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Digenite from
Montecatini Mine, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Digenite
Formula:Cu9S5
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Digenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Montecatini Mine, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:160200
Long-form Identifier:1:3:160200:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Digenite
35.4km (22.0 miles) ⓘLanzi Mine (Cava del Piombo; Buca del Piombo), Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
36.6km (22.8 miles) ⓘTemperino Mine, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
40.9km (25.4 miles) ⓘMarsiliana slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
42.6km (26.5 miles) ⓘForra slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
45.8km (28.5 miles) ⓘAccesa mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
48.4km (30.1 miles) ⓘBaratti slag locality, Piombino, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
54.1km (33.6 miles) ⓘNalbi, Impruneta, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
84.7km (52.6 miles) ⓘMadielle quarries, Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
90.5km (56.2 miles) ⓘCalagio quarries (Calagio Quarry; Olmo Quarry), Colonnata quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
91.6km (56.9 miles) ⓘFantiscritti, Miseglie quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Terenzi A. (1988) - La miniera cuprifera di Montecatini in Val di Cecina (PI) - Rivista Minetralogica Italiana, Milano, fasc. 1, pp.19-26
Dini, Andrea, Rielli, Andrea, Di Giuseppe, Paolo, Ruggieri, Giovanni, Boschi, Chiara (2024) The Ophiolite-Hosted Cu-Zn VMS Deposits of Tuscany (Italy). Minerals, 14 (3). 273 doi:10.3390/min14030273
 
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