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pietra di Nanto (fossiliferous limestone, <limestone by composition: aggregate type>, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: An easily worked yellow-brown fossiliferous limestone quarried in the Berici Hills south of Vicenza. It has been used since ancient times as a building and ornamental stone; the cathedral of Padua is a pietra di Nanto construction.
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| pietra di Nanto (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
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| pietra di Nanto (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| Nanto stone (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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| Nanto, pietra di (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: M.MT |
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Materials Facet |
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.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ materials (substances) (G) |
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............ <materials by composition> (G) |
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................ inorganic material (G) |
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.................... rock (inorganic material) (G) |
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........................ sedimentary rock (G) |
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............................ <sedimentary rock by composition> (G) |
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................................ carbonate rock (G) |
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.................................... limestone (G) |
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........................................ <limestone by composition> (G) |
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............................................ <limestone by composition: aggregate type> (G) |
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................................................ fossiliferous limestone (G) |
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.................................................... pietra di Nanto (G) |
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| Dutch ..... Een gemakkelijk bewerkbare geelbruine fossielhoudende kalksteen die wordt gedolven in de Berici-heuvels ten zuiden van Vicenza. Deze steen wordt al sinds oude tijden als bouw- en siersteen gebruikt. De kathedraal van Padua is gebouwd van pietra di Nanto. |
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