Vote for your favorite mineral in #MinCup26! - Quartz vs. Asagiite
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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Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norwayi
Regional Level Types
SandøyMunicipality (Former)
ÅlesundMunicipality
Møre og RomsdalCounty
NorwayCountry

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Type:
Municipality (Former) - last checked 2020
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Steinshamn475 (2014)
Myklebust454 (2013)
Mindat Locality ID:
312249
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:312249:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norvège
German:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norwegen
Italian:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norvegia
Norwegian:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norge
Russian:
Саннёй, Олесунн, Мёре-ог-Ромсдал, Норвегия
Simplified Chinese:
桑島, 奥勒松, 默勒-鲁姆斯达尔郡, 挪威
Spanish:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Noruega
Albanian:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norvegjia
Asturian:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Noruega
Basque:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norvegia
Bavarian:
Sandøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norwegn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
সান্ডায়, অলেসুন্ড, মারে ওগ রোম্সডাল, নরৱে
Catalan:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Noruega
Cebuano:
Sandøy , Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal fylke, Norway
Danish:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norge
Dutch:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Noorwegen
Esperanto:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norvegio
Farsi/Persian:
ساندوی, السوند, مور او رومسدال, نروژ
Finnish:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møren ja Romsdalin lääni, Norja
Indonesian:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norwegia
Japanese:
サンドイ, オーレスン, ムーレ・オ・ロムスダール県, ノルウェー
Javanese:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Norwégia
Korean:
산되위, 올레순, 뫼레오그롬스달주, 노르웨이
Latin:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norvegia
Limburgian:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Noorwege
Low Saxon/Low German:
Kommun Sandøy, Kommun Ålesund, Amt Møre un Romsdal, Norwegen
Malay:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Norway
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Lo̍k-ui
Northern Sami:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre ja Romsdála fylka, Norga
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal fylke, Noreg
Occitan:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norvègia
Polish:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norwegia
Portuguese:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Noruega
Romanian:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norvegia
Slovenian:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norveška
Swahili:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norwei
Swedish:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norge
Vietnamese:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Na Uy
Waray:
Sandøy, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Noruega


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1 valid mineral.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz
var. Amethyst		4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘ4.DA.05SiO2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand%C3%B8y
Wikidata ID:Q48794
GeoNames ID:3140273

Localities in this Region

Norway

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Eurasian Plate
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