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Blue Mountains City Council, New South Wales, Australiai
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Blue Mountains City CouncilCity Council
New South WalesState
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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Katoomba18,593 (2012)
Blaxland6,953 (2012)
Glenbrook5,138 (2012)
Hazelbrook4,449 (2012)
Leura4,384 (2012)
Blackheath4,178 (2015)
Mindat Locality ID:
343230
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:343230:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Ville de Blue Mountains, Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, Australie
German:
Blue Mountains City, Neusüdwales, Australien
Italian:
città di Blue Mountains, Nuovo Galles del Sud, Australia
Simplified Chinese:
藍山市, 新南威爾士州, 澳大利亚
Amharic:
የሰማያዊ ተራሮች ከተማ, ኑ ሳውስ ዌልስ
Cebuano:
Blue Mountains Municipality, State of New South Wales
Dutch:
City of Blue Mountains, Nieuw-Zuid-Wales, Australië
Farsi/Persian:
بلومانتینز, نیو ساوت ولز, استرالیا
Georgian:
ბლუ-მაუნტინს-სიტი, ახალი სამხრეთი უელსი
Japanese:
シティ・オブ・ブルー・マウンテンズ, ニューサウスウェールズ, オーストラリア
Korean:
시티오브블루마운틴스, 뉴사우스웨일스주, 호주
Polish:
City of Blue Mountains, Nowa Południowa Walia, Australia
Portuguese:
Blue Mountains, Nova Gales do Sul, Austrália
Sardinian:
tzitade de Blue Mountains
Swedish:
City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australien
Traditional Chinese:
藍山市, 新南威爾士
Welsh:
Dinas Blue Mountains, De Cymru Newydd, Awstralia


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'Apatite Group'
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Joel Williams CollectionIdentified by Joel Williams: Visual Identification
'Iron oxide'
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'Manganese Oxides'
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Joel Williams CollectionIdentified by Joel Williams: Visual Identification
'Olivine Group'
Formula: M2SiO4
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Joel Williams CollectionIdentified by Joel Williams: Visual Identification
'Pyroxene Group'
Formula: ADSi2O6
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Joel Williams CollectionIdentified by Joel Williams: Visual Identification
Quartz
Formula: SiO2

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Unclassified
'Pyroxene Group'-ADSi2O6
'Manganese Oxides'-
'Olivine Group'-M2SiO4
'Apatite Group'-
'Iron oxide'-

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OOxygen
O QuartzSiO2
O Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
O Olivine GroupM2SiO4
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
Si Olivine GroupM2SiO4

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Blue_Mountains
Wikidata ID:Q251464
GeoNames ID:2175228

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