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Cartosio, Alessandria Province, Piedmont, Italyi
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CartosioCommune
Alessandria ProvinceProvince
PiedmontRegion
ItalyCountry

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Neighbouring regions:
Ponzone, Alessandria Province, Piedmont, Italy
Malvicino, Alessandria Province, Piedmont, Italy
Melazzo, Alessandria Province, Piedmont, Italy
Pareto, Alessandria Province, Piedmont, Italy
Type:
Commune
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Cartosio362 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
416231
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:416231:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Cartosio, Province d'Alexandrie, Piémont, Italie
German:
Cartosio, Provinz Alessandria, Piemont, Italien
Italian:
Cartosio, Provincia di Alessandria, Piemonte, Italia
Russian:
Картозио, Провинция Алессандрия, Пьемонт, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
卡尔托肖, 皮埃蒙特, 意大利
Spanish:
Cartosio, Provincia de Alessandria, Piamonte, Italia
Arabic:
كارتوزيو, بييمونتي, إيطاليا
Armenian:
Կարտոզիո, Պիեմոնտ, Իտալիա
Basque:
Cartosio, Piemonte, Italia
Belarusian:
Картозіа, П’емонт, Італія
Bulgarian:
Картозио, Пиемонт, Италия
Catalan:
Cartosio, Piemont, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Cartosio, Piemonte, Italya
Chechen:
Картозио, Пьемонт, Итали
Dutch:
Cartosio, Piëmont, Italië
Esperanto:
Cartosio, Piemonto, Italio
Farsi/Persian:
کارتوزیو, پیمونت, ایتالیا
Hungarian:
Cartosio, Piemont, Olaszország
Indonesian:
Cartosio, Piemonte, Italia
Japanese:
カルトージオ, ピエモンテ州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Картозио, Пьемонт, Италия
Latin:
Cartosium, Provincia Alexandrina Statiellorum, Pedemontium, Italia
Ligurian:
Cartosio, Provinsa de Lisciandria, Piemonte, Italia
Lombard:
Cartosio, Provincia de Lissandria, Piemont (Piemunt), Italia
Malay:
Cartosio, Piemonte, Itali
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Cartosio, Piemonte, Italia
Neapolitan:
Cartosio, Piemunte, Italia
Norwegian:
Cartosio, Piemonte, Italia
Occitan:
Cartosio, Piemont, Itàlia
Piedmontese:
Cartòs, Provincia ëd Lissandria, Piemont, Italia
Polish:
Cartosio, Piemont, Włochy
Portuguese:
Cartosio, Piemonte, Itália
Romanian:
Cartosio, Piemont, Italia
Serbian:
Cartosio, Пијемонт, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Cartosio, Pijemont, Italija
Sicilian:
Cartosio, Piemunti, Italia
South Azerbaijani:
کارتوزیو, ایتالیا
Swedish:
Cartosio, Piemonte, Italien
Tagalog:
Cartosio, Piemonte, Italya
Tarantino:
Cartosio, Piemonte, Itaglie
Tatar:
Картозио, Пьемонт, Италия
Turkish:
Cartosio, Piyemonte, İtalya
Ukrainian:
Картозіо, П'ємонт, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Cartosio, Italiya
Venetian:
Cartosio, Piemonte, Itałia
Vietnamese:
Cartosio, Piemonte, Ý
Volapük:
Cartosio, Piemonte, Litaliyän
Waray:
Cartosio, Piemonte, Italya


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Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘMuscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘParagonite9.EC.15NaAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘMuscovite
var. Phengite		9.EC.15KAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2

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HHydrogen
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ ParagoniteNaAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ Muscovite var. PhengiteKAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ ParagoniteNaAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ Muscovite var. PhengiteKAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
NaSodium
Naⓘ ParagoniteNaAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Muscovite var. PhengiteKAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ ParagoniteNaAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ Muscovite var. PhengiteKAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ ParagoniteNaAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ Muscovite var. PhengiteKAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
KPotassium
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kⓘ Muscovite var. PhengiteKAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2
FeIron
Feⓘ Muscovite var. PhengiteKAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartosio
Wikidata ID:Q17312
GeoNames ID:6543516

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