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Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francei
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VernassalCommune
Le Puy-en-VelayArrondissement
Haute-LoireDepartment
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesRegion
FranceCountry

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Neighbouring regions:
Lissac, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Céaux-d'Allègre, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Vazeilles-Limandre, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Fix-Saint-Geneys, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Allègre, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Type:
Commune
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Vernassal370 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
53189
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:53189:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Auvergne; Rhône-Alpes
Other Languages:
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French:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Département de la Haute-Loire , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
German:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Département Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Italian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Alta Loira, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Simplified Chinese:
韦尔纳萨, 勒皮, 上盧瓦爾省, 奥弗涅-罗讷-阿尔卑斯大区, 法国
Spanish:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Alto Loira, Región de Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Afrikaans:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankryk
Aragonese:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Alta Loira, Auvernia-Roine-Alpes, Francia
Asturian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Bambara:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Faransi
Basque:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvernia-Rhône-Alpeak, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Breton:
Vernassal, Lo Puèi de Velai, Liger-Uhel, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bro-C'hall
Buginese:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Perancis
Catalan:
Vernassal, Lo Puèi de Velai, Alt Loira, Alvèrnia-Roine-Alps, França
Cebuano:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pransiya
Chechen:
Вернассаль, Ле-Пюи-ан-Веле, Франци
Corsican:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Alvernia è Rodanu è Alpi, Francia
Croatian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Francuska
Czech:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francie
Danish:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrig
Dutch:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Aŭvernjo-Rodano-Alpoj, Francio
Estonian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire'i departemang, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Frakland
Farsi/Persian:
ورنسل, لو پوی-آن-ولی, اوت-لوار, اوورنی-رون-آلپ, فرانسه
Finnish:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Hôta-Lêre, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes, France
Friulian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, France
Galician:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Alto Loira, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Greenlandic:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frakkland
Ido:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Arvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Indonesian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Perancis
Interlingua:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Departimento Haute-Loire, Auvernia-Rhodano-Alpes, Francia
Interlingue:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Département Haute-Loire, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Frans
Kabyle:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Fransa
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Вернассаль, Ле-Пюи-ан-Веле, Жоғарғы Луара, Франция
Kongo:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Fwalansa
Latin:
Vernassal, Anicium Vellavorum, Liger Superior, Arvernia Rhodanus Alpesque, Francia
Latvian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Augšluāra, Overņa-Rona-Alpi, Francija
Ligurian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Fransa
Limburgian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Vernassal, Le Piui en Veli, Aukštutinė Luara, Overnė-Rona-Alpės, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Departement Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Frantsa
Malay:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Âovergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Neapolitan:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Franza
Norwegian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Frankrike
Occitan:
Vernassal, Lo Puèi de Velai, Naut Léger, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups, França
Papiamento:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Fransia
Picard:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Franche
Piedmontese:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Dipartiment ëd l'Àuta Lòira, Alvernia-Ròno-Alp, Fransa
Polish:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Górna Loara, Owernia-Rodan-Alpy, Francja
Portuguese:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Alto Loire, Auvérnia-Ródano-Alpes, França
Romanian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auverge-Ron-Alpi, Franța
Romansh:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Frantza
Scots:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, An Fhraing
Sicilian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Alvernia-Rudanu-Alpi, Francia
Slovak:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Traditional Chinese:
韋爾納薩, 勒皮, 上盧華爾, 奧文尼－隆河－阿爾卑斯, 法國
Turkish:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Вернассаль, Ле-Пюї-ан-Веле, Верхня Луара, Овернь-Рона-Альпи, Франція
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Fransiya
Venetian:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Alta Loira, Alvergna-Rodano-Alpe, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pháp
Volapük:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Fransän
Walloon:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, France
Waray:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransya
Welsh:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, Faraas
Zulu:
Vernassal, Le Puy-en-Velay, IFulansi


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ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'
Formula: AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
ⓘ Antigorite
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'
ⓘ Chrysotile
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
ⓘ Hercynite
Formula: Fe2+Al2O4
ⓘ Hercynite var. Picotite
Formula: (Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
ⓘ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘ Pyrope
Formula: Mg3Al2(SiO4)3

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘHercynite4.BB.05Fe2+Al2O4
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘHercynite
var. Picotite		4.BB.05(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘChrysotile9.00.Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘPyrope9.AD.25Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
ⓘAntigorite9.ED.15Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Amphibole Supergroup'-AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
ⓘ'Chlorite Group'-
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
OOxygen
Oⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Oⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Oⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ PyropeMg3Al2(SiO4)3
Oⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Oⓘ Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
FFluorine
Fⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mgⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mgⓘ PyropeMg3Al2(SiO4)3
Mgⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Mgⓘ Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
AlAluminium
Alⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Alⓘ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Alⓘ PyropeMg3Al2(SiO4)3
Alⓘ Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Siⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ PyropeMg3Al2(SiO4)3
Siⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
SSulfur
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
ClChlorine
Clⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
CrChromium
Crⓘ Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
FeIron
Feⓘ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Feⓘ Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernassal
Wikidata ID:Q1333482
GeoNames ID:6434469

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