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Pyrite from
Botro del Confine (La Sassa vein system), La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Vein
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Botro del Confine (La Sassa vein system), La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1413354
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1413354:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘLa Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘPoggio Castiglione, Canneto, Monteverdi Marittimo, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘMonterufoli, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘCampo di Sasso, Bibbona, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘMicciano, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘLibbiano, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘPodere La Veduta (Buriano), Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘFrassine, Monterotondo Marittimo, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘApparita, Riparbella, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
16.0km (9.9 miles) ⓘMonte Coronato, Castagneto Carducci, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Lotti, B. (1898) Il filone della Sassa in Val di Cecina (Toscana). Rassegna mineraria e delle industrie mineralurgiche e metallurgiche d'arti, scienze, economia e finanza affini, 8, 181-182
Lotti, B. (1910) Geologia della Toscana. Memorie Descrittive della Carta Geologica d’Italia, 13, 484 pp.
Sabelli, C., and Santucci, A. (1985) Nuovi ritrovamenti di scorodite in Toscana (La Sassa, Cetine). Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A, 92, 259-267
Orlandi, P. (2006) Geositi minerari e mineralogici della provincia di Pisa. Doc.Q.C.7. In: Provincia di Pisa, Sistema Informativo Territoriale, Piano Territoriale di Coordinamento, Elaborati del quadro conoscitivo del PTCP, Pisa, 398 pp.
 
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