| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Pickeringite |
| Formula: | MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
| Comments: | Associated with melanterite, copiapite and gypsum in a small alteration zone of the iron sulphides marcasite and pyrite. |
| Habit: | acicular with a silky lustre |
| Colour: | white |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pickeringite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Calafuria quarry, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 252121 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:252121:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 02459604-2e71-462c-844f-e5b393961825 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pickeringite |
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| 44.2km (27.5 miles) | ⓘLibbiano, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 61.0km (37.9 miles) | ⓘFornovolasco, Vergemoli, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 61.6km (38.3 miles) | ⓘCava del Ferro (Bùgie mines; Trimpello), Fornovolasco, Vergemoli, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 65.7km (40.9 miles) | ⓘNiccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 72.9km (45.3 miles) | ⓘLe Cetine di Cotorniano Mine, Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 73.0km (45.3 miles) | ⓘValle Giove stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 73.6km (45.7 miles) | ⓘVigneria stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 73.7km (45.8 miles) | ⓘAntenna stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 78.8km (48.9 miles) | ⓘTerranera Mine, Porto Azzurro, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 84.8km (52.7 miles) | ⓘCape Calamita Mine, Capoliveri, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Report (issue) | | Pezzotta Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milan, Italy with Contributions by Christina Denison, Andrea...high Grotta d'Oggi, San Piero in Campo, Elba, Tuscany, Italy Collection Dave Eidahl; photo Erica and Harold...also been found in the Livorno (Leghorn) Mountains as well as in and around Calafuria. This ore and slag...entirely in order to protect the forests of Maremma, Tuscany, and Lazio that had been severely depleted (Bonatti...control of Elba, Piombino, and other parts of Tuscany. In the centuries that followed, Turkish and Saracen |  | | Journal (issue) | | maggiormente impregnata di solfuro di ferro. Con la pickeringite cosLituisce il minerale più recente della paragenesi...reperirla là dove é presente l'antimonite alterata. Pickeringite Questo materiale é stato rinvenuto in un campione...KJebelsbergile and another an1imony mineral from Pereta, Tuscany, ltaly. Neues Jahrb11ch fiir Mineralogie. Monatshefte...(1980): Peretai1e, a new minerai from Pereta, Tuscany, Italy. American Mineralogisr. 65, 936-939. • COQUAND...CaSb4+3O4(OH)i(SO~ 2.2H20 (I O ritrovamento mondiale) Pickeringite MgA12(SO 4k22H 2 O Roemerite Fe+ 2 Fe-,+ 3(SO |
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