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It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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São Jorge da Beira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugali
Regional Level Types
São Jorge da BeiraCivil Parish
CovilhãMunicipality
Castelo BrancoDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
São Jorge da Beira694 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
236330
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:236330:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
English:
São Jorge da Beira
French:
São Jorge da Beira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
German:
São Jorge da Beira, Covilhã, Distrikt Castelo Branco, Portugal
Portuguese:
São Jorge da Beira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Russian:
Сан-Жоржи-да-Бейра, Ковильян, Каштелу-Бранку, Португалия
Spanish:
São Jorge da Beira, Covilhã, Distrito de Castelo Branco, Portugal
Asturian:
São Jorge da Beira, Covilhã
Cebuano:
São Jorge da Beira, Covilhã , Distrito de Castelo Branco
Dutch:
São Jorge da Beira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Сан-Жоржи-да-Бейра
Kazakh (Latin Script):
San-Jorjï-da-Beýra
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
São Jorge da Beira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco Koān
Ukrainian:
Сан-Жорже-да-Бейра, Ковілян, Каштелу-Бранку, Португалія


Parish of Covilhã municipality.
Village which, until 1960, was called Cebola (Diário do Governo de 21.10-1960, I série nº245 sob o decreto nº 43.263).
The mine was registered many years before the village name change.

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Wikipedia:https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jorge_da_Beira
Wikidata ID:Q1024273
GeoNames ID:8014874

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