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Lake Zway (Lake Ziway; Lake Zwai), East Shewa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopiai
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Lake Zway (Lake Ziway; Lake Zwai)Lake
East Shewa ZoneZone
Oromia RegionRegion
EthiopiaCountry

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Type:
Lake
Mindat Locality ID:
11270
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:11270:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
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Other Languages:
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French:
lac Ziway, Misraq Shewa, Oromia, Éthiopie
German:
Zway, Oromia, Äthiopien
Italian:
Lago Zuai, Oromia, Etiopia
Simplified Chinese:
茲懷湖, 東施瓦地區, 奧羅米亞州, 埃塞俄比亚
Spanish:
Lago Ziway, Oromía, Etiopía
Arabic:
بحيرة زواي, أوروميا, إثيوبيا
Cebuano:
Ziway Hāyk', East Shewa Zone, Oromiya Region, Etiopia
Croatian:
Zivaj , Oromia, Etiopija
Lithuanian:
Zvajus, Oromijos regionas, Etiopija
Serbo-Croatian:
Jezero Zivaj, Oromija, Etiopija
Swahili:
Ziwa Ziway, Jimbo la Oromia, Ethiopia
Swedish:
Ziway Hāyk', East Shewa Zone, Oromia, Etiopien
Welsh:
Llyn Zway, Ethiopia


Trachyte and phonolite in Pleistocene/Quaternary volcanic series.
Located on the border between Oromia Province and of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Province.

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘAegirine9.DA.25NaFe3+Si2O6

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
NaSodium
Naⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
FeIron
Feⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Zway
Wikidata ID:Q231817
GeoNames ID:325578


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References

GSA Bulletin v. 86 no. 7 p. 999-1011
Pedroni, G. (1991) Brevi segnalazioni: Egirina in cristalli al lago di Zway (Etiopia). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 14, 4 (4-1991), 206-208.
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