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Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France i
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Varen Commune
Montauban Arrondissement
Tarn-et-Garonne Department
Occitanie Region
France Country

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Varen	Commune
Montauban	Arrondissement
Tarn-et-Garonne	Department
Occitanie	Region
France	Country

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Aerial view of the Lexos limestone quarrying area, ca. 1960.

Cement works, Lexos, Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France

Aerial view of the Lexos limestone quarrying area, ca. 1960.

Cement works, Lexos, Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France

Aerial view of the Lexos limestone quarrying area, ca. 1960.

Cement works, Lexos, Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France

Neighbouring regions:

Saint-Martin-Laguépie, Albi, Tarn, Occitanie, France

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Laguépie, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France

Type:

Commune

Largest Settlements:

Place	Population
Varen	809 (2016)

Mindat Locality ID:

306097

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:306097:4

GUID (UUID V4):

Other Languages:

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French:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France

German:

Varen, Montauban, Département Tarn-et-Garonne, Okzitanien, Frankreich

Italian:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn e Garonna, Occitania, Francia

Simplified Chinese:

莱克索, 蒙托邦, 塔恩-加龙省, 奥克西塔尼大区, 法国

Spanish:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn y Garona, Occitania, Francia

Afrikaans:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Oksitanië, Frankryk

Aragonese:

Varen, Montalban, Tarn y Garona, Occitania, Francia

Asturian:

Varen, Montauban, Francia

Bambara:

Varen, Montauban, Faransi

Basque:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn eta Garona, Okzitania, Frantzia

Bavarian:

Varen, Montauban, Frankreich

Breton:

Varen, Montalban, Tarn-ha-Garona, Okitania, Bro-C'hall

Catalan:

Varenh, Montalban, Tarn i Garona, Occitània, França

Cebuano:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, Pransiya

Chechen:

Варан , Монтобан, Тарн а, Франци

Corsican:

Varen, Montauban, Francia

Croatian:

Varen, Montauban, Francuska

Czech:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Okcitánie, Francie

Danish:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, Frankrig

Dutch:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, Frankrijk

Dutch Low Saxon:

Varen, Montauban, Frankriek

Esperanto:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Okcitanio, Francio

Estonian:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Prantsusmaa

Faroese:

Varen, Montauban, Frakland

Farsi/Persian:

ورن، تارن-ا-گارون, مونتوبان, تارن-ا-گارون, اکسیتنی, فرانسه

Finnish:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Oksitania , Ranska

Franco-Provençal:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garona, France

Friulian:

Varen, Montauban, France

Galician:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitania, Francia

Greenlandic:

Varen, Montauban, Franskit Nunaat

Hungarian:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Franciaország

Icelandic:

Varen, Montauban, Frakkland

Ido:

Varen, Montauban, Francia

Indonesian:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Ositania, Perancis

Interlingua:

Varen, Montauban, Departimento Tarn-et-Garonne, Francia

Interlingue:

Varen, Montauban, Francia

Irish Gaelic:

Varen, Montauban, An Fhrainc

Jamaican Patois:

Varen, Montauban, Frans

Kabyle:

Varen, Montauban, Fransa

Kongo:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Fwalansa

Latin:

Varen, Mons Albanus, Tarnis et Garumna, Occitania, Francia

Latvian:

Varen, Montobāna, Tarna un Garonna, Francija

Ligurian:

Varen, Montauban, Fransa

Limburgian:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanië, Frankriek

Lithuanian:

Varen, Montobanas, Tarnas ir Garona, Oksitanija, Prancūzija

Low Saxon/Low German:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Frankriek

Luxembourgish:

Varen, Montauban, Departement Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, Frankräich

Malagasy:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Frantsa

Malay:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Perancis

Minangkabau:

Varen, Montauban, Parancih

Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:

Varen, Montauban Kūn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Hoat-kok

Narom:

Varen, Montauban, France

Neapolitan:

Varen, Montauban, Franza

Norwegian:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, Frankrike

Norwegian (Nynorsk):

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Frankrike

Occitan:

Varenh, Montalban, Tarn e Garona, Occitània, França

Papiamento:

Varen, Montauban, Fransia

Picard:

Varen, Montauban, Occitanie, Franche

Piedmontese:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Fransa

Polish:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn i Garonna, Oksytania, Francja

Portuguese:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitânia, França

Romanian:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitania, Franța

Romansh:

Varen, Montauban, Frantscha

Sardinian:

Varen, Montauban, Frantza

Scots:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, Fraunce

Scottish Gaelic:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, An Fhraing

Sicilian:

Varen, Montauban, Francia

Slovak:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitánia, Francúzsko

Swahili:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Ufaransa

Swedish:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanien, Frankrike

Turkish:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, Fransa

Ukrainian:

Варан, Монтобан, Тарн і Гаронна, Окситанія, Франція

Venetian:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Fransa

Vietnamese:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, Pháp

Volapük:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Loxitän, Fransän

Walloon:

Varen, Montauban, France

Waray:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, Fransya

Welsh:

Varen, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Ocsitania, Ffrainc

West Flemish:

Varen, Montauban, Occitanie, Vrankryk

Wolof:

Varen, Montauban, Faraas

Zulu:

Varen, Montauban, IFulansi

"(Coming from Lexos). Northeast of Montauban on the N20 until Caussade. Take the D926 until Septfonds. Take the D5, the D958 and finally the D115 at Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val [https://www.mindat.org/loc-156467.html]. Limestone outcrops with gypsum and limonite." [Belot, 1978]

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ⓘ Gypsum

ⓘ 'Limonite'

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Limestone

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Gypsum

Formula: CaSO₄ · 2H₂O

References:

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

ⓘ 'Limonite'

References:

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

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘ	Gypsum	7.CD.40	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Limonite'	-

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Gypsum	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Gypsum	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Gypsum	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Gypsum	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O

Fossils

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Other Databases

Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varen,_Tarn-et-Garonne
Wikidata ID:	Q1626397
GeoNames ID:	6612861

Localities in this Region

France

Occitanie
- Tarn-et-Garonne
  - Montauban
    - Varen
      - Lexos
        Cement works

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

Moldanubian BeltOrogenic Belt

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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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