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Ploumoguer, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, Francei
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PloumoguerCommune
BrestArrondissement
FinistèreDepartment
BrittanyRegion
FranceCountry

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Porsmoguer Cove

Kerhornou, Ploumoguer, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Kerhornou

Kerhornou, Ploumoguer, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Illien Beach

Illien, Ploumoguer, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Porsmoguer Cove

Kerhornou, Ploumoguer, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Kerhornou

Kerhornou, Ploumoguer, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Illien Beach

Illien, Ploumoguer, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Porsmoguer Cove

Kerhornou, Ploumoguer, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Kerhornou

Kerhornou, Ploumoguer, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
Neighbouring regions:
Trébabu, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
Plouarzel, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
Le Conquet, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
Locmaria-Plouzané, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
Plouzané, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
Plougonvelin, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
Saint-Renan, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
Type:
Commune
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Ploumoguer1,726 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
290054
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:290054:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Ploumoguer, Brest, Finistère, Bretagne, France
German:
Ploumoguer, Arrondissement Brest, Département Finistère, Bretagne, Frankreich
Italian:
Ploumoguer, arrondissement di Brest, Finistère, Bretagna, Francia
Simplified Chinese:
普卢莫盖, 布雷斯特, 菲尼斯泰尔省, 布列塔尼半岛, 法国
Spanish:
Ploumoguer, distrito de Brest, Finisterre, Bretón, Francia
Afrikaans:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankryk
Alemannic:
Ploumoguer, Arrondissement Brest, Département Finistère, Bretagne, Frankreich
Aragonese:
Ploumoguer, Destrito de Brest, Finisterre, Bretanya, Francia
Asturian:
Ploumoguer, Bretaña, Francia
Bambara:
Ploumoguer, Faransi
Basque:
Ploumoguer, Bresteko barrutia, Finistère, Bretainia, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Ploumoguer, Département Finistère, Bretagne, Frankreich
Breton:
Plonger, Brest, Penn-ar-Bed, Breizh, Bro-C'hall
Buginese:
Ploumoguer, Perancis
Catalan:
Ploñger, Districte de Brest, Finisterre, Bretanya, França
Cebuano:
Ploumoguer, Arrondissement de Brest, Finistère, Bretagne, Pransiya
Chechen:
Плумоге, Бретань, Франци
Corsican:
Ploumoguer, Francia
Croatian:
Ploumoguer, Bretanja, Francuska
Czech:
Ploumoguer, Arrondissement Brest, Finistère, Bretaň, Francie
Danish:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrig
Dutch:
Ploumoguer, Arrondissement Brest, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Ploumoguer, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretonio, Francio
Estonian:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretagne, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Ploumoguer, Frakland
Finnish:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretagne, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Ploumoguer, Finistèro, Bretagne, France
Friulian:
Ploumoguer, France
Galician:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretaña, Francia
Greenlandic:
Ploumoguer, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretagne, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretanía, Frakkland
Ido:
Ploumoguer, Bretonia, Francia
Indonesian:
Ploumoguer, Arondisemen Brest, Finistère, Bretagne, Perancis
Interlingua:
Ploumoguer, Departimento Finistere, Region Britannia, Francia
Interlingue:
Ploumoguer, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Ploumoguer, Penn-ar-Bed, An Bhriotáin, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Ploumoguer, Frans
Japanese:
プルモゲール, ブレスト, フィニステール県, ブルターニュ, フランス
Kabyle:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretagne, Fransa
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Плумоге, Брест, Финистер, Франция
Kongo:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Fwalansa
Latin:
Ploumoguer, Brestia, Finis Terrae, Britannia Minor, Francia
Latvian:
Ploumoguer, Bresta, Finistēra, Bretaņa, Francija
Ligurian:
Ploumoguer, Fransa
Limburgian:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Ploumoguer, Brestas, Finisteras, Bretanė, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Ploumoguer, Arrondissement Brest, Departement Finistère, Bretagne, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Frantsa
Malay:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretagne, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Ploumoguer, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Ploumoguer, Brest Kūn, Finistère, Région Bretagne, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Ploumoguer, Brétangne, France
Neapolitan:
Ploumoguer, Franza
Norwegian:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrike
Occitan:
Plonger, Brèst, Finistèrra, Bretanha, França
Papiamento:
Ploumoguer, Fransia
Picard:
Ploumoguer, Franche
Piedmontese:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Brëtagna, Fransa
Polish:
Ploumoguer, Okręg Brest, Finistère, Bretania, Francja
Portuguese:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretanha, França
Romanian:
Ploumoguer, Arondismentul Brest, Finistère, Bretania, Franța
Romansh:
Ploumoguer, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Ploumoguer, Bretagna, Frantza
Scots:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Breetany, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Ploumoguer, Penn-ar-Bed, An Fhraing
Sicilian:
Ploumoguer, Britagna, Francia
Slovak:
Ploumoguer, Brest, Finistère, Bretónsko, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretagne, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrike
Traditional Chinese:
普盧莫蓋, 菲尼斯泰爾, 布禮斯大區, 法國
Turkish:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretonya, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Плумоге, Брест, Фіністер, Бретань, Франція
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Ploumoguer, Bretan, Fransiya
Venetian:
Ploumoguer, Bretagna, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Ploumoguer, Brest, Finistère, Bretagne, Pháp
Volapük:
Ploumoguer, Fransän
Walloon:
Ploumoguer, France
Waray:
Ploumoguer, Finistère, Bretagne, Fransya
Welsh:
Plonger, arondisamant Brest, Penn-ar-Bed, Bretagne, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Ploumoguer, Bretagne, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Ploumoguer, Faraas
Zulu:
Ploumoguer, IFulansi


"From Plouarzel follow the D28 south. A few hundred meters north of the town there is a quarry with arsenopyrite, covellite, pyrrhotite, scheelite, and tourmaline." [Belot, 1978]

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Mineral List

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

10 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Andalusite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
ⓘ Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
ⓘ Cassiterite
Formula: SnO2
ⓘ Covellite
Formula: CuS
ⓘ Microcline
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
ⓘ Pigeonite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘ 'Plagioclase'
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
ⓘ Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Scheelite
Formula: Ca(WO4)
ⓘ Sillimanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
ⓘ 'Tourmaline'
Formula: AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘCovellite2.CA.05aCuS
ⓘPyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
ⓘArsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘCassiterite4.DB.05SnO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘScheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘSillimanite9.AF.05Al2(SiO4)O
ⓘAndalusite9.AF.10Al2(SiO4)O
ⓘPigeonite9.DA.10(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘMicrocline9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Tourmaline'-AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
ⓘ'Plagioclase'-(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8

List of minerals for each chemical element

BBoron
Bⓘ TourmalineAD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
OOxygen
Oⓘ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Oⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
Oⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ Pigeonite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
Oⓘ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Oⓘ TourmalineAD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Oⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
NaSodium
Naⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Pigeonite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Alⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Alⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Siⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ Pigeonite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Siⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
SSulfur
Sⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sⓘ CovelliteCuS
Sⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
KPotassium
Kⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Pigeonite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Caⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
Caⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
FeIron
Feⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Feⓘ Pigeonite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Feⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
CuCopper
Cuⓘ CovelliteCuS
AsArsenic
Asⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
SnTin
Snⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
WTungsten
Wⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ploumoguer
Wikidata ID:Q210696
GeoNames ID:6431009

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References

Belot, Victor R. (1978) Guide des minéraux, coquillages et fossiles: où les trouver en France, comment les reconnaître et les collectionner. Guides Horay.
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