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Fontanelice, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italyi
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FontaneliceCommune
Metropolitan City of BolognaMetropolitan City
Emilia-RomagnaRegion
ItalyCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Fontanelice1,207 (2014)
Villa Campomori107 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
410727
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:410727:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Fontana (until 1911)
Other Languages:
Emilian-Romagnol:
Funtanàlls (Funtâna), Zitè metropolitèna ed Bulåggna (Pruvénzia ed Bulåggna), Emîlia-Rumâgna (Emélia-Rumâgna; Emégglia-Rumâgna), Itâlia
French:
Fontanelice, Ville métropolitaine de Bologne (Province de Bologne), Émilie-Romagne, Italie
German:
Fontanelice, Metropolitanstadt Bologna (Provinz Bologna), Emilia-Romagna, Italien
Italian:
Fontanelice, Città metropolitana di Bologna (Provincia di Bologna), Emilia-Romagna, Italia
Russian:
Фонтанеличе, Метрополийный город Болонья (Провинция Болонья), Эмилия-Романья, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
丰塔内利切, 博洛尼亚广域市, 艾米利亚-罗马涅, 意大利
Spanish:
Fontanelice, Ciudad metropolitana de Bolonia (Provincia de Bolonia), Emilia-Romaña, Italia
Arabic:
فونتانيليتشي, مدينة ميتروبوليتان، بولونيا, إميليا-رومانيا, إيطاليا
Armenian:
Ֆոնտանելիչե, Էմիլիա Ռոմանիա, Իտալիա
Basque:
Fontanelice, Boloniako metropoli-hiria, Emilia-Romagna, Italia
Bulgarian:
Фонтанеличе, Емилия-Романя, Италия
Catalan:
Fontanelice, Bolonya, Emília-Romanya, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Fontanelice, Emilia-Romagna, Italya
Chechen:
Фонтанеличе, Эмилия-Романья, Итали
Dutch:
Fontanelice, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italië
Esperanto:
Fontanelice, Emilio-Romanjo, Italio
Farsi/Persian:
فونتانلیچه, امیلیا-رومانیا, ایتالیا
Greek:
Φοντανέλιτσε, Μητροπολιτική Πόλη της Μπολόνια, Εμίλια-Ρομάνια, Ιταλία
Hungarian:
Fontanelice, Bolonya városa, Emilia-Romagna, Olaszország
Interlingua:
Fontanelice, Emilia-Romania, Italia
Japanese:
フォンタネーリチェ, ボローニャ, エミリア=ロマーニャ州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Фонтанеличе, Эмилия-Романья, Италия
Latin:
Fons Ilicis, Urbs metropolitana Bononiensis (Urbs metropolitana Bononiae), Aemilia et Romania, Italia
Lombard:
Fontanelice, Emilia-Rumagna, Italia
Malay:
Fontanelice, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Itali
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Fontanelice, Emilia-Romagna, Italia
Neapolitan:
Fontanelice, Emilia-Rumagna, Italia
Norwegian:
Fontanelice, Storbyområdet Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italia
Occitan:
Fontanelice, Emília-Romanha, Itàlia
Piedmontese:
Fontanelice, Emilia-Romagna, Italia
Polish:
Fontanelice, Bolonia, Emilia-Romania, Włochy
Portuguese:
Fontanelice, Cidade Metropolitana de Bologna, Emília-Romanha, Itália
Romanian:
Fontanelice, Emilia-Romagna, Italia
Serbian:
Fontanelice, Емилија-Ромања, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Fontanelice, Metropolitanski grad Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italija
Sicilian:
Fontanelice, Emilia Rumagna, Italia
South Azerbaijani:
فونتانلیچه, امیلیا-رومانیا, ایتالیا
Swedish:
Fontanelice, Metropoliska standen av Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italien
Tarantino:
Fontanelice, Emilia-Romagna, Itaglie
Tatar:
Фонтанеличе, Эмилия-Романья, Италия
Turkish:
Fontanelice, Metropolitan City, Emilia-Romagna, İtalya
Ukrainian:
Фонтанеліче, Болонья, Емілія-Романья, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Fontanelice, Italiya
Venetian:
Fontanełice, Emiłia-Romagna, Itałia
Vietnamese:
Fontanelice, Thành phố đô thị Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Ý
Volapük:
Fontanelice, Litaliyän
Waray:
Fontanelice, Emilia-Romagna, Italya


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'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Augite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Augite var. Fassaite
Formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Clinoenstatite
Formula: MgSiO3
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Cristobalite
Formula: SiO2
Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
Description: As rare exsolution lamellae & blebs in Enstatite.
Enstatite
Formula: Mg2Si2O6
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
Description: Olivine composition (Fa2-34)
Forsterite
Formula: Mg2SiO4
'Glass'
Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Merrillite
Formula: Ca9NaMg(PO4)7
Description: Found as minute grains in Fe-Ni metal.
Native Iron
Formula: Fe
Native Iron var. Kamacite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Description: Orthopyroxene and enstatite crystals in radiating and laminar chondrules.
Pentlandite
Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8
Description: Fe/Ni/Co in approximate 5/4/1 ratio.
'Pyroxene Group'
Formula: ADSi2O6
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Description: Both troilite and pyrrhotite were usually present in irregular aggregates.
Schreibersite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)3P
Taenite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
Troilite
Formula: FeS
Wüstite
Formula: FeO
Description: Found in the fusion crust.

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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)
Schreibersite1.BD.05(Fe,Ni)3P
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pentlandite2.BB.15(NixFey)Σ9S8
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Troilite2.CC.10FeS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Wüstite4.AB.25FeO
Chromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
Cristobalite4.DA.15SiO2
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Merrillite8.AC.45Ca9NaMg(PO4)7
Group 9 - Silicates
Forsterite9.AC.05Mg2SiO4
Enstatite9.DA.05Mg2Si2O6
Clinoenstatite9.DA.10MgSiO3
Augite9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Diopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
Augite
var. Fassaite
9.DA.15(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Unclassified
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'-
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
'Pyroxene Group'-ADSi2O6
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'-
'Glass'-
'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
OOxygen
O Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
O ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
O ClinoenstatiteMgSiO3
O CristobaliteSiO2
O DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
O EnstatiteMg2Si2O6
O ForsteriteMg2SiO4
O IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O WüstiteFeO
O MerrilliteCa9NaMg(PO4)7
O Fayalite-Forsterite Series
O Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
O Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FFluorine
F ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
NaSodium
Na MerrilliteCa9NaMg(PO4)7
Na Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
MgMagnesium
Mg Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Mg ClinoenstatiteMgSiO3
Mg DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mg EnstatiteMg2Si2O6
Mg ForsteriteMg2SiO4
Mg MerrilliteCa9NaMg(PO4)7
Mg Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Mg Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
AlAluminium
Al Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
SiSilicon
Si Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Si ClinoenstatiteMgSiO3
Si CristobaliteSiO2
Si DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Si EnstatiteMg2Si2O6
Si ForsteriteMg2SiO4
Si Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Si Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
Si Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
PPhosphorus
P Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
P MerrilliteCa9NaMg(PO4)7
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
SSulfur
S Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
S TroiliteFeS
ClChlorine
Cl ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
CaCalcium
Ca Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Ca DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Ca MerrilliteCa9NaMg(PO4)7
Ca Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
TiTitanium
Ti IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Ti Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
CrChromium
Cr ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Fe Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Fe ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Fe IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Fe Native IronFe
Fe Native Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Fe Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
Fe Taenite(Fe,Ni)
Fe TroiliteFeS
Fe WüstiteFeO
Fe Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Fe Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
NiNickel
Ni Native Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Ni Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
Ni Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
Ni Taenite(Fe,Ni)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontanelice
Wikidata ID:Q94861
GeoNames ID:6540428

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