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Pyrite from
Arnetola Valley, Vagli Sotto, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy


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Pyrite

Arnetola Valley, Vagli Sotto, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Pyrite

Arnetola Valley, Vagli Sotto, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
00806310017376579319428.jpg
Pyrite

Arnetola Valley, Vagli Sotto, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Locality type:Valley
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Arnetola Valley, Vagli Sotto, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:276558
Long-form Identifier:1:3:276558:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘMonte Tambura, Vagli Sotto, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘOrto di Donna, Minucciano, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘEqui marble quarries (Cantonaccio Quarries), Casola in Lunigiana, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
7.5km (4.6 miles) ⓘCapanne di Careggine, Careggine, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘEqui marble quarries (Cattani Quarry; Col Pelato Quarry), Fivizzano, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘCaprara Quarry (Capraia Quarry), Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘSagro marble quarries, Fivizzano, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘPizzorno, Molazzana, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘTecchia Quarry, Fantiscritti, Miseglia quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘCalagio quarries (Calagio Quarry; Olmo Quarry), Colonnata quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
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