Galena, Siderite, Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Magnetite, Diopside, Quartz - image 1

Galena, Siderite, Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Magnetite, Diopside, Quartz

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Source volume: 46, issue: 6, PDF page: 83. Label: Figure 23. Magnetite octahedron, 9 cm, from the Traversella mine, Traversella, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piemont, Italy. The Traversella mine, which first exploited iron at least as early as the 5th century AD, is most famous among collectors for tetragonal bipyra-midal scheelite crystals, but has also produced good crystals of calcite, siderite, pyrite, galena, dolomite, amethystine quartz, and many other species including a variety of diopside called traversellite. Purchased from Claude François Marguier in Paris in 1858. (NHMW A.h.862)

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SpeciesGalena, Siderite, Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Magnetite, Diopside, Quartz
Added on10/22/2024
LocalityItaly, Piedmont, Traversella Mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Volume: 46, Issue: 6 page 873
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Galena
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metallic luster with cube and cuboctahedral crystals, often twinned; sharp cleavage reveals reflective planes, a standout sulfide for collectors.
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Traversella Mine
Traversella Mine, Italy — Alpine skarn locality famed for large carbonates, amethystine quartz, iron oxides, sulfides, and scheelite; a prized Piedmont collect…