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Starr County, Texas, USAi
Regional Level Types
Starr CountyCounty
TexasState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Rio Grande City14,404 (2017)
Roma10,223 (2017)
Roma-Los Saenz9,765 (2011)
Las Lomas3,147 (2011)
Escobares2,451 (2017)
La Grulla1,695 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
43177
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:43177:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
comté de Starr, Texas, États-Unis
German:
Starr County, Texas, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Starr, Texas, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Старр, Техас, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
斯塔爾縣, 德克萨斯州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Starr, Texas, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Starr County, Texas, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة ستار , تكساس, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Ստար շրջան, Տեխաս, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Starr konderria , Texas
Bavarian:
Starr County, Texas, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
স্টার কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Стар, Тексас, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Starr County, Texas
Czech:
Starr County, Texas, Spojené státy americké
Dutch:
Starr County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
Estonian:
Starri maakond, Texas, Ameerika Ühendriigid
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان استار، تگزاس, تگزاس, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
სტარის ოლქი, ტეხასი, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hungarian:
Starr megye, Texas, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Irish Gaelic:
Contae Starr, Texas, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Japanese:
スター郡, テキサス州, アメリカ合衆国
Latin:
Starr Comitatus, Texia, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Starr County, Texas, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Starr Gông, Texas
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Starr Kūn
Norwegian:
Starr County, Texas, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Starr, Teksas, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Starr, Texas, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Starr, Texas, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Starr, Texas, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Scottish Gaelic:
Starr County, Texas, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Округ Стар, Тексас, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Starr County, Texas, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Starr County, Texas, USA
Turkish:
Starr County, Teksas, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Старр, Техас, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
سٹار کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس, ٹیکساس, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Starr, Texas, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Starr, Texas, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
سٹار کاؤنٹی, ٹیکساس, امریکہ


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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Agate
4.DA.05SiO2
var. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O Quartz var. AgateSiO2
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. AgateSiO2
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si QuartzSiO2

Fossils

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

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed33.9 Ma (Oligocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed41.3 Ma (Eocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Jackson137.2 - 33.9 Ma (Paleogene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Ostrea
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostraea41.3 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starr_County,_Texas
Wikidata ID:Q26762
GeoNames ID:4734150

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