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Gypsum from
Prato del Casone (Prati Casone), Sasso di Furbara (Sasso), Cerveteri, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy


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Gypsum

Prato del Casone, Sasso di Furbara, Cerveteri, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
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Gypsum

Prato del Casone, Sasso di Furbara, Cerveteri, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
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Gypsum

Prato del Casone, Sasso di Furbara, Cerveteri, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prato del Casone (Prati Casone), Sasso di Furbara (Sasso), Cerveteri, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:306403
Long-form Identifier:1:3:306403:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘSasso di Furbara (Sasso), Cerveteri, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘCaldera di Manziana, Manziana, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘCesano 1 well, Cesano geothermal field, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘCesano 4 well, Cesano geothermal field, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
34.7km (21.6 miles) ⓘMonte Solforoso, Sacrofano, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
44.0km (27.3 miles) ⓘMonte Soratte, Sant'Oreste, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
47.2km (29.3 miles) ⓘCampomorto Quarry, Pietra Massa Locality, Montalto di Castro, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
56.8km (35.3 miles) ⓘMontauto mine, Manciano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
60.7km (37.7 miles) ⓘTafone mine (Valle del Tafone mining area), Manciano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
62.1km (38.6 miles) ⓘPonte San Pietro mineralisation, Ischia di Castro, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
References
Del Caldo, A.; Moro, C.; Gramaccioli, C.M.; Boscardin, M. (1973) Guida ai minerali. Fratelli Fabbri Editori. 208 pp.
Carlini, R. (1978) Escursione mineralogica al "Sasso di Furbara" (Roma). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 2 [9], 4, 109
 
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