Mountain lion and imac intel core duo 2

hello
i have an imac 8,1 intel core duo 2 -2,66gz with IOS 10.5.8 can i install Mountain Lion?
thank you
BJ

System requirements can be found here:
http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/
You will first need to get your system to Mac OS X 10.6 so you have access to the Mac App Store, the only place from which Mountain Lion is available. The 10.6 installer disk can be purchased from the online Apple Store.
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