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It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Pyrite from
Tignitoio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tignitoio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:237410
Long-form Identifier:1:3:237410:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘOrtano Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘTorre di Rio - Santa Filomena area (Monte della Torre), Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘBacino stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘCape Arco Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘAntenna stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘLa Cavina, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘVigneria stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘRio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘFalcacci stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘTerranera Mine, Porto Azzurro, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
G. Gottardi, 1962 - Solfuri e ossidi di ferro del giacimento di Ortano - Atti Soc. Tosc. Sc. Nat., Mem. Serie A, 69: 327-341.
Garofalo, Paolo S., Redi, Daniele, Malafeevskiy, Nikita, Schwarz, Gunnar, Neff, Christoph, Schmidt, Peter Keresztes, Günther, Detlef (2025) Failed genesis of a Fe-skarn deposit caused by redox states of intrusion and wall rocks (Torre di Rio, Island of Elba, Italy). Ore Geology Reviews, 177. 106446 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106446
 
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