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Asten, Linz-Land District, Upper Austria, Austriai
Regional Level Types
AstenMunicipality
Linz-Land DistrictDistrict
Upper AustriaState
AustriaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Asten3,214 (2018)
Fisching2,033 (2018)
Raffelstetten1,013 (2018)
Ipfdorf353 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
237997
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:237997:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Asten, District de Linz-Land, Haute-Autriche, Autriche
German:
Asten, Linz-Land, Oberösterreich, Österreich
Italian:
Asten, distretto di Linz-Land, Alta Austria, Austria
Russian:
Астен, Линц, Верхняя Австрия, Австрия
Simplified Chinese:
阿施滕, 林茨兰县, 上奧地利州, 奥地利
Spanish:
Asten, Distrito de Linz, Estado de Alta Austria, Austria
Basque:
Asten, Austria Garaia, Austria
Bavarian:
Astn, Bezirk Linz-Laund, Obaöstareich, Östareich (Estareich)
Catalan:
Asten, Alta Àustria, Àustria
Cebuano:
Asten, Politischer Bezirk Linz-Land, Oberösterreich, Awstriya
Czech:
Asten, Okres Linec-venkov, Horní Rakousy, Rakousko
Dutch:
Asten, Linz-Land, Opper-Oostenrijk, Oostenrijk
Farsi/Persian:
آشتن , ناحیه لینتس لند, اوبراسترایش, اتریش
Hungarian:
Asten, Linzvidéki járás, Felső-Ausztria, Ausztria
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Астен, Аустрия
Norwegian:
Asten, Oberösterreich, Østerrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Asten, Linz-Land, Oberösterreich, Austerrike
Polish:
Asten, Powiat Linz-Land, Górna Austria, Austria
Portuguese:
Asten, Linz-Land, Alta Áustria, Áustria
Slovak:
Asten, Linz-vidiek, Horné Rakúsko, Rakúsko
Swedish:
Asten, Linz-Land, Oberösterreich, Österrike
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Asten, Linz-Land, Avstriya
Venetian:
Asten , Alta Àustria, Austria
Vietnamese:
Asten, Linz-Land, Oberösterreich, Áo
Volapük:
Asten, Lösterän
Waray:
Asten, Linz-Land, Uruigbaw nga Austria, Austrya


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Group 1 - Elements
Native Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Unclassified
'Braunspat'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S PyriteFeS2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
FeIron
Fe PyriteFeS2
AuGold
Au Native GoldAu

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asten,_Austria
Wikidata ID:Q679166
GeoNames ID:7873161

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