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Southern Europe, Tuscany
Carrara
Torano basin marble ravaneti
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
MarblesAlso reported: sulfides, occasional sulfur.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Marble quarried since Roman times; vugs in the white marble yield prized colorless quartz and sulfide crystals
Mindat lists Torano basin quarries (Val Pulita and others) with quartz and sulfide finds; ravaneti waste slopes are scientifically documented
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Heavy truck traffic on quarry roadsSliding marble blocks, cliff edges
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