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Curry County, New Mexico, USAi
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Curry CountyCounty
New MexicoState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Clovis39,480 (2017)
Cannon Air Force Base2,245 (2013)
Texico1,119 (2017)
Melrose644 (2017)
Grady106 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
50907
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:50907:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Comté de Curry, Nouveau-Mexique, États-Unis
German:
Curry County, New Mexico, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Contea di Curry, Nuovo Messico, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Карри, Нью-Мексико, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
寇里縣, 新墨西哥州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Curry, Nuevo México, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Curry County, New Mexico, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة كوري, نيومكسيكو, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Քարի շրջան, Նյու Մեքսիկո, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Curry konderria, Mexiko Berria
Bavarian:
Curry County, New Mexico, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
কারি কাউন্টি, নিউ মেক্সিকো, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Къри, Ню Мексико, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Curry County, New Mexico
Croatian:
Curry, Novi Meksiko, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Dutch:
Curry County, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten
Estonian:
Curry maakond, New Mexico, Ameerika Ühendriigid
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان کری، نیومکزیکو, نیومکزیکو, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Finnish:
Curryn piirikunta, New Mexico, Yhdysvallat
Hungarian:
Curry megye, Új-Mexikó, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
カリー郡, ニューメキシコ州, アメリカ合衆国
Low Saxon/Low German:
Curry County, Nee-Mexiko, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Curry Gông, New Mexico
Norwegian:
Curry County, New Mexico, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Curry, Nowy Meksyk, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Curry, Novo México, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Curry, New Mexico, Statele Unite ale Americii
Serbian:
Округ Кари, Нови Мексико, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Curry County, Novi Meksiko, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Curry County, New Mexico, USA
Turkish:
Curry County, New Mexico, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Каррі, Нью-Мексико, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
کری کاؤنٹی، نیو میکسیکو, نیو میکسیکو, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Curry, New Mexico, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Curry, Nuevo México, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
کری کاؤنٹی, نیو میکسیکو, امریکہ


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13 valid minerals.

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'Chrome-Spinel (of Dana)'
Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Cohenite
Formula: Fe3C
Diamond
Formula: C
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
Graphite
Formula: C
Graphite var. Cliftonite
Formula: C
'Hypersthene'
Formula: (Mg,Fe)SiO3
Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Isocubanite
Formula: CuFe2S3
'Limonite'
Description: 'Limonite' is used here as the generic term for this very heavily weathered meteorite.
Mackinawite
Formula: FeS
Maghemite
Formula: (Fe3+0.670.33)Fe3+2O4
Description: Only in very small amounts (magnetite is more often the predominate weatherate here). See Figure F1 in Ramdohr (1973).
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Description: Magnetite apparently both pre-terrestrial and a terrestrial weatherate according to Ramdohr, 1973.
Native Iron
Formula: Fe
Native Iron var. Kamacite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
'Plagioclase'
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
'Plessite'
Spinel
Formula: MgAl2O4
Taenite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
Troilite
Formula: FeS

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Iron1.AE.05Fe
var. Kamacite1.AE.05(Fe,Ni)
Taenite1.AE.10(Fe,Ni)
Cohenite1.BA.05Fe3C
Graphite1.CB.05aC
var. Cliftonite1.CB.05aC
Diamond1.CB.10aC
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Isocubanite2.CB.55bCuFe2S3
Troilite2.CC.10FeS
Mackinawite2.CC.25FeS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Chromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Spinel4.BB.05MgAl2O4
Maghemite4.BB.15(Fe3+0.670.33)Fe3+2O4
Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
Unclassified
'Hypersthene'-(Mg,Fe)SiO3
'Limonite'-
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'-
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
'Plagioclase'-(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
'Chrome-Spinel (of Dana)'-
'Plessite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C CoheniteFe3C
C DiamondC
C GraphiteC
C Graphite var. CliftoniteC
OOxygen
O ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
O Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
O IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
O Maghemite(Fe3+0.670.33)Fe23+O4
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O SpinelMgAl2O4
O Fayalite-Forsterite Series
O Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
NaSodium
Na Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
MgMagnesium
Mg Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Mg SpinelMgAl2O4
Mg Fayalite-Forsterite Series
AlAluminium
Al SpinelMgAl2O4
Al Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
SiSilicon
Si Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Si Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Si Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
SSulfur
S IsocubaniteCuFe2S3
S MackinawiteFeS
S TroiliteFeS
CaCalcium
Ca Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
TiTitanium
Ti IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
CrChromium
Cr ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Fe ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Fe CoheniteFe3C
Fe Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Fe IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Fe Native IronFe
Fe IsocubaniteCuFe2S3
Fe Native Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Fe MackinawiteFeS
Fe Maghemite(Fe3+0.670.33)Fe23+O4
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe Taenite(Fe,Ni)
Fe TroiliteFeS
Fe Fayalite-Forsterite Series
NiNickel
Ni Native Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Ni Taenite(Fe,Ni)
CuCopper
Cu IsocubaniteCuFe2S3

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry_County,_New_Mexico
Wikidata ID:Q484496
GeoNames ID:5464151

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