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Chalcopyrite from
Traversella Mine, Traversella, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Galenaⓘ2 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Galena at this locality.
Sphaleriteⓘ1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Dolomiteⓘ1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Traversella Mine, Traversella, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:83615
Long-form Identifier:1:3:83615:9
GUID (UUID V4):1e45993d-eb57-4d9c-bfdd-b26a0bcdbaed
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘLas Superiore Quarry, Traversella, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘBrosso Mine, Calea, Lessolo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
5.2km (3.3 miles) ⓘParella tunnel, Tavagnasco Mines, Tavagnasco, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘRosa tunnel, Tavagnasco Mines, Tavagnasco, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘAquila Mine, Tavagnasco Mines, Tavagnasco, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
5.4km (3.4 miles) ⓘEspĂ©rance tunnel, Tavagnasco Mines, Tavagnasco, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
5.9km (3.7 miles) ⓘRasigna tunnel, Tavagnasco Mines, Tavagnasco, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘBorgofranco Mines, BiĂČ, Borgofranco d'Ivrea, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘPetit Rosier, Champorcher, Aosta Valley, Italy
22.3km (13.9 miles) ⓘHerin Mine, Champdepraz, Aosta Valley, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in the iron skarn deposit of Traversella (Western Alps, Italy) P. NIMIS1,*, L. DALLA COSTA2 1 2...Padua, Italy Amici Museo "G. Zannato", Piazza Marconi, 15, 36075 Montecchio Maggiore (VI), Italy Museo...Università di Padova, via Giotto 1, 35121 Padua, Italy [Received 18 April 2013; Accepted November 2013;...mineralization from the iron skarns of the Traversella magnetite mine (Western Alps, Italy) was studied by reïŹ‚ected-light...found in carbonate-chlorite-rich rocks at the margins of the main magnetite masses, where it forms disseminations
Journal (issue)
COLLECTIONS IN ITALY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FEDERICO PEZZOTTA CURATOR OF MINERALOGY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY...JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2011 PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY Participating Collectors: Marco Amabili Silvia...Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto Giazotto collection...hold. In this photographic showcase we display some of the mineral specimens that best reflect our individual...proposal for this publication was circulated by a group of four collectors (listed below) who volunteered to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Reviews—Geology of Traversella. THE IGNEOUS ROCKS, PYROMETAMORPHISM AND ORE DEPOSITION AT TRAVERSELLA, PIEDMONT...PIEDMONT, ITALY. By W. Q. Kennedy. Bull. Suisse de Mineral, et Petrogr. = Schweiz. Mineralog. u. Petrogr...interesting study of the petrography of the well-*- known mineral locality of Traversella, whence many fine...Sesia Lanzo zone of Alpine tectonics, which is considered to represent the roots of the Dent Blanche...have been invaded by an igneous mass, of post-Alpine age, mainly of quartz-dioritic character, belonging
Report (issue)
oriented intergrowths with chalcopyrite. Cubanite may exsolve from chalcopyrite below about 200 ◩ C–210...rare constituent of some carbonaceous chondrite meteorites. Association: Chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite...Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona; from Prince William Sound, Alaska. In the Strathcona mine, Sudbury...Kalkugnstorp, 70 km west of Stockholm. From Virtasalm, Finland. At Traversella, Piedmont, Italy. In Brazil, in...in the Morro Velho gold mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais. At Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. From
Report (issue)
cubic, pyritohedral, octahedral, and combinations of these and other forms, to 25 cm or more. Striated...39 99.86 100.00 (1) Elba, Italy; remainder 0.04% SiO2 . (2) Mill Close mine, Derbyshire, England. (3)...Pyrite group. Occurrence: Formed under a wide variety of conditions. In hydrothermal veins as very large bodies...marcasite, galena, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, many other sulfides and sulfosalts, hematite...mentioned. From Rio Marina, on Elba, and at Traversella, Piedmont, Italy. From Ambasaguas and Navajun, Logroño
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evidence from the skarn deposit (Fe, W, Cu) of Traversella (Ivrea, Italy) J. Vander Auwera* 1 and L. Andre 2...Abstract. The skarn complex of Traversella was formed at the expense of various rock types (calcic hornfels...contact aureole of the dioritic intrusion of Traversella (30 _+5 Ma). Application of phase equilibria...equilibria has fixed the temperature of the primary stage of skarn formation between 550~ to 625 ~ C. Similar...larger range of temperature (525~ to 300~ C) for the secondary stage. The different types of skarn (primary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Reviews—Geology of Traversella. THE IGNEOUS ROCKS, PYROMETAMORPHISM AND ORE DEPOSITION AT TRAVERSELLA, PIEDMONT...PIEDMONT, ITALY. By W. Q. Kennedy. Bull. Suisse de Mineral, et Petrogr. = Schweiz. Mineralog. u. Petrogr...interesting study of the petrography of the well-*- known mineral locality of Traversella, whence many fine...Sesia Lanzo zone of Alpine tectonics, which is considered to represent the roots of the Dent Blanche...have been invaded by an igneous mass, of post-Alpine age, mainly of quartz-dioritic character, belonging
Book
THE WORLD OF NATI In full color — an introduction to the reernn reste) beauty and structure of our worlds... THE WORLD MINER’ 2 | Adapted fre” ——__.afian of Vincenz. < Michele In the Earth’s crust lie numerous...easily accessible, some deeply concealed — which are of considerable value to man. They differ in their structure...individual species of mineral, which will be of value and interest to students of the subject, while...the beauty of the mineral kingdom. The foreword is by Dr G. F. Claringbull, formerly Keeper of Mineralogy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
0 ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 CUMNITE...microscopy, is one of these. It is an important ore mineral in the famous Cu-Ni deposits of Sudbury, Ontario...seen by most of us unknowingly as we examined sulfide-rich specimens dominated by chalcopyrite, a mineral...developed cubanite crystals from the Henderson No. 2 mine in the Chibougamau mining district, Quebec, Canada...and (130) “parting”). It has a hardness of 3.5 and a density of 4.1 and is strongly magnetic. Cubanite
Report (issue)
apatite, silicates (igneous); pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite, sphalerite, hematite, silicates...the Zillertal, Tirol, Austria. From Traversella, Piedmont, Italy. In Switzerland, at Binntal and Rimpfischwang...elsewhere. In the Gardiner complex, beyond the head of Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord, Greenland. From Bancroft,...Lake Sanford, Essex Co., and in the Tilly Foster mine, Brewster, Putnam Co., New York; at Magnet Cove..., H. Berman, and C. Frondel (1944) Dana's system of mineralogy, (7th edition), v. I, 698-707. (2) Deer
Catalog/List
guaranteed on return of the specimen(s), in good condit ion. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s)...P.O./Cheque with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. No charge is made for postage and packing...welcome. we hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...3 mm in e~7D thickly covering an intergrown mass of creamy bladed CERUSSITE crystals. 2-tx2x1-t", ÂŁ7...spray 1-t" in lem;jth growing from an intergrown mass of crystals with a IdJttle brownish Ankerite. 1tx1tx1-t"
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrence of Contrasting skarn formations in dolomites of the Traversella Deposit (Ivrea, Italy) Received:...marbles in the thermal aureole of the Traversella monzodiorite (Ivrea, Italy) differ by their mineralogy...zone contains clinopyroxene. The last zone is made of wollastonite (A 1), andradite-rich garnet (A2) or...grossular-rich garnet (A3). In group B, tremolite instead of forsterite occurs in the first two zones. In group...and chemical data demonstrate that the occurrence of contrasted mineral zonations in the same protolith
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
di Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, I-50121 Firenze, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università...I-56126 Pisa, Italy Associazione Micro-mineralogica Italiana, Via Gioconda 3, I-26100 Cremona, Italy [Received...Pb-Bi-Zn-As-Fe-Cu ore district of Tavagnasco, Turin, Piedmont, Italy. It occurs as blocky, colourless...alteration of a bismuthinite ± Bi-sulfosalt assemblage. Electron microprobe analyses gave (average of three... SO3 8.46, H2Ocalc 1.77, sum 98.31. On the basis of 10 O apfu, the chemical formula is (Bi3.74Pb0.10Sb0
WORLD OF NATURE | In full colour-an introduction to the composition, beauty and structure of our worlds...easily accessible, some deeply concealed—which are of considerable value to man. They differ in their structure...individual species of mineral, which will be of value and interest to students of the subject, while...the beauty of the mineral kingdom. The foreword is by Dr G. F. Claringbull, formerly Keeper of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History) and now Director of that museum. As he points out, there are not many
Catalog/List
guaranteed on return of the specimen(s), in good condition. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s)...p.O./Cheque with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. No charge is made for postage and packing...welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...cpveting large areas of matrix': 3x2", ÂŁ4 SOp. TA-ese specimens are the variety' of ~dradite known as TOPAZoLITE...y quartz crystal~, unusual stalactite-like masses of Galena t(? 1" ' , odd large bright tilack Sphalerite
Book
Mineral Museums of Europe Burchard ‱ Bode . Frontcover Upper left: The observatory at Kremsmunster...the landmark of this famous gem town. U Irich Burchard ‱ Rainer Bode Mineral Museums of Europe '...ff/~/? ‱ /"'--:7]'fi ' The mineralogical cabinet of the convent at Kremsmunster, Austria. The . specimens...displayed m baroque furniture. Mineral Museums of Europe Text by Ulrich Burchard Photos by Rainer Bode...Distributor: Mineralogical Record P. 0. Box 1656 Carson City, NV 89702, USA N. Bariand 90/91; British Museum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
often of great thickness, such as in the beginners in Mineralogy, began with the "Dolomite Alps" of southern...New York. time let us observe dolomite, one of the Crystals of dolomite are common in common minerals. pockets...Switzerland ; Traversella in stone in that it did not effervesce freely Piedmont, Italy; the lead mines...dolostone instead of Jop'in, Missouri, it is associated with dolomite-limestone. chalcopyrite. At Rochester...carbonate of calcium Niagara Fal's, New York, fine groups are and magnesium in the ratio of one to one
Journal (issue)
selected to disperse the very fine collection of Mr. John Parnau of Stockton, California. Mr. Parnau has been...has amassed one of the finest system atic collections in the West. The major part of the collection is... editor & publisher affiliated with the Friends of Mineralogy John S. White, Jr. Division o f M ineralogy...atural H istory) Hydroboracite from the Thompson Mine, Death Valley... 21 James W. M inette David P. W...welcomed, but accep­ tance is subject to the approval of the editorial board. They should be mailed to the
Catalog/List
guaranteed on return of specimen(s), in good condition. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s)...P.o./Chegue with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. No charge is made for postage and packing...welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...richly intergrown on crvstaline Anglesite matrix. Some of the crystals show a pariial alteration to Cerussite...cavity in Quartzose matrix with minor smaller crystals of Apatite. 2tx2txlt". ÂŁ6.50. APATITE. Tremearne Cliff
Book (edition)
George Harlow and Joseph Peters, The American Museum of Natural History r PHOENIX BOOKS, LTD. 3110 N....George Harlow and Joseph Peters, The American Museum of Natural History A Fireside Book Published by...A., Milan All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form A ...Schuster Building Rockefeller Center 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Inc. FIRESIDE...FIRESIDE and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster Inc. Printed in Spain by Artes Graficas
Catalog/List
guaranteed on return of specimen(s), in good condition. please quote the name and number of the specimen(s)...P.o./Cheque with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. No charge is made for postage and packing...welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...ÂŁ4.50; Specimen B - As Specimen A - with odd books of Muscovite Mica in association and with Albite crystals...crystals of Arsenopyrite and a little crystalise. Musvovite Mica and small crystals and blades of Wolframite
Catalog/List
guaranteed on return of specimen(s), in good condition. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s)...P.O./ Cheque with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. No charge is made for postage and packing...welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...size, scattered on three sides of a "Clear slightly smoky section of a quartz crystal. ~xlxl". re.50;...mass with minor fragments of Calcite. 2xl". ÂŁ4.50. 4. NATIVE ARSENIC. Bidi Mine, Borneo. Choice, silvery
Catalog/List
guaranteed on return of specimen(s), in good condition. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s)...P.o./Cheque with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. No charge is made for postage and packing...come. We hope that we may be-of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...brown crystals to 3 mm. in size, scattered on one end of matrix with minor creamy crystalised Albite in association...cellular matrix with large sharp creamy crystals of ADULARIA to ~" in size, and a little platy crystalised
Book
la scapolite, la phosgénite, la wulfénite, la chalcopyrite, la gehlénite. SYSTÈME0RTH0RH0MBIQ.UE. Le plus...PALACHEC., BERMAN H. and FRONDEL C., Danoy's syslem of mineralogy, 3 vol., John Wiley and Sons Inc., New...15 SystÚme cubique. Tétraédrite recouverte de chalcopyrite. Clausthal, Harz, Allemagne (1 7 mm). Comme...tétraÚdre pyramidé. 16 SystÚme cubique. Pyrite. Traversella, Turin, Italie (30 mm). Le sommet du cube est coupé... 34 38 SystÚme rhomboédrique. Calcite. Bigrigg Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, Angleterre mm). Agrégat de
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1990 The nature of the fluids associated with the Monte Rosa gold district, NW Alps, Italy P. Lattanzi Dipartimento...di Firenze, via G. La Pira 4, 1-50121 Firenze, Italy Received: December 11, 1989/Accepted: July 17, 1990...evidence on the nature of the fluids associated with the late-Alpine quartz-gold deposits of the Monte Rosa district...throughout the district, reflecting diverse conditions of trapping (P = 1 to 3 kb, T = 300 ~ to 450~ At Miniera...HzO-rich fluids possibly occurred. A second type of inclusion contains an aqueous brine without recognizable
 
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