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Bomba Quarry, Monte Cinto, Cinto Euganeo, Padova Province, Veneto, Italyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Bomba Quarry | - not defined - |
| Monte Cinto | Complex |
| Cinto Euganeo | Commune |
| Padova Province | Province |
| Veneto | Region |
| Italy | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
45° 16' 23'' North , 11° 39' 23'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cinto Euganeo | 399 (2014) | 0.4km |
| Fontanafredda | 236 (2014) | 2.1km |
| Valle San Giorgio | 155 (2014) | 2.5km |
| Calaone | 274 (2014) | 2.8km |
| Rivadolmo | 590 (2014) | 2.8km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Cava Bomba, Monte Cinto, Cinto Euganeo, Colli Euganei, Provincia di Padova, Veneto, Italia
Abandoned limestone quarry with annexed furnace at the southeast foot of Monte Cinto. The quarry, famous for an important find of fossil fishes (Upper Cretaceous), mainly exploited rocks of the Scaglia Variegata formation, a sequence of micritic marlous limestones, calcareous marlstones, and clay marls (reddish or white-greeinish in colour). Quarrying involved also the so-called "Livello Bonarelli", a layer of grey-black to ochraceous marls and siltstones, rich in organic matter. This layer yielded pyrite nodules and veinlets. Small gypsum crystals were occasionally found.
In 1987 the quarry and the furnace were turned into a geo-palaeontological museum (Museo Geopaleontologico di Cava Bomba). The museum houses the geological and mineralogical collection of the Paduan scholar and naturalist Nicolò Da Rio (1765-1845).
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- Adriatic-Apulian ForelandAccretionary Complex
EuropeContinent
Italy
- Veneto
- Padova Province
- Euganean Hills (Euganei Hills)Group of Hills
- Padova Province
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Bomba Quarry, Monte Cinto, Cinto Euganeo, Padova Province, Veneto, Italy