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Metacinnabar from
Levigliani mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Metacinnabar
Formula:HgS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Ankerite
Chlorite Group
Cinnabar
Dolomite
Mercury
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Siderite
Sphalerite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Grumiplucite1 photo of Metacinnabar associated with Grumiplucite at this locality.
Mercury1 photo of Metacinnabar associated with Mercury at this locality.
Cinnabar1 photo of Metacinnabar associated with Cinnabar at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Metacinnabar associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metacinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Levigliani mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:141401
Long-form Identifier:1:3:141401:1
GUID (UUID V4):38e7f68a-dc60-4a7a-8585-4aa6939525a7
Nearest other occurrences of Metacinnabar
2.3km (1.5 miles) Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
6.9km (4.3 miles) Ripa Mine, Ripa, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alps (Tuscany, Italy). II. Arsiccioite, AgHg2TlAs2S6, a new mineral from the Monte Arsiccio mine: occurrence...Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, I-56126 Pisa, Italy Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, UMR 6502, CNRS...e Georisorse, CNR, Via Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università...di Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, I-50121 Florence, Italy [Received 15 November 2013; Accepted 22 December...at the Monte Arsiccio mine, near Sant’Anna di Stazzema (Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy). It occurs as anhedral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
settings: the example of Levigliani and Ripa mines, Apuane Alps žTuscany, Italy/ Andrea Dini a,1, Marco... Pierfranco Lattanzi c,3 a b CNR-IGGI, Pisa, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, UniÕersita`...Florence 50121, Italy c Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, UniÕersita` di Cagliari, Italy Received 24 August...area ŽSouthern Tuscany., mercury production in Tuscany is recorded from the Levigliani and Ripa deposits...second Apenninic deformation event ŽD 2 .. At Levigliani, both the setting and the mineral assemblage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
might indicate earlier presence of the zincian metacinnabar and more complex metamorphic history of the...reworking; among them the Levigliani and Ripa deposits in the Apuane Alps, Italy are the best-studied examples...Annunciation of the Virgin Mary and Three Kings mine complex) were exhausted to a depth of 50 to 100...short time in the Feud of Count Šlik mine in the 1620’s. This mine was again renewed in 1676 to 1681 and...textural–structural features very similar to Horní Luby and Levigliani deposits. 3.2. Geology of the Horní Luby ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
species exemplify principles of mineral evolution. Metacinnabar (HgS) and native Hg are the only two species...other Hg halide-sulfides, and HgS4 tetrahedra in metacinnabar and hypercinnabar (the wurtzite and sphalerite...Hypercinnabar HgS KG02, ZA02, US-CA01, US-NV06 2900 0 Metacinnabar HgS >220 known localities: AT02, AT05, GE01...including the New Almadén mine in Santa Clara County and the New Idria mine in San Benito County (two...mercury producers), represents a single mineralized province with ages restricted to the last 5.3 million years
Report (issue)
Metacinnabar HgS c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group: 43m...the Redington mine [TL] and other properties, near Knoxville, Napa Co.; at the Ryne mine, Mt. Diablo,...Potosı́. At Idrija (Idria), Slovenia. In Italy, from Levigliani, Tuscany. In Romania, at Baia Sprie (Felsőbánya)...(Felsőbánya). From Almadén, Ciudad Real Province, Spain. In the Uland area, Kurai ore zone, Altai Mountains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Characteristics and Formation Conditions of Se-Bearing Metacinnabar in the Wanshan Mercury Ore Field, Eastern Guizhou...Characteristics and Formation Conditions of Se-Bearing Metacinnabar in the Wanshan Mercury Ore Field, Eastern Guizhou...is the most common sulfide of mercury while metacinnabar (β-HgS), a high-temperature homogeneous polymorph...HgS and HgSe, and the occurrence of Se-bearing metacinnabar is of great significance for the exploration...electronic microscopy (FESEM) the Se-bearing metacinnabar of the Wanshan mercury ore field of southeastern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
919-933 (2005) LEAD–ANTIMONY SULFOSALTS FROM TUSCANY (ITALY). VIII. ROUXELITE, Cu2HgPb22Sb28S64(O,S)2,... A NEW SULFOSALT FROM BUCA DELLA VENA MINE, APUAN ALPS: DEFINITION AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE PAOLO ORLANDI§...Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, I–56126 Pisa, Italy ALAIN MEERSCHAUT, YVES MOËLO§, PIERRE PALVADEAU...the Buca della Vena Fe–Ba deposit, Apuan Alps, Italy. It occurs as acicular metallic crystals in calcite...illustrated in the nearby Hg deposits of Ripa and Levigliani. The name honors Jean Rouxel (1935–1998), solid
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sealed Ti container, the initial ‘pseudocubic’ metacinnabar phase partially transforms to a previously unknown...522 K. This phase disappears at 527 K, and the metacinnabar phase changes to a well crystalline cubic phase;...cinnabar continues to increase up to 647 K. Both metacinnabar and cinnabar phases are retained on cooling...natural cinnabar sample. K EY WORDS : cinnabar, metacinnabar, mercury sulphide, phase transitions, synchrotron...sulphide with the shortrange ordering of cubic metacinnabar. Further aggregation appeared to demonstrate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by Kuhlemann and Zeeh (1995), the Levigliani and Ripa deposits (Italy) by Dini et al. (2001), the Linares...is its occurrence with Hg minerals (cinnabar, metacinnabar, schwatzite, etc.), while in the Akoluk deposit...sphalerite in the whole Serbo-Macedonian Metallogenic Province ∗ Corresponding author. Tel.: +381 11 3691 722;...Hg-rich zones from Fig. 2d. Province (SMMP). The ore deposits of this province lie in a number of geotectonic...small part of the Dinarides. This metallogenic province has been delineated mostly by reference to the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
interestbecause of its greenstone beltof theSuperior province, northwestern Onatypical alteration styleandmetalassociations...(Williams mine,GoldenGiantmine,and andthe highmetamorphic gradeof the hostrockshasob- DavidBell mine)haveproduced9...(PanandFleet, 1995). 2 Ma (Corfu and Muir, 1989a).In the mine area,the strata The relativetimingof metamorphism...decreasingtemperature solidsolution, ZnMCn= zincian metacinnabar. Modified from abundance, stibnitegrains al...(sample GG25) Both W2 and W3 come from the Williams mine A zone. GG25 is a sampleoriginally collectedanddescribed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
relations of cinnabar and metacinnabar have not been well understood. Metacinnabar, or black HgS, has been...pure red HgS, cinnabar, inverts to black HgS, metacinnabar, at 344' C., at one atmosphere pressure. The... or selenium in the metacinnabar structure retards the inversion of metacinnabar to cinnabar at temperatures...addition, the presence of iron or zinc in the metacinnabar depresses the inversion temperature: iron, to...containing both cinnabar and metacinnabar show that in general metacinnabar was deposited earlier than
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
boulangerite, robinsonite, bournonite, galena, realgar, metacinnabar, cinnabar, acanthite, and chalcopyrite. Sphalerites...Note: MDPI stays neutral Keywords: sphalerite; metacinnabar; cinnabar; ZnS-HgS series; Pb-Sb sulfosalts;...frequently found in association with zincian metacinnabar and/or cinnabar in commercial Hg deposits (e...grains were found in the Levigliani Hg-Zn-Fe sulfide deposit in Tuscany, Italy [4]. The nearby Monte Arsiccio...Sakhalin mud volcanic province. (a) Location map of mud volcanoes in Sakhalin province. (b) Enlarged box
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
produced. Cinnabar? the red sulfide of mercury: metacinnabar. the black sulfide of mercury and native mercury...Overlying the cinnabar is a thinner layer of sooty metacinnabar. The mercuric sulfide forms aprons which extend...mercuric sulfide and the proportion of cinnabar to metacinnabar decrease progressivel>- away from the outlets...few specimens from Amedee show wispy layers of metacinnabar alternat,ing with thicker layers of cinnabar;...about 900 square feet and the total mass of metacinnabar and cinnabar present in the aprons is probably
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
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Journal (issue)
Volume Thirty, Number Five Articles The Mex-Tex mine, Bingham, N ew M exico............................Van Pelt. Long thought to be from the "Sapucaia mine," this speci­ men and others (representing the first...quartz crystals) actually came from the Berilo Branco mine. See the article beginning on page 361.___________...Issue Benitoite, Gold L.A. County Museum, Himalaya mine $10 v.9/#3 Kalahari rhodochrosite, Paterson (NJ)...10/#3 $10 Jeffrey mine (Quebec), Alpine Rodingites, Fluorite (Germany) $10 Taewha mine (Korea) Japan Twins
 
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