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Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China

Koktokay No. 3 pegmatite, Altay Mine, Koktokay pegmatite field, Fuyun Co., Aletai Prefecture, Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China

Photo: Bill Cordua

阿勒泰地区 (ئالتاي ۋىلايىتى), 伊犁哈萨克自治州 (ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستىئىلى قازاق), 新疆维吾尔自治区, 中国

More than 10,000 pegmatite veins are known in the Altay range. Many of them are worked for gemstones (beryl, tourmaline) and rare metals (niobium-tantalum, lithium, rubidium, caesium, beryllium, hafnium).

Mineral List

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Acanthite
Actinolite
Aegirine
Alabandite
Albite
var: Albite Moonstone
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Allanite-(Ce)
Almandine
'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
Altaite
Alunite
Amphibole Supergroup
var: Uralite
Andalusite
Andradite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
Antigorite
Antimony
'Apatite'
Arfvedsonite
Argentopentlandite
Arsenopyrite
'Asbestos'
'Ashanite'
Augite
Azurite
Baryte
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
var: Goshenite
var: Morganite
Bilibinskite
'Biotite'
'var: Titanian Biotite'
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bismutotantalite
Bornite
Boulangerite
'Brabantite'
'Brass'
Braunite
Breithauptite
'Caesium-Biotite'
Calaverite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Celestine
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chert'
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
'Chrysolite'
Clinobisvanite

'Clinoptilolite'
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
Cobaltite
'Columbite'
Columbite-(Fe)
'Columbite-(Fe)-Tantalite-(Fe) Series'
Columbite-(Mn)
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Copper
Cordierite
Corundum
Covellite
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Daubréelite
Digenite
Diopside
Dolomite
Dravite
Elbaite
'Elbaite-Liddicoatite Series'
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Epidote
Ertixiite (TL)
Erythrite
Eucryptite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferrisicklerite
Ferro-edenite
Fillowite
var: Mg-Fillowite
Fluorite
Foitite
Forsterite
Gahnite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gersdorffite
Geversite
Glaucophane
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
Gypsum
'Halloysite'
Haxonite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hessite
Holmquistite
'Hornblende'
Hydrobiotite
'Hydromuscovite'
Illite
Ilmenite
Iron
var: Kamacite
Ishikawaite
Ixiolite
Jalpaite
Jarosite
Kaolinite

'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Kyanite
Lepidolite
var: Purple Jade
'Limonite'
Lithiophilite
Lizardite
Maghemite
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Mushketovite
Malachite
Manganite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Melonite
var: Bismuthian Palladian Melonite
Merenskyite
Michenerite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite Group
var: Bismutomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
var: Natrobistantite (TL)
var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
Minium
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Moncheite
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Lithian Muscovite
var: Rubidian Muscovite
var: Sericite
Nickeline
Niggliite
'Olivine'
Opal
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Palladium
Pentlandite
'Perthite'
Petalite
Petzite
Phenakite
Phlogopite
'Plessite'
Pollucite
Polylithionite
var: Cs-bearing Polylithionite
Prehnite
'Psilomelane'
Pumpellyite-(Mg)
Purpurite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrolusite
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Qingheiite (TL)
Quartz

Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Jasper
var: Smoky Quartz
Retgersite
Rossmanite
Rucklidgeite
Rutile
Samarskite-(Y)
'Saussurite'
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Scorodite
'Serpentine Group'
Sicklerite
Sillimanite
Silver
var: Küstelite
Skutterudite
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
var: Marmatite
Spinel
Spodumene
var: Hiddenite
Staurolite
Stibnite
Stromeyerite
Stützite
Swinefordite
Sylvanite
Talc
'Tantalite'
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Tellurobismuthite
Tennantite
var: Zincian Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
'Tietaiyangite'
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Trilithionite
Triphylite
Tungstite
'UM2004-49-SiO:AlCsFHKLi'
Uraninite
Valleriite
Variscite
Violarite
Volynskite
'Wolframite'
Wüstite
Zinc
Zircon
var: Cyrtolite
var: Hafnian Zircon
Zoisite
var: Thulite

264 entries listed. 182 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

Localities in this Region

China

Xinjiang Autonomous Region
- Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture)
  - Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture)

China

Xinjiang Autonomous Region
- Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture)
  - Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture)

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References

Jianhua Chen (1989): The characteristics of gem granite pegmatites in Altai mountain ranges. Journal of Xinjiang Institute of Technology 10(1), 81-84 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Lieti Te and Bingbin Yang (1999): Gem beryl (aquamarine, emerald) pegmatites of Altay, Xinjiang, and their characteristics. Xinjiang Nonferrous Metals 1999(2), 1-9 (in Chinese).

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