Vote for your favorite mineral in #MinCup26! - Quartz vs. Asagiite
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Dawson County, Nebraska, USAi
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NebraskaState
USACountry

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Neighbouring regions:
Phelps County, Nebraska, USA
Gosper County, Nebraska, USA
Frontier County, Nebraska, USA
Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA
Buffalo County, Nebraska, USA
Custer County, Nebraska, USA
Type:
County
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Lexington10,075 (2017)
Cozad3,863 (2017)
Gothenburg3,514 (2017)
Overton573 (2017)
Sumner231 (2017)
Farnam167 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
49174
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:49174:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
comté de Dawson, Nebraska, États-Unis
German:
Dawson County, Nebraska, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Dawson, Nebraska, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Доусон, Небраска, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
道生縣 , 內布拉斯加州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Dawson, Nebraska, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Dawson County, Nebraska, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة داوسون, نبراسكا, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Դոուսոն շրջան, Նեբրասկա, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Dawson konderria , Nebraska
Bavarian:
Dawson County, Nebraska, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
ডাৱসন কাউন্টি, নেব্রাস্কা, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Доусън, Небраска, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Dawson County , Nebraska
Dutch:
Dawson County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان داوسن، نبراسکا, نبراسکا, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
დაუსონის ოლქი, ნებრასკა, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hungarian:
Dawson megye, Nebraska, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
ドーソン郡, ネブラスカ州, アメリカ合衆国
Low Saxon/Low German:
Dawson County, Nebraska, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Dawson Gông, Nebraska
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Dawson Kūn
Norwegian:
Dawson County, Nebraska, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Dawson , Nebraska, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Dawson, Nebraska, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Dawson, Nebraska, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Dawson, Nebraska, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Scottish Gaelic:
Dawson County, Nebraska, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Округ Досон , Небраска, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Dawson County, Nebraska, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Dawson County, Nebraska, USA
Traditional Chinese:
道生縣, 內布拉斯加州, 美國
Turkish:
Dawson, Nebraska, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Доусон, Небраска, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
ڈاوسن کاؤنٹی، نیبراسکا, نیبراسکا, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Dawson, Nebraska, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Dawson, Nebraska, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
ڈاسن کاؤنٹی،نیبراسکا, نیبراسکا, امریکہ


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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz
var. Agate		4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘ4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Fortification Agate4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

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

Fossils

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

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed0.30 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed1.80 Ma (Pleistocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Cynomys niobrarius
species		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Cynomys : Cynomys niobrarius1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson_County,_Nebraska
Wikidata ID:Q490784
GeoNames ID:5066750

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