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Obernkirchen, Schaumburg District, Lower Saxony, Germanyi
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Views of the Obernkirchen mining town, in 1901.

Obernkirchen, Schaumburg District, Lower Saxony, Germany
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View of the Obernkirchen mining town, in 1901.

Obernkirchen, Schaumburg District, Lower Saxony, Germany
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View of the Obernkirchen mining town, in 1901.

Obernkirchen, Schaumburg District, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Views of the Obernkirchen mining town, in 1901.

Obernkirchen, Schaumburg District, Lower Saxony, Germany
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View of the Obernkirchen mining town, in 1901.

Obernkirchen, Schaumburg District, Lower Saxony, Germany
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View of the Obernkirchen mining town, in 1901.

Obernkirchen, Schaumburg District, Lower Saxony, Germany
08084170017272426864656.jpg
Views of the Obernkirchen mining town, in 1901.

Obernkirchen, Schaumburg District, Lower Saxony, Germany
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View of the Obernkirchen mining town, in 1901.

Obernkirchen, Schaumburg District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Obernkirchen10,120 (2015)
Mindat Locality ID:
424003
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:424003:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Obernkirchen, Schaumbourg, Basse-Saxe, Allemagne
German:
Obernkirchen, Landkreis Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
Italian:
Obernkirchen, circondario della Schaumburg, Bassa Sassonia, Germania
Low Saxon/Low German:
Obernkirchen, Landkreis Schaumborg, Neddersassen, Düütschland
Russian:
Обернкирхен, Шаумбург, Нижняя Саксония, Германия
Simplified Chinese:
奥伯恩基兴, 绍姆堡县, 下萨克森, 德国
Spanish:
Obernkirchen, Schaumburg, Baja Sajonia, Alemania
Afrikaans:
Obernkirchen, Nedersakse, Duitsland
Arabic:
أوبرنكيرشن, شاومبورغ, سكسونيا السفلى, ألمانيا
Aragonese:
Obernkirchen, Baixa Saxonia, Alemanya
Asturian:
Obernkirchen, Baxa Saxonia, Alemaña
Basque:
Obernkirchen, Saxonia Beherea, Alemania
Bavarian:
Obernkirchen, Niedasaxn, Deitschland
Belarusian:
Обернкірхен, Ніжняя Саксонія, Германія
Breton:
Obernkirchen, Saks-Izel, Alamagn
Catalan:
Obernkirchen, Schaumburg, Baixa Saxònia, Alemanya
Cebuano:
Obernkirchen, Landkreis Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Alemanya
Chechen:
Обернкирхен, Лаха Саксони, Германи
Corsican:
Obernkirchen, Germania
Croatian:
Obernkirchen, Donja Saska, Njemačka
Czech:
Obernkirchen, Zemský okres Schaumburg, Dolní Sasko, Německo
Danish:
Obernkirchen, Landkreis Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Tyskland
Dutch:
Obernkirchen, Landkreis Schaumburg, Nedersaksen, Duitsland
Dutch Low Saxon:
Obernkirchen, Nedersaksen, Duutslaand
Esperanto:
Obernkirchen, Distrikto Schaumburg, Malsupra Saksio, Germanio
Estonian:
Obernkirchen, Schaumburg, Alam-Saksi, Saksamaa
Farsi/Persian:
اوبرنکیرشن, شاومبورگ, نیدرزاکسن, آلمان
Finnish:
Obernkirchen, Ala-Saksi, Saksa
Franco-Provençal:
Obernkirchen, Alemagne
Friulian:
Obernkirchen, Gjermanie
Galician:
Obernkirchen, Baixa Saxonia, Alemaña
Greek:
Όμπερνκιρχεν, Σάουμμπουρκ, Κάτω Σαξονία, Γερμανία
Hebrew:
אוברנקירכן, מחוז שאומבורג, סקסוניה התחתונה, גרמניה
Hungarian:
Obernkirchen, Schaumburg járás, Alsó-Szászország, Németország
Icelandic:
Obernkirchen, Neðra-Saxland, Þýskaland
Ido:
Obernkirchen, Infra-Saxonia, Germania
Indonesian:
Obernkirchen, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Jerman
Interlingua:
Obernkirchen, Basse Saxonia, Germania
Interlingue:
Obernkirchen, Subdistrict Schaumburg, Infra Saxonia, Germania
Irish Gaelic:
Obernkirchen, An tSacsain Íochtarach, An Ghearmáin
Japanese:
オーベルンキルヒェン, シャウムブルク郡, ニーダーザクセン州, ドイツ
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Обернкирхен, Шаумбург, Төменгі Саксония, Германия
Kongo:
Obernkirchen, Niedersachsen, Alemanyi
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Obernkirchen, Saksonya Jêrîn, Almanya
Kyrgyz:
Обернкирхен, Германия
Ladin:
Obernkirchen
Ligurian:
Obernkirchen, Bassa Sasònia, Germania
Limburgian:
Obernkirchen, Nedersakse, Duitsland
Luxembourgish:
Obernkirchen, Niddersachsen, Däitschland
Macedonian:
Обернкирхен, Шаумбург, Долна Саксонија, Германија
Malagasy:
Obernkirchen, Alemaina
Malay:
Obernkirchen, Schaumburg, Sachsen Hilir, Jerman
Minangkabau:
Obernkirchen, Jerman
Narom:
Obernkirchen, Allemangne
Neapolitan:
Obernkirchen, Germania
Norwegian:
Obernkirchen, Niedersachsen, Tyskland
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Obernkirchen, Niedersachsen, Tyskland
Occitan:
Obernkirchen, Schaumburg, Bassa Saxònia, Alemanha
Picard:
Obernkirchen, Alemanne
Piedmontese:
Obernkirchen, Bassa Sassònia, Almagna
Polish:
Obernkirchen, Powiat Schaumburg, Dolna Saksonia, Niemcy
Portuguese:
Obernkirchen, Schaumburg, Baixa Saxônia, Alemanha
Romanian:
Obernkirchen, Schaumburg, Saxonia Inferioară, Germania
Romansh:
Obernkirchen, Saxonia Inferiura, Germania
Sardinian:
Obernkirchen, Germania
Scots:
Obernkirchen, Lawer Saxony, Germany
Scottish Gaelic:
Obernkirchen, Sagsainn Ìosail, A' Ghearmailt
Serbian:
Обернкирхен, Доња Саксонија, Њемачка
Serbo-Croatian:
Obernkirchen, Donja Saska, Njemačka
Sicilian:
Obernkirchen, Girmania
Slovak:
Obernkirchen, Dolné Sasko, Nemecko
Slovenian:
Obernkirchen, Spodnja Saška, Nemčija
South Azerbaijani:
اوبرنکیرشن, نیدرزاکسن, آلمان
Swahili:
Obernkirchen, Saksonia Chini, Ujerumani
Swedish:
Obernkirchen, Landkreis Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Tyskland
Tatar:
Обернкирхен, Түбән Саксония, Алмания
Traditional Chinese:
奧伯恩基興, 下薩克遜, 德國
Turkish:
Obernkirchen, Schaumburg, Aşağı Saksonya, Almanya
Ukrainian:
Обернкірхен, Шаумбург, Нижня Саксонія, Німеччина
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Obernkirchen, Schaumburg, Quyi Saksoniya, Germaniya
Venetian:
Obernkirchen, Sassonia Bassa, Germania
Vietnamese:
Obernkirchen, Niedersachsen, Đức
Volapük:
Obernkirchen, Dona-Saxän, Deutän
Walloon:
Obernkirchen, Almagne
Waray:
Obernkirchen, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Alemanya
Welsh:
Obernkirchen, Niedersachsen, Yr Almaen
West Flemish:
Obernkirchen, Nedersaksen, Duutsland
Wolof:
Obernkirchen, Almaañ
Zulu:
Obernkirchen, IJalimani


Obernkirchen (German pronunciation: [oːbɐnˈkɪʁçən]) is a town in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 8 km southwest of Stadthagen, and 15 km east of Minden.

Obernkirchen is a small town in the shadows of the Bückeberg, a hill range in the Weser Uplands. It overlooks the vast lower lying part of the old county of Schaumburg Lippe, now the district of Schaumburg, with the town of Bückeburg at its feet.

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Daubréelite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2S4
Description: As lamellae in troilite
Native Iron
Formula: Fe
Description: Pre-terrestrial annealing has removed some Neumann bands
Native Iron var. Kamacite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
Description: Pre-terrestrial annealing has removed some Neumann bands
'Plessite'
Schreibersite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)3P
Taenite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
Description: Somewhat more resistant to terrestrial weathering than some phases which have often been largely removed.
Troilite
Formula: FeS

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Iron1.AE.05Fe
var. Kamacite1.AE.05(Fe,Ni)
Taenite1.AE.10(Fe,Ni)
Schreibersite1.BD.05(Fe,Ni)3P
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Troilite2.CC.10FeS
Daubréelite2.DA.05Fe2+Cr3+2S4
Unclassified
'Plessite'-

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PPhosphorus
P Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
SSulfur
S DaubréeliteFe2+Cr23+S4
S TroiliteFeS
CrChromium
Cr DaubréeliteFe2+Cr23+S4
FeIron
Fe DaubréeliteFe2+Cr23+S4
Fe Native IronFe
Fe Native Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Fe Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
Fe Taenite(Fe,Ni)
Fe TroiliteFeS
NiNickel
Ni Native Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Ni Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
Ni Taenite(Fe,Ni)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obernkirchen
Wikidata ID:Q570427
GeoNames ID:6558454

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