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Melanterite from
Le Cetine di Cotorniano mine, Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Melanterite
Formula:Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Rozenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melanterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Le Cetine di Cotorniano mine, Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:84191
Long-form Identifier:1:3:84191:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Melanterite
3.1km (2.0 miles) ⓘCamporedaldi Mine (La Minierina), Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘCampiano Mine, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘBoccheggiano mines, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
19.9km (12.4 miles) ⓘBagni di Petriolo (Terme di Petriolo), Monticiano, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
24.7km (15.3 miles) ⓘNiccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
30.9km (19.2 miles) ⓘCetine di Camporbiano Mine (Le Cetine; Cetine di Volterra; Cetine di Gambassi), Podere Giuseppe, Gambassi Terme, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
32.0km (19.9 miles) ⓘFenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘAccesa mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
35.9km (22.3 miles) ⓘMarsiliana slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘBotro del Confine (La Sassa vein system), La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Sabelli, Cesare, Brizzi, Giancarlo (1984) Alteration Minerals of the Cetine Mine, Tuscany, Italy. The Mineralogical Record, 15 (1) 27-36
Menchetti, S., Batoni, M., Batacchi, C., Borselli, G., Brogi, A., Ceccantini, L., Fassina, B., Marchesini, M., Rossellini, A. & Ruggieri, G. (2015): Le Cetine di Cotorniano. Miniera e minerali. Associazione Micro-Mineralogica Italiana, Cremona, 354 p.
 
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