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Canalgrande Quarry (Canalgrande B Quarry; Montecatini Quarry), Fantiscritti, Miseglia quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italyi
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Canalgrande Quarry (Canalgrande B Quarry; Montecatini Quarry), Fantiscritti, Miseglia quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 5' 28'' North , 10° 8' 20'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Colonnata268 (2014)1.5km
Bedizzano797 (2014)1.8km
Miseglia449 (2014)2.0km
Codena745 (2014)2.6km
Torano670 (2014)2.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
25273
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:25273:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
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Italian:
Cava Canalgrande (Cava Canalgrande B; Cava Montecatini)


Canalgrande B or Quarry no. 95, once operated by the chemical and mining company Montecatini S.p.A. and presently operated by the coop Cooperativa Cavatori Canalgrande, is located in the Canal Grande depression to the south of the Strinato B (Lucchetti) and Carbonera B quarries.

This is the most important quarry regarding the collection of sulfide samples. However, in the last year only few specimens have been recovered and the findings usually took place in the old dumps.

In the 1980s-1990s it was possible to have marble blocks containing tens of vugs, lined with crystals of variuos species, e.g. pyrite, sphalerite, galena, jordanite, and wurtzite. In particular, a single block of marble yielded about 15 specimens of wurtzite.
Bornite is found as shapeless metallic masses.
Galena found as a mass with perfect cleavage associated with pyrite and sphalerite.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


18 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded


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Detailed Mineral List:

Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Bornite
Formula: Cu5FeS4
Bournonite
Formula: PbCuSbS3
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Enargite
Formula: Cu3AsS4
Galena
Formula: PbS
References:
Geocronite
Formula: Pb14Sb6S23
Hemimorphite
Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Hydrozincite
Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Jordanite
Formula: Pb14As6S23
References:
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
References:
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Seligmannite
Formula: PbCuAsS3
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
References:
Wulfenite
Formula: Pb(MoO4)
Wurtzite
Formula: (Zn,Fe)S

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Bornite2.BA.15Cu5FeS4
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Wurtzite2.CB.45(Zn,Fe)S
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Bournonite2.GA.50PbCuSbS3
Seligmannite2.GA.50PbCuAsS3
Geocronite2.JB.30aPb14Sb6S23
Jordanite2.JB.30aPb14As6S23
Enargite2.KA.05Cu3AsS4
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
Hydrozincite5.BA.15Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Wulfenite7.GA.05Pb(MoO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
Hemimorphite9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
H HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C CerussitePbCO3
C HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
OOxygen
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O CalciteCaCO3
O CerussitePbCO3
O HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
O HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O WulfenitePb(MoO4)
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S BorniteCu5FeS4
S BournonitePbCuSbS3
S EnargiteCu3AsS4
S GalenaPbS
S GeocronitePb14Sb6S23
S JordanitePb14As6S23
S PyriteFeS2
S SeligmannitePbCuAsS3
S SphaleriteZnS
S Wurtzite(Zn,Fe)S
KPotassium
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
FeIron
Fe BorniteCu5FeS4
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe Wurtzite(Zn,Fe)S
CuCopper
Cu BorniteCu5FeS4
Cu BournonitePbCuSbS3
Cu EnargiteCu3AsS4
Cu SeligmannitePbCuAsS3
ZnZinc
Zn HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Zn HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Zn SphaleriteZnS
Zn Wurtzite(Zn,Fe)S
AsArsenic
As EnargiteCu3AsS4
As JordanitePb14As6S23
As SeligmannitePbCuAsS3
MoMolybdenum
Mo WulfenitePb(MoO4)
SbAntimony
Sb BournonitePbCuSbS3
Sb GeocronitePb14Sb6S23
PbLead
Pb BournonitePbCuSbS3
Pb CerussitePbCO3
Pb GalenaPbS
Pb GeocronitePb14Sb6S23
Pb JordanitePb14As6S23
Pb SeligmannitePbCuAsS3
Pb WulfenitePb(MoO4)

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