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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Stibnite
Formula:Sb2S3
Comments:It is very similar to scainiite. Usually it is associated with Pb-acicular sulfosalts in F-1 fractures. It is also present in V-1 veins; probably, in this occurrence, it is an alteration product of apuanite.
Habit:tabular-prismatic xls
Colour:black, with bluish iridescence
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Calcite
Cinnabar
Derbylite
Pillaite
Pyrite
Scainiite
Stibivanite
Zinkenite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stibnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:84075
Long-form Identifier:1:3:84075:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Stibnite
2.3km (1.5 miles) ⓘLevigliani mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘBottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘSant'Olga tunnel, Monte Arsiccio Mine, 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
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
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘPitone quarry, Seravezza quarrying basin, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘMadielle quarries, Madielle quarrying basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘRomana Quarry (Rava Quarry), Canale del Fondone quarrying basin (Fondone quarrying basin), Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘArtana Quarry (Artana B Quarry), Colonnata quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Orlandi, Paolo, Checchi, Francesco (1986) The Buca della Vena Mine, Tuscany, Italy. The Mineralogical Record, 17 (4) 261-268
Orlandi, Paolo; Dini, Andrea (2004) Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien) [The minerals of the Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Mountains, Tuscany (Italy)]. Lapis, 29 (1). 11-24; 58
 
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