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Chrysotile from
Sasso delle Macine (Sasso Verde della Mantesca), Piancaldoli, Firenzuola, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Chrysotile
Formula:Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysotile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sasso delle Macine (Sasso Verde della Mantesca), Piancaldoli, Firenzuola, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1437345
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1437345:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysotile
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘSasso della Mantesca, Piancaldoli, Firenzuola, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘSasso di San Zanobi (Sasso di San Zenobi), Firenzuola, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
10.4km (6.4 miles) ⓘRio delle Ossa, San Clemente, Monterenzio, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘSasso di Castro, Futa Pass - Raticosa Pass area, Firenzuola, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘSerra dei Zanchetti (Serra del Zanchetto ophiolite), Camugnano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
33.7km (21.0 miles) ⓘCa' Livornè, Bombiana, Gaggio Montano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
61.8km (38.4 miles) ⓘSassi Neri-Sodera area, Impruneta, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
81.9km (50.9 miles) ⓘSasso Cinturino, Villa Collemandina, Garfagnana, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
85.9km (53.4 miles) ⓘCastagno prospects (Migliarino and Forra prospects), Il Castagno, Gambassi Terme, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
86.9km (54.0 miles) ⓘGambassi Quarry (Borgo alla Collina), Gambassi Terme, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
References
Morandi, N., Poppi, L., and Felice, G. (1978) Le serpentiniti di Sasso della Mantesca e di S. Zanobi. Rendiconti Sociertà Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 34 (1), 101-113
Morandi, N., Felice, G. (1979) Serpentine minerals from veins in serpentinite rocks. Mineralogical Magazine, 43 (325) 135-140 doi:10.1180/minmag.1979.043.325.13
Bargossi, G.M., Gamberini, F., Gasparotto, G., Grillini, G.C., and Marocchi, G. (2004) Dimension and ornamental stones from the Tosco-Romagnolo and Bolognese Apennine. Periodico di Mineralogia, 73, Special Issue 3, 171-195.
 
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