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Kume Island, Kumejima, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japani
Regional Level Types
Kume IslandIsland
KumejimaTown
Shimajiri DistrictDistrict
Okinawa PrefecturePrefecture
JapanCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
258332
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:258332:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Kumejima, Kumejima, district de Shimajiri, Okinawa, Japon
German:
Kume-jima, Kumejima, Shimajiri Bezirk, Präfektur Okinawa, Japan
Italian:
isola di Kume, Kumejima, Distretto di Shimajiri, prefettura di Okinawa, Giappone
Japanese:
久米島, 久米島町, 島尻郡, 沖縄県, 日本
Simplified Chinese:
久米島, 久米島町, 島尻郡, 沖繩縣, 日本
Spanish:
Isla Kume, Kumejima, Distrito de Shimajiri , prefectura de Okinawa, Japón
Belarusian:
Кумедзіма, Акінава , Японія
Cebuano:
Kume Jima, Kumejima Chō, Shimajiri-gun, Okinawa-ken, Hapon
Hungarian:
Okinawa-sziget, Okinava prefektúra, Japán
Korean:
구메섬, 구메지마정, 시마지리군, 오키나와현, 일본
Lithuanian:
Kumedžima, Šimadžirio apskritis, Okinavos prefektūra, Japonija
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Kume Tó, Okinawa-koān, Ji̍t-pún
Polish:
Kumejima, Prefektura Okinawa, Japonia
Thai:
เกาะคุเมะ, จังหวัดโอกินาวะ, ประเทศญี่ปุ่น
Traditional Chinese:
久米島, 久米島町, 島尻郡, 沖繩縣, 日本
Vietnamese:
Đảo Kume, Huyện Shimajiri, Okinawa, Nhật Bản


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1 valid mineral.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBrochantite7.BB.25Cu4(SO4)(OH)6

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HHydrogen
Hⓘ BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
OOxygen
Oⓘ BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
SSulfur
Sⓘ BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
CuCopper
Cuⓘ BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences3
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.13 Ma (Pleistocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Anas acuta
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Anseriformes : Anatidae : Anas : Anas acuta0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Turdidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Turdidae0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Erithacus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Muscicapidae : Erithacus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kume_Island
Wikidata ID:Q247515
GeoNames ID:1858392

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Eurasian Plate
Okinawa PlateTectonic Plate

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