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Moncalvo, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italyi
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MoncalvoCommune
Asti ProvinceProvince
PiedmontRegion
ItalyCountry

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"Dolmen" of gypsum rocks

Gypsum quarries, Gessi, Moncalvo, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy
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Face of the old gypsum quarry near Gessi, Moncalvo

Gypsum quarries, Gessi, Moncalvo, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy
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Face of a gypsum quarry near Gessi, Moncalvo

Gypsum quarries, Gessi, Moncalvo, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy
07936600017272287139293.jpg
"Dolmen" of gypsum rocks

Gypsum quarries, Gessi, Moncalvo, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy
02315330017272287145972.jpg
Face of the old gypsum quarry near Gessi, Moncalvo

Gypsum quarries, Gessi, Moncalvo, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy
07305670017272287141655.jpg
Face of a gypsum quarry near Gessi, Moncalvo

Gypsum quarries, Gessi, Moncalvo, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy
07936600017272287139293.jpg
"Dolmen" of gypsum rocks

Gypsum quarries, Gessi, Moncalvo, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy
02315330017272287145972.jpg
Face of the old gypsum quarry near Gessi, Moncalvo

Gypsum quarries, Gessi, Moncalvo, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy
Neighbouring regions:
Cereseto, Alessandria province, Piedmont, Italy
Type:
Commune
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Moncalvo2,082 (2014)
Stazione254 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
289333
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:289333:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Moncalvo, Province d'Asti, Piémont, Italie
German:
Moncalvo, Provinz Asti, Piemont, Italien
Italian:
Moncalvo, Provincia di Asti, Piemonte, Italia
Piedmontese:
Moncalv, Provincia d'Ast, Piemont, Italia
Russian:
Монкальво, Провинция Асти, Пьемонт, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
蒙卡尔沃, 皮埃蒙特, 意大利
Spanish:
Moncalvo, Provincia de Asti, Piamonte, Italia
Arabic:
مونكالفو, بييمونتي, إيطاليا
Armenian:
Մոնկալվո, Պիեմոնտ, Իտալիա
Basque:
Moncalvo, Piemonte, Italia
Belarusian:
Манкальва, П’емонт, Італія
Bulgarian:
Монкалво, Пиемонт, Италия
Catalan:
Moncalvo, Piemont, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Moncalvo, Piemonte, Italya
Dutch:
Moncalvo, Piëmont, Italië
Esperanto:
Moncalvo, Piemonto, Italio
Farsi/Persian:
مونکالوو, پیمونت, ایتالیا
Hebrew:
מונקאלוו, פיימונטה, איטליה
Hungarian:
Moncalvo, Piemont, Olaszország
Indonesian:
Moncalvo, Piemonte, Italia
Japanese:
モンカルヴォ, ピエモンテ州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Монкальво, Пьемонт, Италия
Latin:
Mons Calvus, Provincia Astensis, Pedemontium, Italia
Lombard:
Moncalvo, Piemont (Piemunt), Italia
Malay:
Moncalvo, Piemonte, Itali
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Moncalvo, Piemonte, Italia
Neapolitan:
Moncalvo, Piemunte, Italia
Norwegian:
Moncalvo, Piemonte, Italia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Moncalvo, Piemonte, Italia
Occitan:
Moncalvo, Piemont, Itàlia
Polish:
Moncalvo, Piemont, Włochy
Portuguese:
Moncalvo, Piemonte, Itália
Romanian:
Moncalvo, Piemont, Italia
Serbian:
Moncalvo, Пијемонт, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Moncalvo, Pijemont, Italija
Sicilian:
Moncalvo, Piemunti, Italia
Slovenian:
Moncalvo, Piemont, Italija
South Azerbaijani:
مونکالوو, ایتالیا
Tagalog:
Moncalvo, Piemonte, Italya
Tarantino:
Moncalvo, Piemonte, Itaglie
Ukrainian:
Монкальво, П'ємонт, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Moncalvo, Italiya
Vietnamese:
Moncalvo, Piemonte, Ý
Volapük:
Moncalvo, Piemonte, Litaliyän
Waray:
Moncalvo, Piemonte, Italya
Welsh:
Moncalvo, Piemonte, Yr Eidal


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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Sⓘ Native SulphurS8
CaCalcium
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncalvo
Wikidata ID:Q17827
GeoNames ID:6536050

Localities in this Region

Italy

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References

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.
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