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Most, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republici
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MostMunicipality
Most DistrictDistrict
Ústí nad Labem RegionRegion
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Most underground coal mining scene, in 1928.

Most, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
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View of the Most coal mining area, in 1903.

Most, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
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View of the Most coal mining area, in 1914.

Most, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
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Most underground coal mining scene, in 1928.

Most, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
09209740017272416358639.jpg
View of the Most coal mining area, in 1903.

Most, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
01512280017272416375301.jpg
View of the Most coal mining area, in 1914.

Most, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
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Most underground coal mining scene, in 1928.

Most, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
09209740017272416358639.jpg
View of the Most coal mining area, in 1903.

Most, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Most67,905 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
409554
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:409554:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Most, Most, Région d'Ústí nad Labem, République tchèque
German:
Most, Okres Most, Ústecký kraj, Tschechien
Italian:
Most, Distretto di Most, Regione di Ústí nad Labem, Repubblica Ceca
Russian:
Мост, Мост, Устецкий край, Чехия
Simplified Chinese:
莫斯特, 莫斯特縣, 烏斯季州, 捷克
Spanish:
Most, Distrito de Most, Región de Ústí nad Labem, República Checa
Arabic:
موست, مقاطعة موست, إقليم أوستي ناد لابم, التشيك
Armenian:
Մոստ, Մոստի շրջան, Չեխիա
Aromanian:
Most
Basque:
Most, Ústí nad Labem eskualdea, Txekia
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Мост, Усьцецкі край, Чэхія
Bulgarian:
Мост, Мост, Устецки край, Чехия
Catalan:
Most, districte de Most, Regió d'Ústí nad Labem, República Txeca
Cebuano:
Most, Okres Most, Ústecký kraj, Nasod nga Czech
Croatian:
Statutární město Most, Ústečki kraj, Češka
Czech:
Most, okres Most, Ústecký kraj, Česko
Danish:
Most, Ústí nad Labem, Tjekkiet
Dutch:
Most, Okres Most, Ústí nad Labem, Tsjechië
Esperanto:
Most, Distrikto Most, Regiono Ústí nad Labem, Ĉeĥio
Estonian:
Most, Ústí maakond, Tšehhi
Farsi/Persian:
موست, شهرستان موست, منطقه اوستی ناد لابم, جمهوری چک
Finnish:
Most, Ústín lääni, Tšekki
Georgian:
მოსტი, მოსტის რაიონი, უსტეცის მხარე, ჩეხეთი
Greek:
Μοστ, Τσεχία
Hebrew:
מוסט, מחוז משנה מוסט, אוסטי נד לבם, צ'כיה
Hindi:
मोस्ट, चेक गणराज्य
Hungarian:
Most, Mosti járás, Ústí nad Labem-i kerület, Csehország
Indonesian:
Most, Daerah Ústí nad Labem, Ceko
Irish Gaelic:
Most, Poblacht na Seice
Japanese:
モスト, ウースチー州, チェコ
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Мост, Чехия
Korean:
모스트, 우스티주, 체코
Latin:
Pons, Cechia
Latvian:
Mosta, Čehija
Lithuanian:
Mostas, Mosto rajonas, Ūsčio kraštas, Čekija
Lower Sorbian:
Most, Česka
Macedonian:
Мост, Устечки крај, Чешка
Malay:
Most, Daerah Most, Wilayah Ústí nad Labem, Republik Czech
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Most, Most Koān
Norwegian:
Most, Ústí nad Labem, Tsjekkia
Polish:
Most, Powiat Most, Kraj ustecki, Czechy
Portuguese:
Most, Most, Ústí nad Labem, República Checa
Romanian:
Most, Regiunea Ústí nad Labem, Cehia
Scots:
Most, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Serbian:
Мост, Округ Мост, Устечки крај, Чешка
Serbo-Croatian:
Most, Ústečki kraj, Češka
Slovak:
Most, okres Most, Úsťanský kraj, Česko
Slovenian:
Most, Češka
Swedish:
Most, Most , Ústí nad Labem, Tjeckien
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Мост, Чехия
Tatar:
Мост, Чехия
Traditional Chinese:
莫斯特, 捷克
Turkish:
Most, Most ilçesi, Ústí nad Labem bölgesi, Çek Cumhuriyeti
Ukrainian:
Мост, Мост, Устецький край, Чехія
Upper Sorbian:
Most, Ústecký kraj, Čěska
Urdu:
موست, موست ضلع, اوستی ناد لاہم علاقہ, چیک جمہوریہ
Vietnamese:
Most, Most, Ústí nad Labem, Cộng hòa Séc
Waray:
Most, Okres Most, Ústí nad Labem, Republika Czeka
Western Punjabi:
موست, اوستی ناد لابم علاقہ, چیک لوکراج
Zazaki:
Most, Çekya


Most (German: Brüx; Latin: Pons) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It is the capital of the Most District and it lies between the Central Bohemian Uplands and the Ore Mountains, approximately 77 km (48 mi) northwest of Prague along the Bílina River and southwest of Ústí nad Labem.

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11 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

'Amber'
'Amber var. Duxite'
Formula: C10H16O + (H2S)
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Dickite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Magnesioferrite
Formula: MgFe3+2O4
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Natrolite
Formula: Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Siderite var. Pelosiderite
Formula: FeCO3
Whewellite
Formula: Ca(C2O4) · H2O
Habit: 2-4cm twinned crystals acicular or radial aggregates
Colour: grey colour
Fluorescence: fluorescence—intense white to long-wave and very weak whitish to short-wave UV radiation; phosphorescence—white after exposure to long-wave UV;

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnesioferrite4.BB.05MgFe3+2O4
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
var. Pelosiderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Dickite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Natrolite9.GA.05Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O
Group 10 - Organic Compounds
Whewellite10.AB.45Ca(C2O4) · H2O
Unclassified
'Amber'-
'var. Duxite'-C10H16O + (H2S)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H DickiteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
H NatroliteNa2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O
H WhewelliteCa(C2O4) · H2O
H Amber var. DuxiteC10H16O + (H2S)
CCarbon
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C SideriteFeCO3
C WhewelliteCa(C2O4) · H2O
C Siderite var. PelosideriteFeCO3
C Amber var. DuxiteC10H16O + (H2S)
OOxygen
O BaryteBaSO4
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O DickiteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O MagnesioferriteMgFe23+O4
O NatroliteNa2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O
O QuartzSiO2
O SideriteFeCO3
O WhewelliteCa(C2O4) · H2O
O Siderite var. PelosideriteFeCO3
O Amber var. DuxiteC10H16O + (H2S)
NaSodium
Na NatroliteNa2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mg MagnesioferriteMgFe23+O4
AlAluminium
Al DickiteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Al NatroliteNa2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si DickiteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si NatroliteNa2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S MarcasiteFeS2
S PyriteFeS2
S Amber var. DuxiteC10H16O + (H2S)
CaCalcium
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca WhewelliteCa(C2O4) · H2O
FeIron
Fe MagnesioferriteMgFe23+O4
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe SideriteFeCO3
Fe Siderite var. PelosideriteFeCO3
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_(city)
Wikidata ID:Q146363
GeoNames ID:3070291

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