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Covellite from
Baratti slag locality, Piombino, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Slag Locality
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Formation:Post-mining/Anthropogenic
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Baratti slag locality, Piombino, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:84037
Long-form Identifier:1:3:84037:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘMonte Valerio, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘTemperino Mine, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘRocca San Silvestro slag locality, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘLanzi Mine (Cava del Piombo; Buca del Piombo), Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘMarsiliana slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘCascata slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
26.5km (16.5 miles) ⓘForra slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
31.8km (19.8 miles) ⓘSerrabottini, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
31.8km (19.8 miles) ⓘArialla slag locality, Valpiana - Castello della Marsiliana area slag sites, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘAccesa mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Franzini, M., Perchiazzi, N. (1992): I minerali delle scorie ferrifere etrusche di Baratti (Livorno). Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A, 99, 43-77
Franzini, M., Perchiazzi, N., Bartoli, M.L., Chiappino, L. (1992): Baratti (LI): una nuova località mineralogica italiana analoga al Laurion. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 15, 1 (1-1992), 1-14 [1a parte]
Cerutti, Gianfranco; Preite, Domenico (1995) Mineralien der etruskischen Schlacken von Baratti, Toskana [Minerals from the Etruscan slag of Baratti, Tuscany]. Lapis, 20 (4). 13-18;50
Benvenuti, M., Mascaro, I., Costagliola, P., Tanelli, G., Romualdi, A. (2000) Iron, copper and tin at Baratti (Populonia): smelting processes and metal provenances. Historical Metallurgy: 34(2): 67-76. https://www.academia.edu/25048261/Iron_copper_and_tin_at_Baratti_Populonia_smelting_processes_and_metal_provenances
Chiarantini, L., Benvenuti, M., Costagliola, P., Fedi, M.E., Guideri, S., Romualdi, A. (2009): Copper production at Baratti (Populonia, southern Tuscany) in the early Etruscan period (9th–8th centuries BC). Journal of Archaeological Science, 36, 1626-1636.
 
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