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Slag from
Baratti slag locality, Piombino, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Slag Locality
Classification
Type:Slag
Formation:Post-mining/Anthropogenic
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Slag data
Locality Data:Click here to view Baratti slag locality, Piombino, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1380597
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1380597:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Slag
12.3km (7.6 miles) ⓘMadonna di Fucinaia (Madonna della Fucinaia) slag heaps, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘRocca San Silvestro slag locality, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
16.0km (9.9 miles) ⓘPodere del Cancellino (Podere dei Cancellini) slag locality, Castagneto Carducci, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
23.7km (14.8 miles) ⓘBottricoli slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
24.8km (15.4 miles) ⓘPoggetti Butelli slag locality, Scarlino, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘMarsiliana slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘCascata slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
26.5km (16.5 miles) ⓘForra slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
31.8km (19.8 miles) ⓘArialla slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
33.1km (20.5 miles) ⓘLago dell'Accesa slag locality, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Dompè, L. (1921) Antichi depositi di scorie ferrifere presso i ruderi della città etrusca di Populonia. La Miniera Italiana, 5(9), 295-296
Sperl, G. (1980): Über die Typologie urzeitlicher, frühgeschichtlicher und mittelalterlicher Eisenhüttenschlacken. Verlag der Österreichischem Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Austria, 68 pp.[includes sketch of Baratti bay area with slag localities]
Crew, P. (1991) The iron and copper slags at Baratti, Populonia, Italy. Historical Metallurgy: 25: 109-115. https://www.academia.edu/2129791/The_iron_and_copper_slags_at_Baratti_Populonia_Italy_1991_
Franzini, M. and Perchiazzi, N. (1992) I minerali delle scorie ferrifere etrusche di Baratti (Livorno). Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A, 99, 43-77.
Franzini, M., Perchiazzi, N., Bartoli, M.L., and Chiappino, L. (1992) Baratti (LI): una nuova località mineralogica italiana analoga al Laurion. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 15, 1 (1-1992), 1-14 [1a parte] and 2 (2-1992), 67-75 [2a parte]
Cerutti, Gianfranco; Preite, Domenico (1995) Mineralien der etruskischen Schlacken von Baratti, Toskana [Minerals from the Etruscan slag of Baratti, Tuscany]. Lapis, 20 (4). 13-18;50
Pasero, Marco, Perchiazzi, Natale, Bigi, Simona, Franzin, Marco, Merlino, Stefano (1996) Pb2Fe3+Cl3(OH)4·H2O, a newly discovered natural phase from Tuscany, Italy: physico-chemical data, crystal structure, and OD character. European Journal of Mineralogy, 9 (1) 43-52 doi:10.1127/ejm/9/1/0043
Lapaire, J. and Bonifazi, M. (1997) Un nouveau minéral des scories étrusques de Baratti (Italie). Minéraux et Fossiles, Le Guide du Collectionneur, 23(257), 12-15
Jansen, H. and van den Berg, W. (1998) Slakkenmineralen in Toscane (Italië). Gea, 4, 109-117 (in Dutch)
Benvenuti, M., Mascaro, I., Costagliola, P., Tanelli, G., Romualdi, A. (2000) Iron, copper and tin at Baratti (Populonia): smelting processes and metal provenances. Historical Metallurgy: 34(2): 67-76. https://www.academia.edu/25048261/Iron_copper_and_tin_at_Baratti_Populonia_smelting_processes_and_metal_provenances
Kutzke, H., Klapper, Helmut, Merlino, St., Pasero, M., Perchiazzi, N., Eggert, G. (2000) The crystal structure of barstowite, Pb4Cl6(CO3) · H2O, determined on crystals from Etruscan slags and from a Late-Hellenistic shipwreck. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials, 215 (2). 110-113 doi:10.1524/zkri.2000.215.2.110
Pistolesi, C. (2006) La miniera di Baratti. Lo sfruttamento delle scorie etrusche dal 1915 al 1969. Felici Editore, Pisa, 200 pp.
Pagnotta, S. (2007): Su una scoria di rame della spiaggia di Baratti: breve nota. Micro (Curiosità), 1/2007, 35-40
Pistolesi, C. (2007) L'origine dello sfruttamento delle scorie ferrose nel golfo di Baratti. Locus, 6, 127-129
Chiarantini, L., Benvenuti, M., Costagliola, P., Fedi, M.E., Guideri, S., and Romualdi, A. (2009) Copper production at Baratti (Populonia, southern Tuscany) in the early Etruscan period (9th–8th centuries BC). Journal of Archaeological Science, 36, 1626-1636
Bonotti, F. and Nannoni, R. (2012) Le scorie antiche della Toscana centrale. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 36, 3 (3-2012), 186-194.
 
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