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Area:
179 km2
Neighbouring regions:
Type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Oranjestad | 29,998 (2010) |
| Tanki Leendert | 21,500 (2018) |
| San Nicolas | 15,200 (2018) |
| Santa Cruz | 12,900 (2018) |
| Paradera | 12,000 (2018) |
| Savaneta | 11,500 (2018) |
Other Languages:
Dutch:
Aruba
French:
Aruba
German:
Aruba
Italian:
Aruba
Russian:
Аруба
Simplified Chinese:
阿魯巴
Spanish:
Aruba
Afrikaans:
Aruba
Albanian:
Aruba
Alemannic:
Aruba
Amharic:
አሩባ
Arabic:
أروبا
Aragonese:
Aruba
Armenian:
Արուբա
Assamese:
আৰুবা
Asturian:
Aruba
Azeri:
Aruba
Bashkir:
Аруба
Basque:
Aruba
Bavarian:
Aruba
Belarusian:
Аруба
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Аруба
Bengali:
আরুবা
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
আরুবা
Bosnian:
Aruba
Breton:
Aruba
Bulgarian:
Аруба
Catalan:
Aruba
Cebuano:
Aruba
Central Bikol:
Aruba
Central Kurdish/Sorani:
ئارووبا
Chechen:
Аруба
Cherokee:
ᎠᎷᏆ
Cheyenne:
Aruba
Chuvash:
Аруба
Cornish:
Aruba
Croatian:
Aruba
Czech:
Aruba
Danish:
Aruba
Dzongkha:
ཨ་རུ་བ།
Egyptian Arabic:
اروبا
Erzya:
Аруба
Esperanto:
Arubo
Estonian:
Aruba
Extremaduran:
Aruba
Faroese:
Aruba
Farsi/Persian:
آروبا
Fiji Hindi:
Aruba
Finnish:
Aruba
Gagauz:
Aruba
Galician:
Aruba
Georgian:
არუბა
Greek:
Αρούμπα
Gujarati:
અરુબા
Haitian:
Aruba
Hakka:
Aruba
Hebrew:
ארובה
Hindi:
अरूबा
Hungarian:
Aruba
Icelandic:
Arúba
Ido:
Aruba
Indonesian:
Aruba
Interlingua:
Aruba
Jamaican Patois:
Aruuba
Japanese:
アルバ
Javanese:
Aruba
Judaeo-Spanish:
Aruba
Kannada:
ಅರುಬ
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Аруба
Kinyarwanda:
Aruba
Konkani:
अरुबा
Korean:
아루바
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Arûba
Kyrgyz:
Аруба
Latin:
Aruba
Latvian:
Aruba
Ligurian:
Aruba
Limburgian:
Aruba
Lingala:
Aruba
Lingua Franca Nova:
Aruba
Lithuanian:
Aruba
Lojban:
arubas
Lombard:
Aruba
Low Saxon/Low German:
Aruba
Lower Sorbian:
Aruba
Luxembourgish:
Aruba
Macedonian:
Аруба
Malay:
Aruba
Malayalam:
അരൂബ
Maltese:
Aruba
Manx:
Aruba
Marathi:
अरूबा
Mazanderani:
آروبا
Min Dong Chinese:
Aruba
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Aruba
Mongolian:
Аруба
Nauruan:
Aruba
Nepali:
अरुबा
Northern Frisian:
Aruuba
Norwegian:
Aruba
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Aruba
Novial:
Aruba
Occitan:
Aruba
Odia:
ଅରୁବ
Ossetian:
Арубæ
Papiamento:
Aruba
Piedmontese:
Aruba
Polish:
Aruba
Portuguese:
Aruba
Punjabi:
ਅਰੂਬਾ
Romanian:
Aruba
Rusyn:
Аруба
Samogitian:
Aruba
Scots:
Aruba
Serbian:
Аруба
Serbo-Croatian:
Aruba
Sinhalese:
අරුබා
Slovak:
Aruba
Slovenian:
Aruba
Somali:
Aruba
South Azerbaijani:
آروبا
Sranan Tongo:
Aruba
Sundanese:
Aruba
Swahili:
Aruba
Swedish:
Aruba
Tagalog:
Aruba
Tamil:
அருபா
Tatar:
Аруба
Telugu:
అరుబా
Thai:
อารูบา
Traditional Chinese:
阿魯巴島
Turkish:
Aruba
Ukrainian:
Аруба
Upper Sorbian:
Aruba
Urdu:
اروبا
Uyghur:
ئارۇبا
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Aruba
Venetian:
Aruba
Vietnamese:
Aruba
Waray:
Aruba
Welsh:
Aruba
West Frisian:
Arûba
Western Punjabi:
اروبا
Wolof:
Aruba
Wu Chinese:
阿鲁巴
Yakut:
Аруба
Yoruba:
Àrúbà
Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean.
Geology consists of Cretaceous mafic volcanics that were intruded by a late Cretaceous quartz diorite pluton. Carbonate reef rocks form cover on about a third of the island and also form surrounding reefs. The southern portion of the island is crossed by numerous gold-bearing quartz veins in a shear zone. Gold was discovered in 1824 and small production continued to the early 1900s.
Geology consists of Cretaceous mafic volcanics that were intruded by a late Cretaceous quartz diorite pluton. Carbonate reef rocks form cover on about a third of the island and also form surrounding reefs. The southern portion of the island is crossed by numerous gold-bearing quartz veins in a shear zone. Gold was discovered in 1824 and small production continued to the early 1900s.
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| ⓘ 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3A |
| ⓘ Brushite Formula: Ca(PO3OH) · 2H2O Locality: Ceru Colorado, San Nicolaas Zuid, Aruba |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Colour: white Description: Microcrystalline crusts on coral formation. References: Harold Moritz CollectionIdentified by Harold Moritz: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Crandallite Formula: CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 Locality: Ceru Colorado, San Nicolaas Zuid, Aruba |
| ⓘ Fluorapatite Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F |
| ⓘ Foggite Formula: CaAl(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O |
| ⓘ Leucophosphite Formula: KFe3+2(PO4)2(OH) · 2H2O Locality: Ceru Colorado, San Nicolaas Zuid, Aruba |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Monetite Formula: Ca(PO3OH) Locality: Ceru Colorado, San Nicolaas Zuid, Aruba |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Monetite | 8.AD.10 | Ca(PO3OH) |
| ⓘ | Crandallite | 8.BL.10 | CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Fluorapatite | 8.BN.05 | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| ⓘ | Brushite | 8.CJ.50 | Ca(PO3OH) · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Leucophosphite | 8.DH.10 | KFe3+2(PO4)2(OH) · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Foggite | 8.DL.05 | CaAl(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3A |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Brushite | Ca(PO3OH) · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Crandallite | CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Foggite | CaAl(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O |
| H | ⓘ Leucophosphite | KFe23+(PO4)2(OH) · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Monetite | Ca(PO3OH) |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Brushite | Ca(PO3OH) · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Crandallite | CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| O | ⓘ Foggite | CaAl(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Leucophosphite | KFe23+(PO4)2(OH) · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Monetite | Ca(PO3OH) |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3A |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Crandallite | CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| Al | ⓘ Foggite | CaAl(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Brushite | Ca(PO3OH) · 2H2O |
| P | ⓘ Crandallite | CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| P | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| P | ⓘ Foggite | CaAl(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O |
| P | ⓘ Leucophosphite | KFe23+(PO4)2(OH) · 2H2O |
| P | ⓘ Monetite | Ca(PO3OH) |
| P | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3A |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Leucophosphite | KFe23+(PO4)2(OH) · 2H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Brushite | Ca(PO3OH) · 2H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Crandallite | CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Ca | ⓘ Foggite | CaAl(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Monetite | Ca(PO3OH) |
| Ca | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3A |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Leucophosphite | KFe23+(PO4)2(OH) · 2H2O |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Fossils
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q21203 |
| GeoNames ID: | 3577279 |
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