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Colusite from
Gioia quarries (Gioia-Casette quarries; Gioia-Casette quarrying basin), Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy


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Colusite

Gioia quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Colusite, etc.

Gioia quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Colusite, etc.

Gioia quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Colusite, etc.

Gioia quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Colusite

Gioia quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Colusite, etc.

Gioia quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Colusite, etc.

Gioia quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Colusite, etc.

Gioia quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Colusite

Gioia quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
08387140017272027277606.jpg
Colusite, etc.

Gioia quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Colusite, etc.

Gioia quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Colusite, etc.

Gioia quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Colusite
Formula:Cu13VAs3S16
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sphalerite2
Calcite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Colusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gioia quarries (Gioia-Casette quarries; Gioia-Casette quarrying basin), Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:47504
Long-form Identifier:1:3:47504:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Colusite
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘArtana Quarry (Artana B Quarry), Colonnata quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘCalagio quarries (Calagio Quarry; Olmo Quarry), Colonnata quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘFossa Combratta marble quarry (Brugiana North Quarry; Monte Brugiana North Quarry), Monte Brugiana north slope, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘCardellino quarries (Fosso Cardellino quarries), Colonnata quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘMonte Brugiana Quarry (Brugiana South-West Quarry; Monte Brugiana South-West Quarry), Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘFantiscritti, Miseglie quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘVal Bona Quarry (Valbona Quarry), Miseglia quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘCarpevola Quarry (Carpevola B Quarry), Miseglia quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘVal Pulita Quarry (Valpulita Quarry), Torano quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘLa Facciata Quarry, Torano quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Orlandi, P., Del Chiaro, L. (1989) Nuovi dati sui minerali delle geodi del marmo di Carrara. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A, 96, 313-325.
Orlandi, Paolo, Bellé, Edilio (2000) I minerali del marmo del bacino del Frigido, Massa. Comune Della Città di Massa.
Orlandi, P. (2004) Carraraite, zaccagnaite, IMA 1998-033 e altre specie rinvenute nelle geodi dei marmi Apuani. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 28, 1 (1-2004), 24-27.
Orlandi, P., and Criscuolo, A. (2009) Minerali del marmo delle Alpi Apuane. Parco delle Alpi Apuane - Pacini Editore, Ospedaletto-Pisa, 180 pp.
Morino, A.; Passarino, G. (2016) Minerali nel marmo di Carrara: solfuri e solfosali [Minerals in Carrara marble: sulphides and sulfosalts]. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 2016 (1). p.22-33.
 
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