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Famatinite from
Seravezza quarrying basin, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Famatinite
Formula:Cu3SbS4
Comments:No precise chemical data are available, so it is not possible the attribution to luzonite or famatinite. It was found in the Ceragiola and Pitone areas.
Habit:bisphenoidal xls
Colour:bronze
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Bournonite
Stibnite
Zinkenite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Famatinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Seravezza quarrying basin, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:255351
Long-form Identifier:1:3:255351:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Famatinite
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘPollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘMadielle quarries, Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘCalagio quarries (Calagio Quarry; Olmo Quarry), Colonnata quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
13.6km (8.5 miles) ⓘFantiscritti, Miseglie quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘVal Bona Quarry (Valbona Quarry), Miseglia quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Orlandi, Paolo, Del Chiaro, Lorenzo, Pagano, Renato (1996) Minerals of the Seravezza Marble, Tuscany, Italy, in January - February 1996. The Mineralogical Record, 27 (1) Tucson. 47-58
Orlandi, P. & Criscuolo, A. (2009). Minerali del marmo delle Alpi Apuane. Pacini editore, Pisa, 180 pp.
 
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