Dolomie di Misciano

In the landscape of Montorese there is this geosite of geological interest. This site is of secondary interest. Dolomite is a carbonate sedimentary rock, mainly composed of the mineral dolomite, formed by calcium carbonate and magnesium. These rocks constitute the carbonate reliefs outcropping in the southern part of the municipal territory south of Figlioli and east of Piazza di Pandola and are always in tectonic contact with the Cretaceous terms. The carbonate formations, except in the steepes read more

In the landscape of Montorese there is this geosite of geological interest. This site is of secondary interest. Dolomite is a carbonate sedimentary rock, mainly composed of the mineral dolomite, formed by calcium carbonate and magnesium. These rocks constitute the carbonate reliefs outcropping in the southern part of the municipal territory south of Figlioli and east of Piazza di Pandola and are always in tectonic contact with the Cretaceous terms. The carbonate formations, except in the steepest sections, have a pyroclastic cover, with a thickness of 0.5 to 5.0 m, which is described as a reworked deposit formed by sandy and silty ashes containing clouds of calcareous or pumiceous stone elements. These are light gray dolomites, often dolomitic limestones, gray, and dark gray, brown or whitish with intercalated gray crystalline dolomites and thin gray-greenish clayey marls from well stratified to massive. Critical/Significant Aspects - Site under-valued and under-advertised. read less