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Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, USAi
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MuscatineCity
Muscatine CountyCounty
IowaState
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City
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PlacePopulation
Muscatine23,968 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
48869
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:48869:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Muscatine is a city and the county seat of Muscatine County.

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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz
var. Agate		4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘ4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Lake Superior Agate4.DA.05SiO2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Petrified Wood'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ Quartz var. AgateSiO2
Oⓘ Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Quartz var. Lake Superior AgateSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Quartz var. AgateSiO2
Siⓘ Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Quartz var. Lake Superior AgateSiO2

Fossils

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

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed383 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Oldest Fossil Listed388 Ma (Middle Devonian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Cedar Valley - Iowa City1387.7 - 382.7 Ma (Devonian)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Philoxene cyclostomus
species		Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Euomphalidae : Straparollus : Philoxene cyclostomus387.7 - 382.7 Ma
Devonian
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscatine,_Iowa
Wikidata ID:Q955896
GeoNames ID:4868404

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