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Val di Nizza, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italyi
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Val di NizzaCommune
Pavia ProvinceProvince
LombardyRegion
ItalyCountry

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L6 chondrite meteorite

Valdinizza meteorite, Val di Nizza, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
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L6 chondrite meteorite

Valdinizza meteorite, Val di Nizza, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
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L6 chondrite meteorite

Valdinizza meteorite, Val di Nizza, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Neighbouring regions:
Varzi, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Ruino, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Montesegale, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Ponte Nizza, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Fortunago, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Type:
Commune
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Solaro13,409 (2011)
Sant'Albano238 (2014)
Casa Ponte193 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
292558
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:292558:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Val di Nizza, Province de Pavie, Lombardie, Italie
German:
Val di Nizza, Provinz Pavia, Lombardei, Italien
Italian:
Val di Nizza, Provincia di Pavia, Lombardia, Italia
Russian:
Валь-ди-Ницца, Провинция Павия, Ломбардия, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
瓦尔迪尼扎, 帕維亞, 伦巴第, 意大利
Spanish:
Val di Nizza, Provincia de Pavía, Lombardía, Italia
Arabic:
فال دي نيزا, مقاطعة بافيا, لومبارديا, إيطاليا
Armenian:
Վալ դի Նիցա, Պավիա, Լոմբարդիա, Իտալիա
Basque:
Val di Nizza, Paviako probintzia, Lombardia, Italia
Belarusian:
Валь-дзі-Ніца, правінцыя Павія, Ламбардыя, Італія
Bulgarian:
Вал ди Ница, Павия, Ломбардия, Италия
Catalan:
Val di Nizza, província de Pavia, Llombardia, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Val di Nizza, Provincia di Pavia, Lombardia, Italya
Dutch:
Val di Nizza, Pavia, Lombardije, Italië
Esperanto:
Val di Nizza, Provinco Pavia, Lombardio, Italio
Farsi/Persian:
وال دی نیتزا, استان پاویا, لمباردی, ایتالیا
Hungarian:
Val di Nizza, Pavia megye, Lombardia, Olaszország
Japanese:
ヴァル・ディ・ニッツァ, パヴィーア県, ロンバルディア州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Валь-ди-Ницца, Ломбардия, Италия
Latin:
Nicia Vallis, Provincia Papiensis, Langobardia (Longobardia), Italia
Lombard:
Val Nisa, Pruvincia de Pavia, Lumbardia (Lombardéa), Italia
Malay:
Val di Nizza, Wilayah Pavia, Lombardy, Itali
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Val di Nizza, Pavia Séng, Lombardia, Italia
Neapolitan:
Val di Nizza, Pruvincia 'e Pavia, Lummardìa, Italia
Occitan:
Val di Nizza, Província de Pavia, Lombardia, Itàlia
Piedmontese:
Val di Nizza, Provincia ëd Pavìa, Lombardìa, Italia
Polish:
Val di Nizza, Pawia, Lombardia, Włochy
Portuguese:
Val di Nizza, Pavia, Lombardia, Itália
Romanian:
Val di Nizza, Provincia Pavia, Lombardia, Italia
Serbian:
Вал ди Ница, Павија, Ломбардија, Италија
Sicilian:
Val di Nizza, Pruvincia di Pavìa, Lummardìa, Italia
Tagalog:
Val di Nizza, Pavia, Lombardy, Italya
Tarantino:
Val di Nizza, Provinge de Pavia, Lombardie, Itaglie
Ukrainian:
Валь-ді-Ніцца, Павія , Ломбардія, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Val di Nizza, Pavia, Italiya
Vietnamese:
Val di Nizza, Pavia, Lombardia, Ý
Volapük:
Val di Nizza, Litaliyän
Waray:
Val di Nizza, Pavia, Lombardiya, Italya


Val di Nizza is a municipality embracing the upper valley of the Nizza stream (Torrente Nizza), a left tributary of Staffora stream.

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9 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
ⓘ Enstatite
Formula: Mg2Si2O6
ⓘ Forsterite
Formula: Mg2SiO4
ⓘ Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
ⓘ 'Maskelynite'
ⓘ Native Iron
Formula: Fe
ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
ⓘ Taenite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
ⓘ Troilite
Formula: FeS

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Iron1.AE.05Fe
ⓘvar. Kamacite1.AE.05(Fe,Ni)
ⓘTaenite1.AE.10(Fe,Ni)
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘTroilite2.CC.10FeS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘChromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
ⓘIlmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘForsterite9.AC.05Mg2SiO4
ⓘEnstatite9.DA.05Mg2Si2O6
ⓘAlbite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Maskelynite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Oⓘ EnstatiteMg2Si2O6
Oⓘ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
Oⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
NaSodium
Naⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ EnstatiteMg2Si2O6
Mgⓘ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ EnstatiteMg2Si2O6
Siⓘ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
SSulfur
Sⓘ TroiliteFeS
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
CrChromium
Crⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Feⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Feⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Feⓘ Native IronFe
Feⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Feⓘ Taenite(Fe,Ni)
Feⓘ TroiliteFeS
NiNickel
Niⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Niⓘ Taenite(Fe,Ni)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_di_Nizza
Wikidata ID:Q40916
GeoNames ID:6542601

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