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Cancelli di Gioia Quarry, Colonnata, Colonnata quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italyi
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Cancelli di Gioia QuarryQuarry
ColonnataVillage
Colonnata quarrying basinBasin
CarraraCommune
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TuscanyRegion
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Cancelli di Gioia Quarry, Colonnata, Colonnata quarrying basin, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 4' 47'' North , 10° 9' 6'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Colonnata268 (2014)0.7km
Casette635 (2014)1.4km
Caglieglia106 (2014)1.8km
Forno708 (2014)2.1km
Bedizzano797 (2014)2.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
281210
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:281210:9
GUID (UUID V4):
6fdb21d9-335d-4441-8a9d-98b243035ec2


Cancelli di Gioia or Quarry no. 166, partly exploited underground, is characterised by an area (left side of the quarry) rich in dm-sized vugs, containing large crystals of quartz (up to 5-6 cm) grown on calcite or dolomite. Cubic crystals of fluorite, up to 1 cm in size, have been rarely found.

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4 valid minerals.

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Group 3 - Halides
β“˜Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
β“˜Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
β“˜Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Cβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Oβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
FFluorine
Fβ“˜ FluoriteCaF2
MgMagnesium
Mgβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Caβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Caβ“˜ FluoriteCaF2

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