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Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germanyi
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SchottenTown
VogelsbergkreisDistrict
Giessen RegionRegion
HesseCity-State
GermanyCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Schotten11,566 (2015)
Mindat Locality ID:
232140
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:232140:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Schotten, Arrondissement de Vogelsberg, Giessen, Hesse, Allemagne
German:
Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Deutschland
Italian:
Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Distretto governativo di Gießen, Assia, Germania
Russian:
Шоттен, Фогельсберг, Гиссен, Гессен, Германия
Simplified Chinese:
绍滕, 福格尔斯贝格县, 吉森行政区, 黑森, 德国
Spanish:
Schotten, Distrito de Vogelsberg, Región de Gießen, Hesse, Alemania
Afrikaans:
Schotten, Hesse, Duitsland
Arabic:
شتن, هسن, ألمانيا
Aragonese:
Schotten, Hesse, Alemanya
Asturian:
Schotten, Hessen, Alemaña
Basque:
Schotten, Gießen, Hessen, Alemania
Bavarian:
Schotten, Hessn, Deitschland
Breton:
Schotten, Hessen, Alamagn
Catalan:
Schotten, Regió de Gießen, Hessen, Alemanya
Cebuano:
Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Alemanya
Chechen:
Шоттен, Гессен, Германи
Corsican:
Schotten, Assia, Germania
Croatian:
Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Njemačka
Czech:
Schotten, Vládní obvod Gießen, Hesensko, Německo
Danish:
Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Tyskland
Dutch:
Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Duitsland
Dutch Low Saxon:
Schotten, Hessen, Duutslaand
Egyptian Arabic:
شتن, المانيا
Esperanto:
Schotten, Distrikto Vogelsberg, Distriktaro Gießen, Hesio, Germanio
Estonian:
Schotten, Gießeni ringkond, Hessen, Saksamaa
Farsi/Persian:
شتن, فگلسبرگکرایس, گیسن, هسن, آلمان
Finnish:
Schotten, Gießenin hallintopiiri, Hessen, Saksa
Franco-Provençal:
Schotten, Hesse, Alemagne
Friulian:
Schotten, Assie, Gjermanie
Galician:
Schotten, Rexión de Gießen, Hessen, Alemaña
Hebrew:
שוטן, הסן, גרמניה
Hungarian:
Schotten, Hessen, Németország
Icelandic:
Schotten, Hessen, Þýskaland
Ido:
Schotten, Hesia, Germania
Indonesian:
Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Jerman
Interlingua:
Schotten, Hessen, Germania
Interlingue:
Schotten, Hesse, Germania
Irish Gaelic:
Schotten, Hessen, An Ghearmáin
Japanese:
ショッテン, フォーゲルスベルク郡, ギーセン県, ヘッセン州, ドイツ
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Шоттен, Фогельсберг, Гессен, Германия
Kongo:
Schotten, Hessen, Alemanyi
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Schotten, Hessen, Almanya
Ligurian:
Schotten, Assia, Germania
Limburgian:
Schotten, Hesse, Duitsland
Low Saxon/Low German:
Schotten, Regerungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Düütschland
Luxembourgish:
Schotten, Regierungsbezierk Gießen, Hessen, Däitschland
Malagasy:
Schotten, Alemaina
Malay:
Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Hesse, Jerman
Minangkabau:
Schotten, Jerman
Narom:
Schotten, Hesse, Allemangne
Neapolitan:
Schotten, Assia, Germania
Norwegian:
Schotten, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Tyskland
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Schotten, Regionen Gießen, Hessen, Tyskland
Occitan:
Schotten, Èssa, Alemanha
Picard:
Schotten, Alemanne
Piedmontese:
Schotten, Assia, Almagna
Polish:
Schotten, Powiat Vogelsberg, Rejencja Gießen, Hesja, Niemcy
Portuguese:
Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Gießen, Hesse, Alemanha
Romanian:
Schotten, Districtul Vogelsbergkreis, Gießen, Hessa, Germania
Romansh:
Schotten, Hessen, Germania
Sardinian:
Schotten, Germania
Scots:
Schotten, Hesse, Germany
Scottish Gaelic:
Schotten, Hessen, A' Ghearmailt
Serbian:
Шотен, Хесен, Њемачка
Serbo-Croatian:
Šoten, Hessen, Njemačka
Sicilian:
Schotten, Hessen, Girmania
Slovak:
Schotten, Gießen, Hesensko, Nemecko
Slovenian:
Schotten, Hessen, Nemčija
South Azerbaijani:
شتن, هسن, آلمان
Swahili:
Schotten, Hesse, Ujerumani
Swedish:
Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Tyskland
Tatar:
Шоттен, Hessen, Алмания
Turkish:
Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Almanya
Ukrainian:
Шоттен, Фогельсберг, Гіссен, Гессен, Німеччина
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Germaniya
Venetian:
Schotten, Gießen, Assia, Germania
Vietnamese:
Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Đức
Volapük:
Schotten, Hesän, Deutän
Walloon:
Schotten, Almagne
Waray:
Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Alemanya
Welsh:
Schotten, Hessen, Yr Almaen
West Flemish:
Schotten, Hessen, Duutsland
Wolof:
Schotten, Almaañ
Zulu:
Schotten, IJalimani


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2 valid minerals.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
Montmorillonite9.EC.40(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Offretite9.GD.25KCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
Unclassified
'Chabazite'-
'Phillipsite Subgroup'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
H OffretiteKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
OOxygen
O Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
O OffretiteKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
NaSodium
Na Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
MgMagnesium
Mg Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Mg OffretiteKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
AlAluminium
Al Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Al OffretiteKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
SiSilicon
Si Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Si OffretiteKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
KPotassium
K OffretiteKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
CaCalcium
Ca Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Ca OffretiteKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schotten
Wikidata ID:Q26368
GeoNames ID:6557806

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