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Carrara Marble Quarries

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Jurassic metamorphic marble

The marble of Michelangelo; a working industrial landscape.

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