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Gunung Keriang, Alor Setar, Kota Setar District, Kedah, Malaysiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Gunung Keriang | Hill (Active) |
| Alor Setar | City |
| Kota Setar District | District |
| Kedah | State |
| Malaysia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
6° 11' 13'' North , 100° 19' 52'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Hill (Active) - last checked 2021
Deposit first discovered:
1990
Age:
541 ± 1.0 Ma to present day
Geologic Time:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Alor Setar | 217,368 (2012) | 8.0km |
| Kuala Kedah | 19,231 (2006) | 10.3km |
| Jitra | 63,489 (2012) | 13.5km |
| Kangar | 63,869 (2012) | 31.8km |
| Kuala Perlis | 13,917 (2012) | 32.2km |
Other Languages:
Simplified Chinese:
象屿山, 吉打, 马来西亚
Gunung Keriang (Mount Keriang) is a 250 million-year-old lump of mainly limestone rock that is said to be in the shape of an elephant and reaches a height of 218 meters. It has a well-known limestone cave named "Gua Keriang" in the local language, which is most of the minerals from this locality comes from.
This locality has not only calcite (prismatic crystals with quartz-like morphology) but also an interesting term that locals call "living crystals", by this name, some local claims that the crystal will continue to grow or crystallize if you water them regularly but yet to be proven scientifically.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Habit: Scalenohedron growth Colour: Orange Fluorescence: Fluorescence in Long Wave UV for certain second-generation growth. |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunung_Keriang |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q30658504 |
| GeoNames ID: | 1760333 |
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Gunung Keriang, Alor Setar, Kota Setar District, Kedah, Malaysia