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Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USAi
Regional Level Types
Bossier ParishParish
LouisianaState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Bossier City68,094 (2017)
Red Chute6,261 (2011)
Eastwood4,093 (2011)
Haughton3,334 (2017)
Benton2,015 (2017)
Plain Dealing969 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
43624
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:43624:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Paroisse de Bossier, Louisiane, États-Unis
German:
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
parrocchia di Bossier, Louisiana, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Божер, Луизиана, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
博西尔堂区 , 路易斯安那州, 美国
Spanish:
Parroquia de Bossier, Luisiana, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة بوسير, لويزيانا, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Բոսիեր շրջան, Լուիզիանա, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Bossier parrokia , Louisiana
Bavarian:
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
বোসিয়ের পারিশ, লুইসিয়ানা, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Cebuano:
Bossier Parish, Louisiana
Danish:
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA
Dutch:
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
باسیر پریش, لوئیزیانا, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
ბოჟერის პერიში, ლუიზიანა, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hebrew:
מחוז בוסייר, לואיזיאנה, ארצות הברית
Hungarian:
Bossier megye, Louisiana, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
ボージャー郡, ルイジアナ州, アメリカ合衆国
Latin:
Bossier Paroecia, Ludoviciana, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Bossier Gông, Louisiana
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Bossier Kūn
Norwegian:
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA
Polish:
Parafia Bossier, Luizjana, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Paróquia de Bossier, Luisiana, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Parohia Bossier, Louisiana, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
parrocchia de Bossier, Louisiana, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Serbian:
Округ Божер , Луизијана, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA
Traditional Chinese:
博西爾縣, 路易斯安那州, 美國
Turkish:
Bossier, Louisiana, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Боссьєр, Луїзіана, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
بوسیئر پیرش، لوزیانا, لوویزیانا, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Bossier, Louisiana, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Parokya han Bossier, Louisiana, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
بوسیئر پارش, لوئزیانا, امریکہ


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2 valid minerals.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Diamond1.CB.10aC
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Unclassified
'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
CCarbon
C DiamondC
OOxygen
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
FeIron
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)

Fossils

There are 4 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences9
Youngest Fossil Listed38.0 Ma (Eocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed122 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Claiborne141.3 - 33.9 Ma (Paleogene)
Claiborne - Cook Mountain541.3 - 38 Ma (Eocene)
Claiborne - Weches147.8 - 41.3 Ma (Eocene)
Pine Island Shale2122.46 - 112.03 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Athleta
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Athleta41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Parahoplites
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Parahoplitidae : Parahoplites122.46 - 112.03 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Brachidontes
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Brachidontes56 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Barbatia ludoviciana
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Barbatia : Barbatia ludoviciana41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Adrana aldrichiana
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Adrana : Adrana aldrichiana41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Pteropsella lapidosa
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Anatinellidae : Pteropsella : Pteropsella lapidosa41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Dufrenoyia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Deshayesitidae : Dufrenoyia122.46 - 112.03 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Crassatella trapaquara
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Crassatella : Crassatella trapaquara47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 4 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossier_Parish,_Louisiana
Wikidata ID:Q498042
GeoNames ID:4317649

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