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Article: Minerals of the Seravezza marble, Tuscany, Italy
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- Mineralogical Record
- Article date:
- January 1, 1996
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INTRODUCTION
The Seravezza quarrying district is located about 20 km southwest of Carrara, the famous marble deposit where over 70 mineral species have been found (Franzini et al., 1987; Orlandi and Del Chiaro, 1989).
The cavity minerals of the Seravezza marble have received much less scientific attention; actually, just two papers, concerning guettardite and robinsonite from Seravezza, have been published (Bracci et al., 1980; Franzini, Orlandi and Pasero, 1992). Our purpose here is to describe the geology of this interesting locality and the 51 mineral species which have been identified thus far (Table 1). (All tables omitted)
LOCATION
The town of Seravezza is located in Versilia, a ...