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Cavour, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italyi
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Rocca di Cavour, Cavour, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Rocca di Cavour and the southeastern sector of the Dora-Maira crystalline massif

Rocca di Cavour, Cavour, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Anatase, etc.

Rocca di Cavour, Cavour, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Rocca di Cavour, Cavour, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Rocca di Cavour and the southeastern sector of the Dora-Maira crystalline massif

Rocca di Cavour, Cavour, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Anatase, etc.

Rocca di Cavour, Cavour, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Rocca di Cavour, Cavour, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Rocca di Cavour and the southeastern sector of the Dora-Maira crystalline massif

Rocca di Cavour, Cavour, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Neighbouring regions:
Pellice stream gold alluvials, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Bricherasio, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Vigone, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Villafranca Piemonte, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Campiglione-Fenile, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Barge, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Bibiana, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Garzigliana, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Type:
Commune
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Cavour2,963 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
286292
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:286292:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Cavour, Ville métropolitaine de Turin (Province de Turin), Piémont, Italie
German:
Cavour, Metropolitanstadt Turin (Provinz Turin), Piemont, Italien
Italian:
Cavour, Città metropolitana di Torino (Provincia di Torino), Piemonte, Italia
Russian:
Кавур, Метрополийный город Турин (Провинция Турин), Пьемонт, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
卡武尔, 皮埃蒙特, 意大利
Spanish:
Cavour, Ciudad metropolitana de Turín (Provincia de Turín), Piamonte, Italia
Armenian:
Կավուր, Պիեմոնտ, Իտալիա
Basque:
Cavour, Piemonte, Italia
Belarusian:
Кавур, П’емонт, Італія
Bulgarian:
Кавур, Пиемонт, Италия
Catalan:
Cavour, Piemont, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Cavour, Piemonte, Italya
Dutch:
Cavour, Piëmont, Italië
Esperanto:
Cavour, Piemonto, Italio
Farsi/Persian:
کوور پیدمونت, پیمونت, ایتالیا
Greek:
Καβούρ, Πεδεμόντιο, Ιταλία
Hebrew:
קאבור, פיימונטה, איטליה
Hungarian:
Cavour , Piemont, Olaszország
Indonesian:
Cavour, Piemonte, Italia
Japanese:
カヴール, ピエモンテ州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Кавур, Пьемонт, Италия
Korean:
카보우르, 피에몬테주, 이탈리아
Latin:
Caburrum , Urbs metropolitana Taurinensis (Urbs metropolitana Augustae Taurinorum), Pedemontium, Italia
Lombard:
Cavour, Piemont (Piemunt), Italia
Malay:
Cavour, Piemonte, Itali
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Cavour, Piemonte, Italia
Neapolitan:
Cavour, Piemunte, Italia
Norwegian:
Cavour, Piemonte, Italia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Cavour, Piemonte, Italia
Occitan:
Cavour, Ciutat metropolitana de Turin (Província de Turin), Piemont, Itàlia
Piedmontese:
Cavour, Sità metropolitan-a ëd Turin (Sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin; Provincia ëd Turin; Provincia 'd Turin), Piemont, Italia
Polish:
Cavour, Piemont, Włochy
Portuguese:
Cavour, Piemonte, Itália
Romanian:
Cavour, Piemont, Italia
Serbian:
Кавур, Пијемонт, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Cavour, Pijemont, Italija
Sicilian:
Cavour, Piemunti, Italia
Slovenian:
Cavour, Piemont, Italija
South Azerbaijani:
کوور پیدمونت, ایتالیا
Swedish:
Cavour, Piemonte, Italien
Tagalog:
Cavour, Piemonte, Italya
Tarantino:
Cavour, Piemonte, Itaglie
Ukrainian:
Кавур, П'ємонт, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Cavour, Italiya
Vietnamese:
Cavour, Piemonte, Ý
Volapük:
Cavour, Piemonte, Litaliyän
Waray:
Cavour, Piemonte, Italya


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ⓘ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase
Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
ⓘ 'Allanite Group'
Formula: (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘ Anatase
Formula: TiO2
ⓘ 'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
ⓘ 'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'
ⓘ Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘ 'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
ⓘ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
ⓘ Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘ 'K Feldspar'
ⓘ 'K Feldspar var. Adularia'
Formula: KAlSi3O8
ⓘ Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘ Muscovite var. Phengite
Formula: KAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
ⓘ Orthoclase
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
References:
Robilant, Nicolis de; Benoît, Esprit (1786) Essai géographique suivi d'une topographie souterraine, minéralogique et d'une docimasie des États de S.M. en terre ferme. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, 1. 191-304
Barelli, Vincenzo (1835) Cenni di statistica mineralogica degli Stati di S.M. il Re di Sardegna ovvero catalogo ragionato della raccolta formatasi presso Azienda Generale dell’Interno [Outline of the mineralogical statistics of the States of His Majesty the King of Sardinia, or a reasoned catalog of the collection formed at the General Administration of the Interior]. Giuseppe Fodratti.
Jervis, Guglielmo (1873) I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia descrizione topografica e geologica di tutte le localita nel Regno d'Italia [The underground treasures of Italy topographical and geological description of all the locations in the Kingdom of Italy] Vol. 1 - Regione Della Alpi.
Gaydou, A. (1982) Ricerche sulla Rocca di Cavour. 'l Roch: dicembre 1982: 2-5
Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., Lombardo, B. (2007) Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta - Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" Alba.
ⓘ Rutile
Formula: TiO2
ⓘ Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
ⓘ 'Tourmaline'
Formula: AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
ⓘ 'Uranium Mica'
ⓘ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Smoky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘRutile4.DB.05TiO2
ⓘAnatase4.DD.05TiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
ⓘTitanite9.AG.15CaTi(SiO4)O
ⓘEpidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘMuscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘvar. Phengite9.EC.15KAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
ⓘKaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘOrthoclase9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
ⓘAlbite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘvar. Oligoclase9.FA.35(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Unclassified
ⓘ'K Feldspar
var. Adularia'		-KAlSi3O8
ⓘ'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ'Chlorite Group'-
ⓘ'Tourmaline'-AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
ⓘ'K Feldspar'-
ⓘ'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3
ⓘ'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
ⓘ'Uranium Mica'-
ⓘ'Allanite Group'-(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Hⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Hⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ Muscovite var. PhengiteKAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Hⓘ Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
BBoron
Bⓘ TourmalineAD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
OOxygen
Oⓘ K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Oⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ AnataseTiO2
Oⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Oⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Oⓘ OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ Muscovite var. PhengiteKAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ RutileTiO2
Oⓘ Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Oⓘ TourmalineAD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Oⓘ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Oⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Oⓘ Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
FFluorine
Fⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
NaSodium
Naⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Naⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Mgⓘ Muscovite var. PhengiteKAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Alⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Alⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Alⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Alⓘ OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ Muscovite var. PhengiteKAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Siⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Siⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Siⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Siⓘ OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ Muscovite var. PhengiteKAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Siⓘ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Siⓘ Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
ClChlorine
Clⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
KPotassium
Kⓘ K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Kⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kⓘ OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
Kⓘ Muscovite var. PhengiteKAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Caⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Caⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Caⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ AnataseTiO2
Tiⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Tiⓘ RutileTiO2
Tiⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
FeIron
Feⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Feⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ Muscovite var. PhengiteKAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavour,_Piedmont
Wikidata ID:Q9239
GeoNames ID:6539897

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