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Eleşkirt District, Ağri Province, Turkeyi
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Eleşkirt DistrictDistrict
Ağri ProvinceProvince
TurkeyCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Eleşkirt18,769 (2015)
Mindat Locality ID:
342164
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:342164:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Eleşkirt, Ağrı, Turquie
German:
Eleşkirt, Ağrı, Türkei
Italian:
Eleşkirt, provincia di Ağrı, Turchia
Russian:
Элешкирт, Агры, Турция
Simplified Chinese:
埃萊什基爾特, 阿勒省, 土耳其
Armenian:
Ալաշկերտ, Աղրըի նահանգ, Թուրքիա
Asturian:
Eleşkirt, provincia d'Ağrı, Turquía
Azeri:
Eleşgird rayonu, Ağrı ili, Türkiyə
Catalan:
Eleşkirt, Província d'Ağrı, Turquia
Cebuano:
Eleşkirt, Ağrı, Turkiya
Central Kurdish/Sorani:
زێدکان, پارێزگای ئاگری, تورکیا
Dutch:
Eleşkirt, Ağrı, Turkije
Esperanto:
Eleşkirt, Provinco Ağrı, Turkio
Farsi/Persian:
الشکیرت, استان آغری, بوقلمون
Hill Mari:
Элешкирт, Агры, Турци
Japanese:
アラシュケルト, アール県, トルコ
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Zêtka, Agirî, Tirkiye
Malay:
Eleşkirt, Wilayah Ağrı, Turki
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Eleşkirt, Ağrı, Türkiye
Norwegian:
Eleşkirt, Ağrı, Tyrkia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Eleşkirt, Provinsen Ağrı, Tyrkia
Polish:
Eleşkirt, Ağrı, Turcja
Swahili:
Eleşkirt, Mkoa wa Ağrı, Uturuki
Traditional Chinese:
埃萊什基爾特, 阿勒省, 土耳其
Turkish:
Eleşkirt, Ağrı, Türkiye
Urdu:
الشکیرت, آغری صوبہ, ترکی
Vietnamese:
Eleşkirt, Ağrı, Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ
Western Punjabi:
ضلع السکرٹ, صوبہ آغری, ترکی
Zazaki:
Zêdıkan, Ağrı, Tırkiya


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ⓘ Cohenite
Formula: Fe3C
Description: Cohenite is labelled 'cementite' in the metallurgical literature.
ⓘ Daubréelite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2S4
Description: Embedded in kamacite in Colakoglu & Ceylan (1988) photograph
ⓘ Native Iron
Formula: Fe
Description: Composition is nearly uniform 5.8 % Ni except at kamacite-taenite interfaces.
ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
Description: Composition is nearly uniform 5.8 % Ni except at kamacite-taenite interfaces.
ⓘ 'Plessite'
ⓘ Taenite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
Description: Taenite - Highest Ni content (~40%) at kamacite-taenite interfaces.

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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)
ⓘTaenite1.AE.10(Fe,Ni)
ⓘCohenite1.BA.05Fe3C
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘDaubréelite2.DA.05Fe2+Cr3+2S4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Plessite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ CoheniteFe3C
SSulfur
Sⓘ DaubréeliteFe2+Cr23+S4
CrChromium
Crⓘ DaubréeliteFe2+Cr23+S4
FeIron
Feⓘ CoheniteFe3C
Feⓘ DaubréeliteFe2+Cr23+S4
Feⓘ Native IronFe
Feⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Feⓘ Taenite(Fe,Ni)
NiNickel
Niⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Niⓘ Taenite(Fe,Ni)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ele%C5%9Fkirt
Wikidata ID:Q918800
GeoNames ID:8630866

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