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Sveio, Vestland, Norwayi
Regional Level Types
SveioMunicipality
VestlandCounty
NorwayCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Sveio960 (2010)
Førde382 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
213102
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:213102:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Hordaland
Other Languages:
French:
Sveio, Vestland, Norvège
German:
Sveio, Vestland, Norwegen
Italian:
Sveio, Norvegia
Norwegian:
Sveio, Vestland, Norge
Russian:
Свейу, Норвегия
Simplified Chinese:
斯韋奧, 韋斯特蘭郡, 挪威
Spanish:
Sveio, Noruega
Albanian:
Sveio, Norvegjia
Asturian:
Sveio, Vestland, Noruega
Basque:
Sveio, Norvegia
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
সভেইও, নরৱে
Catalan:
Sveio, Noruega
Cebuano:
Sveio , Norway
Danish:
Sveio, Vestland, Norge
Dutch:
Sveio, Vestland, Noorwegen
Esperanto:
Sveio, Norvegio
Finnish:
Sveio, Norja
Javanese:
Sveio, Norwégia
Latin:
Sveio, Norvegia
Limburgian:
Sveio, Noorwege
Low Saxon/Low German:
Kommun Sveio, Norwegen
Malay:
Sveio, Norway
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Sveio, Lo̍k-ui
Northern Sami:
Sveio, Norga
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Sveio, Vestland fylke, Noreg
Occitan:
Sveio, Norvègia
Polish:
Sveio, Vestland, Norwegia
Portuguese:
Sveio, Vestland, Noruega
Romanian:
Sveio, Norvegia
Slovenian:
Sveio, Norveška
Swahili:
Sveio, Norwei
Swedish:
Sveio, Vestland, Norge
Vietnamese:
Sveio, Na Uy
Waray:
Sveio, Noruega


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6 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Albite var. Cleavelandite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Colour: yellow
Description: Pictures in STEIN 32 (2):22. Xls to 2 cm
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
'K Feldspar'
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
'Plagioclase'
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Description: 3-4 cm crystals of smoky-quartz-amethyst are reported found.
Quartz var. Amethyst
Formula: SiO2
Description: 3-4 cm crystals of smoky-quartz-amethyst are reported found.
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
'Stilbite Subgroup'
Formula: M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Amethyst
4.DA.05SiO2
var. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
var. Cleavelandite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
'Stilbite Subgroup'-M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
'Plagioclase'-(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
'K Feldspar'-
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
O BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
O CalciteCaCO3
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
O Albite var. CleavelanditeNa(AlSi3O8)
O Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
FFluorine
F BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
F FluoriteCaF2
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Na Albite var. CleavelanditeNa(AlSi3O8)
Na Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
MgMagnesium
Mg BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
Al Albite var. CleavelanditeNa(AlSi3O8)
Al Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
SiSilicon
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
Si BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
Si Albite var. CleavelanditeNa(AlSi3O8)
Si Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
SSulfur
S SphaleriteZnS
KPotassium
K BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
TiTitanium
Ti BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
FeIron
Fe BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveio
Wikidata ID:Q48518
GeoNames ID:3135136

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