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Caltavuturo, Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italyi
Regional Level Types
CaltavuturoCommune
Metropolitan City of PalermoMetropolitan City
SicilyAutonomous Region
Italy- not defined -

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Caltavuturo4,033 (2014)
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Caltabuturo
Other Languages:
French:
Caltavuturo, Ville métropolitaine de Palerme (Province de Palerme), Sicile, Italie
German:
Caltavuturo, Metropolitanstadt Palermo (Provinz Palermo), Sizilien, Italien
Italian:
Caltavuturo, Città metropolitana di Palermo (Provincia di Palermo), Sicilia, Italia
Russian:
Кальтавутуро, Метрополийный город Палермо (Провинция Палермо), Сицилия, Италия
Sicilian:
Caltavuturu, Cità metropulitana di Palermu (Pruvincia di Palermu), Sicilia, Italia
Simplified Chinese:
卡尔塔武图罗, 巴勒莫, 西西里岛, 意大利
Spanish:
Caltavuturo, Ciudad metropolitana de Palermo (Provincia de Palermo), Sicilia, Italia
Arabic:
كالتافوتورو, بلرم, صقلية, إيطاليا
Armenian:
Կալտավուտուրո, Պալերմո, Սիցիլիա, Իտալիա
Basque:
Caltavuturo, Palermoko probintzia, Sizilia, Italia
Belarusian:
Кальтавутура, правінцыя Палерма, Сіцылія, Італія
Bulgarian:
Калтавутуро, Палермо, Сицилия, Италия
Catalan:
Caltavuturo, Palerm, Sicília, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Caltavuturo, Palermo, Sicilia, Italya
Dutch:
Caltavuturo, Palermo, Sicilië, Italië
Esperanto:
Caltavuturo, Provinco Palermo, Sicilio, Italio
Farsi/Persian:
کالوتورو, پالرمو, سیسیل, ایتالیا
Hungarian:
Caltavuturo, Palermo megye, Szicília, Olaszország
Japanese:
カルタヴトゥーロ, パレルモ県, シチリア, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Кальтавутуро, Сицилия, Италия
Latin:
Calatavuturum, Panormus, Sicilia, Italia
Lombard:
Caltavuturo, Pruvincia de Palermo, Sicilia, Italia
Malay:
Caltavuturo, Wilayah Palermo, Sicily, Itali
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Caltavuturo, Palermo Séng, Sicilia, Italia
Neapolitan:
Caltavuturo, Sicilia, Italia
Piedmontese:
Caltavuturo, Provincia ëd Palerm, Sicilia, Italia
Polish:
Caltavuturo, Palermo, Sycylia, Włochy
Portuguese:
Caltavuturo, Palermo, Sicília, Itália
Romanian:
Caltavuturo, Provincia Palermo, Sicilia, Italia
Sardinian:
Caltavuturo, Provìntzia de Palermu, Sitzìlia, Itàlia
Scots:
Caltavuturo, Province o Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Serbian:
Caltavuturo, Палермо, Сицилија, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Caltavuturo, Palermo, Sicilija, Italija
South Azerbaijani:
کالوتورو, سیسیل, ایتالیا
Swedish:
Caltavuturo, Palermo, Sicilien, Italien
Tagalog:
Caltavuturo, Palermo, Sicilia, Italya
Tarantino:
Caltavuturo, Provinge de Palermo, Sicilia, Itaglie
Traditional Chinese:
卡爾塔武圖羅, 西西里, 意大利
Ukrainian:
Кальтавутуро, Палермо, Сицилія, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Caltavuturo, Palermo, Italiya
Volapük:
Caltavuturo, Litaliyän
Waray:
Caltavuturo, Palermo, Sicilia, Italya


Jasper and agate have been described by Tata (1772), that used the ancient toponym Caltabuturo, and Jervis (1881).

Pyrite and marcasite are found in marly limestones of the Polizzi Formation in the neighbourhood of the town (Catalano et al., 2011).

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Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: Catalano, R., Avellone, G., Basilone, L., Contino, A., and Agate, M., eds. (2011): Note illustrative della Carta Geologica d’Italia alla scala 1:50.000, Foglio 609-596 Termini Imerese-Capo Plaia. ISPRA, Servizio Geologico d'Italia – Regione Siciliana-Assessorato Territorio e Ambiente, SystemCart S.r.l., Roma, 224 pp.
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: Catalano, R., Avellone, G., Basilone, L., Contino, A., and Agate, M., eds. (2011): Note illustrative della Carta Geologica d’Italia alla scala 1:50.000, Foglio 609-596 Termini Imerese-Capo Plaia. ISPRA, Servizio Geologico d'Italia – Regione Siciliana-Assessorato Territorio e Ambiente, SystemCart S.r.l., Roma, 224 pp.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Tata, D. (1772): Catalogo di una raccolta di pietre dure native di Sicilia esistente presso l’abate D. Domenico Tata. Fratelli Raimondi, Napoli, 40 pp.; Jervis, G. (1881): I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia. Vol. 3: Regioni delle Isole. Sardegna e Sicilia. Addenda ai precedenti volumi. Ermanno Loescher, Torino, XXII+539 pp.
Quartz var. Agate
Reference: Tata, D. (1772): Catalogo di una raccolta di pietre dure native di Sicilia esistente presso l’abate D. Domenico Tata. Fratelli Raimondi, Napoli, 40 pp.; Jervis, G. (1881): I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia. Vol. 3: Regioni delle Isole. Sardegna e Sicilia. Addenda ai precedenti volumi. Ermanno Loescher, Torino, XXII+539 pp.
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Tata, D. (1772): Catalogo di una raccolta di pietre dure native di Sicilia esistente presso l’abate D. Domenico Tata. Fratelli Raimondi, Napoli, 40 pp.; Jervis, G. (1881): I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia. Vol. 3: Regioni delle Isole. Sardegna e Sicilia. Addenda ai precedenti volumi. Ermanno Loescher, Torino, XXII+539 pp.
Quartz var. Jasper
Reference: Tata, D. (1772): Catalogo di una raccolta di pietre dure native di Sicilia esistente presso l’abate D. Domenico Tata. Fratelli Raimondi, Napoli, 40 pp.; Jervis, G. (1881): I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia. Vol. 3: Regioni delle Isole. Sardegna e Sicilia. Addenda ai precedenti volumi. Ermanno Loescher, Torino, XXII+539 pp.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Agate4.DA.05SiO2
var. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
var. Jasper4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O QuartzSiO2
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
SSulfur
S PyriteFeS2
S MarcasiteFeS2
FeIron
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe MarcasiteFeS2

Fossils

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References

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Tata, D. (1772): Catalogo di una raccolta di pietre dure native di Sicilia esistente presso l’abate D. Domenico Tata. Fratelli Raimondi, Napoli, 40 pp.
Jervis, G. (1881): I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia. Vol. 3: Regioni delle Isole. Sardegna e Sicilia. Addenda ai precedenti volumi. Ermanno Loescher, Torino, XXII+539 pp.
Catalano, R., Avellone, G., Basilone, L., Contino, A., and Agate, M., eds. (2011): Note illustrative della Carta Geologica d’Italia alla scala 1:50.000, Foglio 609-596 Termini Imerese-Capo Plaia. ISPRA, Servizio Geologico d'Italia – Regione Siciliana-Assessorato Territorio e Ambiente, SystemCart S.r.l., Roma, 224 pp.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltavuturo
Wikidata ID:Q491404
GeoNames ID:6537737


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