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Pyrite from
Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy


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Pyrite

Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
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Pyrite

Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
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Pyrite

Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
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Pyrite

Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
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Pyrite

Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
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Pyrite

Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
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Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:256331
Long-form Identifier:1:3:256331:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘMonte Ollasteddu prospect, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
5.7km (3.6 miles) ⓘMonte Ordini Prospect, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘPerda Majori Mine, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘBrecca-Genna Flumini Mine (Brecca Mine), San Vito, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘSu Leonargiu Mine, San Vito, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
8.6km (5.4 miles) ⓘNuraghe San Lorenzo, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘArcu Genna Arrela (Arcu Gennarrela), Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘPeddiattu Mine (Peddeatu Mine), San Vito, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘSu Suergiu Mine, Villasalto, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
14.6km (9.1 miles) ⓘCorti Rosas Mine, Ballao, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
References
Campostrini, I., Gramaccioli, C. M., Demartin, F. (1999) Orlandiite, Pb3Cl4(SeO3)3•H2O, a new mineral species, and an associated lead-copper selenite chloride from the Baccu Locci mine, Sardinia, Italy. The Canadian Mineralogist, 37 (6) 1493-1498
Venerandi Pirri, I. (2002) On the occurrence of selenium in sulfides of the ore deposit of Baccu Locci (Gerrei, SE Sardinia). Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 5, 207-224
Fadda, S., Fiori, M., Pretti, S., and Valera, P. (2010) Volcanic–sedimentary metal deposition in paleomargin environment: a "protore" occurrence in Central Sardinia (Italy). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, 43, 2446-2454.
Funedda, Antonio, Naitza, Stefano, Buttau, Cristina, Cocco, Fabrizio, Dini, Andrea (2018) Structural Controls of Ore Mineralization in a Polydeformed Basement: Field Examples from the Variscan Baccu Locci Shear Zone (SE Sardinia, Italy) Minerals, 8 (10) 456 doi:10.3390/min8100456
 
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