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Plestin-les-Grèves, Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, Francei
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Plestin-les-GrèvesCommune
LannionArrondissement
Côtes-d'ArmorDepartment
BrittanyRegion
FranceCountry

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Andalusite, etc.

Mouth of the river Douron, Plestin-les-Grèves, Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France
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Andalusite, etc.

Mouth of the river Douron, Plestin-les-Grèves, Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France
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Andalusite, etc.

Mouth of the river Douron, Plestin-les-Grèves, Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France
Neighbouring regions:
Tréduder, Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France
Plouégat-Guérand, Morlaix, Finistère, Brittany, France
Guimaëc, Morlaix, Finistère, Brittany, France
Plufur, Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France
Trémel, Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France
Type:
Commune
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Plestin-les-Grèves3,700 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
297955
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:297955:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France
German:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Arrondissement Lannion, Département Côtes-d’Armor, Bretagne, Frankreich
Italian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, arrondissement di Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagna, Francia
Russian:
Плестен-ле-Грев, Ланьон, Кот-д’Армор, Бретань, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
普莱斯坦莱格雷韦, 兰尼昂区, 阿摩尔滨海省, 布列塔尼半岛, 法国
Spanish:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Distrito de Lannion, Costas de Armor, Bretón, Francia
Afrikaans:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Frankryk
Aragonese:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Destrito de Lannuon, Costas d'Armor, Bretanya, Francia
Asturian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Bretaña, Francia
Bambara:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Faransi
Basque:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Lanniongo barrutia, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretainia, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Arrondissement Lannion, Département Côtes-d’Armor, Bretagne, Frankreich
Breton:
Plistin, Lannuon, Aodoù-an-Arvor, Breizh, Bro-C'hall
Buginese:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Perancis
Catalan:
Plestin-les-Grèves, districte de Lannion, Costes d'Armor, Bretanya, França
Cebuano:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Arrondissement de Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Pransiya
Chechen:
Плестен-ле-Грев, Ланьон , Кот-д’Армор, Бретань, Франци
Corsican:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Francia
Croatian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Bretanja, Francuska
Czech:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Arrondissement Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretaň, Francie
Danish:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Frankrig
Dutch:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Arrondissement Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretonio, Francio
Estonian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armori departemang, Bretagne, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Frakland
Finnish:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Coutes-d’Armor, Bretagne, France
Friulian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, France
Galician:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretaña, Francia
Greenlandic:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d’Armor, Bretagne, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretanía, Frakkland
Ido:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Bretonia, Francia
Indonesian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Arondisemen Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Perancis
Interlingua:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Departimento Cotes-d'Armor, Region Britannia, Francia
Interlingue:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Plestin-les-Grèves, An Bhriotáin, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Frans
Kabyle:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Bretagne, Fransa
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Плестен-ле-Грев, Кот-д’Армор, Франция
Kongo:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Fwalansa
Latin:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Litora ad Mare, Britannia Minor, Francia
Latvian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Kotdarmora, Bretaņa, Francija
Ligurian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Fransa
Limburgian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Kot d'Armoras, Bretanė, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Arrondissement Lannion, Departement Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Frantsa
Malay:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Lannion Kūn, Côtes-d'Armor, Région Bretagne, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Brétangne, France
Neapolitan:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Franza
Norwegian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Frankrike
Occitan:
Plestin-les-Grèves, arrondiment de Lannuon, Còstas d'Arvòr, Bretanha, França
Papiamento:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Fransia
Picard:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Franche
Piedmontese:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Brëtagna, Fransa
Polish:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Okręg Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretania, Francja
Portuguese:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretanha, França
Romanian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Arondismentul Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretania, Franța
Romansh:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Bretagna, Frantza
Scots:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Breetany, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Aodoù-an-Arvor, An Fhraing
Sicilian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Britagna, Francia
Slovak:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Lannion, Côtes-d’Armor, Bretónsko, Francúzsko
Slovenian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretanja, Francija
Swahili:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Frankrike
Traditional Chinese:
普萊斯坦萊格雷韋, 阿摩爾濱海, 布禮斯大區, 法國
Turkish:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretonya, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Плестен-ле-Грев, Кот-д'Армор, Бретань, Франція
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Plestin-les-Grèves, Bretan, Fransiya
Venetian:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagna, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Pháp
Volapük:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Fransän
Walloon:
Plestin-les-Grèves, France
Waray:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, Fransya
Welsh:
Plistin, Aodoù-an-Arvor, Bretagne, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Bretagne, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Plestin-les-Grèves, Faraas
Zulu:
Plestin-les-Grèves, IFulansi


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34 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Actinolite
Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
ⓘ Anatase
Formula: TiO2
ⓘ Andalusite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
ⓘ Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
ⓘ Azurite
Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
ⓘ Bismuth
Formula: Bi
ⓘ Bornite
Formula: Cu5FeS4
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Cassiterite
Formula: SnO2
ⓘ Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
ⓘ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'
ⓘ Covellite
Formula: CuS
ⓘ Cubanite
Formula: CuFe2S3
ⓘ Digenite
Formula: Cu9S5
ⓘ Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘ Galena
Formula: PbS
ⓘ Gold
Formula: Au
ⓘ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
ⓘ Hessite
Formula: Ag2Te
ⓘ Idaite
Formula: Cu5FeS6
ⓘ Mackinawite
Formula: FeS
✪ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Habit: Octaedric xl
Colour: Black
ⓘ Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
ⓘ Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Rutile
Formula: TiO2
ⓘ Scorodite
Formula: Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
ⓘ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
ⓘ Stannite
Formula: Cu2FeSnS4
ⓘ Tellurium
Formula: Te
ⓘ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘGold1.AA.05Au
ⓘBismuth1.CA.05Bi
ⓘTellurium1.CC.10Te
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘChalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
ⓘDigenite2.BA.10Cu9S5
ⓘBornite2.BA.15Cu5FeS4
ⓘHessite2.BA.60Ag2Te
ⓘCovellite2.CA.05aCuS
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘIdaite2.CB.15aCu5FeS6
ⓘStannite2.CB.15aCu2FeSnS4
ⓘCubanite2.CB.55aCuFe2S3
ⓘPyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
ⓘMackinawite2.CC.25FeS
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘMolybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘMarcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
ⓘArsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘCassiterite4.DB.05SnO2
ⓘRutile4.DB.05TiO2
ⓘAnatase4.DD.05TiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘAzurite5.BA.05Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
ⓘMalachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘScorodite8.CD.10Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
ⓘAndalusite9.AF.10Al2(SiO4)O
ⓘEpidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘActinolite9.DE.10◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Chlorite Group'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Hⓘ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Hⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Hⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Hⓘ ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
CCarbon
Cⓘ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Cⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Oⓘ AnataseTiO2
Oⓘ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Oⓘ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
Oⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ RutileTiO2
Oⓘ ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Alⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Siⓘ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Siⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
SSulfur
Sⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sⓘ BorniteCu5FeS4
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ ChalcociteCu2S
Sⓘ CovelliteCuS
Sⓘ CubaniteCuFe2S3
Sⓘ DigeniteCu9S5
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ IdaiteCu5FeS6
Sⓘ MackinawiteFeS
Sⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Sⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
Sⓘ StanniteCu2FeSnS4
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ AnataseTiO2
Tiⓘ RutileTiO2
FeIron
Feⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Feⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Feⓘ BorniteCu5FeS4
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ CubaniteCuFe2S3
Feⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ IdaiteCu5FeS6
Feⓘ MackinawiteFeS
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Feⓘ ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
Feⓘ StanniteCu2FeSnS4
CuCopper
Cuⓘ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cuⓘ BorniteCu5FeS4
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cuⓘ ChalcociteCu2S
Cuⓘ CovelliteCuS
Cuⓘ CubaniteCuFe2S3
Cuⓘ DigeniteCu9S5
Cuⓘ IdaiteCu5FeS6
Cuⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Cuⓘ StanniteCu2FeSnS4
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
Asⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Asⓘ ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
MoMolybdenum
Moⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
AgSilver
Agⓘ HessiteAg2Te
SnTin
Snⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
Snⓘ StanniteCu2FeSnS4
TeTellurium
Teⓘ HessiteAg2Te
Teⓘ TelluriumTe
AuGold
Auⓘ GoldAu
PbLead
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS
BiBismuth
Biⓘ BismuthBi

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plestin-les-Gr%C3%A8ves
Wikidata ID:Q864086
GeoNames ID:6612337

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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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