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Chorwon County, Kangwon Province, North Koreai
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Chorwon CountyCounty
Kangwon ProvinceProvince
North KoreaCountry

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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Cholwon-gun
Other Languages:
French:
Chorwon, Kangwon, Corée du Nord
Korean:
철원군, 강원도, 조선민주주의인민공화국
Simplified Chinese:
铁原郡, 江原道, 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国
Cebuano:
Ch'ŏrwŏn-gun, Kangwŏn-do, Amihanang Korea
Farsi/Persian:
چوروون, استان کانگوون, کره شمالی
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Ch'ŏrwŏn Kūn, Kangwon-tō, Tiâu-sián
Norwegian:
Chorwon, Kangwon, Nord-Korea
Polish:
Ch'ŏrwŏn, Kangwŏn, Korea Północna
Swedish:
Ch'ŏrwŏn-gun, Kangwon, Nordkorea
Traditional Chinese:
鐵原郡, 江原道, 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國
Vietnamese:
Chorwon, Kangwon, Cộng hòa Dân chủ Nhân dân Triều Tiên
Welsh:
Sir Chorwon, Talaith Kangwon, Gogledd Corea


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5 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Beryl
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Description: light yellow
Reference: Kinosaki, Y. (1943) Jour. Min. Soc. Korea, 26, 8.
'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'
Reference: Kinosaki, Y. (1943) Jour. Min. Soc. Korea, 26, 8.
'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
Reference: Kinosaki, Y. (1943) Jour. Min. Soc. Korea, 26, 8.
Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Reference: Kinosaki, Y. (1943) Jour. Min. Soc. Korea, 26, 8.
Microcline
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Description: "microcline-perthite"
Reference: Kinosaki, Y. (1943) Jour. Min. Soc. Korea, 26, 8.
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Reference: Kinosaki, Y. (1943) Jour. Min. Soc. Korea, 26, 8.
Rutile
Formula: TiO2
Reference: Hideo Tsuda: "Supplement to "Minerals of Korea"" (in: Geology and Mineral Resources of the Far East, University of Tokyo Press, 1969)
Rutile var. Ilmenorutile
Formula: (Ti,Nb)O2
Reference: Hideo Tsuda: "Supplement to "Minerals of Korea"" (in: Geology and Mineral Resources of the Far East, University of Tokyo Press, 1969)

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
var. Ilmenorutile4.DB.05(Ti,Nb)O2
Group 9 - Silicates
Beryl9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Microcline9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc.
'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'-
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
BeBeryllium
Be BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
OOxygen
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
O IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
O BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
O MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O Rutile var. Ilmenorutile(Ti,Nb)O2
O RutileTiO2
AlAluminium
Al BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Al MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Si BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Si MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
KPotassium
K MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
TiTitanium
Ti IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Ti Rutile var. Ilmenorutile(Ti,Nb)O2
Ti RutileTiO2
FeIron
Fe IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
NbNiobium
Nb Rutile var. Ilmenorutile(Ti,Nb)O2

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorwon_County
Wikidata ID:Q490109
GeoNames ID:1878166

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