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Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy i
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Metropolitan City of Turin Metropolitan City
Piedmont Region
Italy Country

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Bardonecchia	Commune
Metropolitan City of Turin	Metropolitan City
Piedmont	Region
Italy	Country

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Melezet gypsum quarry, Melezet, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Calcite

Fréjus Road Tunnel, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Calcite

Millaures, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Native Sulphur, etc.

Melezet gypsum quarry, Melezet, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Calcite

Fréjus Road Tunnel, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Calcite

Millaures, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Native Sulphur, etc.

Melezet gypsum quarry, Melezet, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Calcite

Fréjus Road Tunnel, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Neighbouring regions:

Exilles, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Type:

Commune

Largest Settlements:

Place	Population
Bardonecchia	2,962 (2014)

Mindat Locality ID:

230918

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:230918:0

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French:

Bardonnèche, Ville métropolitaine de Turin (Province de Turin), Piémont, Italie

German:

Bardonecchia, Metropolitanstadt Turin (Provinz Turin), Piemont, Italien

Italian:

Bardonecchia, Città metropolitana di Torino (Provincia di Torino), Piemonte, Italia

Occitan:

Bardonescha, Ciutat metropolitana de Turin (Província de Turin), Piemont, Itàlia

Piedmontese:

Bardonecia, Sità metropolitan-a ëd Turin (Sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin; Provincia ëd Turin; Provincia 'd Turin), Piemont, Italia

Russian:

Бардонеккия, Метрополийный город Турин (Провинция Турин), Пьемонт, Италия

Simplified Chinese:

巴尔多内基亚, 皮埃蒙特, 意大利

Spanish:

Bardonecchia, Ciudad metropolitana de Turín (Provincia de Turín), Piamonte, Italia

Armenian:

Բարդոնեքիա, Պիեմոնտ, Իտալիա

Basque:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Italia

Belarusian:

Барданекія, П’емонт, Італія

Bulgarian:

Бардонекия, Пиемонт, Италия

Catalan:

Bardonescha, Piemont, Itàlia

Cebuano:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Italya

Czech:

Bardonecchia, Piemont, Itálie

Danish:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Italien

Dutch:

Bardonecchia, Piëmont, Italië

Esperanto:

Bardonecchia, Piemonto, Italio

Farsi/Persian:

باردونکیا, پیمونت, ایتالیا

Finnish:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Italia

Greek:

Μπαρντονέκια, Πεδεμόντιο, Ιταλία

Hebrew:

ברדונקיה, פיימונטה, איטליה

Hungarian:

Bardonecchia, Piemont, Olaszország

Indonesian:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Italia

Japanese:

バルドネッキア, ピエモンテ州, イタリア

Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):

Бардонеккия, Пьемонт, Италия

Latin:

Bardonisca, Urbs metropolitana Taurinensis (Urbs metropolitana Augustae Taurinorum), Pedemontium, Italia

Latvian:

Bardonekija, Pjemonta, Itālija

Lithuanian:

Bardonekija, Pjemontas, Italija

Lombard:

Bardonecchia, Piemont (Piemunt), Italia

Macedonian:

Бардонекија, Пиемонт, Италија

Malay:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Itali

Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Italia

Neapolitan:

Bardonecchia, Piemunte, Italia

Norwegian:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Italia

Polish:

Bardonecchia, Piemont, Włochy

Portuguese:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Itália

Romanian:

Bardonecchia, Piemont, Italia

Scots:

Bardonecchia, Piemont, Italy

Serbian:

Бардонекија, Пијемонт, Италија

Serbo-Croatian:

Bardonecchia, Pijemont, Italija

Sicilian:

Bardonecchia, Piemunti, Italia

Slovenian:

Bardonecchia, Piemont, Italija

South Azerbaijani:

باردونکیا, ایتالیا

Swedish:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Italien

Tagalog:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Italya

Tarantino:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Itaglie

Turkish:

Bardonecchia, Piyemonte, İtalya

Ukrainian:

Бардонеккія, П'ємонт, Італія

Uzbek (Latin Script):

Bardonecchia, Italiya

Vietnamese:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Ý

Volapük:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Litaliyän

Waray:

Bardonecchia, Piemonte, Italya

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ⓘ Marble

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11 valid minerals.

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ⓘ Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi₃O₈)

Locality: Rognosa d'Etiache (Rognosa d'Etache), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

References:

Polino, R., Dela Pierre, F., Borghi, A., Carraro, F., Fioraso, G., and Giardino, M., with contributions of Bellardone, G., Conti, A., Gattiglio, M., Malusà, M., and Mosca, P. (2002) Note illustrative della Carta Geologica d’Italia alla scala 1:50.000, Foglio 132-152-153 Bardonecchia. Servizio Geologico d'Italia - Regione Piemonte, Direzione Regionale Servizi Tecnici di Prevenzione, Torino, 128 pp.

ⓘ Aragonite

Formula: CaCO₃

Localities:

A32 motorway, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Fréjus railway tunnel (south section), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO₃

Localities:

A32 motorway, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Millaures, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Chesal (Grangia Chesal), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Fréjus railway tunnel (south section), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

ⓘ Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO₃)₂

Locality: Gran Bagna, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

References:

Barresi, A. (1999) La Val di Susa e i suoi minerali. Volume II. Gruppo Mineralogico e Paleontologico C.A.I.-U.G.E.T., Torino, 32 pp.

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.

ⓘ Graphite

Formula: C

Locality: Fréjus railway tunnel (south section), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

References:

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.

Barresi, A. (1999) La Val di Susa e i suoi minerali. Volume II. Gruppo Mineralogico e Paleontologico C.A.I.-U.G.E.T., Torino, 32 pp.

ⓘ Gypsum

Formula: CaSO₄ · 2H₂O

Localities:

Poggio Tre Croci gypsum outcrop, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Melezet gypsum quarry (Les Arnauds gypsum quarry), Melezet, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

ⓘ 'K Feldspar'

Locality: Rognosa d'Etiache (Rognosa d'Etache), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

References:

ⓘ 'Manganese Oxides'

Locality: Gran Bagna, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

References:

Barresi, A. (1999) La Val di Susa e i suoi minerali. Volume II. Gruppo Mineralogico e Paleontologico C.A.I.-U.G.E.T., Torino, 32 pp.

ⓘ Muscovite

Formula: KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂

Locality: Rognosa d'Etiache (Rognosa d'Etache), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

References:

ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite

Formula: KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂

Locality: Rognosa d'Etiache (Rognosa d'Etache), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

References:

ⓘ Native Sulphur

Formula: S₈

Localities:

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS₂

Localities:

Gran Bagna, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Fréjus railway tunnel (south section), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO₂

Localities:

Grangia Chaux, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Rognosa d'Etiache (Rognosa d'Etache), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Gran Bagna, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Fréjus railway tunnel (south section), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

ⓘ Quartz var. Rose Quartz

Formula: SiO₂

Locality: Rognosa d'Etiache (Rognosa d'Etache), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

References:

Ganne, J., Bertrand, J.-M., Fudral, S., Marquer, D., and Vidal, O. (2007) Structural and metamorphic evolution of the Ambin massif (western Alps): toward a new alternative exhumation model for the Briançonnais domain. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 178, 6, 437-458.

ⓘ 'Tourmaline'

Formula: AD₃G₆(T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z

Locality: Rognosa d'Etiache (Rognosa d'Etache), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

References:

ⓘ Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO₄)

Locality: Rognosa d'Etiache (Rognosa d'Etache), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

References:

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CaCO₃ⓘ Calcite

Calcite

Fréjus Road Tunnel, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Calcite

Fréjus Road Tunnel, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Calcite

Fréjus Road Tunnel, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Graphite	1.CB.05a	C
ⓘ	Native Sulphur	1.CC.05	S₈
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Pyrite	2.EB.05a	FeS₂
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Quartz	4.DA.05	SiO₂
ⓘ	var. Rose Quartz	4.DA.05	SiO₂
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Calcite	5.AB.05	CaCO₃
ⓘ	Dolomite	5.AB.10	CaMg(CO₃)₂
ⓘ	Aragonite	5.AB.15	CaCO₃
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘ	Gypsum	7.CD.40	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ	Zircon	9.AD.30	Zr(SiO₄)
ⓘ	Muscovite	9.EC.15	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
ⓘ	var. Sericite	9.EC.15	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
ⓘ	Albite	9.FA.35	Na(AlSi₃O₈)
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Tourmaline'	-	AD₃G₆(T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z
ⓘ	'K Feldspar'	-
ⓘ	'Manganese Oxides'	-

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Gypsum	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
H	ⓘ Muscovite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
H	ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
B	Boron
B	ⓘ Tourmaline	AD₃G₆(T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z
C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Aragonite	CaCO₃
C	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
C	ⓘ Dolomite	CaMg(CO₃)₂
C	ⓘ Graphite	C
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Albite	Na(AlSi₃O₈)
O	ⓘ Aragonite	CaCO₃
O	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
O	ⓘ Dolomite	CaMg(CO₃)₂
O	ⓘ Gypsum	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
O	ⓘ Muscovite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
O	ⓘ Quartz var. Rose Quartz	SiO₂
O	ⓘ Tourmaline	AD₃G₆(T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z
O	ⓘ Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)
O	ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Na	Sodium
Na	ⓘ Albite	Na(AlSi₃O₈)
Mg	Magnesium
Mg	ⓘ Dolomite	CaMg(CO₃)₂
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Albite	Na(AlSi₃O₈)
Al	ⓘ Muscovite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Al	ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Albite	Na(AlSi₃O₈)
Si	ⓘ Muscovite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Si	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Si	ⓘ Quartz var. Rose Quartz	SiO₂
Si	ⓘ Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)
Si	ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Gypsum	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
S	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
S	ⓘ Native Sulphur	S₈
K	Potassium
K	ⓘ Muscovite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
K	ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite	KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Aragonite	CaCO₃
Ca	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
Ca	ⓘ Dolomite	CaMg(CO₃)₂
Ca	ⓘ Gypsum	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
Zr	Zirconium
Zr	ⓘ Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)

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Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardonecchia
Wikidata ID:	Q9039
GeoNames ID:	6539513

Localities in this Region

Italy

Piedmont
- Metropolitan City of Turin
  - Bardonecchia

Italy

Piedmont
- Metropolitan City of Turin
  - Bardonecchia

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

AlpsAccretionary Complex

Europe

The AlpsMountain Range
- Ambin MassifMassif

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Piedmont
- Metropolitan City of Turin
  - Susa ValleyValley

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