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Castelnuovo Belbo cemetery (San Biagio churchlet), Castelnuovo Belbo, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italyi
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Castelnuovo Belbo cemetery (San Biagio churchlet)Outcrop
Castelnuovo BelboCommune
Asti ProvinceProvince
PiedmontRegion
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 48' 25'' North , 8° 24' 22'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
44.80710,8.40628
GeoHash:
G#: spvyzkck2
GRN:
N30E05
Type:
Outcrop
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Castelnuovo Belbo681 (2014)0.8km
Borgo Villa - Il Poggio137 (2014)1.5km
Incisa Scapaccino2,031 (2012)2.4km
Ghiare-Madonna1,341 (2014)2.5km
Bruno296 (2014)3.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
255772
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:255772:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Italian:
Cimitero di Castelnuovo Belbo (Chiesetta di San Biagio), Castelnuovo Belbo, Provincia di Asti, Piemonte, Italia


Septarian arenaceous concretions in the Pliocene sedimentary sequence of "Sabbie di Asti Formation" (Tertiary Piedmont Basin), which crops out ESE of San Biagio churchlet, on the eastern side of the Castelnuovo Belbo cemetery.

The honey-yellow scalenohedral crystals of calcite from this locality show a vivid yellow fluorescence and phosphorescence (Piccoli et al., 2007).

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Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3

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CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
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Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3

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References

Gallo, L.M. (2004) Septarie anomale (pseudoseptarie) nel Pliocene di Castelnuovo Belbo (Astigiano meridionale, Piemonte, Italia NW). Bollettino del Museo regionale di Scienze naturali di Torino, 21, 1, 193-202
Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., Lombardo, B. (2007) Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta - Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" Alba.
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