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Racalmuto Mine

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 Italien / Sizilien (Sicilia), Region / Agrigent (Agrigento), Provinz / Racalmuto / Racalmuto Evaporit / Racalmuto Salz Minen / Racalmuto Mine

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Racalmuto Mine (Racalmuto salt mine; Pantanelle-Sacchitello-Culma Prevola salt mine; Pantanelle-Sacchitello mines), Racalmuto salt mines, Racalmuto saliferous deposit, Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy

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⚒ Racalmuto, Racalmuto Salz Minen, Racalmuto Evaporit, Racalmuto, Agrigent, Sizilien, IT
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Minerals (Count: 10)

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Schwefel mit Calcit
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Schwefel mit Calcit
Racalmuto sulphur mines, Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy. 14 cm x 9.5 cm x 7 cm
Copyright: skibbo; Contribution: skibbo
Collection: Norbert Stötzel (Kristalle unterm Krönchen)
Location: Italien/Sizilien (Sicilia), Region/Agrigent (Agrigento), Provinz/Racalmuto/Racalmuto Evaporit/Racalmuto Salz Minen/Racalmuto Mine
Mineral: Sulphur
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Schwefel mit Calcit

Racalmuto sulphur mines, Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy. 14 cm x 9.5 cm x 7 cm
Collection: Norbert Stötzel (Kristalle unterm Krönchen)
Copyright: skibbo
Contribution: skibbo 2021-12-18
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Halit
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Halit
Größe: 80x69x54 mm; Fundort: Racalmuto Mine, Racalmuto, Provinz Agrigent, Sizilien, Italien
Copyright: Bob Griffis Minerals; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: Italien/Sizilien (Sicilia), Region/Agrigent (Agrigento), Provinz/Racalmuto/Racalmuto Evaporit/Racalmuto Salz Minen/Racalmuto Mine
Mineral: Halite
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Halit

Größe: 80x69x54 mm; Fundort: Racalmuto Mine, Racalmuto, Provinz Agrigent, Sizilien, Italien
Copyright: Bob Griffis Minerals
Contribution: slugslayer 2015-02-12
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blockiger gelber Schwefel
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blockiger gelber Schwefel
Italien/Sizilien (Sicilia), Region/Agrigent (Agrigento), Provinz/Racalmuto/Racalmuto Mine, BB = 40 mm
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: B007242, Donator: Rudolf Berrenrath
Location: Italien/Sizilien (Sicilia), Region/Agrigent (Agrigento), Provinz/Racalmuto/Racalmuto Evaporit/Racalmuto Salz Minen/Racalmuto Mine
Mineral: Sulphur
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blockiger gelber Schwefel (SNr: B007242)

Italien/Sizilien (Sicilia), Region/Agrigent (Agrigento), Provinz/Racalmuto/Racalmuto Mine, BB = 40 mm
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2019-11-29
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Rocks (Count: 1)

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Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Literatur:

  • Mottura, S. (1871): Sulla formazione terziaria della zona solfifera della Sicilia. Mem. descr. Carta Geol. d'Italia, 27, 1, 50-140.
  • Rath v. G. (1873): Ein Ausflug nach den Schwefelgruben von Girgenti. In: Briefwechsel. Mitth. an Prof. G. Leonhard. N.Jb. Min. Geol. Palaeont., 584-603.
  • Scacchi, A. (1875): Briefliche Mittheilungen von Herrn Scacchi an Herrn G. vom Rath. N.Jb. Min. Geol. Palaeont. 620-21.
  • Rath, (vom) G. (1875): Anmerkung. N.Jb. Min. Geol. Palaeont. 622.
  • Lasaulx, (von) A. (1879): Beobachtungen in den Schwefeldistrikten von Sicilien. N.Jb. Min. Geol. Palaeont., 490-517.
  • Jervis, G. (1881): I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia. Vol. 3: Regioni delle Isole. Sardegna e Sicilia. Addenda ai precedenti volumi. Loescher, Torino, 539 S.
  • Strüver, G. (1889): Dell'aftalosio di Racalmuto in Sicilia. Rend. R. Acc. Lincei, 286, ser. 4, 5, 1 sem., 750-54.
  • Del Caldo, A., Moro, C., Gramaccioli, C.M., Boscardin, M. (1973): Guida ai minerali. Fratelli Fabbri Ed., Milano, 208 S.
  • De Michele, V. (1974): Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol., 408 S.
  • Mezzadri, P. (1988): Catalogo e descrizione sintetica dei giacimenti salini in Italia. In: La serie gessoso solfifera della Sicilia e altre memorie geo-minerarie. Roberto De Nicola Ed., Roma, 259-412.
  • Lugli, S., Di Stefano, A., Gulfi, V., Corallo, G., Amenta G., Menegon S., Manzi V. (2006): Halite facies in the Racalmuto mine (Agrigento): further evidence of an exposure surface in the Messinian salt of Sicily. R.C.M.N.S. Interim Colloquium "The Messinian salinity crisis revisited-II", Parma 7th-9th Sept. 2006. Acta Naturalia de "L'Ateneo Parmense", 42, 2, Abstr. book, A.30SS2.
  • Liguori, V., Manno, G., Saia, S. (2013): Sinkholes: dissoluzione delle evaporiti in Sicilia centromeridionale. Sinkholes: evaporite dissolution in south-central Sicily. Mem. Descr. Carta Geol. d’Italia, 93, 285-98.
  • Speranza, G., Cosentino, D., Tecce, F., Faccenna, C. (2013): Paleoclimate reconstruction during the Messinian evaporative drawdown of the Mediterranean Basin: Insights from microthermometry on halite fluid inclusions. Geoch. Geoph. Geosystems, 14, 1-24.

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GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) T_DjbE7SAUq1L7m4KYWIsQ
GUID (Global unique identifier) 6CE3F04F-D24E-4A01-B52F-B9B8298588B1
Database ID 37589