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Baryte from
Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Comments:xls up to 5 cm.
It is present in all types of occurrences.
Habit:prismatic
Colour:colorless, white, green
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Adularia
Albite
Allanite-(La)
Anatase
Apuanite
Aquamarine
Aragonite
Aurichalcite
Beryl
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Calcite
Clinochlore
Dolomite
Gypsum
Hematite
Magnetite
Pellouxite
Pillaite
Pyrite
Quartz
Robinsonite
Rutile
Scainiite
Siderite
Sphalerite
Versiliaite
Zinkenite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hematite2
Siderite2
Anatase2
Chlorite Group1
Magnetite1
Pyrite1
Dolomite1
Apuanite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:45223
Long-form Identifier:1:3:45223:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘCanale della Radice mines, Calcaferro, Mulina, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘCardoso, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘBottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘVerzalla, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘMonte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘPollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘCava del Ferro (Bùgie mines; Trimpello), Fornovolasco, Fabbriche di Vergemoli, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘSeravezza quarrying basin, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘMadielle quarries, Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
15.4km (9.5 miles) ⓘPedogna Quarry, Villa a Roggio, Pescaglia, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
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