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Capileira, Granada, Andalusia, Spaini
Regional Level Types
CapileiraMunicipality
GranadaProvince
AndalusiaAutonomous Community
SpainCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Capileira585 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
288060
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:288060:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Capileira, Grenade, Andalousie, Espagne
German:
Capileira, Provinz Granada, Andalusien, Spanien
Italian:
Capileira, provincia di Granada, Andalusia, Spagna
Russian:
Капилейра, Гранада, Андалусия, Испания
Simplified Chinese:
卡皮莱拉, 格拉納達省, 安達盧西亞, 西班牙
Spanish:
Capileira, provincia de Granada, Andalucía, España
Albanian:
Capileira, Provinca Granada, Andaluzia, Spanja
Arabic:
كابيليرا, غرناطة, أندلوسيا, إسبانيا
Armenian:
Կապիլեյրա, Գրանադա, Անդալուզիա, Իսպանիա
Asturian:
Capileira, Provincia de Granada, Andalucía, España
Basque:
Capileira, Granadako probintzia, Andaluzia, Espainia
Catalan:
Capileira, Granada, Andalusia, Espanya
Cebuano:
Capileira , Provincia de Granada, Andalucía, Espanya
Dutch:
Capileira, Granada, Andalusië, Spanje
Esperanto:
Capileira, Granado, Andaluzio, Hispanio
Farsi/Persian:
کاپیلیرا, استان گرانادا, اندلس, اسپانیا
Haitian:
Capileira , Andalouzi, Espay
Hungarian:
Capileira, Granada, Andalúzia, Spanyolország
Japanese:
カピレイラ, グラナダ県, アンダルシア州, スペイン
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Капилейра, Гранада, Андалусия (Испания автономиясы), Испания
Malay:
Capileira, Wilayah Granada, Andalusia, Sepanyol
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Capileira, Granada Séng, Andalucía, Se-pan-gâ
Occitan:
Capileira, Granada, Andalosia, Espanha
Polish:
Capileira, Grenada, Andaluzja, Hiszpania
Portuguese:
Capileira, Granada, Andaluzia, Espanha
South Azerbaijani:
کاپیلیرا, قرانادا اوستانی, ایسپانیا
Swedish:
Capileira, Granada, Andalusien, Spanien
Traditional Chinese:
卡皮萊拉, 格蘭納達省, 安達盧西亞, 西班牙
Turkish:
Capileira, Granada ili, Endülüs (özerk topluluk), İspanya
Ukrainian:
Капілейра, Гранада, Андалусія, Іспанія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Capileira, Granada, Andalusiya, Ispaniya
Vietnamese:
Capileira, Granada, Andalucía, Tây Ban Nha
Waray:
Capileira, Provincia de Granada, Andalucía, Espanya
Zazaki:
Capileira, Granada , Endulus, İspanya


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8 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'2.GB.05Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
Chalcostibite2.HA.05CuSbS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 9 - Silicates
Almandine9.AD.25Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
C SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
O AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O SideriteFeCO3
AlAluminium
Al AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
SiSilicon
Si AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S ChalcostibiteCuSbS2
S PyriteFeS2
S Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
FeIron
Fe AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe SideriteFeCO3
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu ChalcostibiteCuSbS2
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Cu Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
SbAntimony
Sb ChalcostibiteCuSbS2
Sb Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capileira
Wikidata ID:Q555140
GeoNames ID:6357674

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