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Sorrento, Hancock County, Maine, USAi
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SorrentoTown
Hancock CountyCounty
MaineState
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PlacePopulation
Sorrento302 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
229140
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:229140:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Sorrento, comté de Hancock, Maine, États-Unis
German:
Sorrento, Hancock County, Maine, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Sorrento, contea di Hancock, Maine, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Сорренто, Ханкок, Мэн, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
索倫托, 漢考克縣 , 缅因州, 美国
Spanish:
Sorrento, Condado de Hancock, Maine, Estados Unidos
Basque:
Sorrento, Hancock konderria , Maine
Catalan:
Sorrento, Maine, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Sorrento, Hancock County , Maine
Chechen:
Сорренто, Мэн, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Dutch:
Sorrento, Hancock County, Maine, Verenigde Staten
Haitian:
Sorrento, Mèn, Etazini
Hungarian:
Sorrento, Hancock megye, Maine, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Сорренто, Мэн, Америка Құрама Штаттары
Kyrgyz:
Сорренто, Америка Кошмо Штаттары
Mazanderani:
سورنتو, مین
Norwegian:
Sorrento, Hancock County, Maine, USA
Polish:
Sorrento, Hrabstwo Hancock, Maine, Stany Zjednoczone
South Azerbaijani:
سورنتو، مئین, مئین ایالتی, آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری
Swedish:
Sorrento, Hancock County, Maine, USA
Tatar:
Сорренто, Мэн, Америка Кушма Штатлары
Turkish:
Sorrento, Hancock, Maine, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Сорренто, Генкок, Мен, Сполучені Штати Америки
Volapük:
Sorrento, Maine, Lamerikän
Welsh:
Sorrento, Maine, Unol Daleithiau America


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Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

6 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Axinite-(Fe)
Formula: Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Description: Pitman, L. Francis, C. A., and Lange, D., 1997, Rocks & Min. Vo.71, No.3, p.199 erroneously say the Golden Circle mine is in Sullivan. It is not. It is in Sorrento.
ⓘ Native Bismuth
Formula: Bi
ⓘ Native Gold
Formula: Au
ⓘ Native Tellurium
Formula: Te
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Sylvanite
Formula: AgAuTe4
ⓘ Tetradymite
Formula: Bi2Te2S

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
ⓘNative Bismuth1.CA.05Bi
ⓘNative Tellurium ?1.CC.10Te
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘTetradymite2.DC.05Bi2Te2S
ⓘSylvanite2.EA.05AgAuTe4
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘAxinite-(Fe)9.BD.20Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Axinite-(Fe)Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
BBoron
Bⓘ Axinite-(Fe)Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
OOxygen
Oⓘ Axinite-(Fe)Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ Axinite-(Fe)Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Axinite-(Fe)Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ TetradymiteBi2Te2S
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Axinite-(Fe)Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
FeIron
Feⓘ Axinite-(Fe)Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
AgSilver
Agⓘ SylvaniteAgAuTe4
TeTellurium
Teⓘ SylvaniteAgAuTe4
Teⓘ Native TelluriumTe
Teⓘ TetradymiteBi2Te2S
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu
Auⓘ SylvaniteAgAuTe4
BiBismuth
Biⓘ Native BismuthBi
Biⓘ TetradymiteBi2Te2S

Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences3
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Pinguinus impennis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Alcidae : Pinguinus : Pinguinus impennis0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorrento,_Maine
Wikidata ID:Q3449891
GeoNames ID:4979006

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