| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Epidote |
| Formula: | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Comments: | A greenish, elongated, pseudoprismatic crystal, attaining ca. 1 mm in length, was classified as epidote by D'Achiardi (1906). XRD analyses performed by Paolo Orlandi on the same crystal have shown that it is sphalerite with an unusual habit (Franzini et al., 1982). |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Erroneously Reported |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Epidote data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Lorano quarries (Lorano I Quarry; Lorano II Quarry; Lorano Quarry), Torano quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1294066 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1294066:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3d187dfb-b6d3-496c-92c1-20f2fbbbc095 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Epidote |
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| 2.3km (1.4 miles) | ⓘScortico-Ravazzone mine, Fivizzano, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 9.6km (6.0 miles) | ⓘCaprara Quarry (Capraia Quarry), Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 15.3km (9.5 miles) | ⓘMonte Porro Quarry, Aulla, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 18.7km (11.6 miles) | ⓘPiastraio quarry, Mulina, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 20.3km (12.6 miles) | ⓘCava del Ferro (Bùgie mines; Trimpello), Fornovolasco, Vergemoli, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 21.0km (13.1 miles) | ⓘSasso Cinturino, Villa Collemandina, Garfagnana, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 29.7km (18.5 miles) | ⓘLigurian Sea to the SW of Portovenere Promontory, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy |
| 34.8km (21.6 miles) | ⓘCerchiara Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy |
| 35.6km (22.1 miles) | ⓘCanascura, Mt. Dragnone, Zignago, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy |
| 39.9km (24.8 miles) | ⓘCa' de Giannasi ophiolite, Frassinoro, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
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