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Dossena, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italyi
Regional Level Types
DossenaCommune
Bergamo ProvinceProvince
LombardyRegion
ItalyCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Dossena505 (2014)
Gromasera122 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
211344
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:211344:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Dossena, Bergame, Lombardie, Italie
German:
Dossena, Provinz Bergamo, Lombardei, Italien
Italian:
Dossena, Bergamo, Lombardia, Italia
Russian:
Доссена, Бергамо, Ломбардия, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
多塞纳, 貝加莫省, 伦巴第, 意大利
Spanish:
Dossena, Bérgamo, Lombardía, Italia
Armenian:
Դոսենա, Բերգամո, Լոմբարդիա, Իտալիա
Basque:
Dossena, Bergamoko probintzia, Lombardia, Italia
Bulgarian:
Досена, Бергамо, Ломбардия, Италия
Catalan:
Dossena, província de Bèrgam, Llombardia, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Dossena, Provincia di Bergamo, Lombardia, Italya
Dutch:
Dossena, Bergamo, Lombardije, Italië
Esperanto:
Dossena, Provinco Bergamo, Lombardio, Italio
Farsi/Persian:
دوسنا, استان برگامو, لمباردی, ایتالیا
Hungarian:
Dossena, Bergamo megye, Lombardia, Olaszország
Interlingua:
Dossena, provincia Bergamo, Lombardia, Italia
Japanese:
ドッセーナ, ベルガモ県, ロンバルディア州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Доссена, Ломбардия, Италия
Latin:
Dossena, Provincia Bergomas, Langobardia (Longobardia), Italia
Lombard:
Doséna, Provincia de Bergom, Lumbardia (Lombardéa), Italia
Malay:
Dossena, Wilayah Bergamo, Lombardy, Itali
Neapolitan:
Dossena, Pruvincia 'e Bergamo, Lummardìa, Italia
Occitan:
Dossena, Província de Bergam, Lombardia, Itàlia
Piedmontese:
Dossena, Provincia ëd Bérghem, Lombardìa, Italia
Polish:
Dossena, Prowincja Bergamo, Lombardia, Włochy
Portuguese:
Dossena, Bérgamo, Lombardia, Itália
Romanian:
Dossena, Provincia Bergamo, Lombardia, Italia
Serbian:
Досена, Бергамо, Ломбардија, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Dossena, Bergamo, Lombardija, Italija
Sicilian:
Dossena, Pruvincia di Bèrgamu, Lummardìa, Italia
South Azerbaijani:
دوسنا, لومباردیا, ایتالیا
Tagalog:
Dossena, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italya
Tarantino:
Dossena, Provinge de Bérgame, Lombardie, Itaglie
Ukrainian:
Доссена, Бергамо , Ломбардія, Італія
Vietnamese:
Dossena, Bergamo, Lombardia, Ý
Volapük:
Dossena, Litaliyän
Waray:
Dossena, Bergamo, Lombardiya, Italya


Pb-Zn mining district around Dossena.
Active from Roman times until 1981.

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40 valid minerals. 2 erroneous literature entries.

Rock Types Recorded


Rock list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

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Detailed Mineral List:

Arsentsumebite
Formula: Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)
Description: Raman di Joel Dyer, notizie di conferma EDS M. Ciriotti via Vittorio Rosa.
Aurichalcite
Formula: (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Azurite
Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
'Bindheimite'
Formula: Pb2Sb2O6O
Boulangerite
Formula: Pb5Sb4S11
Bournonite
Formula: PbCuSbS3
Brochantite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Claraite
Formula: (Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Covellite
Formula: CuS
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Freieslebenite
Formula: AgPbSbS3
Galena
Formula: PbS
Gartrellite
Formula: PbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH) · H2O
Greenockite
Formula: CdS
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Hemimorphite
Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Hydrozincite
Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Langite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Linarite
Formula: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Meneghinite
Formula: Pb13CuSb7S24
Mimetite
Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Minium
Formula: Pb3O4
Montmorillonite
Formula: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Native Copper
Formula: Cu
Native Silver
Formula: Ag
Owyheeite
Formula: Ag3Pb10Sb11S28
Plattnerite
Formula: PbO2
Pyrargyrite
Formula: Ag3SbS3
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
'Pyrobitumen'
Description: The author underlines the amorphous nature of the spherule, composed of 60% carbon and 40% inclusions (metal sulphides and oxides, calcite), and considers it as derived from hydrocarbons.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Microcrystalline quartz
Rosasite
Formula: (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Serpierite
Formula: Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Smithsonite
Formula: ZnCO3
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Stibnite
Formula: Sb2S3
'Tennantite Subgroup'
Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S
'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'
Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
Wulfenite
Formula: Pb(MoO4)
Zincalstibite
Formula: Zn2Al(OH)6[Sb5+(OH)6]

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Copper1.AA.05Cu
Native Silver1.AA.05Ag
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Covellite2.CA.05aCuS
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Greenockite2.CB.45CdS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Stibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Pyrargyrite2.GA.05Ag3SbS3
Bournonite2.GA.50PbCuSbS3
'Tennantite Subgroup'2.GB.05Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S
'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'2.GB.05Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
Meneghinite2.HB.05bPb13CuSb7S24
Boulangerite2.HC.15Pb5Sb4S11
Owyheeite ?2.HC.35Ag3Pb10Sb11S28
Freieslebenite ?2.JB.15AgPbSbS3
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Minium4.BD.05Pb3O4
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Microcrystalline quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Plattnerite4.DB.05PbO2
'Bindheimite'4.DH.20Pb2Sb2O6O
Zincalstibite4.FB.10Zn2Al(OH)6[Sb5+(OH)6]
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Smithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
Azurite5.BA.05Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Rosasite5.BA.10(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Aurichalcite5.BA.15(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Hydrozincite5.BA.15Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Claraite5.DA.30(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Brochantite7.BB.25Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Linarite7.BC.65PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Langite7.DD.10Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Serpierite7.DD.30Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Wulfenite7.GA.05Pb(MoO4)
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Arsentsumebite8.BG.05Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)
Mimetite8.BN.05Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Gartrellite8.CG.20PbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH) · H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Hemimorphite9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Montmorillonite9.EC.40(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Unclassified
'Pyrobitumen'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H ArsentsumebitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)
H Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
H AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
H BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
H Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
H GartrellitePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH) · H2O
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
H HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
H HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
H LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
H LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
H Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
H Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
H SerpieriteCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
H ZincalstibiteZn2Al(OH)6[Sb5+(OH)6]
CCarbon
C Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
C AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
C CalciteCaCO3
C CerussitePbCO3
C Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
C Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
C SmithsoniteZnCO3
OOxygen
O ArsentsumebitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)
O Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
O AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
O BaryteBaSO4
O BindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
O BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
O CalciteCaCO3
O CerussitePbCO3
O Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O GartrellitePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH) · H2O
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
O HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
O LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
O LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
O MiniumPb3O4
O Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
O PlattneritePbO2
O QuartzSiO2
O Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
O SerpieriteCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
O SmithsoniteZnCO3
O WulfenitePb(MoO4)
O ZincalstibiteZn2Al(OH)6[Sb5+(OH)6]
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
NaSodium
Na Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mg Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
AlAluminium
Al Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Al ZincalstibiteZn2Al(OH)6[Sb5+(OH)6]
SiSilicon
Si HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Si Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S ArsentsumebitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)
S BaryteBaSO4
S BoulangeritePb5Sb4S11
S BournonitePbCuSbS3
S BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
S CovelliteCuS
S FreieslebeniteAgPbSbS3
S GalenaPbS
S GreenockiteCdS
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
S LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
S MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24
S OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28
S PyrargyriteAg3SbS3
S PyriteFeS2
S SerpieriteCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
S SphaleriteZnS
S StibniteSb2S3
S Tennantite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S
S Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
ClChlorine
Cl MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Ca SerpieriteCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe GartrellitePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH) · H2O
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu ArsentsumebitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)
Cu Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Cu AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cu BournonitePbCuSbS3
Cu BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Cu CovelliteCuS
Cu Native CopperCu
Cu GartrellitePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH) · H2O
Cu LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Cu LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Cu MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24
Cu Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Cu SerpieriteCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Cu Tennantite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S
Cu Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
ZnZinc
Zn Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Zn Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Zn HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Zn HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Zn Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Zn SerpieriteCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Zn SmithsoniteZnCO3
Zn SphaleriteZnS
Zn ZincalstibiteZn2Al(OH)6[Sb5+(OH)6]
AsArsenic
As ArsentsumebitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)
As Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
As GartrellitePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH) · H2O
As MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
As Tennantite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S
MoMolybdenum
Mo WulfenitePb(MoO4)
AgSilver
Ag FreieslebeniteAgPbSbS3
Ag OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28
Ag PyrargyriteAg3SbS3
Ag Native SilverAg
CdCadmium
Cd GreenockiteCdS
SbAntimony
Sb BindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
Sb BoulangeritePb5Sb4S11
Sb BournonitePbCuSbS3
Sb FreieslebeniteAgPbSbS3
Sb MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24
Sb OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28
Sb PyrargyriteAg3SbS3
Sb StibniteSb2S3
Sb Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
Sb ZincalstibiteZn2Al(OH)6[Sb5+(OH)6]
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
PbLead
Pb ArsentsumebitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)
Pb BindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
Pb BoulangeritePb5Sb4S11
Pb BournonitePbCuSbS3
Pb CerussitePbCO3
Pb FreieslebeniteAgPbSbS3
Pb GalenaPbS
Pb GartrellitePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH) · H2O
Pb LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Pb MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24
Pb MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Pb MiniumPb3O4
Pb OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28
Pb PlattneritePbO2
Pb WulfenitePb(MoO4)

Fossils

There are 4 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences4
Youngest Fossil Listed235 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed242 Ma (Middle Triassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Esino4242 - 235 Ma (Triassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Punctospirella fragilis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Pennospiriferinidae : Punctospirella : Punctospirella fragilis242 - 235 Ma
Triassic
Mentzelia mentzeli
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Mentzeliidae : Mentzelia : Mentzelia mentzeli242 - 235 Ma
Triassic
Angustothyris angustaeformis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Angustothyrididae : Angustothyris : Angustothyris angustaeformis242 - 235 Ma
Triassic
Mentzelia ampla
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Mentzeliidae : Mentzelia : Mentzelia ampla242 - 235 Ma
Triassic
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dossena
Wikidata ID:Q101032
GeoNames ID:6543152

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