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Famenin County, Hamadan Province, Irani
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Hamadan ProvinceProvince
IranCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
336687
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:336687:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Shahrestān-e Fāmenīn
Other Languages:
French:
préfecture de Famenin, Province de Hamedan, Iran
Italian:
shahrestān di Famenin, Provincia di Hamadan, Iran
Arabic:
مقاطعة فامنين, همدان, إيران
Azeri:
Famenin şəhristanı, Həmədan ostanı, İran
Dutch:
Famenin County, Hamadan, Iran
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان فامنین, استان همدان, ایران
Hungarian:
Fámenin megye, Hamadán tartomány, Irán
Irish Gaelic:
Contae Famenin, An Iaráin
Pashto:
فامنين ولسوالي, همدان ولايت, ايران
Serbian:
Фаменински округ, Покрајина Хамадан, Иран
Serbo-Croatian:
Fameninski okrug, Hamadanska pokrajina, Iran
South Azerbaijani:
فامنین بؤلگه‌سی, همدان اوستانی, ایران
Turkish:
Famenin şehristanı, Hemedan Eyaleti, İran
Welsh:
Sir Famenin, Iran


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ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
Description: Olivine Fa17.4±3.7 (Fa6.4-24.9, PMD 14%, N=23)
ⓘ Forsterite
Formula: Mg2SiO4
Description: Fayalite composition of olivine as low as Fa6 among Fe-poor grains.
ⓘ 'Meteoritic Iron'
Description: Only kamacite is explicitly reported by McCausland et al.,2016.
ⓘ Native Iron
Formula: Fe
ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Description: low-Ca pyroxene Fs17.1±9.0Wo1.8±1.5 (Fs5.4-31.0, PMD 41%, N=7); Apparently some enstatite (sensu strictu - En>90) [or clinoenstatite?] is present.
ⓘ Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
ⓘ Troilite
Formula: FeS

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Iron1.AE.05Fe
ⓘvar. Kamacite1.AE.05(Fe,Ni)
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
ⓘTroilite2.CC.10FeS
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘForsterite9.AC.05Mg2SiO4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
ⓘ'Meteoritic Iron'-
ⓘ'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'-

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famenin_County
Wikidata ID:Q2415354
GeoNames ID:9523287

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