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Sterling County, Texas, USAi
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Sterling CountyCounty
TexasState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Sterling City1,049 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
273620
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:273620:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
comté de Sterling, Texas, États-Unis
German:
Sterling County, Texas, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Sterling, Texas, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Стерлинг, Техас, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
斯特靈縣, 德克萨斯州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Sterling, Texas, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Sterling County, Texas, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة ستيرلنغ , تكساس, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Ստեռլինգ շրջան, Տեխաս, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Sterling konderria , Texas
Bavarian:
Sterling County, Texas, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
স্টের্লিং কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Стърлинг, Тексас, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Sterling County, Texas
Czech:
Sterling County, Texas, Spojené státy americké
Dutch:
Sterling County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
Estonian:
Sterlingi maakond, Texas, Ameerika Ühendriigid
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان استرلینگ، تگزاس, تگزاس, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
სტერლინგის ოლქი, ტეხასი, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hungarian:
Sterling megye, Texas, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Irish Gaelic:
Contae Sterling, Texas, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Japanese:
スターリング郡, テキサス州, アメリカ合衆国
Latin:
Sterling Comitatus, Texia, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Sterling County, Texas, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Sterling Gông, Texas
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Sterling Kūn
Norwegian:
Sterling County, Texas, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Sterling, Teksas, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Sterling, Texas, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Sterling, Texas, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Sterling, Texas, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Scottish Gaelic:
Sterling County, Texas, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Округ Стерлинг, Тексас, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Sterling County, Texas, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Sterling County, Texas, USA
Traditional Chinese:
斯特靈縣, 德薩斯州, 美國
Turkish:
Sterling, Teksas, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Стерлінг, Техас, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
سٹرلنگ کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس, ٹیکساس, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Sterling, Texas, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Sterling, Texas, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
سٹرلنگ کاؤنٹی, ٹیکساس, امریکہ


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1 valid mineral.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
Halite3.AA.20NaCl

List of minerals for each chemical element

NaSodium
Na HaliteNaCl
ClChlorine
Cl HaliteNaCl

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed209 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed228 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Dockum - Colorado City1228 - 208.5 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Angistorhinus alticephalus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Thecodontia : Parasuchidae : Angistorhinus : Angistorhinus alticephalus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_County,_Texas
Wikidata ID:Q156618
GeoNames ID:5531748


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