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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is divided into thirteen manaţiq (sing. minţaqah: regions or emirates; also translated as provinces).

References

- http://www.sgs.org.sa/ [Saudi Geological Survey]
- http://www.statoids.com/usa.html

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Abhurite (TL)
Acanthite
Actinolite
Aegirine
Aeschynite-(Y)
Albite
var: Oligoclase-Albite
Altaite
Anhydrite
'Apatite
var: Phosphorite'

Aphthitalite
Arcanite
Archerite
Arfvedsonite
Arnhemite
Arseniosiderite ?
Arsenopyrite
Awaruite
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
Biotite
Biphosphammite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Calaverite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Cobaltite
Cohenite
Columbite
Conichalcite ?
Covellite
Diopside
Dolomite
Epidote
Fayalite
Fergusonite-(Y)
Ferrimolybdite
Fluorapatite
var: Francolite

Fluorite
Frohbergite
Gagarinite-(Y)
Galena
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Graphite
Grossular
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halite
Hematite
Hessite
'Hornblende'
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite

Ilmenite
Iron
var: Kamacite

Ixiolite
Limonite
Maghemite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Metatyuyamunite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Muscovite
var: Sericite
'Oolitic Quartz'
Opal
Palygorskite
Petzite
Phlogopite
Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)

Pyrocoproite
Pyrophosphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chert
var: Mocha Stone
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rickardite
Riebeckite ?
Romarchite
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
Samarskite-(Y)
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schreibersite
Scorodite ?
Senaite
Siderite
Silver
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stibnite
Sylvanite
Taenite
Talc
Tellurium
Tetrahedrite
Thorite
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Troilite
Uraninite
Urea
Varlamoffite
Volynskite
Vulcanite
Whitlockite
Wolframite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zinnwaldite
Zircon
Zirkelite ?


132 entries listed. 101 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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