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Calcite from
Weißwasser quarry, Laas (Lasa), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), 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 Weißwasser quarry, Laas (Lasa), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:481599
Long-form Identifier:1:3:481599:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘGöflaner quarry (Niederwandl quarry; Mitterwandl quarry), Göflan, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘGöflan marble quarry (Covelano marble quarry), Schlanders (Silandro), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘEyrs (Oris), Laas (Lasa), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘPeder Valley, Martell (Martello), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘMadritsch Valley (Madriccio Valley), Martell (Martello), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘStilfs deposit (Stelvio deposit), Stilfs (Stelvio), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
14.6km (9.0 miles) ⓘOrtles-Gran Zebrù northeast slope (Ortler-Königspitze northeast slope), Stilfs (Stelvio), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘVedretta di Solda (Suldenferner), Stilfs (Stelvio), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘGran Zebrù (Königspitze), Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
16.0km (9.9 miles) ⓘGran Zebrù Glacier (Vedretta del Gran Zebrù), Cedec Valley, 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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