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Tetrahedrite Subgroup from
Calafuria, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
Comments:"Tetrahedrite was reported on the coast but not specified where exactly in a study on a thin section in 1977 and never reported later. It appeared in a writing by Uzielli in the 1800s, but it is the one included in the baryte that turned out to be a metacinnabar." (Marco Bonifazi pers. comm.)
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tetrahedrite Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Calafuria, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:252127
Long-form Identifier:1:3:252127:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tetrahedrite Subgroup
42.3km (26.3 miles) Micciano, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
53.5km (33.3 miles) Frassine, Monterotondo Marittimo, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
54.0km (33.5 miles) Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
54.1km (33.6 miles) Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
56.8km (35.3 miles) Seravezza quarrying basin, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
57.8km (35.9 miles) Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
61.6km (38.3 miles) Cava del Ferro (Bùgie mines; Trimpello), Fornovolasco, Fabbriche di Vergemoli, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
63.4km (39.4 miles) Bruscoline (Serrabottini North), Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
63.7km (39.6 miles) Madielle quarries, Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
63.8km (39.6 miles) Marianna Bassa Quarry, Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
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