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Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italyi
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Santa Margherita di StafforaCommune
Pavia ProvinceProvince
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Molybdenite

Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Calcite

Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Molybdenite

Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Calcite

Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Molybdenite

Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Calcite

Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Neighbouring regions:
Varzi, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Bobbio, Piacenza Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Zerba, Piacenza Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Brallo di Pregola, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Type:
Commune
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Santa Margherita di Staffora617 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
303644
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:303644:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Province de Pavie, Lombardie, Italie
German:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Provinz Pavia, Lombardei, Italien
Italian:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Provincia di Pavia, Lombardia, Italia
Russian:
Санта-Маргерита-ди-Стаффора, Провинция Павия, Ломбардия, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
圣马尔盖里塔迪斯塔福拉, 帕維亞, 伦巴第, 意大利
Spanish:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Provincia de Pavía, Lombardía, Italia
Arabic:
سانتا مارغريتا دي ستافورا, مقاطعة بافيا, لومبارديا, إيطاليا
Armenian:
Սանտա Մարգերիտա դի Ստաֆորա, Պավիա, Լոմբարդիա, Իտալիա
Basque:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Paviako probintzia, Lombardia, Italia
Belarusian:
Санта-Маргэрыта-дзі-Стафора, правінцыя Павія, Ламбардыя, Італія
Bulgarian:
Санта Маргерита ди Стафора, Павия, Ломбардия, Италия
Catalan:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, província de Pavia, Llombardia, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Provincia di Pavia, Lombardia, Italya
Dutch:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia, Lombardije, Italië
Esperanto:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Provinco Pavia, Lombardio, Italio
Farsi/Persian:
سانتا مارگریتا دی ستافورا, استان پاویا, لمباردی, ایتالیا
Hungarian:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia megye, Lombardia, Olaszország
Japanese:
サンタ・マルゲリータ・ディ・スタッフォラ, パヴィーア県, ロンバルディア州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Санта-Маргерита-ди-Стаффора, Ломбардия, Италия
Latin:
Fanum Sanctae Margaritae Bobiensium (Fanum Sanctae Margaritae ad Stafulam), Provincia Papiensis, Langobardia (Longobardia), Italia
Lombard:
Santa Margarita, Pruvincia de Pavia, Lumbardia (Lombardéa), Italia
Malay:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Wilayah Pavia, Lombardy, Itali
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia Séng, Lombardia, Italia
Neapolitan:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pruvincia 'e Pavia, Lummardìa, Italia
Occitan:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Província de Pavia, Lombardia, Itàlia
Piedmontese:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Provincia ëd Pavìa, Lombardìa, Italia
Polish:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pawia, Lombardia, Włochy
Portuguese:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia, Lombardia, Itália
Romanian:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Provincia Pavia, Lombardia, Italia
Serbian:
Санта Маргерита ди Стафора, Павија, Ломбардија, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia, Lombardija, Italija
Sicilian:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pruvincia di Pavìa, Lummardìa, Italia
South Azerbaijani:
سانتا مارقریتا دی ستافورا, لومباردیا, ایتالیا
Tagalog:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia, Lombardy, Italya
Tarantino:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Provinge de Pavia, Lombardie, Itaglie
Ukrainian:
Санта-Маргерита-ді-Стаффора, Павія , Ломбардія, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia, Italiya
Vietnamese:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia, Lombardia, Ý
Volapük:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Litaliyän
Waray:
Santa Margherita di Staffora, Pavia, Lombardiya, Italya


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5 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'
ⓘ Chrysotile
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘ 'Diallage'
ⓘ Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
ⓘ Lizardite
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
References:
Veniale, F. (1962) Un minerale a strati misti irregolari «swelling» clorite-saponite in suoli derivati da rocce serpentinitiche della formazione ofiolitica appenninica (S. Margherita Staffora, Appennino Pavese). Rendiconti della Società Mineralogica Italiana, 18, 259-275.
Veniale, F. (1962) Effetto delle dimensioni delle fibre sul comportamento all'A.T.D. di un minerale del gruppo del serpentino. Rendiconti della Società Mineralogica Italiana, 18, 277-290
Veniale, F., van der Marel, H.W. (1963) An interstratified saponite-swelling chlorite mineral as a weathering product of lizardite rock from St. Margherita Staffora (Pavia Province), Italy. Beiträge zur Mineralogie und Petrographie, 9, 198-245
Ottenziali, L., Fossati, D., Padovan, D., Presbitero, M., Mannucci, G., Gramaccioli, C.M., Gentile, P., Scaini, G., De Michele, V. (1992) Natura in Lombardia. I minerali. Regione Lombardia, Giunta Regionale - Ecologia, Milano, 223 pp.
ⓘ Talc
Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘChrysotile9.00.Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘDiopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
ⓘTalc9.EC.05Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
ⓘLizardite9.ED.15Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Chlorite Group'-
ⓘ'Diallage'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hⓘ LizarditeMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hⓘ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Oⓘ LizarditeMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mgⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mgⓘ LizarditeMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mgⓘ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Siⓘ LizarditeMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Margherita_di_Staffora
Wikidata ID:Q39753
GeoNames ID:6542600


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References

Balsamo Crivelli, G. (1864) Notizie sovra i prodotti minerali della Provincia di Pavia. Notizie naturali e chimico-agronomiche sulla Provincia di Pavia, Tipografia in Ditta Eredi Bizzoni, Pavia, 1-40
Veniale, F. (1962) Un minerale a strati misti irregolari «swelling» clorite-saponite in suoli derivati da rocce serpentinitiche della formazione ofiolitica appenninica (S. Margherita Staffora, Appennino Pavese). Rendiconti della Società Mineralogica Italiana, 18, 259-275.
Veniale, F. (1962) Effetto delle dimensioni delle fibre sul comportamento all'A.T.D. di un minerale del gruppo del serpentino. Rendiconti della Società Mineralogica Italiana, 18, 277-290
Veniale, F., van der Marel, H.W. (1963) An interstratified saponite-swelling chlorite mineral as a weathering product of lizardite rock from St. Margherita Staffora (Pavia Province), Italy. Beiträge zur Mineralogie und Petrographie, 9, 198-245
Ottenziali, L., Fossati, D., Padovan, D., Presbitero, M., Mannucci, G., Gramaccioli, C.M., Gentile, P., Scaini, G., De Michele, V. (1992) Natura in Lombardia. I minerali. Regione Lombardia, Giunta Regionale - Ecologia, Milano, 223 pp.
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