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Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italyi
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Tufa

Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Travertine

Travertine quarry, Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Travertine

Travertine quarry, Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Tufa

Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Travertine

Travertine quarry, Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Travertine

Travertine quarry, Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Tufa

Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Travertine

Travertine quarry, Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
43° 1' 41'' North , 11° 37' 4'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
43.02824,11.61795
GRN:
N29E07
Type:
Hamlet
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Castiglione d'Orcia622 (2014)2.6km
San Quirico d'Orcia2,467 (2014)3.4km
Gallina157 (2014)6.2km
Pienza1,249 (2014)7.4km
Torrenieri1,342 (2017)8.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
407448
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:407448:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Bagno Vignone
Other Languages:
Italian:
Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Provincia di Siena, Toscana, Italia


The Bagno Vignoni area is characterised by thermal springs (T<50 °C), travertine deposits, well exposed in saw-cut walls of abandoned quarries, and a network of banded calcite veins forming their roots in the substratum.

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ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3

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References

Jervis, Guglielmo (1874) 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. 2 - Regione Dell'Appennino e Vucani attivi e spenti dipendentivi.
Losacco, U. (1959) Ricerche geologiche nella Toscana Meridionale. II - Affioramenti mesozoici nella media Val d’Orcia: Bagno Vignoni, Rocca d’Orcia, Ripa d’Orcia e Pienza (Siena). Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana, 78, 101-120.
Pentecost, Allan (1994) Formation of laminate travertines at Bagno Vignone, Italy. Geomicrobiology Journal, 12 (4). 239-251 doi:10.1080/01490459409377992
Brogi, A., Cornamusini, G., and Sandrelli, F. (2005) Geological setting of the Bagno Vignoni area (northern side of the Mt. Amiata geothermal area, Italy): Collisional structures recorded in the Tuscan Nappe. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana, Volume Speciale n. 3, 89-101
Capezzuoli, E. (2013) Il patrimonio di travertini e calcareous tufa in Toscana. Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 27, 31-41
Brogi, Andrea; Liotta, Domenico; Capezzuoli, Enrico; Matera, Paola Francesca; Kele, Sándor; Soligo, Michele; Tuccimei, Paola; Ruggieri, Giovanni; Yu, Tsai-Luen; Shen, Chuan-Chou; et al. (2020) Travertine deposits constraining transfer zone neotectonics in geothermal areas: An example from the inner Northern Apennines (Bagno Vignoni-Val d’Orcia area, Italy). Geothermics, 85. 101763 doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2019.101763
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