Giovanni Arduino

Giovanni Arduino (Caprino Veronese, October 16, 1714 – Venice, March 21, 1795) was an Italian geologist who is known as the "Father of Italian Geology."

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Caprino Veronese - October 16 - 1714 - Venice - March 21 - 1795 - Italian - Geologist - Geology

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Arduino was a mining specialist who developed possibly the first classification of geological time, based on study of the geology of northern Italy. The first record of the classification may be a letter dated from 1759 — dates on the web vary. His classification used only a few periods: primitive (or primary), secondary and tertiary — some pages on the web add a fourth type, variously quaternary, volcanic or alluvial.

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Mining - Italy - 1759 - Tertiary

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