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Castagneto, Agordo, Belluno Province, Veneto, Italyi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
46° 16' 31'' North , 12° 1' 19'' East
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PlacePopulationDistance
Valcozzena111 (2014)0.7km
Voltago470 (2014)1.3km
Agordo3,861 (2014)1.3km
Voltago Agordino991 (2013)1.3km
Rif104 (2014)2.0km
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Castagneto, Agordo, Provincia di Belluno, Veneto, Italia


Outcrop of red beds of the Upper Permian Val Gardena Sandstone formation, below the third hairpin turn of the road connecting Agordo with Voltago Agordino (Provincial Road SP347), in which are present geodic cavities filled with aragonite, maybe the most known mineral of the Agordo area (see also the localities Col di Foglia, Agordo, and Val del Mus, Voltago Agordino).

Aragonite appears as colourless to white acicular crystals to 1-2 cm long in geodic cavities, varying in size from a few millemetres to a few tens of centimetres, embedded in red beds. Tiny crystals of dolomite are often observed inside the geodic cavities.

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2 valid minerals.

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ā“˜ Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: Giordano, D. (2008) Dolomiti di cristallo. Minerali e mineralogia nellā€™Agordino. Gruppo Agordino Mineralogico Paleontologico, Agordo (Belluno) - Grafiche Antiga, Crocetta del Montello (Treviso), 222 pp.; Rosset, A. (2008) L'Aragonite di Voltago. In: Giordano, D., Dolomiti di cristallo. Minerali e mineralogia nellā€™Agordino. Gruppo Agordino Mineralogico Paleontologico, Agordo (Belluno) - Grafiche Antiga, Crocetta del Montello (Treviso), pages 211-214; Giordano, D. (2014) Provincia di Belluno. In: Zorzi, F., and Boscardin, M. (eds.), Minerali del Veneto. Alla scoperta dei tesori della nostra regione. Museo di Storia Naturale e Archeologia di Montebelluna (Treviso) - Cierre Edizioni, Sommacampagna (Verona), pages 93-119.
ā“˜ Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Reference: Rosset, A. (2008) L'Aragonite di Voltago. In: Giordano, D., Dolomiti di cristallo. Minerali e mineralogia nellā€™Agordino. Gruppo Agordino Mineralogico Paleontologico, Agordo (Belluno) - Grafiche Antiga, Crocetta del Montello (Treviso), pages 211-214.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ā“˜Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
ā“˜Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cā“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Cā“˜ AragoniteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oā“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oā“˜ AragoniteCaCO3
MgMagnesium
Mgā“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
CaCalcium
Caā“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Caā“˜ AragoniteCaCO3

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Giordano, D. (2008) Dolomiti di cristallo. Minerali e mineralogia nellā€™Agordino. Gruppo Agordino Mineralogico Paleontologico, Agordo (Belluno) - Grafiche Antiga, Crocetta del Montello (Treviso), 222 pp.
Rosset, A. (2008) L'Aragonite di Voltago. In: Giordano, D., Dolomiti di cristallo. Minerali e mineralogia nellā€™Agordino. Gruppo Agordino Mineralogico Paleontologico, Agordo (Belluno) - Grafiche Antiga, Crocetta del Montello (Treviso), pages 211-214.
Giordano, D. (2008) Dolomiti di cristallo. Minerali e mineralogia nellā€™Agordino. Gruppo Agordino Mineralogico Paleontologico, Agordo (Belluno) - Grafiche Antiga, Corocetta del Montello (Treviso), 222 pp.

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