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Sphalerite from
Botro del Confine (La Sassa vein system), La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Vein
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Botro del Confine (La Sassa vein system), La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1413356
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1413356:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ā“˜La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
5.7km (3.5 miles) ā“˜Campo di Sasso, Bibbona, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
8.7km (5.4 miles) ā“˜Micciano, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
13.1km (8.2 miles) ā“˜Buca del Puntone 1, Sassetta, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
16.3km (10.1 miles) ā“˜Buche al Ferro, Monte Coronato, Castagneto Carducci, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
16.6km (10.3 miles) ā“˜Montecatini Mine, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
17.7km (11.0 miles) ā“˜Monte Calvi-North, San Vincenzo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
18.8km (11.7 miles) ā“˜Lanzi Mine (Cava del Piombo; Buca del Piombo), Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
19.2km (11.9 miles) ā“˜Rocca San Silvestro slag locality, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
20.0km (12.5 miles) ā“˜Temperino Mine, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
D'Achiardi, A. (1872-73) Mineralogia della Toscana. Tipografia Nistri, Pisa, 2 volumes, 678 pages.
Lotti, B. (1898) Il filone della Sassa in Val di Cecina (Toscana). Rassegna mineraria e delle industrie mineralurgiche e metallurgiche d'arti, scienze, economia e finanza affini, 8, 181-182
Lotti, B. (1910) Geologia della Toscana. Memorie Descrittive della Carta Geologica dā€™Italia, 13, 484 pp.
Sabelli, C., and Santucci, A. (1985) Nuovi ritrovamenti di scorodite in Toscana (La Sassa, Cetine). Atti della SocietĆ  Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A, 92, 259-267
Orlandi, P. (2006) Geositi minerari e mineralogici della provincia di Pisa. Doc.Q.C.7. In: Provincia di Pisa, Sistema Informativo Territoriale, Piano Territoriale di Coordinamento, Elaborati del quadro conoscitivo del PTCP, Pisa, 398 pp.
 
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