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Pyrite from
Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genoa, Liguria, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:236709
Long-form Identifier:1:3:236709:5
GUID (UUID V4):8a1a814c-6bb8-4714-8071-29ba52e82ba4
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
2.4km (1.5 miles) Mt. Tregin mine, Bargone, Casarza Ligure, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
3.0km (1.9 miles) Bargonasco stream, Casarza Ligure, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
3.1km (1.9 miles) Burrone di Vallegrande, Casarza Ligure, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
3.9km (2.4 miles) Monte Bianco copper mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
4.1km (2.5 miles) Campegli Mine (Sant'Elena Mine), Campegli, Castiglione Chiavarese, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
4.9km (3.0 miles) Monte Pu, Castiglione Chiavarese, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
5.1km (3.2 miles) Monte Bardeneto-Monte Capra Prospect, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
5.5km (3.4 miles) Monte Zenone Mine, Casarza Ligure, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
5.6km (3.5 miles) Monte Bossea Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
5.7km (3.6 miles) Monte Alpe Mine, Mt. Alpe, Maissana, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dr. Du Riche Preller—Ophiolithic Rocks, E. Liguria. 489 I I . — T H E OPHIOLITHIC GROUPS OF THE LIGUEIAN...about midway between Spezia and Genoa, viz. north of Levanto, Sestri Levante, and Chiavari, at average altitudes...the Eocene ophiolithic group of Sestri Ponente and Isoverde, west of Genoa, they lie in the upper horizon...to north of La Baracca on the high-road from Sestri Levante to Spezia. The precipitous, craggy outcrops... 490 Dr. Du Riche Preller—Ophiolithic Rocks, E. Liguria. euphodite alternating with argillaceous schist
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry of water discharges from the Libiola mine, Italy LUIGI MARINI ,* GIUSEPPE S ALDI, FRANCESCO...Territory & Its Resources, Genoa University, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genoa, Italy (Received April 2, 2002;...October 28, 2002) Two distinct groups of mine waters are found at Libiola. They are red acid waters (pH 2.4–2...meteoric waters with mine-waste materials and addition of local groundwaters to acid mine waters were simulated...simulations were compared with the analytical data of mine waters through activity plots, showing the fields
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
presence of colour-bearing minerals. In sulphides mine dumps (similar to natural soils but without significant...-oxyhydroxysulfates that form as a consequence of the AMD (Acid Mine Drainage) processes. In this work, after a review...sulphide-bearing waste-rock dump of the Libiola mine (Eastern Liguria, Italy). The dump is highly heterogeneous...secondary products of AMD within highly heterogeneous mine waste disposals. Moreover, the results can be used...Munsell Color, CIE- L*a*b*, Fe-oxides, AMD, Libiola mine. Introduction This paper is organized in two
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Community in an Acid Mine Drainage Fe Precipitate at Libiola Mine (Liguria, Italy) Sirio Consani 1 , Stefano...Community in an Acid Mine Drainage Fe Precipitate at Libiola Mine (Liguria, Italy). Minerals 2021, 11...Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, I-16132 Genoa, Italy; sirio.consani@edu.unige.it (S.C.); marina...National Research Council (CNR), I-10125 Turin, Italy; stefano.ghignone@ipsp.cnr.it Correspondence: cristina...+39-010-3538137; Fax: +39-010-352169 Abstract: Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a common environmental problem
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oxyhydroxide assemblages from the Libiola mine (eastern Liguria, Italy): structural and microstructural...Genova, Italy di Storia Naturale, Università di Firenze, Via G. la Pira, 4, I-50121 Firenze, Italy 3INFM-LAMIA...3INFM-LAMIA, C.so Perrone, 24, I-16152 Genova, Italy 4UdR INSTM and Dip. Chimica, Università di Firenze,...Fiorentino, Italy 2Museo Abstract: The Libiola Fe-Cu-sulphide mine, near Sestri Levante (eastern Liguria), represents...most extensively exploited sulphide deposits in Italy. In this area, active Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) processes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
undertaken to investigate the metals speciation in mine wastes and soils. With this work, after a review...within an open-air waste-rock dump (Libiola mine, eastern Liguria, Italy). The selected samples are composed...Synchrotron radiation, μ-XRD, μ-XRF, µ-XANES, Acid Mine Drainage, Fe-oxides 1. Introduction Waste-rock...ores, the oxidation of Fe-rich sulphides, mainly pyrite, represents the primary pollutant-generation mechanism...mechanism, a process typically referred to as Acid Mine Drainage (AMD), which causes extreme acidification
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elements when acid waters from the derelict Libiola mine (Italy) are mixed with stream waters Marina Accornero...Territory & its Resources, Genoa University, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genoa, Italy Received 17 September 2004;...elements when acid waters from the derelict Libiola mine are mixed with the Gromolo creek waters, and...and sorption on its surface. The effects of acid mine waters on the Gromolo aqueous system are not ameliorated...Acid mine drainage (AMD) releases considerable amounts of metals, through both oxidative pyrite disso-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volcano-Sedimentary Sequences of the Eastern Ligurian Ophiolites (Italy) MINERALIUM DEPOSITA © by Springer-Verlag 1980...Milano, Italy G. Garuti Istituto di Mineralogia e Petrografia, Universit~ di Modena, Italy Ik large...variously serpentinized, pertaining respectively to the Sestri-Voltaggio zone and to the eastern ligurian ophiolites...settings with aggregates of pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pyrite closely associated with silicates mainly serpentine...M. Mesco). Chalcopyrite, bornite, neodigenite, pyrite, pyrrhotite and sphalerite are the ore minerals
Catalog/List
flat calcite-- attractive piece 6x4. Whitesmith Mine Stontian Scotland £25 7 ElJDIAL YTE rich red masses...all over the top surface 4x3cm Cassagna Mine, Ne Liguria Italy £ 25 14 STRONTIO-ORTHO JOAQU1N1TE one yellow...pinkish micro crystals on Boracite crystals Boulby mine Loftus Yorkshire 3x2cm £18 16 PRICEITE hard white...crystal sections on lx2cm surface Molinello Mine, Val Graveglia Italy £8 18 NATIVE COPPER a cleaned piece 8x5cm...Braunite, Piemontite and quartz Praboma Mine, St Marcel ,Aosta Italy 3.5 x3cm £12 25 RHODIZlTE glass tube
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN APENNINE OPHIOLITE, ITALY GIORGIO GARUTI§ Department of Earth Sciences, University...Reggio Emilia, Via S. Eufemia 19, I–41100 Modena, Italy FEDERICA ZACCARINI Department of Applied Geological...Jurassic ophiolites in the Northern Apennine belt of Italy were found to contain gold, acanthite or argentite...with late deposition of siderite and secondary pyrite, possibly due to the action of neutral to basic...deposit, Jurassic ophiolite, Northern Apennine, Italy. SOMMAIRE Nous documentons, dans des échantillons
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mines of Gromolo and Petronio Valleys (Eastern Liguria, Italy) Pietro Marescotti 1, * ID , Gerardo Brancucci...University of Genova, C.so Europa, 26, I-16132 Genova, Italy Department of Architecture and Design (DAD), University...Genova, Stradone S. Agostino, 37, I-16123 Genova, Italy; brancucci@arch.unige.it (G.B.); marin@arch.unige...Genova, Italy; giulia.sasso89@hotmail.it GeoSectra SRL, Via Palmaria, 9/6 L, I-16121 Genova, Italy; monica...sequences of the Northern Apennines (Eastern Liguria, Italy), with the aim of applying a GIS (Geographic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
transition in the Ligurian Tethys (Northern-Apennine, Italy) Giorgio Garuti a,b,⁎, Federica Zaccarini a,b, Maurizio...Reggio Emilia, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universitá di Parma, Parma, Italy a r t i c l...Hydrothermal sulfide veins Ophiolite External Ligurides Italy a b s t r a c t Galena bearing sulfide veins have...ophiolite (External Ligurides, Northern Apennine, Italy). The galena-rich veins cut across a volcanic pile...Reppia, BD= Monte Bardeneto, BC= Monte Bianco, LB = Libiola, CP= Campegli, CS= Casali, VI= Vigonzano, GR= Groppallo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of VMS deposits of northern Apennine ophiolites, Italy: evidence for the influence of country rock type...and Ni of the ores reflect those of pyrite. The Co/Ni ratios of pyrite range from 0.29 to 1.79 (av.=0.74)...University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41100 Modena, Italy composition of chlorite varies from Cr-rich, Mg-clinochlore...ophiolites located in the northern Apennines of Italy contain seafloor stratiform, stratabound and subseafloor...stockwork VMS deposits characterized by the assemblage pyrite+chalcopyrite+sphalerite (Bertolani 1952, 1953,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
attenuation can lead to environmental resilience in mine environment Elisabetta Dore a, Dario Fancello a...Monserrato, 09042, CA, Italy CNR-IGG, UOS Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, I-50121, Firenze, Italy c Department of...Sciences, University of Roma Tre, 00146, Rome, Italy d Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universit�...a di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, Firenze, I-50121, Italy e U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado Water Science...flowing in the Iglesiente and Arburese mine districts (SW Sardinia, Italy), exploited for zinc (Zn) and lead
Journal (issue)
metal contamination in water at Libiola abandoned copper mine, Italy ……...………………. 65 Paulina HÎRTOPANU...Valentin DRĂGUȚ Research on methods of treating mine water generated from exploitation of Roşia Poieni...Mineralogy of precious metals ore from Les Fouilloux Gaul mine, Limousin (France) from metals traceability perspective...fulfilled: a) the geographic accessibility of the mine; b) the conservation grade of the places organised...Rammelsberg was until the year of 2000 the biggest copper mine in Germany but it was decided to transform it in
Book (volume)
ITALIAN MOUNTAIN GEOLOGY ’ PARTS NORTHERN 1 AND [ITALY II AND TUSCANY BY C. S. DU RICHE PRELLER, M...el ITALIAN MOUNTAIN PaRts NORTHERN I anp ITALY GEOLOGY. II. AND TUSCANY. OTHER GEOLOGICAL...(The Moraine Walls and Lake Basins of Northern Italy. The Piedmontese Alps, Ligurian Apennines, Carrara...idem. The Ancient Sea and Lake Basins of Central Italy : idem. Italian Mountain Geology, Part II]. Wheldon...NORTHERN PART I. THE ‘PART II. THE Sslk) AND ITALY GEOLOGY. oll AND TUSCANY. PIEDMONTESE ALPS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals from Minothem Environments in Fragnè Mine (Turin, Italy): Preliminary Results Yuri Galliano 1 , Cristina...Minerals from Minothem Environments in Fragnè Mine (Turin, Italy): Preliminary Results. Minerals 2022, 12...Studi di Genova, C.so Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy; yury.galliano@gmail.com (Y.G.); donato.belmonte@unige...Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy; valentina.balestra@hotmail.com BiGea, Università...Università di Bologna, Via Zamboni 67, 40126 Bologna, Italy; jo.dewaele@unibo.it Correspondence: cristina.carbone@unige
Journal (issue)
Articles The Val Graveglia m anganese district, Liguria, I t a ly .......................................Donato, Italy macco.marchesini@agip.it Renato Pagano Casella Postale 37 1-20092 Cinisello, Italy renpagan@tin...Val Graveglia area, Genoa Province, Northern Italy. 1— Cassagna mine 2—Gambatesa mine 3— Molana quarry 4—...Molinello mine 5— Monte Bardeneto prospect 6— Monte Bianco copper mine 7— Monte Bossea mine 8— Monte Coppello-Reppia...Coppello-Reppia prospect 9— Monte Porcile mine 10— Nascio 11—Scrava mine 12— Pontori Prospect h CD ^ .L IG
Report (issue)
28 9.64 32.53 Total 99.51 100.00 (1) Redington mine, California, USA. (2) MgFe(SO4 )2 (OH) • 7H2 O.... which may be in great abundance, altered from pyrite, especially in arid climates. Association: Copiapite...Distribution: From Falun, Sweden. At the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains, Germany. In Chile...Bayos, southwest of Calama. From the Santa Elena mine, Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province,...In the USA, from the Redington mine, Knoxville, and at the Palisades mine, near Calistoga, Napa Co., California;
Journal (issue)
Earth Sciences University, “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy Sean T. Brennan US Geological Survey Ann McCarley...Wolfango Plastino University of Roma Tre, Roma, Italy Ladislaus Rybach ETH Ziirich, Ziirich, Switzerland...Gonfiantini Instituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse Pisa, Italy Fax: +1 860 487-8802 e-mail: jwlane@usgs.gov Jan...Francesco Spada Rome University “La Sapienza” Rome, Italy David Stephenson Geological Society of America Foundation...waste-rock dumps from the Libiola Fe-Cu sulphide mine (Eastern Liguria, Italy) P. Marescotti - C. Carbone
Book
region is examined, as is the survival of early mine archaeology in different geological settings. Survey...application of lead isotope analysis to identify early mine sources pioneered by Noel Gale, Zofia Stos-Gale,...Islands Cyprus: island of copper Sardinia and Corsica Italy 4. Iberia and the western Mediterranean South-west...Fig. 1.3. The mineralization of the Great Orme mine, north Wales 9 Fig. 1.4. Base metal metallogeny...Edge mine, England 18 Fig. 1.6. Modern research: Miguel Ángel de Blas Cortina at El Aramo mine, Asturias
Catalog/List
l~lt". £4.50. 6. 7. -. 8. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Bright, sparkling...colourful specimen., 3i;x2txlt". £14.00. AZURITE. TVnagh Mine, Co. Galwav, Eire. Select bright blue small sparkling... 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. -2BARYTES. Hailemoor Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland. Specimen A - Choice...specimen. 3tx2~-x2". £8.00. BARYToCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Fine, sharp, creamy spear-like...mineral and the sample came from an area of the mine known as the Admiralty Flats, a lease which belonged
Catalog/List
·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...intergrown terminated crystal on minor zinkenite and pyrite. (A) 3/8x3/8 11 $9.50. (B) 3/Bx½" $12.50. (C)3/8x½...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...to 3 mm fragments. 3/ 4 11 capsule New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2
Catalog/List
·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...intergrown terminated crystal on minor zinkenite and pyrite. (A) 3/8x3/8 11 $9.50. (B) 3/Bx½" $12.50. (C)3/8x½...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...to 3 mm fragments. 3/ 4 11 capsule New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mobility. A typical example is pyrite oxidation that generates Acid Mine Drainage (AMD); this, in turn...supergenic environments, such as those represented by mine wastes (in particular tailings), and the identification...not only for the mineralogical characterization of mine-wastes but also for the development of mechanistic...electrons in semiconducting minerals (e.g. galena and pyrite), the reaction of one surface site may influence...the preliminary examination of solid samples from mine sites. Although this technique can not reach the
 
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