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Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francei
Regional Level Types
AyrensCommune
AurillacArrondissement
CantalDepartment
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesRegion
FranceCountry

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Area:
25 km2
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Ayrens531 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
305314
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:305314:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
German:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Département Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Italian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Russian:
Эйран, Орийак, Канталь, Овернь — Рона — Альпы, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
艾朗, 欧里亚克, 康塔爾省, 奥弗涅-罗讷-阿尔卑斯大区, 法国
Spanish:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Región de Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Afrikaans:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankryk
Albanian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvernia-Rhône-Alpes, Franca
Aragonese:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvernia-Roine-Alpes, Francia
Armenian:
Էրան, Օրիյակ, Կանտալ, Ֆրանսիա
Asturian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Bambara:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Faransi
Basque:
Airen, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvernia-Rhône-Alpeak, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankreich
Breton:
Ayrens, Orlhac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
Airen, Orlhac, Cantal, Alvèrnia-Roine-Alps, França
Cebuano:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pransiya
Chechen:
Эран , Орийак, Франци
Corsican:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Alvernia è Rodanu è Alpi, Francia
Croatian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Francuska
Czech:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francie
Danish:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrig
Dutch:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Aŭvernjo-Rodano-Alpoj, Francio
Estonian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantali departemang, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Frakland
Finnish:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes, France
Friulian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, France
Galician:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, Francia
Greenlandic:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frakkland
Ido:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Arvernia-Rodano-Alpi, Francia
Indonesian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Perancis
Interlingua:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Departimento Cantal, Auvernia-Rhodano-Alpes, Francia
Interlingue:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Département Cantal, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Ayrens, Aurillac, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Frans
Kabyle:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Fransa
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Ейран, Орияк, Канталь, Франция
Kongo:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Fwalansa
Latin:
Ayrens, Aureliacum, Mons Celtorum, Arvernia Rhodanus Alpesque, Francia
Latvian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Kantāla, Overņa-Rona-Alpi, Francija
Ligurian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Fransa
Limburgian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Kantalis, Overnė-Rona-Alpės, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Departement Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Frantsa
Malay:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Âovergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Neapolitan:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Franza
Norwegian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Frankrike
Occitan:
Airen, Orlhac, Cantal, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups, França
Papiamento:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Fransia
Picard:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Franche
Piedmontese:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Alvernia-Ròno-Alp, Fransa
Polish:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Owernia-Rodan-Alpy, Francja
Portuguese:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvérnia-Ródano-Alpes, França
Romanian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auverge-Ron-Alpi, Franța
Romansh:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Frantza
Scots:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, An Fhraing
Serbian:
Еран, Оријак, Кантал, Оверња-Рона-Алпи, Француска
Serbo-Croatian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Francuska
Sicilian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Alvernia-Rudanu-Alpi, Francia
Slovak:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Frankrike
Turkish:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Ейран, Оріяк, Канталь, Овернь-Рона-Альпи, Франція
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Ayrens, Aurillac, Fransiya
Venetian:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Alvergna-Rodano-Alpe, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Pháp
Volapük:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Fransän
Walloon:
Ayrens, Aurillac, France
Waray:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fransya
Welsh:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Ayrens, Aurillac, Faraas
Zulu:
Ayrens, Aurillac, IFulansi


"From Aurillac follow the N120 west. At Saint-Paul-des-Landes take the D55 to the right. There are old silver and lead works with argentiferous arsenopyrite, galena, and quartz on the dumps." [Belot, 1978]

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


3 valid minerals.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘArsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
FeIron
Feⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
AsArsenic
Asⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
PbLead
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS

Fossils

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

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences2
Youngest Fossil Listed2.59 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed5.33 Ma (Miocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Sirenia
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Metaxytherium serresii
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Metaxytherium : Metaxytherium serresii5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayrens
Wikidata ID:Q640246
GeoNames ID:6447241


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