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Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francei
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VolvicCommune
RiomArrondissement
Puy-de-DômeDepartment
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesRegion
FranceCountry

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View of the Riom lava quarrying, in 1917.

Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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View of the Riom lava quarrying, in 1917.

Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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View of the Riom lava quarrying, in 1920.

Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
05326450017272344131564.jpg
View of the Riom lava quarrying, in 1917.

Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
09171160017272344137457.jpg
View of the Riom lava quarrying, in 1917.

Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
03672610017272344147584.jpg
View of the Riom lava quarrying, in 1920.

Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
05326450017272344131564.jpg
View of the Riom lava quarrying, in 1917.

Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
09171160017272344137457.jpg
View of the Riom lava quarrying, in 1917.

Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Neighbouring regions:
Malauzat, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Enval, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Chanat-la-Mouteyre, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Charbonnières-les-Varennes, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Saint-Ours-les-Roches, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sayat, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Type:
Commune
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Volvic4,456 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
283435
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:283435:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Auvergne; Rhône-Alpes
Other Languages:
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French:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
German:
Volvic, Riom, Département Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Italian:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Russian:
Вольвик, Рьом, Пюи-де-Дом, Овернь — Рона — Альпы, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
沃尔维克, 里永, 多姆山省, 奥弗涅-罗讷-阿尔卑斯大区, 法国
Spanish:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Región de Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Afrikaans:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankryk
Aragonese:
Volvic, Riom, Puèi Domat, Auvernia-Roine-Alpes, Francia
Asturian:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Bambara:
Volvic, Riom, Faransi
Basque:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvernia-Rhône-Alpeak, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Volvic, Riom, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Breton:
Volvic, Riom, Puèi Domat, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
Volvic, Riam, Puèi Domat, Alvèrnia-Roine-Alps, França
Cebuano:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pransiya
Chechen:
Вольвик, Риом, Франци
Corsican:
Volvic, Riom, Alvernia è Rodanu è Alpi, Francia
Croatian:
Volvic, Riom, Francuska
Czech:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francie
Danish:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrig
Dutch:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Volvic, Riom, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Aŭvernjo-Rodano-Alpoj, Francio
Estonian:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme'i departemang, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Volvic, Riom, Frakland
Finnish:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Volvic, Riom, Pué-de-Dôma, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes, France
Friulian:
Volvic, Riom, France
Galician:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Greenlandic:
Volvic, Riom, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Volvic, Riom, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frakkland
Ido:
Volvic, Riom, Arvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Indonesian:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Perancis
Interlingua:
Volvic, Riom, Departimento Puy-de-Dome, Auvernia-Rhodano-Alpes, Francia
Interlingue:
Volvic, Riom, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Volvic, Riom, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Volvic, Riom, Frans
Japanese:
ヴォルヴィック, リオン, ピュイ＝ド＝ドーム県, オーヴェルニュ＝ローヌ＝アルプ地域圏, フランス
Kabyle:
Volvic, Riom, Fransa
Kongo:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Fwalansa
Korean:
볼빅, 히옹, 퓌드돔, 오베르뉴론알프, 프랑스
Latin:
Volvic, Ricomagus, Mons Dumae, Arvernia Rhodanus Alpesque, Francia
Latvian:
Volvic, Riom, Pijdedoma, Overņa-Rona-Alpi, Francija
Ligurian:
Volvic, Riom, Fransa
Limburgian:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Volvic, Riom, Piui de Domas, Overnė-Rona-Alpės, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Volvic, Riom, Departement Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Frantsa
Malay:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Volvic, Riom, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Volvic, Riom, Âovergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Neapolitan:
Volvic, Riom, Franza
Norwegian:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Frankrike
Occitan:
Volvic, Riam, Puèi Domat, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups, França
Papiamento:
Volvic, Riom, Fransia
Picard:
Volvic, Riom, Franche
Piedmontese:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Alvernia-Ròno-Alp, Fransa
Polish:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Owernia-Rodan-Alpy, Francja
Portuguese:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvérnia-Ródano-Alpes, França
Romanian:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auverge-Ron-Alpi, Franța
Romansh:
Volvic, Riom, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Volvic, Riom, Frantza
Scots:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, An Fhraing
Sicilian:
Volvic, Riom, Alvernia-Rudanu-Alpi, Francia
Slovak:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Traditional Chinese:
沃爾維克, 里永, 多姆山, 奧文尼－隆河－阿爾卑斯, 法國
Turkish:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Вольвік, Ріон, Пюї-де-Дом, Овернь-Рона-Альпи, Франція
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Volvic, Riom, Fransiya
Venetian:
Volvic, Riom, Alvergna-Rodano-Alpe, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pháp
Volapük:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Fransän
Walloon:
Volvic, Riom, France
Waray:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransya
Welsh:
Volvic, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Volvic, Riom, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Volvic, Riom, Faraas
Zulu:
Volvic, Riom, IFulansi


"Northwest of Clermont on the N141 and the N686 in the direction of Riom. In particular north of the city, there are old and present-day lava quarries with andesite." [Belot, 1978]

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘAugite9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Unclassified
ⓘ'Feldspar Group'-
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
ⓘ'Hornblende Root Name Group'-◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
ⓘ'Pinite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Oⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Oⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
FFluorine
Fⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Mgⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
AlAluminium
Alⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Siⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Siⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
SSulfur
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
ClChlorine
Clⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Caⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
FeIron
Feⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvic
Wikidata ID:Q623376
GeoNames ID:6440280

Localities in this Region

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References

Belot, Victor R. (1978) Guide des minéraux, coquillages et fossiles: où les trouver en France, comment les reconnaître et les collectionner. Guides Horay.
Beuker, J.R. (1990) Werken met steen. Archeologische monografieën van het Drents Museum Assen Deel 2, ISBN 90-70884-28-3 (in Dutch).
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