| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Orpiment |
| Formula: | As2S3 |
| Comments: | Mentioned by Giampaoli (1905) and D'Achiardi (1905) as an alteration product of realgar, in the form of thin yellow scales and orange-yellow spots on the former. The yellow to yellow-orange mineral mentioned by these two authors, and later by other authors, is actually pararealgar (orpiment cannot derive from the alteration of realgar, that usually alters into pararealgar). Consequently, the occurrence of orpiment from the marble cavities of this locality has to be considered as questionable (Biagioni et al., 2019). |
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| Validity: | Unconfirmed/Questioned |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Orpiment data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Ravaccione quarries (Ravaccione Quarry; Torrione Quarry; Tecchione Quarry), Torano quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 959937 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:959937:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d801d1c0-e876-4131-bf58-7b490f35e189 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Orpiment |
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| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘLorano quarries (Lorano I Quarry; Lorano II Quarry; Lorano Quarry), Torano quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 1.5km (1.0 miles) | ⓘBicchieri Quarry (Lorano Basso Quarry), Torano quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 11.8km (7.3 miles) | ⓘPitone quarry, Seravezza quarrying basin, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 14.4km (8.9 miles) | ⓘSeravezza quarrying basin, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 60.6km (37.7 miles) | ⓘMolinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy |
| References |
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Biagioni, C., Orlandi, P., Camarda, S., Chinellato, M., Appiani, R., Del Chiaro, L., and Sanguineti, G. (2019) Minerals from marbles of Carrara and the Apuan Alps. LoGisma editore, Vicchio (Firenze) - Musumeci S.p.A., Quart (Aosta), 144 pp. |
