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It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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La Châtre, La Châtre, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, Francei
Regional Level Types
La ChâtreCommune
La ChâtreArrondissement
IndreDepartment
Centre-Val de LoireRegion
FranceCountry

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Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
La Châtre4,687 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
305949
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:305949:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
La Châtre, La Châtre, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
German:
La Châtre, Arrondissement La Châtre, Département Indre, Zentrum-Loiretal, Frankreich
Italian:
La Châtre, arrondissement di La Châtre, Indre, Centro, Francia
Russian:
Ла-Шатр, Ла-Шатр, Эндр, Центр, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
拉沙特尔, 拉沙特尔区, 安德尔省, 中央-卢瓦尔河谷, 法国
Spanish:
La Châtre, Distrito de La Châtre, Indre, Centro, Francia
Afrikaans:
La Châtre, Indre , Centre-Val de Loire, Frankryk
Aragonese:
La Châtre, Destrito de la Châtre, Indre, Centro, Francia
Asturian:
La Châtre, Centro-Valle de Loira, Francia
Bambara:
La Châtre, Faransi
Basque:
La Châtre, La Châtreko barrutia, Indre, Centre, Frantzia
Bavarian:
La Châtre, Arrondissement La Châtre, Département Indre, Frankreich
Breton:
La Châtre, arondisamant La Châtre, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
La Châtre, Districte de La Châtre, Indre, Centre – Vall del Loira, França
Cebuano:
La Châtre, Arrondissement de La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Pransiya
Chechen:
Ла-Шатр, Центр, Франци
Corsican:
La Châtre, Francia
Croatian:
La Châtre, Centre, Francuska
Czech:
La Châtre, Arrondissement La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Francie
Danish:
La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Frankrig
Dutch:
La Châtre, Arrondissement La Châtre, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
La Châtre, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankriek
Esperanto:
La Châtre, Indre, Centro, Francio
Estonian:
La Châtre, Indre'i departemang, Keskpiirkond, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
La Châtre, Frakland
Farsi/Persian:
لا شاتر, بخش لشتر, اندر, سانتر, فرانسه
Finnish:
La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
La Châtre, Indre, Çantre, France
Friulian:
La Châtre, France
Galician:
La Châtre, Indre, Centro, Francia
Greek:
Λα Σατρ, Διαμέρισμα του Λα Σατρ, Αντρ, Κεντρική Περιοχή, Γαλλία
Greenlandic:
La Châtre, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
La Châtre, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, Franciaország
Icelandic:
La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Frakkland
Ido:
La Châtre, Centro, Francia
Indonesian:
La Châtre, Arondisemen La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Perancis
Interlingua:
La Châtre, Departimento Indre, Region Centro, Francia
Interlingue:
La Châtre, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
La Châtre, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
La Châtre, Frans
Japanese:
ラ・シャトル, アンドル県, サントル, フランス
Kabyle:
La Châtre, Centre, Fransa
Kongo:
La Châtre, Indre, Fwalansa
Latin:
La Châtre, Andra, Centrum, Francia
Latvian:
Lašatra, Endra, Centrs-Valdeluāra, Francija
Ligurian:
La Châtre, Fransa
Limburgian:
La Châtre, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
La Châtre, Endras, Centras, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
La Châtre, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
La Châtre, Arrondissement La Châtre, Departement Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankräich
Macedonian:
Ла Шатр, Ендр, Центар-Долина на Лоара, Франција
Malagasy:
La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Frantsa
Malay:
La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Perancis
Minangkabau:
La Châtre, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
La Châtre, La Châtre Kūn, Indre, Région Centre, Hoat-kok
Narom:
La Châtre, Chente, France
Neapolitan:
La Châtre, Franza
Norwegian:
La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Frankrike
Occitan:
La Châtre, arrondiment de La Châtre, Indre, Centre, França
Papiamento:
La Châtre, Fransia
Picard:
La Châtre, Chinte-Val ed Loére, Franche
Piedmontese:
Châtre, Indre, Sènter, Fransa
Polish:
La Châtre, Okręg La Châtre, Indre, Region Centralny-Dolina Loary, Francja
Portuguese:
Châtre, Indre, Centro, França
Romanian:
La Châtre, Arondismentul La Châtre, Indre, Centru, Franța
Romansh:
La Châtre, Frantscha
Sardinian:
La Châtre, Frantza
Scots:
La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
La Châtre, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, An Fhraing
Serbian:
Шатр, Ендр, Centre-Val de Loire, Француска
Serbo-Croatian:
Châtre, Indre, Centre, Francuska
Sicilian:
La Châtre, Région Centre, Francia
Slovak:
La Châtre, La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Francúzsko
Slovenian:
La Châtre, Indre, Center, Francija
Swahili:
La Châtre, Indre, Mkoa wa Centre, Ufaransa
Swedish:
La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Frankrike
Traditional Chinese:
拉沙特爾, 安德爾, 中央-盧華爾山谷, 法國
Turkish:
La Châtre, Indre, Merkez, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Ла-Шатр, Ендр, Центр, Франція
Urdu:
لا شاٹرے, آندر, سانتر-وال دو لوار, فرانس
Uzbek (Latin Script):
La Châtre, Fransiya
Venetian:
La Châtre, Sentro, Fransa
Vietnamese:
La Châtre, La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Pháp
Volapük:
La Châtre, Indre, Fransän
Walloon:
La Châtre, France
Waray:
La Châtre, Indre, Butnga nga Rehiyon han Fransya, Fransya
Welsh:
La Châtre, Indre, Centre, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
La Châtre, Centre-Val de Loire, Vrankryk
Wolof:
La Châtre, Faraas
Zulu:
La Châtre, IFulansi


La Châtre is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

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3 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O QuartzSiO2
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S GalenaPbS
CaCalcium
Ca FluoriteCaF2
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

Fossils

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

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed190 Ma (Early Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed197 Ma (Early Jurassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Lobothyris sinemuriensis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Lobothyrididae : Lobothyris : Lobothyris sinemuriensis196.5 - 189.6 Ma
Early Jurassic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Ch%C3%A2tre
Wikidata ID:Q213313
GeoNames ID:6456860

Localities in this Region

  • Centre-Val de Loire

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
France

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