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Val Polcevera, Genoa, Liguria, Italyi
Regional Level Types
Val PolceveraValley
GenoaMetropolitan City
LiguriaAdministrative Region
ItalyCountry

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Type:
Valley
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Begato255 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
307549
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:307549:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Val Polcevera, Gênes, Ligurie, Italie
German:
Val Polcevera, Genua, Ligurien, Italien
Italian:
Val Polcevera, città metropolitana di Genova, Liguria, Italia
Spanish:
Valle Polcevera, Génova, Liguria, Italia
Cebuano:
Valle Polcevera, Liguria, Italya
Dutch:
Val Polcevera, Genua, Ligurië, Italië
Japanese:
ヴァル・ポルチェヴェラ, ジェノヴァ, リグーリア州, イタリア
Norwegian:
Val Polcevera, Storbyområdet Genova, Liguria, Italia


"The Val Polcevera is one of the main valleys crossing Genoa, which takes its name from homonym river. It is one of the two valleys bordering the historic core of the city, along with Val Bisagno." [Wikipedia]

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘPyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
ⓘMarcasite2.EB.10aFeS2

List of minerals for each chemical element

SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Sⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Feⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Polcevera
Wikidata ID:Q657150
GeoNames ID:3170402

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Italy

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Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

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