Dolomite from
La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy

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Classification
Locality type:	Village
Species:	Dolomite
Formula:	CaMg(CO₃)₂
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	360679
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:360679:7
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Localities for Dolomite in this Region
Botro del Confine (La Sassa vein system), La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
La Sassa carbonate vein, La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite

0.5km (0.3 miles)	ⓘ La Sassa carbonate vein, La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
1.6km (1.0 miles)	ⓘ Botro del Confine (La Sassa vein system), La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.8km (2.3 miles)	ⓘ Malentrata, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
4.7km (2.9 miles)	ⓘ Poggio Castiglione, Canneto, Monteverdi Marittimo, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
5.5km (3.4 miles)	ⓘ Campo di Sasso, Bibbona, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
5.9km (3.6 miles)	ⓘ Monterufoli, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
8.0km (5.0 miles)	ⓘ Micciano, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
9.6km (6.0 miles)	ⓘ Libbiano, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
12.6km (7.8 miles)	ⓘ Podere La Veduta (Buriano), Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
16.0km (9.9 miles)	ⓘ Miemo, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Saline di Volterra magnesite di S. Dalmazio (Pomarance) rame di Miemo, Montecastelli e Montecatini La Sassa Canneto Micciano Riparbella]. Gruppo Mineralogico Cecinese - Grafiche Favillini, Livorno, 68 pp. Nannoni, R., and Capperi, M. (1989) Miniere e minerali della Val di Cecina [salgemma di Ponteginori Orlandi, P. (2006) Geositi minerari e mineralogici della provincia di Pisa. Doc.Q.C.7. In: Provincia di Pisa, Sistema Informativo Territoriale, Piano Territoriale di Coordinamento, Elaborati del quadro conoscitivo del PTCP, Pisa, 398 pp. Ricci, Giulia, Andrea M. Monti, Renato Pagano, Marco Martini, Luisa Caneve, and Gilberto Artioli. (2021) "Unusual Luminescence of Quartz from La Sassa, Tuscany: Insights on the Crystal and Defect Nanostructure of Quartz" Minerals 11, no. 12: 1345. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11121345

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Dolomite from La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy

Dolomite from
La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy