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Locality Name:
Monte Fasolo, Faedo, Cinto Euganeo, Euganean Hills (Euganei Hills), Padova Province, Veneto, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 301349
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301349.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Fasolo, Faedo, Cinto Euganeo, Euganean Hills (Euganei Hills), Padova Province, Veneto, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Case Berton Quarry

Latitude: 45°17'34"N
Longitude: 11°41'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.292777777778,11.698333333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeCalciteClayErioniteFeldsparGarnetGypsumGyroliteMica
MordeniteNatroliteNoneQuartzRutileTobermorite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Erionite-Ca  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Gyrolite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nekoite  (*)
Okenite  (*)Opal  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Scolecite  (*)Tacharanite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1733231627
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17332327770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2173323309
Erionite-Ca  (*)ErioniteCa5[Si26Al10O72]·30H2O17332331
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31733231544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1733236890
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O173323142
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O173323405
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1733231236
Nekoite  (*)NoneCa3Si6O15·7H2O1733238
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O17332371
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1733232994
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21733232273
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21733233106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217332361156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)173323598
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O173323390
Tacharanite  (*)NoneCa12Al2Si18O33(OH)3617332347
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)173323114
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2173323109



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