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Monteveglio, Valsamoggia, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italyi
Regional Level Types
MonteveglioTown
ValsamoggiaCommune
Metropolitan City of BolognaMetropolitan City
Emilia-RomagnaRegion
ItalyCountry

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Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Stiore745 (2014)
Ziribega258 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
230289
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:230289:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Emilian-Romagnol:
Muntvì (Måntvî), Valsamûż, Zitè metropolitèna ed Bulåggna (Pruvénzia ed Bulåggna), Emîlia-Rumâgna (Emélia-Rumâgna; Emégglia-Rumâgna), Itâlia
French:
Monteveglio, Valsamoggia, Ville métropolitaine de Bologne (Province de Bologne), Émilie-Romagne, Italie
German:
Monteveglio, Valsamoggia, Metropolitanstadt Bologna (Provinz Bologna), Emilia-Romagna, Italien
Italian:
Monteveglio, Valsamoggia, Città metropolitana di Bologna (Provincia di Bologna), Emilia-Romagna, Italia
Russian:
Монтевельо, Вальсамоджа, Метрополийный город Болонья (Провинция Болонья), Эмилия-Романья, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
蒙特韦廖, 博洛尼亚广域市, 艾米利亚-罗马涅, 意大利
Spanish:
Monteveglio, Valsamoggia, Ciudad metropolitana de Bolonia (Provincia de Bolonia), Emilia-Romaña, Italia
Arabic:
مونتيفيليو, مدينة ميتروبوليتان، بولونيا, إميليا-رومانيا, إيطاليا
Armenian:
Մոնտևելիո, Էմիլիա Ռոմանիա, Իտալիա
Basque:
Monteveglio, Boloniako metropoli-hiria, Emilia-Romagna, Italia
Catalan:
Monteveglio, Valsamoggia, Bolonya, Emília-Romanya, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Monteveglio Alto, Valsamoggia, Emilia-Romagna, Italya
Chechen:
Монтевельо, Эмилия-Романья, Итали
Danish:
Monteveglio, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italien
Dutch:
Monteveglio, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italië
Esperanto:
Monteveglio, Emilio-Romanjo, Italio
Farsi/Persian:
مونتیویگلیو, امیلیا-رومانیا, ایتالیا
Greek:
Μοντεβέγκλιο, Μητροπολιτική Πόλη της Μπολόνια, Εμίλια-Ρομάνια, Ιταλία
Hungarian:
Monteveglio, Bolonya városa, Emilia-Romagna, Olaszország
Interlingua:
Monteveglio, Emilia-Romania, Italia
Japanese:
モンテヴェーリオ, バルサモッジャ, ボローニャ, エミリア=ロマーニャ州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Монтевельо, Эмилия-Романья, Италия
Latin:
Mons Bellus, Vallis Samoggiae, Urbs metropolitana Bononiensis (Urbs metropolitana Bononiae), Aemilia et Romania, Italia
Lombard:
Monteveglio, Emilia-Rumagna, Italia
Malay:
Monteveglio, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Itali
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Monteveglio, Emilia-Romagna, Italia
Neapolitan:
Monteveglio, Emilia-Rumagna, Italia
Norwegian:
Monteveglio, Storbyområdet Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italia
Occitan:
Monteveglio, Emília-Romanha, Itàlia
Piedmontese:
Monteveglio, Emilia-Romagna, Italia
Polish:
Monteveglio, Bolonia, Emilia-Romania, Włochy
Portuguese:
Monteveglio, Cidade Metropolitana de Bologna, Emília-Romanha, Itália
Romanian:
Monteveglio, Emilia-Romagna, Italia
Serbian:
Монтевељо, Емилија-Ромања, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Monteveglio Alto, Metropolitanski grad Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italija
Sicilian:
Monteveglio, Emilia Rumagna, Italia
Swedish:
Monteveglio, Metropoliska standen av Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italien
Tarantino:
Monteveglio, Emilia-Romagna, Itaglie
Tatar:
Монтевельо, Эмилия-Романья, Италия
Turkish:
Monteveglio, Metropolitan City, Emilia-Romagna, İtalya
Ukrainian:
Монтевельйо, Вальзамоджа, Болонья, Емілія-Романья, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Monteveglio, Italiya
Venetian:
Monteveglio, Emiłia-Romagna, Itałia
Vietnamese:
Monteveglio, Thành phố đô thị Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Ý
Volapük:
Monteveglio, Litaliyän
Waray:
Monteveglio, Emilia-Romagna, Italya


Minerals are found in the badlands ("calanchi") to the south and south-west of Monteveglio:
- calcite and baryte crystals in septarian concretions (Neviani, 1883; De Michele, 1974; Dalrio, 1978; Emiliani, 1994);
- baryte nodules with radiating fibrous structure up to 20 kg in weight (Bombicci, 1873; Jervis, 1874; Baldi, 2013);
- marcasite and pyrite concretions; harrowhead twin gypsum crystals (Bombicci, 1873-74; Jervis, 1874).

Note: On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Monteveglio (together with those of Bazzano, Castello di Serravalle, Crespellano, and Savigno) became part of the new municipality of Valsamoggia.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


5 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
References:
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O BaryteBaSO4
O CalciteCaCO3
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S MarcasiteFeS2
S PyriteFeS2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
FeIron
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality 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.

Occurrences3
Youngest Fossil Listed2.59 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed3.60 Ma (Pliocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Comitas
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Pseudomelatomidae : Comitas3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Crassopleura
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Drilliidae : Crassopleura3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Turriclavus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Drilliidae : Turriclavus3.6 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monteveglio
Wikidata ID:Q94970
GeoNames ID:3172717


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