Gessi, Moncalvo, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Gessi | Hamlet |
| Moncalvo | Commune |
| Asti Province | Province |
| Piedmont | Region |
| Italy | Country |
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45° 2' 51'' North , 8° 14' 34'' East
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Gessi, Moncalvo, Provincia di Asti, Piemonte, Italia
Messinian gypsum blocks (from which the hamlet of Gessi takes its name) cropping out within the clayey matrix of the Valle Versa Chaotic Complex to the west of Moncalvo. Karst phenomena in this area are attibutable to "subjacent karst", where gypsum is only partially dissected by superficial drainage system. Dissolution phenomena are well developed inside gypsum rocks only above hydrological base-level.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sulphur | 1.CC.05 | S8 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
| Group 1 - NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-metals and non-metals | |||
| ⓘ | Sulphur | 1.3.5.1 | S8 |
| Group 29 - HYDRATED ACID AND NORMAL SULFATES | |||
| AXO4·xH2O | |||
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 29.6.3.1 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Sulphur | S8 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Barelli, V. (1835) Cenni di statistica mineralogica degli Stati di S.M. il Re di Sardegna, ovvero Catalogo ragionato della raccolta formatasi presso l'Azienda Generale dell'Interno. Tipografia Giuseppe Fodratti, Torino, 686 pages.
Jervis, G. (1874) I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia. Vol. 2: Regione dell’Appennino e vulcani attivi e spenti dipendentivi. Ermanno Loescher, Torino, XVIII+624 pages.
Fioraso, G., Bicchi, E., Irace, A., and Boano, P. (2004) Manifestazioni carsiche nelle evaporiti messiniane del Monferrato e della Collina di Torino (Italia nord-occidentale): analisi dei meccanismi genetici nel quadro dell'evoluzione pliocenico-quaternaria del Bacino Terziario Piemontese. Il Quaternario - Italian Journal of Quaternary Sciences, 17, 2/2, 453-476.
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Gypsum quarries, Gessi, Moncalvo, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy