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Lafayette County, Florida, USAi
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Lafayette CountyCounty
FloridaState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Mayo1,237 (2011)
Day116 (2011)
Mindat Locality ID:
106951
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:106951:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Comté de Lafayette, Floride, États-Unis
German:
Lafayette County, Florida, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Contea di Lafayette, Florida, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Лафейетт, Флорида, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
拉法葉縣, 佛罗里达州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Lafayette, Florida, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Lafayette County, Florida, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة لافاييت, فلوريدا, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Լաֆայետ շրջան, Ֆլորիդա, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Lafayette konderria, Florida
Bavarian:
Lafayette County, Florida, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
লাফায়েত কাউন্টি, ফ্লোরিডা, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Лафайет, Флорида, Съединени американски щати
Catalan:
Comtat de Lafayette, Florida, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Lafayette County, Florida
Dutch:
Lafayette County, Florida, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان لافایت، فلوریدا, فلوریدا, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Hungarian:
Lafayette megye, Florida, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
ラファイエット郡, フロリダ州, アメリカ合衆国
Latin:
Lafayette Comitatus, Florida, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Lafayette County, Florida, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Lafayette Gông, Florida
Norwegian:
Lafayette County, Florida, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Lafayette, Floryda, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Lafayette, Flórida, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Lafayette, Florida, Statele Unite ale Americii
Serbian:
Округ Лафејет, Флорида, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Lafayette County, Florida, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Lafayette County, Florida, USA
Turkish:
Lafayette, Florida, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Лафаєтт, Флорида, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
لافائیٹ کاؤنٹی، فلوریڈا, فلوریڈا, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Lafayette, Florida, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Lafayette, Florida, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
لافایتے کاؤنٹی, فلوریڈا, امریکہ


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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Agate
4.DA.05SiO2
var. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O Quartz var. AgateSiO2
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. AgateSiO2
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si QuartzSiO2

Fossils

There are 9 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences63
Youngest Fossil Listed16.0 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed466 Ma (Middle Ordovician)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Conularia
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Staurozoa : Stauromedusae : Conulariidae : Conularia466 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Oculina
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Oculinidae : Oculina38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Tentaculites
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Tentaculitidae : Tentaculites419.2 - 410.8 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Plectonotus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Proserpinidae : Plectonotus419.2 - 410.8 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Xenophora
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Xenophoridae : Xenophora38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Lithophysema
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Lithophysema38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Arisaigia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Arisaigia419.2 - 410.8 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Nuculites
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Nuculites419.2 - 410.8 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Actinopteria
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pterineidae : Actinopteria419.2 - 410.8 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Amusium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Amusium38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Chlamys
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Exputens
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Exputens38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Pterinopecten
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pterinopectinidae : Pterinopecten419.2 - 410.8 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Modiomorpha
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Modiomorphida : Modiomorphidae : Modiomorpha419.2 - 410.8 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Eoschizodus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Eoschizodidae : Eoschizodus419.2 - 410.8 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Prothyris
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Grammysiidae : Prothyris419.2 - 410.8 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Pleurodapis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pleurodapis419.2 - 410.8 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Pterygotus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Pterygotidae : Pterygotus419.2 - 410.8 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Colpocoryphe
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotidae : Colpocoryphe466 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Ostracoda
class
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda419.2 - 410.8 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Oligopygus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Oligopygidae : Oligopygus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Weisbordella
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Laganidae : Weisbordella38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Agassizia
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Prenasteridae : Agassizia38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Pleurodira
suborder
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Pleurodira20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Kinosternon
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Kinosternidae : Kinosternon20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Testudinidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Gavialosuchus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Gavialidae : Gavialosuchus20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Alligatoridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Alligatoridae20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Archaeoceti
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Archaeoceti38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Basilosauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Basilosauridae38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Merychippus gunteri
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Merychippus : Merychippus gunteri20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Podocnemidae
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Podocnemidae20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Conus sauridens
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Eoconus : Eoconus sauridens38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Cynthiacetus maxwelli
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Basilosauridae : Cynthiacetus : Cynthiacetus maxwelli38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Vertebrata
subphylum
Animalia : Chordata : Vertebrata38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Ostrea (Ostrea) podagrina
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Ostrea (Ostrea) podagrina47.8 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Arisaigia postornata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Arisaigia : Arisaigia postornata419.2 - 410.8 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Conus alleni
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Conus alleni37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Oligopygus wetherbyi
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Oligopygidae : Oligopygus : Oligopygus wetherbyi38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Oligopygus haldermani
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Oligopygidae : Oligopygus : Oligopygus haldermani38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Eupatagus ocalanus
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Brissidae : Eupatagus : Eupatagus ocalanus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Clypeaster rogersi
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Clypeasteridae : Clypeaster : Clypeaster rogersi33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Laganum eldridgei
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Laganidae : Laganum : Laganum eldridgei33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Amblypygus americanus
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Echinoneoida : Echinoneidae : Amblypygus : Amblypygus americanus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) dixie
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Brissidae : Plagiobrissus : Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) dixie38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_County,_Florida
Wikidata ID:Q488810
GeoNames ID:4161127

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