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Covellite from
Fantiscritti, Miseglie quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fantiscritti, Miseglie quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:959797
Long-form Identifier:1:3:959797:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘFior di Chiara Quarry (Fiordichiara Quarry; Fiordichiara quarries), Fantiscritti, Miseglia quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘCalagio quarries (Calagio Quarry; Olmo Quarry), Colonnata quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘArtana Quarry (Artana B Quarry), Colonnata quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘMarianna Bassa Quarry, Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘMadielle quarries, Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘBottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
42.6km (26.4 miles) ⓘCa' de Vanni (Cà Vanni), Frassinoro, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
48.7km (30.3 miles) ⓘPiazza Mine, Deiva Marina, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
48.8km (30.3 miles) ⓘPozzo Stope, Corchia mine, Berceto, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
51.4km (32.0 miles) ⓘMontecreto mines, Montecreto, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
References
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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