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Camporanda, Sillano, Garfagnana, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italyi
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Camporanda- not defined -
Sillano- not defined -
Garfagnana- not defined -
Lucca ProvinceProvince
TuscanyRegion
ItalyCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 14' 22'' North , 10° 20' 9'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Villa109 (2016)0.7km
Sillano352 (2016)3.3km
Sant'Anastasio147 (2014)6.0km
Colognola124 (2014)6.7km
San Donnino168 (2014)6.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
22957
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:22957:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Camporanda, Sillano, Garfagnana, Lucca, Toscana, Italia


In this small area of the northern Apennines, there is an occurrence of Triassic evaporites in a tectonic window. In these rocks represented by evaporitic limestones locally known as "calcare cavernoso" there are also occurrences of anhydrite in which black quartz, pyrite, hematite are found. In some fractures of "calcare cavernoso" beautiful gypsum crystals have been found.

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5 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

Detailed Mineral List:

Anhydrite
Formula: CaSO4
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
'Petroleum'
'Petroleum var. Bitumen'
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Description: Black and brown crystals found at this locality are authigenic quartz crystals colored by inclusions. They are not smoky quartz.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Smoky Quartz ?4.DA.05SiO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anhydrite7.AD.30CaSO4
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Unclassified
'Petroleum
var. Bitumen'
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List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
O AnhydriteCaSO4
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O HematiteFe2O3
O QuartzSiO2
O Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S AnhydriteCaSO4
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S PyriteFeS2
CaCalcium
Ca AnhydriteCaSO4
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
FeIron
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe PyriteFeS2

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