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Vaesite from
Ca' dei Ladri (Silla), Gaggio Montano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


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Ca' dei Ladri, Gaggio Montano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Ca' dei Ladri, Gaggio Montano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Ca' dei Ladri, Gaggio Montano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Classification
Species:Vaesite
Formula:NiS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Millerite3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vaesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ca' dei Ladri (Silla), Gaggio Montano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:501628
Long-form Identifier:1:3:501628:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vaesite
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘFosso del Lago, Molino della Rovinaccia, Castel di Casio, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
9.9km (6.1 miles) ⓘSasso delle Lucine, Castelluccio di Moscheda, Montese, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘSasso dei Carli (Sasso dei Diamanti), Montese, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘStancalasse stream (Rio Stancalasse), Monterenzio, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘCa' de Giannasi ophiolite, Frassinoro, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
37.3km (23.1 miles) ⓘRio Poggioli, San Clemente, Monterenzio, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
37.4km (23.3 miles) ⓘRio delle Ossa, San Clemente, Monterenzio, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
38.0km (23.6 miles) ⓘCa' Ottavia, San Clemente, Monterenzio, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
46.6km (28.9 miles) ⓘCase Zobbi, Villa Minozzo, Reggio Emilia Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
64.3km (40.0 miles) ⓘMeleto quarry, Strada in Chianti, Greve in Chianti, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
References
De Michele, V. (1974) Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini.
Calanchi, N., Dalrio, G. (1975) Anatasio, brookite, millerite e vaesite in paragenesi nelle idrotermaliti dell'Appennino emiliano. Atti dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, serie 8, Classe di Scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali, Memorie, 59, 5, 445-454
Dalrio, G. (1980) Mineralogia del bolognese. Officine Grafiche Cacciari, Bologna, 120 pp.
Pedroni, G., Rosciglione, L., Varoli, M., Baratta, C. (1996) I minerali delle ofioliti nell'Appennino bolognese e modenese. Gruppo A.V.I.S. Mineralogia e Speleologia, Bologna, 286 pp.
 
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