Hospital construction site, Verduno, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Hospital construction site | Construction Site |
| Verduno | Commune |
| Cuneo Province | Province |
| Piedmont | Region |
| Italy | - not defined - |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 40' 29'' North , 7° 55' 57'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Verduno | 393 (2014) | 1.0km |
| Cinzano | 1,569 (2014) | 2.2km |
| Carnevale | 103 (2014) | 2.4km |
| Villa-Borgo | 743 (2014) | 2.6km |
| Santa Vittoria d'Alba | 2,512 (2012) | 2.7km |
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Italian:
Cantiere di costruzione dell'ospedale, Verduno, Provincia di Cuneo, Piemonte, Italia
Gypsum layers, belonging to the Messinian (Upper Miocene), exposed during the construction of the "Michele e Pietro Ferrero" Hospital in the 2000s.
Large transparent gypsum crystals (selenite) were found.
Typical of the laminated gypsum layers are fossils of insects (dragonfly larvae of the species Oryctodiplax gypsorum), leaves, and fishes (Aphanius crassicaudus) that lived in brackish and hypersaline lagoons.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O Reference: Bonelli, Edmondo, and Cavallo, Oreste (2007) Sito fossilifero di Verduno-cantiere ospedale. PaleoItalia, 17, 27-30; Piccoli, Gian Carlo, Maletto, Gaspare, Bosio, Paolo, and Lombardo, Bruno (2007) Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta. Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" di Alba, L'Artigiana Srl - Azienda Grafica, Alba (Cuneo), 607 pp. |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Bonelli, Edmondo, and Cavallo, Oreste (2007) Sito fossilifero di Verduno-cantiere ospedale. PaleoItalia, 17, 27-30.
Piccoli, Gian Carlo, Maletto, Gaspare, Bosio, Paolo, and Lombardo, Bruno (2007) Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta. Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" di Alba, L'Artigiana Srl - Azienda Grafica, Alba (Cuneo), 607 pp.
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Hospital construction site, Verduno, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy