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Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Brittany, Francei
Regional Level Types
DouarnenezCommune
QuimperArrondissement
FinistèreDepartment
BrittanyRegion
FranceCountry

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Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Douarnenez16,590 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
270143
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:270143:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, France
German:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Département Finistère, Bretagne, Frankreich
Italian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagna, Francia
Russian:
Дуарнене, Кемпер, Финистер, Бретань, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
杜瓦讷内, 坎佩尔, 菲尼斯泰尔省, 布列塔尼半岛, 法国
Spanish:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finisterre, Bretón, Francia
Afrikaans:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankryk
Alemannic:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Département Finistère, Bretagne, Frankreich
Aragonese:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finisterre, Bretanya, Francia
Armenian:
Դուարնենե, Կեմպեր, Ֆինիստեր, Բրետան, Ֆրանսիա
Asturian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Bretaña, Francia
Bambara:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Faransi
Basque:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretainia, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Département Finistère, Bretagne, Frankreich
Breton:
Douarnenez, Kemper, Penn-ar-Bed, Breizh, Bro-C'hall
Buginese:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Perancis
Catalan:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finisterre, Bretanya, França
Cebuano:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Pransiya
Chechen:
Дуарнене, Кемпер, Бретань, Франци
Corsican:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Francia
Croatian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Bretanja, Francuska
Czech:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretaň, Francie
Danish:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrig
Dutch:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretonio, Francio
Estonian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Frakland
Farsi/Persian:
دوارننه, کمپر, فینیستر, برتاین , فرانسه
Finnish:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistèro, Bretagne, France
Friulian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, France
Galician:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretaña, Francia
Georgian:
დუარნენე, კემპერი, ფინისტერი, ბრეტანი, საფრანგეთი
Greek:
Ντουαρνενέ, Καμπέρ, Φινιστέρ, Βρετάνη, Γαλλία
Greenlandic:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretanía, Frakkland
Ido:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Bretonia, Francia
Indonesian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Perancis
Interlingua:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Departimento Finistere, Region Britannia, Francia
Interlingue:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Douarnenez, Kemper, Penn-ar-Bed, An Bhriotáin, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Frans
Japanese:
ドゥアルヌネ, カンペール, フィニステール県, ブルターニュ, フランス
Kabyle:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Fransa
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Дуарнене, Финистер, Франция
Kongo:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Fwalansa
Latin:
Dovarnena, Coriosopitum, Finis Terrae, Britannia Minor, Francia
Latvian:
Douarnenez, Kempēra, Finistēra, Bretaņa, Francija
Ligurian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Fransa
Limburgian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finisteras, Bretanė, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Departement Finistère, Bretagne, Frankräich
Macedonian:
Дуарнене, Кемпер, Финистер, Бретања, Франција
Malagasy:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Frantsa
Malay:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Perancis
Manx:
Douarnenez, Kemper, Penn-ar-Bed, Yn Vritaan, Yn Rank
Minangkabau:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Région Bretagne, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Douarnenez, Tchîmpèr, Brétangne, France
Neapolitan:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Franza
Norwegian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrike
Occitan:
Douarnenez, Kemper, Finistèrra, Bretanha, França
Papiamento:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Fransia
Picard:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Franche
Piedmontese:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Brëtagna, Fransa
Polish:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretania, Francja
Portuguese:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretanha, França
Romanian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretania, Franța
Romansh:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Bretagna, Frantza
Scots:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Breetany, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Douarnenez, Kemper, Penn-ar-Bed, An Fhraing
Serbian:
Дуарненез, Кемпер, Финистер, Бретања, Француска
Serbo-Croatian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretanja, Francuska
Sicilian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Britagna, Francia
Slovak:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretónsko, Francúzsko
Slovenian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretanja, Francija
Swahili:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrike
Traditional Chinese:
杜阿爾納納, 金貝, 菲尼斯泰爾, 布禮斯大區, 法國
Turkish:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretonya, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Дуарнене, Кемпер, Фіністер, Бретань, Франція
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Douarnenez, Quimper, Bretan, Fransiya
Venetian:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Bretagna, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Pháp
Volapük:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Fransän
Walloon:
Douarnenez, Quimper, France
Waray:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Finistère, Bretagne, Fransya
Welsh:
Douarnenez, Kemper, Penn-ar-Bed, Bretagne, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Bretagne, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Douarnenez, Quimper, Faraas
Zulu:
Douarnenez, Quimper, IFulansi


"It is said that one can collect gold in flakes and grains from the sands at the Plage du Ris." [Belot, 1978]

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

3 valid minerals.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
var. Titanium-bearing Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
Group 9 - Silicates
Sanidine9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
O Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
AlAluminium
Al SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
SiSilicon
Si SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
KPotassium
K SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
TiTitanium
Ti Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
FeIron
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
AuGold
Au Native GoldAu

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douarnenez
Wikidata ID:Q240189
GeoNames ID:6614518

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