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Bormida di Pàllare River (Ponte di Romana), Bormida, Savona Province, Liguria, Italyi
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Bormida di Pàllare River (Ponte di Romana)River
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 17' 13'' North , 8° 15' 30'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
44.28710,8.25858
GeoHash:
G#: spvggyjxn
GRN:
N30E05
Type:
River
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Mindat Locality ID:
272006
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:272006:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Italian:
Fiume Bormida di Pàllare (Ponte di Romana), Bormida, provincia di Savona, Liguria, Italia


Pebbles along the river bed between Ponte di Romana bridge (road junction towards Màllare) and Bormida.

Large grey to grey-green fibrous aggregates of ferrocarpholite- magnesiocarpholite occur in quartz veins (Permo-Carboniferous schists of Briançonnais Domain).

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2 valid minerals.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘFerrocarpholite9.DB.05Fe2+Al2Si2O6(OH)4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Ferrocarpholite-Magnesiocarpholite Series'-

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References

Goffé, B. (2002) Località a ferro- e magnesiocarpholite nelle Alpi Cozie e Marittime. In: Piccoli, G.C., I minerali delle Alpi Marittime e Cozie. Provincia di Cuneo. Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" di Alba, L'Artistica Savigliano, Savigliano (Cuneo), 362 pp.
Bracco, R. (2003) Monografie sui minerali liguri: il gruppo della carfolite. Notiziario di mineralogia del Ferrania Club, 17, 20-21.
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