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Demirci District, Manisa Province, Turkeyi
Regional Level Types
Demirci DistrictAdministrative District
Manisa ProvinceProvince
TurkeyCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Demirci21,378 (2013)
Mindat Locality ID:
433138
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:433138:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Demirci, Manisa, Turquie
German:
Demirci, Manisa, Türkei
Simplified Chinese:
代米爾吉, 马尼萨省, 土耳其
Spanish:
Demirci, Provincia de Manisa, Turquía
Arabic:
دمرجي, مانيسا, تركيا
Asturian:
Demirci, provincia de Manisa, Turquía
Catalan:
Demirci, Província de Manisa, Turquia
Cebuano:
Demirci İlçesi, Manisa, Turkiya
Chechen:
Демирджи, Туркойчоь
Dutch:
Demirci, Manisa, Turkije
Farsi/Persian:
دمیرجی, استان مانیسا, بوقلمون
Gagauz:
Demirci, Türkiye
Galician:
Demirci, Turquía
Gilaki:
دميرجي
Hill Mari:
Демирджи, Маниса, Турци
Irish Gaelic:
Demirci, An Tuirc
Lithuanian:
Demirsis, Manisos provincija, Turkija
Malay:
Demirci, Wilayah Manisa, Turki
Malayalam:
ദെമീർജി, തുർക്കി
Mazanderani:
دمیرجی, ترکیه
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Demirci, Manisa, Türkiye
Norwegian:
Demirci, Manisa, Tyrkia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Demirci, Provinsen Manisa, Tyrkia
Romanian:
Demirci, Provincia Manisa, Turcia
Serbian:
Демирџи, Маниса, Турска
South Azerbaijani:
دمیرجی, مانیسا, تورکیه
Swahili:
Demirci, Mkoa wa Manisa, Uturuki
Tatar:
Демирҗи, Төркия
Traditional Chinese:
代米爾吉, 馬尼薩省, 土耳其
Turkish:
Demirci, Manisa, Türkiye
Urdu:
دیمیرجی, مانیسا صوبہ, ترکی
Vietnamese:
Demirci, Manisa, Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ
Western Punjabi:
ضلع دمرجی, صوبہ مانیسا, ترکی


A district in the east of the province.
Kyanite was (is?) dug there as a raw material for ceramics: a stockpile of material from this region was in a ceramic factory in Can, during a visit on a mineralogical and cultural voyage in 1989.

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2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Kyanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
Quartz
Formula: SiO2

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
Kyanite9.AF.15Al2(SiO4)O
Unclassified
'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
OOxygen
O BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
O KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
O QuartzSiO2
FFluorine
F BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
MgMagnesium
Mg BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
AlAluminium
Al BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Al KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
SiSilicon
Si BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Si KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Si QuartzSiO2
KPotassium
K BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
TiTitanium
Ti BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
FeIron
Fe BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Fossils

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

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed5.33 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed23.0 Ma (Miocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Schizogalerix
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Erinaceomorpha : Erinaceidae : Schizogalerix23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demirci
Wikidata ID:Q1011968
GeoNames ID:317241


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