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Melanterite from
Lanzi Mine (Cava del Piombo; Buca del Piombo), Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Melanterite
Formula:Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melanterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lanzi Mine (Cava del Piombo; Buca del Piombo), Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:943854
Long-form Identifier:1:3:943854:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Melanterite
14.6km (9.1 miles) ⓘMontioni, Suvereto, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘMarsiliana slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘBotro del Confine (La Sassa vein system), La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘAccesa mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
26.0km (16.2 miles) ⓘFenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
26.6km (16.5 miles) ⓘNiccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
30.0km (18.7 miles) ⓘGavorrano Mine, Gavorrano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘLe Conche Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
33.1km (20.5 miles) ⓘVigneria stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
33.5km (20.8 miles) ⓘAntenna stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Conticini F., Menchetti S., Sabelli C., Trosti-Ferroni R. (1980): Minerali di alterazione dei giacimenti a solfuri misti di Campiglia Marittima. Rend. Soc. Ital. Mineral. Petrol., 36, 295-308
Biagioni C., Orlandi P., Cerri M., Pistolesi M., Rapaccini S., Santucci A. (2013): Temperino e Lanzi. Le paragenesi secondarie dello skarn. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 37, 1 (1-2013), 40-55.
 
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