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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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Valderøya, Giske, Møre og Romsdal, Norwayi
Regional Level Types
ValderøyaIsland
GiskeMunicipality
Møre og RomsdalCounty
NorwayCountry

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Type:
Island
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Nordstranda3,700 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
405717
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:405717:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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German:
Valderøya, Giske, Møre og Romsdal, Norwegen
Spanish:
Valderøy, Giske, Møre og Romsdal, Noruega
Cebuano:
Valderøya, Giske , Møre og Romsdal fylke, Norway
Danish:
Valderøya, Giske, Møre og Romsdal, Norge
Egyptian Arabic:
ڤالديرويا, النرويج
Norwegian:
Valderøy, Giske, Møre og Romsdal, Norge
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Valderøya, Giske, Møre og Romsdal fylke, Noreg


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Fossils

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

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.13 Ma (Pleistocene)
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species		Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Alcidae : Alle : Alle alle0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valder%C3%B8ya
Wikidata ID:Q908175
GeoNames ID:3132917

Localities in this Region

Norway

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Eurasian Plate
Norway

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