| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Chalcopyrite |
| Formula: | CuFeS2 |
| Comments: | xls up to 4 cm |
| Habit: | bisphenoids, pseudo-tetrahedrons, multiple twins |
| Colour: | bright golden on fractures; greenish-yellow to reddish brown on surface |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals: |
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| Associates: | Arsenopyrite
Boulangerite
Calcite
Dolomite
Galena
Meneghinite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Siderite
Sphalerite
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| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Siderite | 27 |
| Sphalerite | 20 |
| Galena | 8 |
| Quartz | 7 |
| Meneghinite | 3 |
| Dolomite | 3 |
| Boulangerite | 2 |
| Calcite | 2 |
| Bottinoite | 1 |
| Chlorite Group | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chalcopyrite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (18 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 49878 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:49878:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite |
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| 3.0km (1.9 miles) | ⓘBuca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 3.3km (2.1 miles) | ⓘPollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 3.5km (2.1 miles) | ⓘSeravezza quarrying basin, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘMonte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘCanale della Radice mines, Calcaferro, Mulina, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 4.0km (2.5 miles) | ⓘLevigliani mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 7.7km (4.8 miles) | ⓘMadielle quarries, Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 9.2km (5.7 miles) | ⓘCava del Ferro (Bùgie mines; Trimpello), Fornovolasco, Fabbriche di Vergemoli, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 9.9km (6.2 miles) | ⓘColle Panestra, Molazzana, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 10.6km (6.6 miles) | ⓘFrigido Mine, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| References |
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Bonazzi, Paola, Menchetti, Silvio, Caneschi, Andrea, Magnanelli, Stefano (1992) Bottinoite, Ni(H2O)6[Sb(OH)6]2, a new mineral from the Bottino mine, Alpi Apuane, Italy. American Mineralogist, 77 (11-12) 1301-1304 |
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Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy