Ca' di Co'
Monghidoro
Monghidoro
Subject: Rocks and fossils
Toponym: Balzi del Carlino
Type: Sandstone
Municipality: Monghidoro
Locality: Ca' di Co' - Fontanelle
Description
Medium-grained lithic arkosic sandstone with a dominant quartz-feldspar component, of the Monghidoro Formation (Liguride Units - Late Cretaceous).
Layers of considerable thickness are quarried to extract the stone as a building material