxyhydroxides, with low...Sánchez et al., 2005). In the acidic media, schwertmannite can form, being capable of coexisting with...elements when acid waters from the derelict Libiola mine (Italy) are mixed with stream waters. Appl. Geochem
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
combination fit analyses of XANES data suggest schwertmannite constituted the predominant Fe-phase until...of mine wastes during exposure to changing geochemical conditions around abandoned or active mine localities...enrichment of ions in mine discharges. Both di- and trivalent cations predominate in such mine effluents, including...Cu2+, Mn2+, and Zn2+. The dominant anions in such mine discharges are SO4 2- (dominant anion due to sulfide-rich...Iron- and Al-oxides and oxyhydroxides (e.g., schwertmannite, ferrihydrite, basaluminite) are common precipitates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Concentrations in a River Severely Affected by Acid Mine Drainage: Río Tinto (SW Spain) Manuel Olías * ,...constitutes an extreme case of pollution by acid mine drainage. Mining in the area dates back to the Copper...a sharp worsening in 2000, immediately after the mine closure. From 2001 on, an improvement was observed...wastes containing sulfide minerals can generate acid mine drainage (AMD) [5,6]. Under natural conditions,...falling mineral prices [15]. In 2015 the Río Tinto mine reopened, beginning a new period of activity. Currently
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2006 Abstract Peña del Hierro is an abandoned mine site located in the catchment area of the Tinto...ashes and floated pyrite units can generate acid mine drainage. Nevertheless, acid volcanic tuffs, which...in the <2 mm fraction indicates that extreme acid mine drainage occurs. The gossan and roasted pyrite ashes...contributes to estimating the production of acid mine drainage and the actual contamination risk of potentially...problems linked to metal mining activities is acid mine drainage (AMD), which is produced by oxidation of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oxidation assessment in the Freiberg polymetallic sulfide mine Manuela Junghans, Marion Tichomirowa * Technische...and chemical composition and dissolved SO2 4 of mine water from a mined and backfilled ore vein at the...mixing pro2 cesses. The main SO2 4 sources in mine water are SO4 in soil seepage water and groundwater...calculated that about 50% (±10%) of SO2 4 in the mine water at the deepest accessible level of the ore...water. Anthropogenic sources may be responsible for mine water with anomalous stable isotope compositions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paper Incongruent weathering of Cd and Zn from mine tailings: A column leaching study D. Kossoff a,b...online 4 December 2010 Editor: J. Fein Keywords: Mine tailings Bolivia Potosí Zn Cd Sphalerite Wurtzite...leaching a b s t r a c t The weathering of discharged mine tailings can contaminate groundwaters, rivers and...Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Mine tailings can be a significant source of Cd and Zn...oxides, hydroxides and sulphates (goethite, schwertmannite, jarosite, other hydrous sulphates (e.g., goslarite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
107o39' Gauging station ment Cr. Ce 37o49' Mine 210 A,B (1545) upper Animas R. 405 (1535) 805...mineral speciation in a bioreactor simulating acid mine drainage. Appl. Geochem. 11, 845–849. Bove, D.J...Processes controlling metal ion attenuation in acid mine drainage streams. Geochem. Cosmochim. Acta 47, 1957–1973...associated with acid mine drainage in the Libiola Fe–Cu mine area (Ligurian Apennines, Italy). Appl. Geochem...Precipitation of secondary Fe(III) minerals from acid mine drainage. Appl. Geochem. 21, 437–445. Karthikeyan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Roma “La Sapienza”, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma (Italy) 2 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università...di Firenze, via G. La Pira 4, I50121, Firenze (Italy) 3 Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Firenze...via della Lastruccia 3, I50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Italy) 4 Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Firenze...Firenze, via G. La Pira 4, I50121, Firenze (Italy) e-mail: miria.borgheresi@geo.unifi.it Several physical...Sezione di Pavia, via Ferrata 1, I-27100 Pavia, Italy e-mail: bellatre@uniroma3.it A well-characterized
Journal (volume)
(Romania) (Slovakia) (China) (Germany) (Poland) (Italy) (Czech Republic) (Romania/USA) (Germany) (Hungary)............................319 EM61 Mineralogy of mine wastes and contaminated soil......................Terra, Università di Pavia, Italy (*michele.zema@unipv.it) 2 CNR-IGG, Pavia, Italy 3 Bayerisches Geoinstitut...and phases composition of flotation waste of Bor mine (Serbia) Cocić, M.1, Matović, B.2 & Logar, M.3*...5 1 Dept. of Chemistry, University of Florence, Italy (*dibenefr@geo.unifi.it) 2 Inst. for Materials Science
Report (issue)
EFFECTS OF ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION ON GROUND AND SURFACE WATER QUALITY: RESEARCH AND CASE HISTORIES...igs.indiana.edu 03102016 EFFECTS OF ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION ON GROUND AND SURFACE WATER QUALITY:.................v Overview of Indiana’s Abandoned Mine Land Program and Review of Environmental Challenges................................. 1 Indiana’s Coal Mine Information System Licia A. Weber.................Revegetation and the Sustainability of Reclaimed Mine Lands: The Story of the Friar Tuck Site, Indiana
Journal (issue)
Pulte Aen UC Water contamination from a copper mine - HELP (Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Performance)...Hydrochemistry Uppsula University 00185 Roma, Italy Norbyv, 18B 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden Water Science...other mine waste from an open-pit copper mine (Ellis and others 1995). Em- placement of the mine tailings...disposal of tailings from a nearby open-pit copper mine. The that are exposed at low tide. Later, mangroves...with discharge of mine tailings. At Marinduque Island, the prolonged disposal of mine tailings into Calancan
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald...mainly in crystals to 5 cm at the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical... Actinolite - byssolite, 50 mm, Valle d'Aosta, Italy, G short-columnar crystals, usually in granular
Book (edition)
Short Hills, New Jersey. Renato Pagano: Milan, Italy. Ole V. Petersen: Geologisk Museum, Copenhagen,...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Lake Co., Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan...Ledge mine, Nevada Co., Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., Colorado quartz mine, Mariposa Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity...Nelson, Westland, Otago, and Southland. Emperor mine, Vatukuola, Fiji. Mt. Kare, Papua New Guinea. In
 
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