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Tanone Cave (Tana dei Tufi; Tanone di Torano), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italyi
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Tanone Cave (Tana dei Tufi; Tanone di Torano), Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 5' 35'' North , 10° 6' 10'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
44.09333,10.10278
GeoHash:
G#: spz4vfuw7
GRN:
N30E06
Type:
Cave
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Torano670 (2014)0.2km
Sorgnano387 (2014)1.1km
Gragnana917 (2014)1.5km
Miseglia449 (2014)1.5km
Carrara58,666 (2018)1.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
310474
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:310474:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Italian:
Grotta del Tanone (Tana dei Tufi; Tanone di Torano), Carrara, Provincia di Massa-Carrara (Provincia di Massa e Carrara), Toscana, Italia


Small karst cave situated near the village of Torano, at an elevation of 182 m a.s.l., on the right side of Fosso di Torano.

The cave, ca. 700 m long, is located in the so-called "Calcare Cavernoso", a kind of calcareous breccias derived from cataclastic limestone.

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

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CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3

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References

Spallanzani, L. (1784) Lettera seconda relativa a diversi oggetti fossili e montani al Sig. Carlo Bonnet scritta il giorno 12 Febbraio 1784. Memorie di Matematica e Fisica della Società Italiana, tomo 2, parte 2, 861-899.
Repetti, Emanuele (1820) Sopra l'Alpe Apuana e i marmi di Carrara [Above the Apuan Alps and the Carrara marbles]. Dalla Badia Fiesolana.
Repetti, Emanuele (1833) Dizionario geografico fisico storico della Toscana Vol. 1. Presso l'autore e editore.
Jervis, Guglielmo (1881) I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia descrizione topografica e geologica di tutte le localita nel Regno d'Italia [The underground treasures of Italy topographical and geological description of all the locations in the Kingdom of Italy] Vol. 3 - Regione Delle Isole Sardegna e Sicilia. Ermanno Loescher.
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