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Brown County, Nebraska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Brown County | County |
| Nebraska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Other Languages:
French:
comté de Brown, Nebraska, États-Unis
German:
Brown County, Nebraska, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Brown, Nebraska, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Браун, Небраска, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
布朗縣, 內布拉斯加州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Brown, Nebraska, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Brown County, Nebraska, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة براون, نبراسكا, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Բրաուն շրջան, Նեբրասկա, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Brown konderria , Nebraska
Bavarian:
Brown County, Nebraska, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
ব্রাউন কাউন্টি, নেব্রাস্কা, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Браун, Небраска, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Brown County , Nebraska
Dutch:
Brown County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان براون، نبراسکا, نبراسکا, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
ბრაუნის ოლქი, ნებრასკა, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hungarian:
Brown megye, Nebraska, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
ブラウン郡, ネブラスカ州, アメリカ合衆国
Low Saxon/Low German:
Brown County, Nebraska, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Brown Gông, Nebraska
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Brown Kūn
Norwegian:
Brown County, Nebraska, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Brown, Nebraska, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Brown, Nebraska, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Brown, Nebraska, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Brown, Nebraska, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Scottish Gaelic:
Brown County, Nebraska, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Округ Браун, Небраска, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Brown County, Nebraska, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Brown County, Nebraska, USA
Traditional Chinese:
布朗縣, 內布拉斯加州, 美國
Turkish:
Brown, Nebraska, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Браун, Небраска, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
براؤن کاؤنٹی، نیبراسکا, نیبراسکا, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Brown, Nebraska, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Brown, Nebraska, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
براؤن کاؤنٹی،نیبراسکا, نیبراسکا, امریکہ
Brown County is in north-central Nebraska, bounded on the north by the Niobrara River. The county seat is Ainsworth. Virtually all of the county is covered by vegetated sand dunes (Sandhills Region).
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| ⓘ Opal Formula: SiO2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ Vivianite Formula: Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O Description: Found associated with tusks of fossil elephants. Erroneously identified as turquoise. |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Opal | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Vivianite | 8.CE.40 | Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| H | ⓘ Vivianite | Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Vivianite | Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Vivianite | Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Vivianite | Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
Fossils
There are 6 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_County,_Nebraska |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q485239 |
| GeoNames ID: | 5064663 |
Localities in this Region
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To cite: Ralph, J., Von Bargen, D., Martynov, P., Zhang, J., Que, X., Prabhu, A., Morrison, S. M., Li, W., Chen, W., & Ma, X. (2025). Mindat.org: The open access mineralogy database to accelerate data-intensive geoscience research. American Mineralogist, 110(6), 833–844. doi:10.2138/am-2024-9486.
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Brown County, Nebraska, USA