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Costa Volpino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italyi
Regional Level Types
Costa VolpinoCommune
Bergamo ProvinceProvince
LombardyRegion
ItalyCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Costa Volpino8,705 (2014)
Ceratello228 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
2088
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:2088:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Costa Volpino, Bergame, Lombardie, Italie
German:
Costa Volpino, Provinz Bergamo, Lombardei, Italien
Italian:
Costa Volpino, Bergamo, Lombardia, Italia
Russian:
Коста-Вольпино, Бергамо, Ломбардия, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
科斯塔沃尔皮诺, 貝加莫省, 伦巴第, 意大利
Spanish:
Costa Volpino, Bérgamo, Lombardía, Italia
Armenian:
Կոստա Վոլպինո, Բերգամո, Լոմբարդիա, Իտալիա
Basque:
Costa Volpino, Bergamoko probintzia, Lombardia, Italia
Bulgarian:
Коста Волпино, Бергамо, Ломбардия, Италия
Catalan:
Costa Volpino, província de Bèrgam, Llombardia, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Costa Volpino, Provincia di Bergamo, Lombardia, Italya
Dutch:
Costa Volpino, Bergamo, Lombardije, Italië
Esperanto:
Costa Volpino, Provinco Bergamo, Lombardio, Italio
Farsi/Persian:
کوستا ولپینو, استان برگامو, لمباردی, ایتالیا
Hungarian:
Costa Volpino, Bergamo megye, Lombardia, Olaszország
Interlingua:
Costa Volpino, provincia Bergamo, Lombardia, Italia
Japanese:
コスタ・ヴォルピーノ, ベルガモ県, ロンバルディア州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Коста-Вольпино, Ломбардия, Италия
Latin:
Costa Vulpini, Provincia Bergomas, Langobardia (Longobardia), Italia
Lombard:
Còsta Ulpì, Provincia de Bergom, Lumbardia (Lombardéa), Italia
Luxembourgish:
Costa Volpino, Lombardei, Italien
Malay:
Costa Volpino, Wilayah Bergamo, Lombardy, Itali
Neapolitan:
Costa Volpino, Pruvincia 'e Bergamo, Lummardìa, Italia
Occitan:
Costa Volpino, Província de Bergam, Lombardia, Itàlia
Piedmontese:
Costa Volpino, Provincia ëd Bérghem, Lombardìa, Italia
Polish:
Costa Volpino, Prowincja Bergamo, Lombardia, Włochy
Portuguese:
Costa Volpino, Bérgamo, Lombardia, Itália
Romanian:
Costa Volpino, Provincia Bergamo, Lombardia, Italia
Serbian:
Costa Volpino, Бергамо, Ломбардија, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Costa Volpino, Bergamo, Lombardija, Italija
Sicilian:
Costa Volpino, Pruvincia di Bèrgamu, Lummardìa, Italia
South Azerbaijani:
کوستا ولپینو, لومباردیا, ایتالیا
Swedish:
Costa Volpino, Bergamo, Lombardiet, Italien
Tagalog:
Costa Volpino, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italya
Tarantino:
Costa Volpino, Provinge de Bérgame, Lombardie, Itaglie
Ukrainian:
Коста-Вольпіно, Бергамо , Ломбардія, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Costa Volpino, Bergamo, Italiya
Vietnamese:
Costa Volpino, Bergamo, Lombardia, Ý
Volapük:
Costa Volpino, Litaliyän
Waray:
Costa Volpino, Bergamo, Lombardiya, Italya


The anhydrites of Costa Volpino, are a great level of the so-called formation "Carniola di Bovegno" (age: Lower Triassic (Upper Scitic)).

'Vulpinite' is a variety of anhydrite found there.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


6 valid minerals.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Smoky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘAragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘAnhydrite7.AD.30CaSO4
ⓘvar. Vulpinite7.AD.30CaSO4
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CCarbon
Cⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Oⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Anhydrite var. VulpiniteCaSO4
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ Native SulphurS8
Sⓘ Anhydrite var. VulpiniteCaSO4
CaCalcium
Caⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Caⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Caⓘ Anhydrite var. VulpiniteCaSO4
FeIron
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2

Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences10
Youngest Fossil Listed201 Ma (Early Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed242 Ma (Middle Triassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Raibl1232 - 221.5 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic)
Gorno8235 - 228 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic)
Lombardische1237 - 201.3 Ma (Mesozoic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Entolium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Entoliidae : Entolium237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Myophoria
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Myophoriidae : Myophoria237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Aspiduriella camuna
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : Aspiduriella : Aspiduriella camuna237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Costatoria inaequicostata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Myophoriidae : Costatoria : Costatoria inaequicostata237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Septihoernesia joannisaustriae
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Cassianellidae : Septihoernesia : Septihoernesia joannisaustriae237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Modiolus (Modiolus) paronai
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Modiolus : Modiolus (Modiolus) paronai237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Curionia curionii
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Neoleptonidae : Curionia : Curionia curionii237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Modiola raibliana
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Modiolus : Modiola raibliana242 - 228 Ma
Triassic
Trigonia whateleyae
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigoniidae : Trigonia : Trigonia whateleyae237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Volpino
Wikidata ID:Q100423
GeoNames ID:6541665


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