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Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francei
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Saint-SaturninCommune
Clermont-FerrandArrondissement
Puy-de-DômeDepartment
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesRegion
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Cobitopsis sp.

Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Baryte

Côte d'Abot, Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Baryte

Côte d'Abot, Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Cobitopsis sp.

Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Baryte

Côte d'Abot, Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Baryte

Côte d'Abot, Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Cobitopsis sp.

Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Baryte

Côte d'Abot, Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Neighbouring regions:
Aydat, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Saint-Amant-Tallende, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Saint-Sandoux, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Chanonat, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Olloix, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Saint-Genès-Champanelle, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Type:
Commune
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Saint-Saturnin1,079 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
48559
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:48559:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Auvergne; Rhône-Alpes
Other Languages:
View 77 more...
French:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
German:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Département Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Italian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Simplified Chinese:
圣萨蒂尔南, 克莱蒙费朗, 多姆山省, 奥弗涅-罗讷-阿尔卑斯大区, 法国
Spanish:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Región de Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Afrikaans:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankryk
Aragonese:
Saint-Saturnin, Clarmont-Ferrand, Puèi Domat, Auvernia-Roine-Alpes, Francia
Asturian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Bambara:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Faransi
Basque:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvernia-Rhône-Alpeak, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Catalan:
Sant Sadornin, Clarmont d'Alvèrnia, Puèi Domat, Alvèrnia-Roine-Alps, França
Cebuano:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pransiya
Chechen:
Сен-Сатюрнен , Клермон-Ферран, Франци
Corsican:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Alvernia è Rodanu è Alpi, Francia
Croatian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Francuska
Czech:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francie
Danish:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrig
Dutch:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Aŭvernjo-Rodano-Alpoj, Francio
Estonian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme'i departemang, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Frakland
Finnish:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Saint-Saturnin, Cllârmont-Fèrrand, Pué-de-Dôma, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes, France
Friulian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Galician:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Greenlandic:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frakkland
Ido:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Arvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Indonesian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Perancis
Interlingua:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Departimento Puy-de-Dome, Auvernia-Rhodano-Alpes, Francia
Interlingue:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Frans
Japanese:
サン＝サテュルナン, クレルモン＝フェラン, ピュイ＝ド＝ドーム県, オーヴェルニュ＝ローヌ＝アルプ地域圏, フランス
Kabyle:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Fransa
Kongo:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Fwalansa
Latin:
Saint-Saturnin, Augustonemetum, Mons Dumae, Arvernia Rhodanus Alpesque, Francia
Latvian:
Saint-Saturnin, Klermonferāna, Pijdedoma, Overņa-Rona-Alpi, Francija
Ligurian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Fransa
Limburgian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Saint-Saturnin, Klermonas-Feranas, Piui de Domas, Overnė-Rona-Alpės, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Departement Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Frantsa
Malay:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand Kūn, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Âovergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Neapolitan:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Franza
Norwegian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Frankrike
Occitan:
Saint-Saturnin, Clarmont-Ferrand, Puèi Domat, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups, França
Papiamento:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Fransia
Picard:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Franche
Piedmontese:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Alvernia-Ròno-Alp, Fransa
Polish:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Owernia-Rodan-Alpy, Francja
Portuguese:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvérnia-Ródano-Alpes, França
Romanian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auverge-Ron-Alpi, Franța
Romansh:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Frantza
Scots:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, An Fhraing
Sicilian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Alvernia-Rudanu-Alpi, Francia
Slovak:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Turkish:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Сен-Сатюрнен, Клермон-Ферран, Пюї-де-Дом, Овернь-Рона-Альпи, Франція
Urdu:
سین-سترنین، پے-دے-ڈومی, کلیرمون فیران, پوی-دو-دوم, اوویغنئے-غون-آلپ, فرانس
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Fransiya
Venetian:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Alvergna-Rodano-Alpe, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pháp
Volapük:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Fransän
Walloon:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Waray:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransya
Welsh:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, Faraas
Zulu:
Saint-Saturnin, Clermont-Ferrand, IFulansi


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5 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Alkali Feldspar'
ⓘ Anorthite
Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)
ⓘ Anorthite var. Labradorite
Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
ⓘ 'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3A
ⓘ Augite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
✪ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Habit: Tabular prism
Colour: Brown, honey yellow
Description: Floating coffin-shaped crystals, up to 15 centimeters.
ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
ⓘ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘ Sodalite
Formula: Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘAugite9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘAnorthite9.FA.35Ca(Al2Si2O8)
ⓘvar. Labradorite9.FA.35(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
ⓘSodalite9.FB.10Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Unclassified
ⓘ'Alkali Feldspar'-
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
ⓘ'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3A

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Oⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Oⓘ Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Oⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Oⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
NaSodium
Naⓘ Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Naⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Mgⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Alⓘ Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Alⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Siⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Siⓘ Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Siⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Siⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
SSulfur
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
ClChlorine
Clⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
CaCalcium
Caⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Caⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Caⓘ Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Caⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
FeIron
Feⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4

Fossils

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

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Occurrences4
Youngest Fossil Listed28.1 Ma (Oligocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed33.9 Ma (Oligocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Dilophus
genus		Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Dilophus33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Plecia lygaeoides
species		Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Plecia : Plecia lygaeoides33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Plecia livida
species		Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Plecia : Plecia livida33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Plecia oustaleti
species		Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Plecia : Plecia oustaleti33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Saturnin,_Puy-de-D%C3%B4me
Wikidata ID:Q384010
GeoNames ID:6613859

Localities in this Region

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