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Mount Barker, District Council of Mount Barker, South Australia, Australiai
Regional Level Types
Mount BarkerTown
District Council of Mount BarkerLocal Government Area
South AustraliaState
AustraliaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Mount Barker8,357 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
219481
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:219481:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Mount Barker, District de Mount Barker, Australie-Méridionale, Australie
German:
Mount Barker, Mount Barker Council, Südaustralien, Australien
Italian:
Mount Barker, Municipalità di Mount Barker, Australia Meridionale, Australia
Russian:
Маунт-Баркер, Южная Австралия, Австралия
Simplified Chinese:
白加山, 南澳大利亚州, 澳大利亚
Spanish:
Mount Barker, Australia Meridional, Australia
Afrikaans:
Mount Barker, Suid-Australië, Australië
Aragonese:
Mount Barker, Australia Meridional
Asturian:
Mount Barker, Australia Meridional
Basque:
Mount Barker, Hego Australia
Bavarian:
Mount Barker
Breton:
Mount Barker, Aostralia ar Su
Catalan:
Mount Barker, Austràlia Meridional, Austràlia
Cebuano:
Mount Barker, Mount Barker , State of South Australia
Corsican:
Mount Barker, South Australia
Croatian:
Mount Barker, Južna Australija
Czech:
Mount Barker, Jižní Austrálie, Austrálie
Danish:
Mount Barker, South Australia, Australien
Dutch:
Mount Barker, District Council of Mount Barker, Zuid-Australië, Australië
Dutch Low Saxon:
Mount Barker
Esperanto:
Mount Barker, Suda Aŭstralio
Estonian:
Mount Barker, Lõuna-Austraalia, Austraalia
Farsi/Persian:
مونت بارکر، استرالیای جنوبی, استرالیای جنوبی, استرالیا
Finnish:
Mount Barker, Etelä-Australia, Australia
Franco-Provençal:
Mount Barker
Friulian:
Mount Barker
Galician:
Mount Barker, Australia Meridional, Australia
Hungarian:
Mount Barker, Dél-Ausztrália, Ausztrália
Icelandic:
Mount Barker, Suður-Ástralía, Ástralía
Ido:
Mount Barker
Indonesian:
Mount Barker, Australia Selatan, Australia
Interlingua:
Mount Barker
Interlingue:
Mount Barker
Irish Gaelic:
Mount Barker, An Astráil Theas, An Astráil
Japanese:
マウントバーカー, 南オーストラリア, オーストラリア
Kongo:
Mount Barker
Ligurian:
Mount Barker, Australia do Sud
Limburgian:
Mount Barker, Zuud-Australië
Low Saxon/Low German:
Mount Barker
Luxembourgish:
Mount Barker, Südaustralien
Macedonian:
Маунт Баркер, Јужна Австралија, Австралија
Malagasy:
Mount Barker
Malay:
Mount Barker, Australia Selatan
Minangkabau:
Mount Barker
Narom:
Mount Barker
Neapolitan:
Mount Barker
Norwegian:
Mount Barker, Sør-Australia, Australia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Mount Barker, Sør-Australia
Occitan:
Mount Barker, Austràlia Meridionala
Picard:
Mount Barker
Piedmontese:
Mount Barker
Polish:
Mount Barker, Australia Południowa, Australia
Portuguese:
Mount Barker, Austrália Meridional, Austrália
Romanian:
Mount Barker, Australia de Sud, Australia
Romansh:
Mount Barker, Australia Meridiunala
Sardinian:
Mount Barker
Scots:
Mount Barker, Sooth Australie
Scottish Gaelic:
Mount Barker, Astràilia-a-Deas
Sicilian:
Mount Barker, South Australia
Slovak:
Mount Barker, Južná Austrália, Austrália
Slovenian:
Mount Barker, Južna Avstralija, Avstralija
Swahili:
Mount Barker, Australia Kusini, Australia
Swedish:
Mount Barker, Mount Barker , South Australia, Australien
Urdu:
ماؤنٹ بارکر، جنوبی آسٹریلیا, جنوبی آسٹریلیا
Venetian:
Mount Barker, South Australia
Vietnamese:
Mount Barker, Nam Úc, Úc
Volapük:
Mount Barker, Sulüda-Laustralän
Walloon:
Mount Barker
Welsh:
Mount Barker, De Awstralia, Awstralia
West Flemish:
Mount Barker
Wolof:
Mount Barker
Zulu:
Mount Barker


The township of Mount Barker.
The township was surveyed in 1839 by Duncan McFarlane, and was named after Mount Barker Summit.
Mount Barker summit was named in 1834 by Captain Charles Sturt, in honor of Captain Collet Barker, who discovered the Mount Barker Summit in 1831. Captain Charles Sturt had spotted the peak earlier in 1830, however, he had mistaken it for the already surveyed Mount Lofty. Captain Collet Barker corrected this mistake later in 1831, thus records show him as the official discoverer.
Mount Barker is now the largest township in the Southern Mount Lofty Ranges
Situated 33km south-east, from the states capital Adelaide.

The area also contains numerous quartzite, sandstone and marble quarries, most of which have not been used for collecting. For this reason they have been left out of the listings for the moment.

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘChalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘAzurite5.BA.05Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
ⓘMalachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Hⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cⓘ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Oⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcociteCu2S
CuCopper
Cuⓘ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cuⓘ ChalcociteCu2S
Cuⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Barker,_South_Australia
Wikidata ID:Q1010639
GeoNames ID:2065665

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