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Mount Corchia, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italyi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 2' 8'' North , 10° 17' 36'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Levigliani331 (2014)1.7km
Terrinca331 (2014)2.7km
Pruno113 (2014)3.3km
Cardoso214 (2014)3.6km
Retignano360 (2014)3.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
25260
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:25260:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Monte Corchia, Stazzema, Alpi Apuane, Lucca, Toscana, Italia


This area sees the occurrence of mesozoic rocks, marbles and other less pure metamorphic limestones, in contact with paleozoic schists, often represented by metavolcanites. In metalimestones and marbles can be locally found Mn minerals (hollandite, piemontite), also well crystallized.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


13 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Formula: Fe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Hollandite
Formula: Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Piemontite
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Habit: prismatic
Colour: red
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Ullmannite
Formula: NiSbS
Habit: cubic-rhombododecahedric crystals, up to 1 mm.
Colour: grey
Description: The sample studied by Orlandi & Checchi (1979) came from quartz veins hosted in the paleozoic basement of Apuan Alps, along the road Pian di Lago-Fociomboli.
Zoisite
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Ullmannite2.EB.25NiSbS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Hollandite4.DK.05aBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Group 9 - Silicates
Chloritoid9.AF.85Fe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
Piemontite9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Zoisite9.BG.10(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
'Chlorite Group'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
H Piemontite(CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H Zoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O CalciteCaCO3
O ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O HollanditeBa(Mn64+Mn23+)O16
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O Piemontite(CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O QuartzSiO2
O Zoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
Al Piemontite(CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al Zoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
SiSilicon
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
Si Piemontite(CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Zoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
SSulfur
S PyriteFeS2
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
S SphaleriteZnS
S UllmanniteNiSbS
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca Piemontite(CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca Zoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
MnManganese
Mn HollanditeBa(Mn64+Mn23+)O16
Mn Piemontite(CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
FeIron
Fe ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
NiNickel
Ni UllmanniteNiSbS
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
SbAntimony
Sb UllmanniteNiSbS
BaBarium
Ba HollanditeBa(Mn64+Mn23+)O16

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