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Pyrite from
Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:It is present in all the occurrences.
Habit:pentagonododecahedric xls, octahedric xls
Colour:yellow
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Adularia
Anatase
Baryte
Beryl
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Calcite
Derbylite
Dessauite-(Y)
Emerald
Fluorapatite
Gypsum
Hematite
Magnetite
Monazite-(Ce)
Quartz
Rutile
Stibivanite
Tetrahedrite Subgroup
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hematite9
Apuanite9
Magnetite7
Calcite5
Tintinaite3
Dolomite3
Stibivanite3
Bournonite1
Bohuslavite1
Gypsum1
Baryte1
Pillaite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (16 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:50572
Long-form Identifier:1:3:50572:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Piastraio quarry, Mulina, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
1.9km (1.2 miles) Canale della Radice mines, Calcaferro, Mulina, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.0km (1.3 miles) Cardoso, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.3km (1.5 miles) Levigliani mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.0km (1.9 miles) Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.6km (2.2 miles) Gallena, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.7km (2.3 miles) Verzalla, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.8km (2.4 miles) Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
4.1km (2.6 miles) Mount Corchia, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
4.3km (2.7 miles) Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
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