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Laguna de Urao, Lagunillas, Mérida, Venezuelai
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Laguna de Urao- not defined -
Lagunillas- not defined -
MéridaState
VenezuelaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
8° 30' 14'' North , 71° 23' 58'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Ejido106,915 (2012)18.1km
Mérida300,000 (2016)28.4km
El Vigía59,092 (2018)30.8km
Mucumpiz215,259 (2018)30.8km


Coordinates are general for the lake near the town.

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Mineral List


2 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Gaylussite (TL)
Formula: Na2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O
Type Locality:
Reference: Boussingault, J.B. (1826) Analyse d'une nouvelle substance minérale (la Gay-Lussite). Annales de Chimie et de Physique: 31: 270-276.; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 235.
Trona
Formula: Na3H(CO3)2 · 2H2O
Description: As a lacustrine bottom deposit.
Reference: Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 139.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Gaylussite (TL)5.CB.35Na2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O
Trona5.CB.15Na3H(CO3)2 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GaylussiteNa2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O
H TronaNa3H(CO3)2 · 2H2O
CCarbon
C GaylussiteNa2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O
C TronaNa3H(CO3)2 · 2H2O
OOxygen
O GaylussiteNa2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O
O TronaNa3H(CO3)2 · 2H2O
NaSodium
Na GaylussiteNa2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O
Na TronaNa3H(CO3)2 · 2H2O
CaCalcium
Ca GaylussiteNa2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O

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Palache, C., Berman, H., Frondel, C. (1951) The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 139, 235.
d'Omalius d'Halloy, Jean-Baptiste Julien (1838) Introduction a la géologie: 1: Des éléments d'histoire naturelle inorganique contenant des notions d'astronomie, de météorologie et de minéralogie (in French).

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