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Calcite from
Göflaner quarry (Niederwandl quarry; Mitterwandl quarry), Göflan, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Göflaner quarry (Niederwandl quarry; Mitterwandl quarry), Göflan, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:481600
Long-form Identifier:1:3:481600:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘGöflan marble quarry (Covelano marble quarry), Schlanders (Silandro), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘWeißwasser quarry, Laas (Lasa), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘEyrs (Oris), Laas (Lasa), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘPeder Valley, Martell (Martello), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
11.7km (7.3 miles) ⓘMadritsch Valley (Madriccio Valley), Martell (Martello), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
15.7km (9.7 miles) ⓘOrtles-Gran Zebrù northeast slope (Ortler-Königspitze northeast slope), Stilfs (Stelvio), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘStilfs deposit (Stelvio deposit), Stilfs (Stelvio), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
16.0km (10.0 miles) ⓘVedretta di Solda (Suldenferner), Stilfs (Stelvio), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
17.0km (10.6 miles) ⓘBottiglia Pass (Königsjoch), Cedec Valley, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘGran Zebrù (Königspitze), Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
References
www.fuchs.it (n.d.) http://www.fuchs.it/produkte_marmor_laasermarmor.php
Unterwurzacher, M. & Obojes, U. (2012): White marble from Laas (Lasa), South Tyrol – its occurrence, use and petrographic-isotopical characterisation. Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 105/3, 26-37.
 
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