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Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture, Japani
Regional Level Types
Echizen CityCity
Fukui PrefecturePrefecture
JapanCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Takefu75,753 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
53122
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:53122:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Echizen, Fukui, Japon
German:
Echizen, Präfektur Fukui, Japan
Italian:
Echizen, prefettura di Fukui, Giappone
Russian:
Этидзен, Фукуи, Япония
Simplified Chinese:
越前市, 福井縣, 日本
Spanish:
Echizen, Prefectura de Fukui, Japón
Arabic:
إتشيزين, فوكوي, اليابان
Burmese:
အဲချိဇန်းမြို့၊ ဖုခုအိ, ဂျပန်နိုင်ငံ
Cebuano:
Echizen-shi, Fukui-ken, Hapon
Dutch:
Echizen, Fukui, Japan
Estonian:
Echizen, Fukui prefektuur, Jaapan
Farsi/Persian:
اچیزن، فوکوئی, استان فوکوئی, ژاپن
Galician:
Echizen, Prefectura de Fukui, Xapón
Japanese:
越前市, 福井県, 日本
Korean:
에치젠시, 후쿠이현, 일본
Lithuanian:
Ečidzenas, Fukujaus prefektūra, Japonija
Mazanderani:
اچیزن، فوکوئی, جاپون
Polish:
Echizen, Prefektura Fukui, Japonia
Portuguese:
Echizen-shi, Fukui, Japão
Romanian:
Echizen, Prefectura Fukui, Japonia
South Azerbaijani:
اچیزن، فوکوئی, فوکوئی اوستانی, ژاپون
Swedish:
Echizen, Fukui prefektur, Japan
Tagalog:
Echizen, Prepektura ng Fukui, Hapon
Traditional Chinese:
越前, 福井縣, 日本
Turkish:
Echizen, Fukui, Japonya
Ukrainian:
Етідзен, Префектура Фукуй, Японія
Urdu:
ایچیزین، فوکوئی, فوکوئی پریفیکچر, جاپان
Vietnamese:
Echizen, Fukui, Nhật Bản
Waray:
Echizen, Fukui, Hapon


Echizen is also the name of the obsolete political division sometimes seen on old labels, such as the classic balls of native arsenic crystals from the Akadani mine. See: Fukui Prefecture.

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘRhodochrosite5.AB.05MnCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘHedenbergite9.DA.15CaFe2+Si2O6

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ RhodochrositeMnCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
Oⓘ RhodochrositeMnCO3
SiSilicon
Siⓘ HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
SSulfur
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Caⓘ HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
MnManganese
Mnⓘ RhodochrositeMnCO3
FeIron
Feⓘ HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echizen,_Fukui
Wikidata ID:Q877941
GeoNames ID:7467386

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