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Smithsonite from
San Pietro Mine, Monte Tamara mining area, Nuxis, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Smithsonite
Formula:ZnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hemimorphite1 photo of Smithsonite associated with Hemimorphite at this locality.
Hydrozincite1 photo of Smithsonite associated with Hydrozincite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view San Pietro Mine, Monte Tamara mining area, Nuxis, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:311318
Long-form Identifier:1:3:311318:9
GUID (UUID V4):8d23b7cf-1f60-4b8c-b841-35defd1e94f9
Nearest other occurrences of Smithsonite
6.0km (3.7 miles) Truba Niedda Mine (Trubba Niedda Mine), Rosas Mine Complex (Rosas Mine), Narcao, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
6.6km (4.1 miles) Rosas Mine Complex (Rosas Mine), Narcao, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
8.0km (5.0 miles) Mont'Ega Mine (Montega Mine), Narcao, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
23.1km (14.3 miles) Is Murvonis Mine, Domusnovas, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
25.5km (15.9 miles) Su Corovau Mine, Domusnovas, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
26.1km (16.2 miles) Seddas Moddizzis Mine, Iglesias, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
26.6km (16.5 miles) San Giovanni Mine, Bindua, Iglesias, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
26.7km (16.6 miles) Perdu Carta Mine, Domusnovas, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
27.5km (17.1 miles) Barraxiutta Mine, Domusnovas, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
27.6km (17.2 miles) Reigraxius Mine, Domusnovas, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
References
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Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Conichalcite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb Otjikoto Region, Namibia A n article appeared...Conichalcite on malachite, 10.5 cm across, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia. Fine spherules...green crusts of fibrous spheres at the Cap Garonne mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France...chrysocolla and cuprite has come from the Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Conichalcite...of conichalcite spheres to 2 mm scattered on smithsonite crystals. The typical habit of Figure 2. Conichalcite
Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...uraninite 36 skutterudite 17, 17 smaltite 17, 17 smithsonite 38, 39, 40 soda 50 uvarovite 77, 78 vanadates...deposits have been found in the Precambrian Shield area of central Canada and the northern United States...(Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almadén (Spain). In the United States it is... Filiform silver: Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) endritic copper rmation. Houghton fichigan)
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the Mineralogical Society and the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy publication on the ferrous, non-ferrous...Spain by F. Vazquez Guzman Portugal by D. Thadeu Italy by P. Zuffardi European part of the U.S.S.R. by...clear descriptions of the classical and producing mining districts and the larger deposits are required...interested in prospecting, by organizations requiring mining and mineral statistics, by compilers of atlases...non-specialists, who may include, for example, mining company executives, investment consultants and
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pinacoid brucite calcite magnesite C- siderite smithsonite rhombohedron DITRIGONAL PYRAMIDAL 3m A 3P...forms are closed, i.e., they completely enclose an area of space, and some are open: these cannot exist...sample of scheelite, coming from Traversella (Turin, Italy), in light natural (above) and exposed Other...place in which a mineral was discovered (benitoite, San Benito County, California), or dedicated to a scholar... carbonates (malachite, azurite, cerussite, smithsonite), a few oxides (cuprite) and certain native elements
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with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...silver 4, 5 skutterudite 17, /7 smaltite 17, 17 smithsonite 38, 39, 40 soda 50 sodalite 114 sorosilicates...deposits have been found in the Precambrian Shield area of central Canada and the northern United States...(Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almadén (Spain). In the United States it...Filiform silver. Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) Dendritic copper famous (Michigan) 1822
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Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...silver 4, 5 skutterudite 17, 17 smaltite 17, 17 smithsonite 38, 39, 40 soda 50 sod al ite 114 sorosilicates...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...deposits have been found in the Precambrian Shield area of central Canada and the northern United States
Report (issue)
with quartz and a/bite from the Rosina pegmatite in San Piero di Campo Collection Federico Pezzotta Photo...high fi-om the Vallone workings in the Rio Marina mine Collection Walter Giannini Photo Franco Valoti ...Pezzotta Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milan, Italy with Contributions by Christina Denison, Andrea... Renato Pagano Gloria Staebler, and Tom Wilson San Piero: A Mineralogical Paradise Several of Elba's...picturesque village of San Piero in Campo. Situated on the southeastern edge of the Monte Capanne massif, the
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Geografico De Agostini, Novara 1967 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN 085613 1032 Gemmology, the...rebirth of the art of gem engraving took place in Italy in the fifteenth century, and it was under the influence...later discovery of the rich diamond deposits in South Africa in 1867, which made the diamond accessible...Cullinan (3,106 carats uncut). Found in the Premier mine, South Africa, in 1905, and cut into 105 separate stones...Jagersfontein mine in South Africa, 1893. President Vargas (726 carats uncut). Found at Rio San Antonio in
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had the good fortune isiting the old and famous mining town of Freiberg, Saxony, thanks largely to the...friend and fellow mineral collector who lives in the area. Some eight hundred years ago, when the first finds...168, the Erzgebirge [Ore-Mountains) mining started in this area and led to the foundation of Freiberg...Northern Germany. Over the course ofFreiberg's long mining history with . ,._ -.... several highs - especially...Bergakademie [School of Mining] Saxony was established in 1765. Long before that, a "mining office" for Saxony
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OF METALLURGY,” DE M. INST. L’ECOLE ‘f THE MINING SECOND REWRITTEN \ ros. F.R.S. C.2E. DES...GREATLY ENLARGED BY HENRY Ad AUTHOR PROFSSOR OF MINING OF AT THE WITH LOUIS, SoM.,, sl; O.peh C.Ge...the second, examples are given from the principal mining regions of the old and the new world. In this portion...Royal School of Mines, and formerly student at the Mining School of Clausthal. For a period extending over...because by the 1x in mining, fresh obliteration of those I hold that past mining records must be treated
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ultraviolet’s many uses in the laboratory, and the operating mine or mill. field, the home Ultraviolet light, in...interesting on the bing to capitalize colors. MINING MEN AND PROSPECTORS may find new points of view...nonmetallic “ores” which are the breadand-butter of the mining industry. The story of ultraviolet rays and the...THOMAS to an ultra-violet pioneer S. WARREN of San Gabriel, California President, Ultra-violet Products...determination—has kept Tom Warren in close contact with mining men. Aware of their ideas and familiar with
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Rocks and Minerals is in itself a veritable gold mine. Readers learn about the inside of minerals — the...and of cerussite (below), both Britain). from Sardinia. percentage of anorthite which describes greater... anorthite (Na,Ca)(Al0,)x (Si0.)y siderite smithsonite The aragonite group is characterized by amore...are transformed into metamorphic rocks. Within one area of favorable to melt some of the rocks, and the...Pulido discovered that during the night restricted area of rocks adjacent to a an 82 ft (25 m) long fracture
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the field, the home laboratory, and the operating mine or mill. Ultraviolet light, in the hands of geologists...interesting effects possible with fluorescent colors. MINING MEN AND PROSPECTORS may find new points of view...nonmetallic “ores” which are the breadand-butter of the mining industry. The story of ultraviolet rays and the...acknowledgment to an ultra-violet pioneer THOMAS S. WARREN of San Gabriel, California President, Ultra-violet Products...determination—has kept Tom Warren in close contact with mining men. Aware of their ideas and familiar with their
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Ernest H. Nickel, CSIRO, Wembley, WA, Australia, and Monte C. Nichols published by Aleph Enterprises, Box 213...England. Sharon Cisneros: Minerological Research Co., San Jose, California. Andrew M. Clark: Dept. of Mineralogy...Short Hills, New Jersey. Renato Pagano: Milan, Italy. Ole V. Petersen: Geologisk Museum, Copenhagen,...Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. Alan Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Gunnar...10. India 11. South east Asia 12. Middle East 13. African Countries, from north to south 14. Oceania 15
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Michigan 49870 The state ofWiseonsin has a proud mining history. From the historic lead/zinc mines in the...(La Berge, 1994 ). So when strong opposition to mining emerged in northern Wisconsin in the 1980s, I think...Wisconsin's emerging anti-mining industry, admixed with pride at our pro-mining Michigan next door; that...explorationand miningindustry,andanemerginganti-sulfide-mining "pop environmentalism"industry.(Photoby Dr.JohnA...were wrong. In the past few years. a strong anti-mining presence has developed in the Upper Peninsula (
fragment bounded by fracture planes. The angular area on the right shows the characteristic iridescence...The word mineral comes from the Latin minare, to mine, and originally designated minerals and rocks so...raspberries, on encrusting honeycombed limonite. From Wolf mine, Herdorf, near Betzdorf in valley of the Sieg. Rhodochrosite...reddish coloured compact barytes. From Sophia mine, Wittichen, Black Forest. Calcite from Latin...the east, others derive from mediaeval _German mining usage, e.g. glance-ores, sparstones. Other names
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fragment bounded by fracture planes. The angular area on the right shows the characteristic iridescence...CRYSTALS mineral comes from the Latin minare, to mine, and originally designated minerals and rocks so...raspberries, on encrusting honeycombed limonite. From Wolf mine, Herdorf, near Betzdorf in valley of the Sieg. Rhodochrosite...and reddish coloured compact barytes. From Sophia mine, Wittichen, Black Forest. Calcite from Latin calx...the east, others derive from mediaeval German mining usage, e.g. glance-ores, sparstones. Other names
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fragment bounded by fracture planes. The angular area on the right shows the characteristic iridescence...The word mineral comes from the Latin minare, to mine, and originally designated minerals and rocks so...raspberries, on encrusting honeycombed limonite. From Wolf mine, Herdorf, near Betzdorf in valley of the Sieg. Rhodochrosite...fro1n the east, others derive from mediaeval German mining usage, e.g. glance-ores, sparstones. Other names...violet or brown-coloured crystal edges. From Cecilia mine, WOlsendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria. Fluorite
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Dupouy des cristaux transparents d’an- ceux de Monte Poni et, comme eux, renfermés dans cavités de galène...tapissée de lames hexagonales de minguétite de mine de fer de Minguet près Segré; au milieu de ces lames...6386, np 1,6343]. les minéraux provenant de la mine hexagonaux de pyromorphite présenmêmes associations...venant de Tamaris, près Alais (probablement de la mine de pyrite). Ils sont caractérisés par l’égal développement...plus grande dimension. , — Madagascar. Dans la mine de Ranomafana, de la région d’Andavakoera, les filons
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organically derived materials, all originating outside the area of deposition; and of minerals and mineraloids originating...originating by chemical precipitation within the area of deposition. Residual materials, formed in situ...Zealand), helsinkite (Helsinki, Finland), halite (Italy), missourite (Missouri River), monzonite (Monzoni...(Tingua Mountains, Brazil), vesuvite (Mt. Vesuvius, Italy), wyomingite, and yosemitite (Yosemite, California)...southern Crimea), vulsinite (Vulsinii, Etruscan tribe, Italy). Bibliography American Federation of Mineralogical
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sufficiently complete reference books and databases in this area. To fill this gap, a handbook (Chukanov 2014) containing...Center (cm−1) Maximal height (absorbance units) Area 2 Fitting 1 (Fig. 1.7a), R = 0.99951 Gaussian...one or more other groups. The least characteristic area is that between 800 and 900 cm−1, where strong bands...Center (cm−1) Maximal height (absorbance units) Area Fitting 1 (Fig. 1.8a), R2 = 0.99976 Gaussian 1...spectra of a mantle zircon Zr(SiO4) from Kimberley, South Africa demonstrate the presence of two kinds of
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SMYTH, M.A., F.R.S., LECTURER ON MINERALOGY AND MINING IN THE | ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, TRENHAM REEKS...Percy, M.D., F.R.S. Geology - A. C. Ramsay, F.R.S. Mining - -> - - - Mineralogy ſ " -> - Warington...SMYTH, M.A., F.R.S., LECTURER ON MINERALOGY AND MINING IN THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, TRENHAM REEKS,...Professor Huxley, and a descriptive Catalogue of the Mining, Metallurgical, and Geological Models by Mr. H...Black-band Ironstone - . Clay Ironstones - . as a South Wales - - • Mispickel, Pharmacosiderite, &c.
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Barrister-at-Law. Mela, Pomponius {in part)-, Mercator; Monte Corvino. Motor Vehicles: Light Vehicles. Monument...Colony, and' Rhodesia. Author of Geodetic Survey of South Africa; Catalogues of Stars for the Equinoxes, 1850...part). Rev. Dugald Macfadyen, M.A. Minister of South Grove Congregational Church, Highgate. Congregational...Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, South Kensington. Lady Dilice. See the biographical article...' Mendicant Movement and Orders; Monasticism; . Monte Cassino. Ernest E. Austen. E. F. S. D. Medusa
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site. Plateau Central. haldes de la — Rhône. mine de Monchonay, J’ai rencontré ce minéral aux Ardillats;...fibreuses. 11 existe des variétés pulvérulentes (mine brûlée mineurs de Romanèche). des Dureté. Densité...cette enfance, sous la direction de mes premières mine que MM. Chamussy et j'ai fait, de mon dès...celles que l'on trouve dans autres points de la mine, et notamment dans le Grand Filon, sans aucune trace...romanéchite qui possèdent sou un peu dans toutes les de la mine. Vent ^dles teintes irisées, elles se trouvent
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originally found in an igneous rock in the Cerro San Cristébal, Mexico. High-quartz was observed during...also are known from the northern Urals,® Carrara, Italy,” and They are quite unknown at many important...0 and b,p,0 are parallel. First described from Sardinia (?); it is not certain whether the original material...Upsala, 3, 436 (1897); Tilley: Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia, 43, 156 (1919). 6. K. F. Seifert: Zs...rhombohedral cleavage occur in the Lafayette formation of South Carolina. Oscillator-plates have been observed to
 
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