| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Melanterite |
| Formula: | Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
| Habit: | efflorescences |
| Colour: | greenish blue |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Pharmacosiderite | ⓘ1 photo of Melanterite associated with Pharmacosiderite at this locality. |
| Marcasite | ⓘ1 photo of Melanterite associated with Marcasite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Melanterite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Calafuria quarry, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 252120 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:252120:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 111533fe-7e83-4431-b94c-f180ade218c0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Melanterite |
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| 5.0km (3.1 miles) | ⓘLe Ferriere, Rio Ardenza (Rio Popogna), Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 39.1km (24.3 miles) | ⓘBotro del Confine (La Sassa vein system), La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 49.1km (30.5 miles) | ⓘCetine di Camporbiano Mine (Le Cetine; Cetine di Volterra; Cetine di Gambassi), Podere Giuseppe, Gambassi Terme, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy |
| 52.6km (32.7 miles) | ⓘPollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 54.1km (33.6 miles) | ⓘMonte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 55.9km (34.8 miles) | ⓘCanale della Radice mines, Calcaferro, Mulina, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 57.8km (35.9 miles) | ⓘBuca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 61.0km (37.9 miles) | ⓘFornovolasco, Vergemoli, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 61.6km (38.3 miles) | ⓘCava del Ferro (Bùgie mines; Trimpello), Fornovolasco, Vergemoli, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 62.3km (38.7 miles) | ⓘMontioni, Suvereto, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Report (issue) | | Pezzotta Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milan, Italy with Contributions by Christina Denison, Andrea...high Grotta d'Oggi, San Piero in Campo, Elba, Tuscany, Italy Collection Dave Eidahl; photo Erica and Harold...also been found in the Livorno (Leghorn) Mountains as well as in and around Calafuria. This ore and slag...entirely in order to protect the forests of Maremma, Tuscany, and Lazio that had been severely depleted (Bonatti...control of Elba, Piombino, and other parts of Tuscany. In the centuries that followed, Turkish and Saracen |  | | Book (edition) | | sample of scheelite, coming from Traversella (Turin, Italy), in light natural (above) and exposed Other...collector in the field should visit are mine dumps and quarry rubble heaps, where there will always be the odd...small deposits are found near Pisa and Florence (Italy). Uses Native copper rarely occurs in large enough...Formerly mined in a small district near Monte Rosa (Italy). The main source of the commercial metal, used...Found in quartzite lenses near Serravezza (Lucca, Italy) in deposits of commercial importance. Uses In amalgams |
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Calafuria quarry, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy