Cesano No. 1 well, Cesano geothermal field, Bracciano Lake, Rome Province, Latium, Italy

(Pozzo Cesano 1, campo geotermico di Cesano, Lago di Bracciano, Roma, Lazio, Italia)

Located East of Bracciano Lake. (1252-1254 m depth)

Like in Russian occurrence, also Kalistrontite discovering comes out from a drilling well made by E.N.E.L. in Cesano Area (Baccano Valley) near Rome. The mineral is inside a calareous core with calcite, anhidrite, celestite in association with Kalistrontite in colorless crystals with perfect cleavage.

Refs.:
- Maras A. (1979) - Studi sui minerali del Lazio: la Kalistrontite di Cesano - Periodico di Mineralogia, Roma, Vol. 48, pp. 1195-1203
- Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, Milano, n. 3,1980, pp. 69-70

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	Cesanite (TL)

	Kalistrontite

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