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Metacinnabar from
Levigliani mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy


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Metacinnabar

Levigliani mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Metacinnabar

Levigliani mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Metacinnabar

Levigliani mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Metacinnabar
Formula:HgS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Ankerite
Chlorite Group
Cinnabar
Dolomite
Native Mercury
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Siderite
Sphalerite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Grumiplucite1
Native Mercury1
Cinnabar1
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metacinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Levigliani mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:141401
Long-form Identifier:1:3:141401:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Metacinnabar
2.3km (1.5 miles) ⓘBuca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘRipa Mine, Ripa, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
D'Achiardi, A, (1876): Su di alcuni minerali toscani. Guadalcazarite di Levigliani. Atti Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat., Mem., 2, 112-113)
Manasse, E. (1920): Sulla leviglianite. Atti Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat., Mem., 33, 156-163
Dini, A. (1995) Metacinabro zincifero (leviglianite) e sfalerite mercurifera della miniera di Levigliani (Alpi Apuane, Toscana). Atti Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat., Mem.: 102: 67-72.
 
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