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Monte Costa quarry, Seravezza quarrying basin, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Monte Costa quarry | Quarry |
| Seravezza quarrying basin | Group of Quarries |
| Seravezza | Commune |
| Lucca Province | Province |
| Tuscany | Region |
| Italy | Country |
Monte Costa quarry, Seravezza quarrying basin, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
43° 59' 28'' North , 10° 14' 10'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Seravezza | 1,194 (2014) | 0.8km |
| Giustagnana | 103 (2014) | 1.4km |
| Minazzana | 114 (2014) | 1.4km |
| Riomagno | 226 (2014) | 1.7km |
| Capriglia | 255 (2014) | 2.3km |
Other Languages:
Italian:
Cava del Monte Costa, Bacino estrattivo di Seravezza, Seravezza, Provincia di Lucca, Toscana, Italia
The Monte Costa quarry has been occasionally exploited in recent years.
Located on the northern slope of Monte Costa, close to the Ceragiola area, this quarry provided nice specimens of acicular sulfosalts (Boulangerite), Sphalerite, and intergrowths of Galena and Pyrite, at the end of the 2000s.
All the querries from Seravezza basin could provide important specimens of sulfides and sulfosalts. Unfortunately, as in the case of the Monte Costa quarry, the activity can be only occasional and consequently to find nice new specimens is a rare opportunity.
Arsenopyrite (reported by Orlandi et al., 1996) was found as rare sub-millimetric prismatic crystals.
Nice specimens of galena with tabular crystals up to 1 mm grown on pyrite were found in 2010 by E. Michelucci.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Boulangerite Formula: Pb5Sb4S11 |
| ⓘ Colusite Formula: Cu13VAs3S16 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Colusite | 2.CB.30 | Cu13VAs3S16 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| ⓘ | Boulangerite | 2.HC.15 | Pb5Sb4S11 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Boulangerite | Pb5Sb4S11 |
| S | ⓘ Colusite | Cu13VAs3S16 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| V | Vanadium | |
| V | ⓘ Colusite | Cu13VAs3S16 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Colusite | Cu13VAs3S16 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| As | ⓘ Colusite | Cu13VAs3S16 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Boulangerite | Pb5Sb4S11 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Boulangerite | Pb5Sb4S11 |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- Apennine OrogenAccretionary Complex
EuropeContinent
Italy
- Tuscany
- Apuan AlpsMountain Range
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Monte Costa quarry, Seravezza quarrying basin, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy