Abandoned quarry on the southern slope of Monte Main.

The quarry exposed a lower calcarenite horizon (no longer observable) attributed to the Lower Eocene and two Middle Eocene calcarenite horizons intercalated by volcanoclastic products (Barbieri & Zampieri, 1992).

Middle Eocene volcanics crop out in the quarry and in an area just above it. Well-known in this area are the chalcedony nodules, sometimes containing trapped water (enhydros).

The quarry is well known for findings of fossils (decapods and brachiopods). Inside some brachiopod fossils, millimetric quartz crystals that are also doubly-terminated have been found.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ Baryte

4 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Baryte

Formula: BaSO₄

References:

Boscardin, M. (2002) Presenze mineralogiche significative nei Lessini Vicentini. Studi e Ricerche, Associazione Amici del Museo, Museo Civico "G. Zannato", Montecchio Maggiore, 9, 49-56

Boscardin, Matteo; Rocchetti, Ivano; Daleffe, Alessandro; Trento,; Zordan, Antonio (2011) I minerali nel Vicentino Aggiornamenti, località e nuove determinazioni. Museo di Archeologia e Scienze Naturali "G. Zannato". 183 pp.

Zordan, A. (2014) Provincia di Vicenza. In: Zorzi, F., Boscardin, M., (eds.), Minerali del Veneto. Alla scoperta dei tesori della nostra regione. Museo di Storia Naturale e Archeologia di Montebelluna - Treviso, Cierre Edizioni, Sommacampagna, pages 173-246.

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO₃

References:

Boscardin, M. (2002) Presenze mineralogiche significative nei Lessini Vicentini. Studi e Ricerche, Associazione Amici del Museo, Museo Civico "G. Zannato", Montecchio Maggiore, 9, 49-56

Carbonin, S., Manzone, A., Boscardin, M., and Pegoraro, S. (2003) Zeoliti del Vicentino: caratterizzazioni chimiche e ottiche nella serie dell'heulandite. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 27, 4 (4-2003), 186-195

ⓘ Heulandite-Ca

Formula: (Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂ · 26H₂O

References:

Boscardin, M. (2002) Presenze mineralogiche significative nei Lessini Vicentini. Studi e Ricerche, Associazione Amici del Museo, Museo Civico "G. Zannato", Montecchio Maggiore, 9, 49-56

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO₂

References:

Boscardin, M. (2002) Presenze mineralogiche significative nei Lessini Vicentini. Studi e Ricerche, Associazione Amici del Museo, Museo Civico "G. Zannato", Montecchio Maggiore, 9, 49-56

ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony

Formula: SiO₂

References:

Boscardin, M. (2002) Presenze mineralogiche significative nei Lessini Vicentini. Studi e Ricerche, Associazione Amici del Museo, Museo Civico "G. Zannato", Montecchio Maggiore, 9, 49-56

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Quartz var. Chalcedony	4.DA.05	SiO₂
ⓘ		4.DA.05	SiO₂
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Calcite	5.AB.05	CaCO₃
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘ	Baryte	7.AD.35	BaSO₄
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ	Heulandite-Ca	9.GE.05	(Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂ · 26H₂O

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Heulandite-Ca	(Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂ · 26H₂O
C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄
O	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
O	ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony	SiO₂
O	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
O	ⓘ Heulandite-Ca	(Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂ · 26H₂O
Na	Sodium
Na	ⓘ Heulandite-Ca	(Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂ · 26H₂O
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Heulandite-Ca	(Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂ · 26H₂O
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony	SiO₂
Si	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Si	ⓘ Heulandite-Ca	(Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂ · 26H₂O
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
Ca	ⓘ Heulandite-Ca	(Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂ · 26H₂O
Ba	Barium
Ba	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄

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References

Barbieri, G., and Zampieri, D. (1992) Deformazioni sinsedimentarie eoceniche con stile a domino nel semigraben Alpone-Agno e relativo campo di paleostress (Monti Lessini Orientali – Prealpi Venete). Atti Ticinesi di Scienze della Terra, 35, 25-51.

Boscardin, M. (2002) Presenze mineralogiche significative nei Lessini Vicentini. Studi e Ricerche, Associazione Amici del Museo, Museo Civico "G. Zannato", Montecchio Maggiore, 9, 49-56

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