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Cassiterite from
Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Comments:Only identified in thin section
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:83422
Long-form Identifier:1:3:83422:1
GUID (UUID V4):cc331187-2f9d-4713-8110-1e6982f92823
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BOTTINO MINES, CORNELIO ORES OF THE ITALY. L. SAGUI. History and Location...Location.--The Bottino lead minesare within a shortdistanceof the sea,aboutthirty mileswestof Pisa in...II., no. IV., x92x. 542 ORES OF THE BOTTINO MINES, ITALY. 543 GangueMinerals.--Thewhitequartzof...Galena.--Thisis the mostimportantore-mineralof the mine. It is found throughoutthe lode,sometimes in compactnestsof....... Iron oxide (Fe2Oa).................... Cassiterite............................ __ ā€¢ 0.43 --
Catalog/List
- 2tx2". Ā£2; Specimen B ltxl". Ā£1. Char Kounhi Mine, Iran. Rich, lustrous, turquoise blue crystals scattered...Limonite. 3x2". Ā£3. -2- BISMUTHINITE. Fowey ~onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Rich grey elongated thick...ma tr ix 4x3x2t". Ā£8. 10. BOUnNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, ~ornwall. An intergrown mass of lustrous...Itxlt". Ā£2. 12. ~Ā£CITE. 13. CALCITE. Millclose Mine, Nr. MJtlock, Derbys. Two large whitish s alenohedral...transparent Fluorite cubes. 4~x4". Ā£4. 14. CASSITERITE. Pell Mine, St. gnes, Cornwall. Bright, lustrous,
Journal (issue)
PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FEDERICO PEZZOTTA CURATOR OF MINERALOGY...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... MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY )In OutCine of MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY Federico Pezzotta Mineralogy...literature and music, scholars and aristocrats in Italy assembled some of the first great collections of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Golden brown barite crystals, Villamassargia, near mine, Guanajuato, Mexico (8.5 cm). Iglesias, Sardinia...Enna, Sicily (6 cm). West 800 Level, White Capps mine, Man- 11: Dark grey stibnite crystals, (variety... Nuristan, Laghman hattan, Nevada (9.5 cm). Province, Afghanistan (5.3 cm). Figure 13: Silver, Calumet...fluorite crystals on grey galena crystals, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Tennessee (5 cm). Figure 17: Transparent... dark blue-green vivianite crystals, Montserrat mine, Pazna, Bolivia (12 cm). Figure Figure 19: Transparent
Catalog/List
crystal faces. 2xltxl". Ā£6. 5. M\SENOPYRITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Sharp, silvery grey, complex...matrix in association. Itxlt". Ā£4. 8. AUTUNITE. Mine La Faye, Grury, Saone-et-Loire, France. Yellowish...with Beudantite - Ā£6. lit. BOT: LkCKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Pale gree:, lustrous micro-crystals...mineral. Itxl". Ā£4. 15. BOURNONITE. Bridford Barytes Mine, Bridford, Teign Valley, Devon. Rich, grey, metallic...fine form. 3tx2". Ā£6. 19. ~LCITE. New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries. group of long doubly terminated
Book (edition)
Sulfur, native Bismite yes Zincite lamellar Cassiterite pseudohexagonal stellate or reticulate forms... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...(red internal reflections); Madenkƶy Mine, Ƈayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach);...(greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL B Same sample as above:
Translation Ā© Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...102, 103 aquamarine 92, 92 aragonite 45, 45 cassiterite 34 disthene 79 dolomite 44, 45 dravite 96 dumortierite...(Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and AlmadĆ©n (Spain). In the United States...Filiform silver: Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) endritic copper rmation. Houghton fichigan) ...covered with calcite. Casteltermini, Agrigento (Italy) look more different. Theirs is the most notable
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with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...18 carbonates 38 carnallite 20 carpholite 98 cassiterite 34 cotunnite 22, 22 crandallite 67 crocidolite...Idrija (Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and AlmadƩn (Spain). In the United States...Filiform silver. Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) Dendritic copper famous (Michigan) 1822. It...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite
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Translation Ā© Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...18 carbonates 38 carnallite 20 carpholite 98 cassiterite 34 cat's eye 24 celestine 55, 56 cerussite 46...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 Ā·elements Chemical elernents found...(Yugoslavia), son1e n1ines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almaden (Spain). In the United States
Journal (issue)
limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous...allanite, apatite, bavenite, bertrandite, beryl, cassiterite, cleavelandite, columbite-tantalite, fergusonite...topaz, tourmaline, triplite Trueheart pegmatite mine (f)-near Amelia beryl (var. aquamarine), microcline... magnesite, magnetite, pyrite, talc Stony Point mine-near Charlottesville chalcopyrite, cuprite, goethite...goethite, malachite, siderite Buck Mountain mine-near Forks of Buffalo arsenopyrite, fluroite, gold, scorodite
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
distinguishes the northern Guangxi polymetallic tin province of China from similar metallogenic provinces elsewhere...elsewhere. Two types of tourmalinite occur in the province. The first type, in the lower part of the Early...region of China is the oldest polymetallic tin province in the world. Although its main metallogenic epoch...are major features of the province (Mao Jingwen et al. 1988). This province is also characterized by the...discovery of the northern Guangxi polymetallic tin province in the 1960s, the Bureau of Geology and Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
aluminous and hyperalkaline granites form an eruptive Province which can be compared with those of Nigeria (Jacobson...(Billings, 1956). The general characteristics of this Province have been described elsewhere (Bonin et al., 1976;...Others including: zircon, fluorite, magnetite, cassiterite, fergusonite r o c k r e s u l t for t h e h...Accessory minerals are fluorite, zircon, magnetite, cassiterite and fergusonite. R b - - S r concentrations...emplacement obtained by U/Pb dating of zircons (Bottino et al., 1970; Delhal et al., 1971; Zartman et al
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Damajianshan tungsten polymetallic deposit, Yunnan Province, China Lei Zhang a,b, Hanjie Wen a,āŽ, Chaojian...DMJS deposit is located in Lvchun County, Yunnan Province, China. Tectonically, this deposit is in the southernmost...geological survey by the geological survey of Yunnan Province in the 1970's, and identiļ¬ed as a Cuā€“As deposit...homogenization temperatures at the deepest level in the mine (the 512 level, Fig. 1d) were about 290ā€“330 Ā°C,...sphalerite, molybdenite, pyrrhotite, bournonite, cassiterite, 205 boulangerite and several bismuth minerals
Book (volume)
Spain by F. Vazquez Guzman Portugal by D. Thadeu Italy by P. Zuffardi European part of the U.S.S.R. by...Southwest Europe embraces France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Each volume has an introductory chapter of the...Elisa and Dorinda Barruecopardo Golpejas or Bellita mine Morille-Martinamor El Cubito El Trasqui16n. Santa...Baixo Tejo and Sado Basins Silica sand deposits Italy by P. Zuffardi Introduction Geological setting Stratigraphy...provinces Polymetamorphic Caledonian-Hercynian-Alpidic province Northern Alpine chain Southern Alpine chain C
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
amblygonite-montebrasite, apatite, fluorite, and/or cassiterite appear spatially related to the tourmalinites...of quartz- and greisen-type veins containing cassiterite, amblygonitemontebrasite, apatite, and fluorite...muscovite, fluorapatite, amblygonite-montebrasite, cassiterite, K-feldspar, and fluorite (Fig. 7). Quartz is...than Li-phosphate and is rich in F (3.7-4.5%). Cassiterite exhibits two generations: (1) subhedral, medium...Tourmaline Arsenopyrite Veins U-muscovite I Quartz Cassiterite Orthoclase AmbI-Mont Fluorapatite U-muscovite
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(Federal Republic of, FRG) Great Britain Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Swi~erland...Wulfenite Buttgenbachite Connellite Heterogenite Cassiterite Cuprosklodowskite Shangulowe, Shaba, Za'ire...Zoisite (Tanzanite) Apophyllite Senarmontite Cassiterite Cassiterite Manganite Scheelite South Africa St Andreasberg...Saxony, GDR llfeld, Harz, GDR Rio Marina, Elba, Italy Schneeberg, Saxony, GD R Wolfsberg, Harz, GDR Freiberg...particularly interesting collection of miners' lamps and mine surveying instruments. Ancient and mediaeval mining
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Morales-Ruano and Fenoll Hach-Ali 1996), the Michael silver mine, the GĆ³ry Sowie mountains, Poland: in a hydrothermal...(Kozlovskiy et al. 1988), the Pbā€“Ag(Zn) Bottino deposit, Apuane Alps, Italy: in hydrothermal sulfide veins within...widely developed, and small-sized wolframite- and cassiterite-bearing greisen bodies and veins occur locally...Benvenuti M (1991) Ni-sulphides from the Bottino mine (Tuscany, Italy). Eur J Mineral 3(1):79ā€“84 Berndt ME...pentlandites in copper sulphide ores from the Kamaishi mine, Iwate prefecture, Japan. Mining Geology 30(5):265ā€“276
Journal (issue)
miners drill holes in the rock at Taxco silver mine in Mexico. Right: North Sea drilling rig 'Claymore-A'...crystals set in an asbestos base from Sondrio in Italy. Actinolite has high mechanical sensitivity - this...(matrix) from Balzano, Italy. Below: Note the blackness of these crystals from Novara, Italy. ~ Actinolite forms...British Columbia (Canada), in the Alpine regions of Italy, in New Zealand, in Siberia (Russia) and in Alaska...particularly in the Ojuela result of some chemical Mine in Durango State. reaction that has occurred Significant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tr Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 250. Con Mine, N.W.T...L .40 Tr S Tr Tr Tr S S S S Tr S...SpiderPond......... L .30 Tr Tr W W Montana Emma Mine, Butte...M RainbowVein, Butte..M .20 .20 W Tr...Silver King Coalition . M W W Arizona Montana Mine, Ruby. M .60 Tr Tr M 0.53 Tr Tr Tr W 0...Accordingto Traill, 5 sphaleritefrom the Mill Close Mine in Derbyshire, which may be classedas a low temperaturetype...sphaleritefrom a high intensitytype depositat Bottino, Tuscany,contains1.23 per cent cadmium? Hintze 7 records
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Rocks and Minerals is in itself a veritable gold mine. Readers learn about the inside of minerals ā€” the...the shape of a Greek cross visor tin twins (cassiterite) CUBIC elbow-shaped twins SYSTEM called twinning...the pneumatolytic stage: quartz, molybdenite, cassiterite, scheelite, ilvaite, vesuvianite, fassaite, grossular...is an example of a poly- tites. been found in Italy (Sicily and Romagna), Diamond is found in South...Australia, Morocco, Zambia, the Balkan countries, Italy, etc. converted into beta-sulfur (monoclinic for
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mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana Mā€™Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, JosĆ© Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm...Malawi * 10 x 10 x 7 cm Calcite, San Sebastian Mine, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico * 10 x 8 x 6.5...divided by the weight of an Graphite, Black Donald Mine, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada * 14 x 11 x 10
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Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico....appraisal. Many Right: Native mercury from Lucca. Italy. This form is extremely rare as mercury is normally...States, in California and Texas; and in Spain and Italy. Treatment. Occurs naturally in such small drops...areas including Kimberley, Pretoria (the Premier mine is in this area), and Jagersfontein in the Orange...Localities. Lead is found in Sweden at the Harstig mine, Pajsberg; from the gold placers of the Ural Mountains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1975) endeavored to characterize the igneous province. Schult and Guerreiro (1980) found that the normally...very late increase of fo2- Traces of allanite, cassiterite, columbite, and fluorite are also present. The...felsic rocks with extremely low common Sr (e.g., Bottino et al. 1970) is generally attributed to partial...complexes extends 1,300 km from the northern Afir province of the Niger Republic to the Benue Valley, Nigeria...and Mg, and unusual accessory minerals such as cassiterite. Initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios tend to be high (up
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of Milan, Institute of Mineralogy Museum, Milan, italy ^ draga blogojevic, geologist, Trepca, Yugoslavia...Curator, Civic Museum of Natural History, Milan, ITALY ic PAUL desautels, Curator, Smithsonian Institution...stood atop the "motherā€ mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock....crystal, still imbedded in the country rock, to the mine manager, Mr. F. Wells. With his pocketknife Wells...Cullinan in honor of the superintendent of the Premier Mine in which it had been found, it was sold to the Transvaal
 
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