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Montreat, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USAi
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MontreatTown
Buncombe CountyCounty
North CarolinaState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Montreat723 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
59049
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:59049:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Montreat, comté de Buncombe, Caroline du Nord, États-Unis
German:
Montreat, Buncombe County, North Carolina, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Montreat, contea di Buncombe, Carolina del Nord, Stati Uniti d'America
Simplified Chinese:
蒙特利特, 班康县, 北卡罗来纳州, 美国
Spanish:
Montreat, Condado de Buncombe, Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos
Arabic:
مونترات, مقاطعة بونكوم, كارولاينا الشمالية, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Մոնրեաթ, Հյուսիսային Կարոլինա, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Montreat , Buncombe konderria, Ipar Carolina
Bulgarian:
Монтреат, Бънгкъм, Северна Каролина, Съединени американски щати
Catalan:
Montreat, Carolina del Nord, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Montreat, Buncombe County, North Carolina
Chechen:
Монтрит , Къилбаседа Каролина, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Danish:
Montreat, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Dutch:
Montreat, Buncombe County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
Egyptian Arabic:
مونترات, كارولاينا الشماليه, امريكا
Farsi/Persian:
مونترات، کارولینای شمالی, شهرستان بان‌کوم، کارولینای شمالی, کارولینای شمالی, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Haitian:
Montreat, Karolin dinò, Etazini
Hebrew:
מונטריט, מחוז באנקומב, קרוליינה הצפונית, ארצות הברית
Hungarian:
Montreat, Buncombe megye, Észak-Karolina, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
モントリート, バンコム郡, ノースカロライナ州, アメリカ合衆国
Ladin:
Montreat
Luxembourgish:
Montreat, North Carolina, Vereenegt Staate vun Amerika
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Montreat, Buncombe Kūn
Polish:
Montreat, Hrabstwo Buncombe, Karolina Północna, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Montreat, Condado de Buncombe, Carolina do Norte, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Montreat, Comitatul Buncombe, Carolina de Nord, Statele Unite ale Americii
Serbian:
Монтрит , Округ Банком, Северна Каролина, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Montreat, Buncombe County, Sjeverna Karolina, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Silesian:
Montreat, Půłnocno Karolina, Zjednoczůne Sztaty
Tatar:
Монтрит , Төньяк Каролина, Америка Кушма Штатлары
Ukrainian:
Монтріт, Банком, Північна Кароліна, Сполучені Штати Америки
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Montreat, Shimoliy Karolina, Amerika Qoʻshma Shtatlari
Volapük:
Montreat, North Carolina, Lamerikän
Welsh:
Montreat, Gogledd Carolina, Unol Daleithiau America


Montreat is a town.

Scattered occurrences in the Montreat valley. No outcrop source identified yet.

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5 valid minerals.

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Clinozoisite
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Habit: massive crystalline material, rare crystals
Colour: light brown, grayish brown
Fluorescence: none
Description: Two masses of coarse clinozoisite have been found. Single grains up to several cm occur. One mass was found on the lower part of the Rainbow loop trail, the other on the lowere parts of Greybeard trail
Corundum
Formula: Al2O3
Description: Light blue kyanite in crystals to 20cm in quartz or massively interlocked. Minor blue corundum within more massive interlocked kyanite. Within 40 meters of lookout point from which Montreat is viewed, on south side of knob. Trace kyanite can be found adja
Graphite
Formula: C
Description: Light blue kyanite in crystals to 20cm in quartz or massively interlocked. Minor blue corundum within more massive interlocked kyanite. Within 40 meters of lookout point from which Montreat is viewed, on south side of knob. Trace kyanite can be found adja
Kyanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
Description: Light blue kyanite in crystals to 20cm in quartz or massively interlocked. Minor blue corundum within more massive interlocked kyanite. Within 40 meters of lookout point from which Montreat is viewed, on south side of knob. Trace kyanite can be found adja
Quartz
Formula: SiO2

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Graphite1.CB.05aC
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Corundum4.CB.05Al2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
Kyanite9.AF.15Al2(SiO4)O
Clinozoisite9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
CCarbon
C GraphiteC
OOxygen
O Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O CorundumAl2O3
O KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
O QuartzSiO2
AlAluminium
Al Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al CorundumAl2O3
Al KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
SiSilicon
Si Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Si QuartzSiO2
CaCalcium
Ca Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreat,_North_Carolina
Wikidata ID:Q736831
GeoNames ID:4480007

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