Apuanite from
Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Apuanite | |
| Formula: | Fe2+Fe43+Sb43+O12S | |
| Comments: | In the past, it was rather common in the Sala del Castello. Today, it is very difficult to find samples of this phase. Type V-1 veins. The mineral occurs disseminated as aggregates of crude microcrystals filling fractures in cavities in dolomite. Some of these aggregates exceed 5 cm in diameter | |
| Habit: | prismatic, characterized by the forms {001}, {110}, {112} and {114}. | |
| Colour: | black | |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) | |
| Abundance at site: | Rare | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality | |
| Associated Minerals: | ||
| Associates: | Aquamarine Baryte Bournonite Calcite Clinochlore Hematite Magnetite Sphalerite Versiliaite | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Versiliaite | 11 | |
| Hematite | 10 | |
| Pyrite | 9 | |
| Magnetite | 5 | |
| Schafarzikite | 4 | |
| Calcite | 3 | |
| Cinnabar | 2 | |
| Stibivanite | 1 | |
| Dolomite | 1 | |
| Baryte | 1 | |
| Fluorite | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Apuanite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (73 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 943 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:943:6 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| References | ||
Mellini, Marcello, Merlino, Stefano, Orlandi, Paolo (1979) Versiliaite and apuanite, two new minerals from the Apuan Alps, Italy. American Mineralogist, 64 (11-12) 1230-1234 | ||
Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy