 | | Report (chapter) | | July 14, 2015 Carrara Marble: a nomination for ‘Global Heritage Stone Resource’ from Italy P. PRIMAVORI...Politecnico of Milan, Italy (e-mail: pieprima@gmail.com) Abstract: Carrara Marble, from Italy, probably one of...Resource’. Quarried since pre-Roman times, the Carrara marble is the testimonial of an area/industry that...environment and cultural context, this versatile marble has been appreciated in almost any field of application...all over the world. Carrara Marble takes its name from the Italian city of Carrara where it has been quarried |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 554 Dr. Du Riche Preller—The Carrara Marble District. Another conclusion follows from the above-named...mislead younger geologists. I V . — T H E CABBABA, MASSA, AND VJ.BSILIA MAEBLE DISTEICT. By C. S. Du ElCHE...rPHE range of the Apuan Alps, commonly called the Carrara X Mountains, is an offshoot of the Apennines, trending...50 Dr. Du Riche Preller—Tlie Carrara Marble District. 555 marble beds are situated, covers about...kilometres or about 130 square miles, of which the marble zone proper represents 64 square miles or about |  | | Journal (issue) | | .........259 b y U. Burchard Minerals of the Carrara M arble..........................................Louise, Horhausen, FRG San Piero in Campo, Elba, Italy Kongsberg, Norway Friedrichssegen, Bad Ems, FRG...4 cm, on matrix, from San Piero in Campo, Elba, Italy. Photo by Rainer Bode. 260 The M in eralogical...Maria 53, 56100 Pisa, Italy Giovanni Bracci Via dei Mulinacci, 8 57100 Livorno, Italy Domenico Dalena Viale...41 57100 Livorno, Italy F W twothousand years, the marble quarries near Carrara have yielded superb |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | applied for the archaeometric studies concerning marble provenance, despite its potential. This paper develops...obtained from the main marble quarries used in antiquity. With a total number of 473 marble samples from ten...diagrams to be applied in the identification of marble provenance studies, as a complementary tool of...of other analyses. Keywords: archaeometry; marble; provenance; cathodoluminescence; CL-SEM 1. Introduction...expressed in terms of intensity [2,4]. Consequently, in marble, the CL characteristics are a function of the relative |  | | Book | | CANADA MARBLE: THE HISTORY OE A CULTURE Luciana and Tiziano Mannoni This book is a history of marble in...sculpture, architecture and building techniques. How marble was extracted, and the working techniques are an...problems of the marble industry are examined, while the famous pro¬ duction centre of Carrara is dealt with...Jacket illustration: Trajan’s Column, Rome ••VV MARBLE the history of a culture Luciana and Tiziano...Origins of Marble Chapter Two Marble Technology Chapter Three The different Uses of Marble Chapter Four |  | | Journal (issue) | | mines near Pinarcik in the Ilbir Mountains, Mŭgla Province, Turkey .............................. 541 by... Countiss Sphalerite and wurtzite from the Carrara Marble ................................. 571 by A...DIASPORE twin, 1.3 cm, from near Pinarcik, Mŭgla Province, Turkey. See the article beginning on page 541...com ItalianMinerals.com Quality Minerals from Italy & Worldwide www.ItalianMinerals.com e-mail: italianminerals@libero... was born Gabriella Katherine Loewi in Venice, Italy, on April 23, 1920, the daughter of Jewish art dealers |  | | Book | | WITH 'I found it of brick but left it of marble MARY WINEARLS PORTER 1 THE GETTY RESEARCH...LIBRARY PREFACE necessary to say a few words about marble before describing the special varieties known to...heat and pressure. Of limestones from which the marble is common greater part of derived there are...formations a marble may be derived, as in crystallization all fossil remains obliterated. Marble occurs ...Carboniferous systems. 1 Marble, when formed of carbonate of lime without impurities, marble. various is The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | I-56126 Pisa, Italy ABSTRACT Zincalstibite, a new mineral occurring within the cavities of marble of the Apuan...Apuan Alps, Tuscany, – Italy, has chemical formula Zn2AlSb(OH)12, space group P3, a = 5.321(1), c = 9...nature, within the cavities of marble in the Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy. The Apuan Alps are a mountain...mountain chain in northern Tuscany running parallel to the Tyrrenian coast for about 60 km, with an average...tertiary Tuscan sedimentary sequence. A liassic marble formation, composed of very pure limestone having |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Article Mineralogical Insights to Identify Göktepe Marble in the Sculptural Program of Quinta Das Longas... A. Mineralogical Insights to Identify Göktepe Marble in the Sculptural Program of Quinta Das Longas...Abstract: This archaeometric study is focused on the marble used in a group of fragmented sculptures found...numerous fragments, all of very fine-grained white marble, are associated with the ornamentation of an impressive...paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and 87 Sr/86 Sr isotopes, the marble provenance can be identified with certainty. The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | chalcopyrite, and palygorskite in the Cove Mountain Marble mine near Whitestone, Pickens County. Georgia....similar occurrences elsewhere along the Murphy Marble belt in adjacent Gilmer County (Gordon 1989). Anatase...Verbania Province; Val Veny, Val d’Aosta (crystals to 1.5 cm); Valtellina in Sondrio Province, Lombardy;...Lombardy; Tuscany at the Buca della Vena mine, Lucca, often associated with derbylite crystals; and rarely...rarely in the Carrara marble (Crestola Bassa and Fantiscritti quarries). Good blue anatase crystals to 5 mm |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CaJ'rara's Marble THE quarries, The British vice consul at Spezia, in a report on the Carrara marble industry...over 400 pounds. He has up to the marble. The different kinds of marble in the market from the was presented...statuary marble and 52,360 tons of sawn and worked Massa-Carrara quarries are statuary or Carrara, pro...the name of his genus. It is less Massa produces some colored marble. and a half, mated with a male that...species (which is essentially There is a quality of marble, perhaps the most rare, rie at the same date, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Palceontographical Society. 565 upper schists, the white marble shows thin streaks of talcose, lustrous mica, and...veined and breccia varieties. The violet-veined marble called paona%%i owes its delicate violet tint to...marks are due to infiltrations of iron. Statuary marble, graduating from grezzoni below to ordinary white...the principal Carrara quarries from Piastra to Ravaccione, Canal Grande, Fantiscritti, Fontana, Colonnata...Polvaccio, Crestola, and Betogli quarries of the Carrara, and in the Altissimo and Falcovaja quarries of |  | | Book (volume) | | MOUNTAIN GEOLOGY ’ PARTS NORTHERN 1 AND [ITALY II AND TUSCANY BY C. S. DU RICHE PRELLER, M.A., Ph.D...MOUNTAIN PaRts NORTHERN I anp ITALY GEOLOGY. II. AND TUSCANY. OTHER GEOLOGICAL SAME PUBLICATIONS...Filol. Florence.” 1881. The Central Apennines from Tuscany to the Adriatic: ‘“‘ Journ. Ital. Alpine Club,...Lake Basins of Northern Italy. The Piedmontese Alps, Ligurian Apennines, Carrara Mountains, Subapennines...idem. The Ancient Sea and Lake Basins of Central Italy : idem. Italian Mountain Geology, Part II]. Wheldon |  | | Book | | Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland...and Dolaucothi, or offered detailed analysis of quarrying sites such as Gebel Dokhan, Gebel Fatirah, or...aspects of the internal organization of mining and quarrying ventures under imperial control and their place...Mining and Quarrying Districts 3.1 Metallum and territoria metallorum 3.2 Mining and Quarrying Districts...occupatores/coloni and conductores 7.2 Quarry Labels and Quarrying Contractors 261 261 290 x Contents 8. The |  | | Journal (issue) | | PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FEDERICO PEZZOTTA CURATOR OF MINERALOGY...JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2011 PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY Participating Collectors: Marco Amabili Silvia...Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto Giazotto collection Jeff Scovil photo... MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY )In OutCine of MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY Federico Pezzotta Mineralogy...literature and music, scholars and aristocrats in Italy assembled some of the first great collections of |  | | Book | | [the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by F. Olmi, C. Sabelli & G. Brizzi) 19:305-310...ALBERTINI, CLAUDIO Famous mineral localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario:...8:287-293 Minerals of the Alpine rodingites of Italy (by C. M. Gramaccioli) 10:85-89 Micromounting in...Arcu su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari, Sardinia [Italy] (by R. Vochten & G. Brizzi) 18:181-184 AREM, JOEL...Minerals from the upper Arno River Valley, Tuscany, Italy (by M. Corazza, G. Pratesi & R. Braga) 25:293-299 |  | | Journal (issue) | | klarer Zi11kble11deFoto: F. A. Pfaffl kriswll von Carrara. D11rch111esser 2111111. Foto: C. M. Gramaccioh...aufgewachsen (Epitaxie). Carrara. Größte Breite des Kristalls ca. 4 mm. Sw1111u11y Marble and ''s11gar-grai11ed"...ßinnatal and Val Fon11azza, and t!te marble quarries at Carrara. Of t!tese mi11erals. probably t!te mast...diesen liefern vor allem die Brüche bei Torano. Fantiscritti und Colonnata hervorragende Stufen. Micromounts...der Zugang ist langwierig und anstrengend. In Carrara schließlich gibt es wenig Mineralien. indessen |  | Mills, S. J., Christy, A. G., Génin, J.-M. R., Kameda, T., Colombo, F. (2012) Nomenclature of the hydrotalcite supergroup: natural layered double hydroxides. Mineralogical Magazine, 76 (5) 1289-1336 doi:10.1180/minmag.2012.076.5.10 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bologna and Castelluccio di Moscheda near Modena, Italy. The X-ray powder patterns indicated a hexagonal...quintinite, was described from the Carrara marble of Calagio Quarry, Tuscany, Italy, by Merlino and Orlandi (2001)...crystals with magnetite and drusy calcite in dolomitic marble from Långban, Värmland, Sweden. The interlayer...was described from the Huanuni tin mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia by Huminicki et al...cualstibite, was described from the Fantiscritti quarry, Carrara, Tuscany, Italy by Bonaccorsi et al. (2007) |  | | Book (edition) | | Jade – Geology and Mineralogy The Natural Glasses Marble Less Common Species Synthetic Gemstones Composite...my articles on emerald, ruby and sapphire, and marble, as well as a number of illustrations which had...kind of mineral only, and the white ornamental marble, composed entirely of calcite, is a good example...minerals. Figure 1.2 5 Fantiscritti quarry, Carrara, Italy where marble is mined The Geological...flow of 1944 in a valley leading down to Naples, Italy. The Monte Somma crater wall is in the background |
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Fantiscritti, Miseglia quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy