| Locality type: | Cave |
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| Species: | Gypsum |
| Formula: | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Gypsum data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Acqua Fitusa Cave, San Giovanni Gemini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 922499 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:922499:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | ca739132-9dea-442e-9b54-833c68554fd4 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum |
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| 4.8km (3.0 miles) | ⓘCoffara Muti Mine, Contrada Salina, Cammarata, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy |
| 8.5km (5.3 miles) | ⓘMarcato Grande Mine (Marcato Grande Castiglione Mine), Acquaviva Platani, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy |
| 12.5km (7.8 miles) | ⓘColle Serio Mine (Bongiovanni Serio Mine), Lercara Friddi sulphur mines, Lercara Friddi, Palermo Province, Sicily, Italy |
| 13.0km (8.1 miles) | ⓘBragamè Mine (Bragamè Rocchicella Mine), Mussomeli, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy |
| 13.2km (8.2 miles) | ⓘColle Madore Mines, Lercara Friddi sulphur mines, Lercara Friddi, Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| 13.5km (8.4 miles) | ⓘColle Croce Mines, Lercara Friddi sulphur mines, Lercara Friddi, Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| 13.7km (8.5 miles) | ⓘCozzo Disi Mine (Cozzodisi Mine), Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy |
| 16.7km (10.4 miles) | ⓘRainieri salt mine, Belici salt deposit, Mussomeli, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy |
| 23.0km (14.3 miles) | ⓘRabbione Mine (Rabione Mine), Serradifalco, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy |
| 23.0km (14.3 miles) | ⓘNadurello Caico Sociale Mine, Montedoro, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy |
| References |
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Vattano, M., Audra, P., Benvenuto, F., Bigot, J.-Y., De Waele, J., Galli, E., Madonia, G., and Nobécourt, J.-C. (2013) Hypogenic Caves of Sicily (Southern Italy). 16th International Congress of Speleology, Czech Republic, Brno, July 21-28, 2013. Proceedings, Vol. 3, 144-149 D’Angeli, M.I., De Waele, J., Carbone, C., Parise, M., Madonia, G., and Vattano, M. (2017) Secondary minerals from Italian sulfuric acid caves. In: Moore, K., and White, S. (eds.), Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Speleology, Sidney, NSW, Australia, July 22-28, 2017. Australian Speleological Federation Inc., Sideney, Vol.1, 237-241 D'Angeli, I. M., Carbone, C., Nagostinis, M., Parise, M., Vattano, M., Madonia, G., and De Waele, J. (2018) New insights on secondary minerals from Italian sulfuric acid caves. International Journal of Speleology, 47, 3, 271-291. Audra, P., De Waele, J., Bentaleb, I., Chroňáková, A., Krištůfek, V., D’Angeli, I. M., ... & Cailhol, D. (2019). Guano-related phosphate-rich minerals in European caves. International Journal of Speleology, 48(1), 75-105. |
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 | Mansor, Muammar, Harouaka, Khadouja, Gonzales, Matthew S., Macalady, Jennifer L., Fantle, Matthew S. (2018) Transport-Induced Spatial Patterns of Sulfur Isotopes (δ34S) as Biosignatures. Astrobiology, 18 (1) 59-72 doi:10.1089/ast.2017.1650 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | L. Macalady,1 and Matthew S. Fantle1 Abstract Cave minerals deposited in the presence of microbes may...composition of gypsum (CaSO4$2H2O) formed in the presence of sulfur-oxidizing microbes in the Frasassi cave system...system, Italy, was evaluated as a biosignature. Sulfur isotopic compositions (d34SV-CDT) of gypsum sampled...sampled from cave rooms with sulfidic air varied from -11 to -24&, with minor deposits of elemental sulfur...Over centimeter-length scales, the d34S values of gypsum varied by up to 8.5&. Complementary laboratory |
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