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Calcite from
Rocca Castellaccio, Ciappanico, Torre di Santa Maria, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Perovskite2
Clinochlore2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rocca Castellaccio, Ciappanico, Torre di Santa Maria, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:896761
Long-form Identifier:1:3:896761:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘVal Sora Quarry, Torre di Santa Maria, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘFioratti Quarry, Torre di Santa Maria, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘAlpe Pirlo, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘAlpe Mastabia talc mine, Torre di Santa Maria, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘGiumellini Valley (Giumellino Valley), Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘSant'Antonio, Caspoggio, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘCastellaccio Quarry, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘPradaccio Peak, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘGiuèl Quarries, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘCorni d'Airale, Airale Valley, Torreggio Valley, Torre di Santa Maria, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
References
Sigismund, P. (1949) Titanclinohumite, olivine e ripidolite di Valmalenco. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat., 88, 145-171.
Bedogné, Francesco; Montrasio, Attilio; Sciesa, Enrico (1993) I minerali della provincia di Sondrio: Valmalenco [Minerals of the Province of Sondrio: Valmalenco]. Bettini. 275pp.
 
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