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Volborthite from
Scrava Mine (Statale Mine), Statale, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy


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Volborthite

Scrava Mine, Statale, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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Volborthite

Scrava Mine, Statale, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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Volborthite

Scrava Mine, Statale, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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Volborthite

Scrava Mine, Statale, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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Volborthite

Scrava Mine, Statale, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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Volborthite

Scrava Mine, Statale, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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Volborthite

Scrava Mine, Statale, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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Volborthite

Scrava Mine, Statale, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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Volborthite

Scrava Mine, Statale, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Volborthite
Formula:Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Volborthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Scrava Mine (Statale Mine), Statale, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:40339
Long-form Identifier:1:3:40339:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Volborthite
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘMolinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘGambatesa Mine, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘCase Soprane, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
2.3km (1.5 miles) ⓘCassagna Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘMonte Copello-Reppia mine, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘMt. Scogliera, Lagorara Valley, Maissana, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘMonte Alpe Mine, Monte Alpe, Maissana, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
25.5km (15.9 miles) ⓘMonte Nero Mine, Rocchetta di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
59.3km (36.8 miles) ⓘVal Pulita Quarry (Valpulita Quarry), Torano quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
59.6km (37.1 miles) ⓘVal Bona Quarry (Valbona Quarry), Miseglia quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Basso, R., Palenzona, A., Zefiro, L. (1988) Crystal structure refinement of volborthite from Scrava mine (Eastern Liguria, Italy) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte, 1988. 385-394
Marchesini M. (1999): Tronchi silicizzati: associazioni a rame, arsenico e vanadio. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 23, 2 (2/1999), 116-122.
Pagano, Renato, Marchesini, Marco (2001) The Val Graveglia Manganese District, Liguria, Italy. The Mineralogical Record, 32 (5) 349-415pp.356-356
Castellaro, Fabrizio, Passarino, Giuseppe, Kampf, Anthony R., Esposito, Marco (2023) Recenti ricerche mineralogiche nella Sezione Scrava (Statale) delle miniere di manganese della Val Graveglia, Ne, Genova - Novità e conferme di mineralogia sistematica. Micro 21, 178–217 doi:10.57635/MICRO.2023.21.7
 
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