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Los Roques Archipelago, Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, Venezuelai
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Los Roques ArchipelagoArchipelago
Federal Dependencies of VenezuelaState
VenezuelaCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
214965
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:214965:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
archipel de Los Roques, Dépendances fédérales, Venezuela
German:
Los Roques, Bundesterritorien, Venezuela
Italian:
Los Roques, Dipendenze Federali, Venezuela
Russian:
Лос-Рокес, Федеральные владения, Венесуэла
Simplified Chinese:
羅克斯群島, 聯邦屬地, 委内瑞拉
Spanish:
Archipiélago Los Roques, Dependencias Federales, Venezuela
Afrikaans:
Los Roques, Venezuela
Arabic:
أرخبيل لوس روكيس, التبعيات الاتحادية, فنزويلا
Aragonese:
Los Roques, Dependencias Federals
Catalan:
Los Roques, Dependències Federals, Veneçuela
Cebuano:
Islas Los Roques, Dependencias Federales
Dutch:
Islas Los Roques, Federale gebieden, Venezuela
Esperanto:
Insularo Los Roques, Venezuelaj Federalaj Dependaĵoj
Farsi/Persian:
مجمع‌الجزایر لوس روکوئز, ونزوئلا
Galician:
Arquipélago de Los Roques, Dependencias Federais, Venezuela
Greek:
Αρχιπέλαγος Λος Ρόκες, Φεουδαρχικές Περιοχές, Βενεζουέλα
Haitian:
Zile yo Roques
Hebrew:
לוס רוקס, הדפנדנסיות הפדרליות, ונצואלה
Japanese:
ロス・ロケス諸島, 連邦保護領, ベネズエラ
Lithuanian:
Los Rokeso salynas, Federalinės valdos, Venesuela
Luxembourgish:
Los Roques, Dependencias Federales
Northern Frisian:
Los Roques, Dependencias Federales
Polish:
Archipelag Los Roques, Dependencje Federalne, Wenezuela
Portuguese:
Arquipélago de Los Roques, Dependências Federais da Venezuela, Venezuela
Romanian:
Los Roques, Dependențele federale, Venezuela
Serbo-Croatian:
Los Roques, Savezni teritoriji
Sinhalese:
ලොස් රොක්ස් දූපත් සමූහය, ෆෙඩරල් ඩිපෙන්ඩන්සිස්
Slovenian:
Los Roques archipelago, Dependencias Federales, Venezuela
Swedish:
Los Roques, Dependencias Federales, Venezuela
Traditional Chinese:
洛斯羅克斯群島, 聯邦屬地
Turkish:
Los Roques Adaları, Federal Dependencies, Venezuela
Ukrainian:
Лос-Рокес, Федеральні володіння, Венесуела
Urdu:
لوس روکویس مجموعہ الجزائر, وفاقی توابع


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Mineral List

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1 valid mineral.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘVariscite8.CD.10AlPO4 · 2H2O
ⓘvar. Ferrian Variscite8.CD.10(Al,Fe)PO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ VarisciteAlPO4 · 2H2O
Hⓘ Variscite var. Ferrian Variscite(Al,Fe)PO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ VarisciteAlPO4 · 2H2O
Oⓘ Variscite var. Ferrian Variscite(Al,Fe)PO4 · 2H2O
AlAluminium
Alⓘ VarisciteAlPO4 · 2H2O
Alⓘ Variscite var. Ferrian Variscite(Al,Fe)PO4 · 2H2O
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ VarisciteAlPO4 · 2H2O
Pⓘ Variscite var. Ferrian Variscite(Al,Fe)PO4 · 2H2O
FeIron
Feⓘ Variscite var. Ferrian Variscite(Al,Fe)PO4 · 2H2O

Fossils

There are 20 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences20
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Sula
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Suliformes : Sulidae : Sula0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Laridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Leucophaeus atricilla
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae : Leucophaeus : Leucophaeus atricilla0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Polyborus plancus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Falconiformes : Falconidae : Caracara : Polyborus plancus0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Sula sula
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Suliformes : Sulidae : Sula : Sula sula0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Pelecanus occidentalis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Pelecaniformes : Pelecanidae : Pelecanus : Pelecanus occidentalis0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Phoenicopterus ruber
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Phoenicopteriformes : Phoenicopteridae : Phoenicopterus : Phoenicopterus ruber0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Platalea ajaja
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Pelecaniformes : Threskiornithidae : Platalea : Platalea ajaja0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 3 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Roques_Archipelago
Wikidata ID:Q318678
GeoNames ID:3633649

Localities in this Region


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