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Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, Francei
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BerrienCommune
ChâteaulinArrondissement
FinistèreDepartment
BrittanyRegion
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Quartz

Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Quartz

Menez Molvé kaolin quarries, Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Menez Molvé kaolin quarries, Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Quartz

Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Quartz

Menez Molvé kaolin quarries, Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Quartz, etc.

Menez Molvé kaolin quarries, Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Menez Molvé kaolin quarries, Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
Neighbouring regions:
Poullaouen, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec, Morlaix, Finistère, Brittany, France
La Feuillée, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
Plounéour-Ménez, Morlaix, Finistère, Brittany, France
Scrignac, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
Huelgoat, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
Type:
Commune
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Berrien1,012 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
41254
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:41254:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, France
German:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Département Finistère, Bretagne, Frankreich
Italian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagna, Francia
Russian:
Берьен, Шатолен, Финистер, Бретань, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
贝里安, 沙托兰, 菲尼斯泰尔省, 布列塔尼半岛, 法国
Spanish:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finisterre, Bretón, Francia
Afrikaans:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankryk
Alemannic:
Berrien , Châteaulin, Département Finistère, Bretagne, Frankreich
Aragonese:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finisterre, Bretanya, Francia
Asturian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Bretaña, Francia
Bambara:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Faransi
Basque:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretainia, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Département Finistère, Bretagne, Frankreich
Breton:
Berrien, Kastellin, Penn-ar-Bed, Breizh, Bro-C'hall
Buginese:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Perancis
Catalan:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finisterre, Bretanya, França
Cebuano:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Pransiya
Chechen:
Берриян, Шатолен, Бретань, Франци
Corsican:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Francia
Croatian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Bretanja, Francuska
Czech:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretaň, Francie
Danish:
Berrien, Chateaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrig
Dutch:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretonio, Francio
Estonian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Frakland
Farsi/Persian:
برین، فینیستر, شاتولن, فینیستر, برتاین , فرانسه
Finnish:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistèro, Bretagne, France
Friulian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, France
Galician:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretaña, Francia
Greenlandic:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretanía, Frakkland
Ido:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Bretonia, Francia
Indonesian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Perancis
Interlingua:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Departimento Finistere, Region Britannia, Francia
Interlingue:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Penn-ar-Bed, An Bhriotáin, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Frans
Japanese:
ベリアン, シャトーラン, フィニステール県, ブルターニュ, フランス
Kabyle:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Fransa
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Берриян, Шатолен, Финистер, Франция
Kongo:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Fwalansa
Latin:
Berrien, Castrolinum, Finis Terrae, Britannia Minor, Francia
Latvian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistēra, Bretaņa, Francija
Ligurian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Fransa
Limburgian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finisteras, Bretanė, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Departement Finistère, Bretagne, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Frantsa
Malay:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Perancis
Manx:
Berrien, Kastellin, Penn-ar-Bed, Yn Vritaan, Yn Rank
Minangkabau:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Région Bretagne, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Brétangne, France
Neapolitan:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Franza
Norwegian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrike
Occitan:
Berrien, Kastellin, Finistèrra, Bretanha, França
Papiamento:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Fransia
Picard:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Franche
Piedmontese:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brëtagna, Fransa
Polish:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretania, Francja
Portuguese:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretanha, França
Romanian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretania, Franța
Romansh:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Bretagna, Frantza
Scots:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Breetany, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Penn-ar-Bed, An Fhraing
Serbian:
Беријен, Шатолен, Финистер, Бретања, Француска
Serbo-Croatian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretanja, Francuska
Sicilian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Britagna, Francia
Slovak:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretónsko, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Frankrike
Traditional Chinese:
貝爾里安, 沙托蘭, 菲尼斯泰爾, 布禮斯大區, 法國
Turkish:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretonya, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Берріян, Шатолен, Фіністер, Бретань, Франція
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Berrien, Châteaulin, Bretan, Fransiya
Venetian:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Bretagna, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Pháp
Volapük:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Fransän
Walloon:
Berrien, Châteaulin, France
Waray:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Finistère, Bretagne, Fransya
Welsh:
Berrien, Kastellin, Penn-ar-Bed, Bretagne, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Bretagne, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Berrien, Châteaulin, Faraas
Zulu:
Berrien, Châteaulin, IFulansi


A commune in the Finistère department.

"(Coming from Huelgoat). North of the latter locality on the D14, kaolinite in the granitic layers in a mining operation that has become perilous." [Belot, 1978]

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Andalusite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
ⓘ Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
ⓘ Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
ⓘ Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘ Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘ Native Bismuth
Formula: Bi
ⓘ Native Gold
Formula: Au
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Scorodite
Formula: Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
ⓘ 'Tourmaline'
Formula: AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
ⓘNative Bismuth1.CA.05Bi
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘArsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘScorodite8.CD.10Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘAndalusite9.AF.10Al2(SiO4)O
ⓘMuscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘKaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Tourmaline'-AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
BBoron
Bⓘ TourmalineAD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
OOxygen
Oⓘ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Oⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
Oⓘ TourmalineAD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
FFluorine
Fⓘ FluoriteCaF2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Alⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Siⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
KPotassium
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ FluoriteCaF2
FeIron
Feⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
AsArsenic
Asⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Asⓘ ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu
BiBismuth
Biⓘ Native BismuthBi

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berrien,_Finist%C3%A8re
Wikidata ID:Q226473
GeoNames ID:6455356

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References

Lukas, Yann (1978) Roches et minéraux de Bretagne. Ouest France. p.1-33.p.7 - + p.30
Belot, Victor R. (1978) Guide des minéraux, coquillages et fossiles: où les trouver en France, comment les reconnaître et les collectionner. Guides Horay.
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