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Monte della Croce, Montefiascone, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italyi
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Monte della CroceHill
MontefiasconeCommune
Viterbo ProvinceProvince
LazioAdministrative Region
ItalyCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 31' 54'' North , 12° 1' 33'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
42.53187,12.02601
GeoHash:
G#: sr89cwtn4
GRN:
N29E07
Type:
Hill
Köppen climate type:
Cfa : Humid subtropical climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Montefiascone10,637 (2014)1.3km
Cevoli215 (2014)1.5km
Zepponami1,707 (2014)2.4km
Commenda314 (2014)4.7km
Fastello255 (2016)5.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
428245
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:428245:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Monte delle Croci
Other Languages:
Italian:
Monte della Croce (Monte delle Croci), Montefiascone, Provincia di Viterbo, Lazio, Italia


Yellow and reddish tephra layers outcropping along the ESE slope of Monte della Croce (or Monte delle Croci) and cut by the road leading to Fiordini locality.

Typical minerals are millimetric to submillimetric euhedral crystals of green to red olivine, pyroxene (augite) and magnetite.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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3 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Augite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
ⓘ Forsterite
Formula: Mg2SiO4
ⓘ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘForsterite9.AC.05Mg2SiO4
ⓘAugite9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Unclassified
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Oⓘ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Mgⓘ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
Mgⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Siⓘ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
Siⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
FeIron
Feⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series

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References

Fantappiè, Liberto (1897) Sul Peridoto in paragenesi con megnetite e pirosseno nel giacimento del Monte delle Croci presso Montefiascone. Rivista di Mineralogia e Cristallografia Italiana: 17: 1: 3-15
Fantappiè, Liberto (1905) Studio cristallografico del Peridoto di Montefiascone. Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, serie 5, Rendiconti, Classe di scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali: 14 (1° semestre): 17-23.
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