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Gypsum from
Gypsum quarry, Cocconato, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gypsum quarry, Cocconato, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:555645
Long-form Identifier:1:3:555645:8
GUID (UUID V4):3c150254-0dc8-465b-b79d-eb250cb2a034
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘVallese, Robella, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘGypsum quarries, Murisengo, Alessandria Province, Piedmont, Italy
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘSan Candido, Murisengo, Alessandria Province, Piedmont, Italy
11.3km (7.1 miles) ⓘCastello, Verrua Savoia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘGypsum quarries, Gessi, Moncalvo, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy
16.8km (10.4 miles) ⓘGessi, Moncalvo, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘMotta, Costigliole d'Asti, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘMussotto, Alba, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
45.0km (28.0 miles) ⓘFossil locality, Verduno, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
45.1km (28.0 miles) ⓘSpiaggia dei cristalli, Verduno, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogical Characterization of Branching Selenite Gypsum: New Insights for the Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction...Science Department, Torino University, 10125 Torino, Italy; linda.pastero@unito.it (L.P.); simona.cavagna@unito...Mineralogical Characterization of Branching Selenite Gypsum: New Abstract: The present study proposes a characterization...features of branching selenite gypsum lithofacies from the Monferrato area (NW Italy). This facies is considered...appeared during the sequence of the primary lower gypsum of the Messinian Salinity Crisis starting from
Journal (issue)
PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FEDERICO PEZZOTTA CURATOR OF MINERALOGY...JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2011 PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY Participating Collectors: Marco Amabili Silvia...Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto Giazotto collection Jeff Scovil photo... MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY )In OutCine of MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY Federico Pezzotta Mineralogy...literature and music, scholars and aristocrats in Italy assembled some of the first great collections of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Messinian (Late Miocene) events in Monferrato (NW Italy) F. Dela Pierre a,b,*, P. Clari a,b, S. Cavagna...Terra-Via Accademia delle Scienze, 5-10123 Turin, Italy CNR-c.s. geodinamica delle catene collisionali-Via...collisionali-Via Accademia delle Scienze, 5-10123 Turin, Italy Accepted 20 December 2001 Abstract The Parona chaotic...chaotic complex (PCC) from Monferrato (NW Italy) is a mélange composed of carbonate-cemented blocks floating...delle Scienze, Universitá Torino, 5-10123 Turin, Italy. Tel.: +39-11-5621179; fax: +39-11-541755. E-mail
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do Sul, Brazil * 12.5 x 10 x 10.5 em Page 252: Gypsum rosette, Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba...resulting in well-formed collectible crystals such as gypsum (page 252) and epidote (page 221). Solid crystal-filled...mineral’s physical properties in order to identify Gypsum it. Many minerals have very characteristic physical...museum — a fine way to recognize their hard work! Gypsum (selenite variety), Galetta, Ontario, Canada *...directions and interfere with each other. (for example, gypsum). Many minerals would be colorless if they were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in a seismically active area (Monferrato, Piedmont, NW Italy): Insights into stress-induced variations...di Palermo, via U. La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia,...di Roma 1, via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Roma, Italy Received 8 August 2006; received in revised form...waters circulating in a restricted area in Piedmont, Italy. This approach is based on the assumption that...fO2, and temperature) and the variable amounts of gypsum among dissolving rock-forming minerals, which occur
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during the year for cement, feldspar, gem stones, gypsum, industrial sand, iron-oxide pigments, kyanite...continued by several companies in the southern Piedmont and western Coastal Plain provinces of Virginia...value of cement, clay (fuller's earth), feldspar, gypsum, industrial sand and gravel, iron-oxide pigments...Company, Blue Ridge Stone Corporation, Piney River Quarry. "Fines," resulting from the crushing of 4 NO...mined from several pegmatite bodies in the Piedmont province in the past, including those in Amelia and
Journal (issue)
diatomaceous sediments, feldspar*, ferrovanadium*, gypsum*, iron oxide pigments*, kyanite*, lime*, lithium*...value of cement (masonry and portland),feldspar, gypsum, kyanite, sand and gravel (industrial), talc (soapstone)...deposits are worked. Size of barite veins in the Piedmont Province in Virginia are small compared to the replacement...deposits in the southeastern Valley and Ridge Province. Some of the barite fines present around the old...been mined from a number of other counties in the Piedmont, including Amelia, Bedford and Powhatan. The most
Journal (issue)
during the year for cement, feldspar, gem stones, gypsum, industrial sand, iron-oxide pigments, kyanite...Company, Blue Ridge Stone Corporation, Piney River Quarry (Figure 2). Fines, resulting from the crushing...mined from several pegmatite bodies in the Piedmont province in the past, including those in Amelia and...interest of collectors at this site. GYPSUM United States Gypsum Company operates a mine and plant in...masses of gypsum in the Maccrady Formation are mined by a modified stoping system. The gypsum is trucked
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Sulfur Isotopic Composition of Gypsum from Paleocene, Northwest China: Implications for...Wang, J.; Cao, Y. Sulfur Isotopic Composition of Gypsum from Paleocene, Northwest China: Implications for...Paleocene and was principally composed of massive gypsum interbedded fragmental rocks. The values of sulfur...SCDT or ή34 SVCDT ) and the mean is 17.7‰ in 97 gypsum samples in the basin. Three gradually increasing...Received: 9 July 2022 Keywords: sulfur isotope; gypsum; eastern Paratethys; Yarkand Basin; Paleocene
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
H2O, a new mineral from Upper Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy: The first natural (K,NH4)-hydrated sulfosalt...I-56126 Pisa, Italy 2 Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, CNR, Via Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy 3 Institut...Italiana, Via San Pietro 55, I-10073 Devesi-CiriĂš, Italy 5 Dipartimento di Fisica, UniversitĂ  di Parma, Viale...Viale G.P. Usberti 7/a, I-43100 Parma, Italy 6 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, UniversitĂ  di Pavia...Pavia, Italy 7 Centro Grandi Strumenti, UniversitĂ  di Pavia, Via Bassi 21, I-27100 Pavia, Italy 1 aBstraCt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Messinian Gypsum Deposit in the Ionian Forearc Basin (Benestare, Calabria, Southern Italy): Origin and...Messinian Gypsum Deposit in the Ionian Forearc Basin (Benestare, Calabria, Southern Italy): Origin and...of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Rende, Italy; mara.cipriani@unical.it (M.C.); adriano.guido@unical...University of Naples Federico II, 80126 Napoli, Italy; massimo.dantonio@unina.it Correspondence: rocco...first accurate record of the Messinian Resedimented Gypsum in the forearc and back-arc basins connected to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
relationships between shallow-water carbonates and primary gypsum: insights from the Messinian succession of the...relationships between shallow-water carbonates and primary gypsum: insights from the Messinian succession of the...relationships between shallow-water carbonates and primary gypsum: insights from the Messinian succession of the...Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma (Italy) ro of ° Department of Chemistry and Geological...Emilia (Italy) re Abstract lP The lack of modern analogues for the thick primary selenite gypsum deposits
Report (issue)
from Tsarafara Sud, Sahatany Valley, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Mineral Classics specimen and photo...Anjanabonoina pegmatite, Betafo district, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Mineral Classics specimen and photo...small pocket find in 2011 at Estatoby, Toamasina Province, the Kosnars have loose “pencil” crystals of beryl... from Estatoby, Sahatany Valley, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Mineral Classics specimen and photo...find in the area of Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Recall that in the mid-2000s the
Book
Lithium minerals 246 252 Sodium carbonate 120 Gypsum Iron oxide Sillimanite minerals 153 161 295...problems faced by management of a gravel pit or stone quarry to alleged health hazards that affect the whole...Belgium, barite from Ireland to the US Gulf Coast, gypsum from Mexico to California, and feldspar from Finland... the industrial picture on a large scale? Will gypsum from flue-gas desulfurization at coal-fired power...(amosite of the Transvaal; crocidolite of the Cape Province, South Africa). (4) Serpentinized dolomitic limestone
Report (issue)
Anhydrite Kroehnkite Ferrinatrite Mendozite Kalinite Gypsum (Selenite) (Satinspar) Chalcanthitc Starkeyite...fluorite, galena, garnet, goethite, gold, graphite, gypsum, halloysitc, hematite, hornblende, hydrozincitc... calcitc, collophane, crandallite, francolite, gypsum, hematite, hemimorphitc, hydrozincite, lcpidocrocite...chlori­ toid, cryptomclane, epidote, goethite, gypsum, halite, hematite, iddingsite, ilmenite, kyanitc...coquimbite, covcllite, cuprite, galena, gold, graphite, gypsum, halotrichitc, hematite, hisingcrite, hornblende
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
depths of 100 – 200 m or less. Primary lower AC gypsum deposits are determined to be absent from the graben...the widespread mega-breccias of the resedimented gypsum deposits. T Keywords: Messinian Salinity Crisis;...Crisis; Turkey; Eastern Mediterranean; Gypsum; foraminifera; Gilbert-type IP delta. SC R 1. Introduction...2013); this unit is IP termed the Primary Lower Gypsum (PLG) (Fig. 1). These deposits typically consist...consist of rhythmically- SC R deposited gypsum interbedded with shales. Although Vai and Ricchi Lucchi (1977)
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Cumbë Sûrdë quarry, Upper Susa Valley, Torino, Piedmont, Italy. 10.7 (vs), 5.75 (s), 2.875...33] 99.14 (1) Cumbë Sûrdë quarry, Upper Susa Valley, Torino, Piedmont, Italy; electron microprobe and...Association: Sulfur, orpiment, gypsum. Distribution: From the Cumbë Sûrdë quarry, Signols, Oulx, Upper Susa...Susa Valley, Torino, Piedmont, Italy. Name: Honors Pierluigi Ambrino (b. 1947), the mineral collector who...and the Natural Science Museum, Turin (M/15824), Italy. References: (1) Biagioni, C., E. Bonaccorsi, M
Book
Law etc. (cf. also pyrite, p. 92; quartz, p. 127; gypsum, p. 177; feldspar, p. 242, etc.). A twinned crystal...pyrolusite, or other minerals. Tabular minerals (gypsum, barite, hematire) may occasionally form rosettes...hernacite calcite, magnesite, dolomite anh~drite, gypsum apatite olivine, andalusite, kyanite, staurolite...calcareous tufa (in part); halite (rock salt) with gypsum and anhydrite; manganese sinter, iron oolites 11...conditions. Calcite is deposited first, followed by gypsum, anhydrite, halite, and potash salts. Because of
Journal (issue)
walk in Arlington, VA .................. p. 11 Gypsum sands ...........................................Glossary of Geology, 5th edition, revised) 12 Gypsum Sands by Bill Beiriger Editor’s note: The article...evaporation to form CaSO4 ‱ 2H2O, the mineral gypsum. Gypsum is dissolved from the playa floors of old lake...sulfate loses its water by evaporation, crystals of gypsum grow in the form of selenite. The freezing and...and high summer temperatures. I have samples of gypsum sands from two locations: one near the Great Salt
Catalog/List
acicular sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE: Bull Run Quarry, Loudon County, Virginia, USA. sprays and tufts...tufts ACTINOLITE,variety BYSSOLITE: Mount Bianco, Italy. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE,variety BYSSOLITE:...and tufts ACTINOLITE SMARAGDITE:Micciano, Pisa, Italy. massive, green 2 variety ADAMITE: Ojuela Mine,...matrix AFGHANITE:Pitigliano, Italy. minute crystals AFWILLITE: Crestffiore Quarry, Riverside, California,...Hil3ir0. /-,S l\BOVE Brazil., /1ntrim, Tuscany. Italy. Sp~in. crystals Thomaston Dam, Connacticut, Selva
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION GYPSUM AND ANHYDRI E By A. w. GROVES, D.Sc.(Lond...where available . ‱‱ ‱ . 11 ‱ CONTENTS PAGE GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE Introduction . . . . . . . . Principal.... . . . . . . Mode of occurrence . . . . . . . Gypsum in relation to Overseas Mining Laws: Royalties...mining of gypsum deposits . Beneficiation of gypsum . . . . . . Chemical by-product gypsum . . . . .... Uses of gypsum As mined or quarried . . . . . ‱ Crushed gypsum . . . . . . ‱ Ground gypsum . . . .
Book
Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy : Mondadori, 2003. [256] p. : col. photos. ; cm...the Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8-9: Beryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42-43: Silver...Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech...crystals on quartz from Brusson, Valle d'Aosta, Italy NOTE TO THE READER The 288 mineralogical species
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
September 2015 Editor: B. Jones Keywords: Evaporites Gypsum Sulfur isotopes Strontium isotopes Messinian Salinity...The origin of the Messinian Hoya de la Sima (HS) gypsum (Betic foreland) is constrained using 87Sr/86Sr...consists of very-shallow-water bioturbated lenticular gypsum with Paracamelus ichnites. 87Sr/86Sr and ή34S indicate...HS selenites resemble those of the Primary Lower Gypsum (PLG) of the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC), in...using Sr concentrations as paleosalinity proxy in gypsum precipitated from seawater–continental water mixtures
Report (issue)
adjacent Culberson County, west Texas. Halite, gypsum, and barite have also been produced from this basin...Monument occupies a part of a basin that contains gypsum dune sands, and in northern Chihuahua the quartz...Datil-Mogollon section of the Colorado Plateau province in the far northwest part of the region. This...south and east by part of the Basin and Range province. The major population centers of Ciudad Juarez...north-trending Rio Grande rift. The Basin and Range province continues southward into adjacent parts of northern
siderite, rhodochrosite, malachite, azurite, gypsum, anhydrite, baryte, apatite, turquoise, borax,...greasy appearance, e.g. quartz, siderite, diamond, gypsum. The following is a list of other terms that describe...Silky: like silk in smoothness and fineness, e.g., gypsum Vitreous: glassy, e.g., quartz, feldspar Transparency:...(with | being the softest) is as follows: | talc, 2 gypsum, 3 calcite, 4 fluorite, 5 apatite, 6 feldspar,... black), p. 120 corundum (grey, blue), p. 112 gypsum (white), p. 124 dolomite (grey, pink), p. 280
 
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