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Montescano, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italyi
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MontescanoCommune
Pavia ProvinceProvince
LombardyRegion
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Neighbouring regions:
Montù Beccaria, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Castana, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Type:
Commune
Mindat Locality ID:
303658
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:303658:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Montescano, Province de Pavie, Lombardie, Italie
German:
Montescano, Provinz Pavia, Lombardei, Italien
Italian:
Montescano, Provincia di Pavia, Lombardia, Italia
Russian:
Монтескано, Провинция Павия, Ломбардия, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
蒙泰斯卡诺, 帕維亞, 伦巴第, 意大利
Spanish:
Montescano, Provincia de Pavía, Lombardía, Italia
Arabic:
مونتيسكانو, مقاطعة بافيا, لومبارديا, إيطاليا
Armenian:
Մոնտեսկանո, Պավիա, Լոմբարդիա, Իտալիա
Basque:
Montescano, Paviako probintzia, Lombardia, Italia
Belarusian:
Мантэскана, правінцыя Павія, Ламбардыя, Італія
Bulgarian:
Монтескано, Павия, Ломбардия, Италия
Catalan:
Montescano, província de Pavia, Llombardia, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Montescano, Provincia di Pavia, Lombardia, Italya
Dutch:
Montescano, Pavia, Lombardije, Italië
Esperanto:
Montescano, Provinco Pavia, Lombardio, Italio
Farsi/Persian:
مونتسکانو, استان پاویا, لمباردی, ایتالیا
Hungarian:
Montescano, Pavia megye, Lombardia, Olaszország
Japanese:
モンテスカーノ, パヴィーア県, ロンバルディア州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Монтескано, Ломбардия, Италия
Latin:
Mons Scanus, Provincia Papiensis, Langobardia (Longobardia), Italia
Lombard:
Munscän, Pruvincia de Pavia, Lumbardia (Lombardéa), Italia
Malay:
Montescano, Wilayah Pavia, Lombardy, Itali
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Montescano, Pavia Séng, Lombardia, Italia
Neapolitan:
Montescano, Pruvincia 'e Pavia, Lummardìa, Italia
Occitan:
Montescano, Província de Pavia, Lombardia, Itàlia
Piedmontese:
Montescano, Provincia ëd Pavìa, Lombardìa, Italia
Polish:
Montescano, Pawia, Lombardia, Włochy
Portuguese:
Montescano, Pavia, Lombardia, Itália
Romanian:
Montescano, Provincia Pavia, Lombardia, Italia
Serbian:
Montescano, Павија, Ломбардија, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Montescano, Pavia, Lombardija, Italija
Sicilian:
Montescano, Pruvincia di Pavìa, Lummardìa, Italia
South Azerbaijani:
مونتسکانو, لومباردیا, ایتالیا
Tagalog:
Montescano, Pavia, Lombardy, Italya
Tarantino:
Montescano, Provinge de Pavia, Lombardie, Itaglie
Ukrainian:
Монтескано, Павія , Ломбардія, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Montescano, Pavia, Italiya
Vietnamese:
Montescano, Pavia, Lombardia, Ý
Volapük:
Montescano, Litaliyän
Waray:
Montescano, Pavia, Lombardiya, Italya


Upper Miocene (Messinian) gypsum deposit near Montescano. Quarries were operated at Pradera, Sassone, and Laghetto.

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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

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
CaCalcium
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montescano
Wikidata ID:Q41080
GeoNames ID:6542616


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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.
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
Jervis, Guglielmo (1874) I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia descrizione topografica e geologica di tutte le localita nel Regno d'Italia [The underground treasures of Italy topographical and geological description of all the locations in the Kingdom of Italy] Vol. 2 - Regione Dell'Appennino e Vucani attivi e spenti dipendentivi.
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