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Colombia

Colombia is subdivided into 32 departments (Spanish: departamentos) and a Capital District. These are made up of 1,119 municipalities (Spanish: municipios).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Albite
var: Andesine
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Allophane
Almandine
Alunite
Alunogen
'Andorite'
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Anthophyllite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Augite
Azurite
Baryte
Beryl
var: Emerald
var: Trapiche emerald
β-Uranophane
'Biotite'
Boracite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Bowieite
Calcite
Cancrinite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Cinnabar
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
Columbite-(Fe)
Cooperite
Copper
Corundum
var: Ruby

var: Sapphire
Covellite
Cuprorhodsite
Dewindtite
Diaphorite
Diopside
Dolomite
Enargite
Epidote
Erlichmanite
Euclase
Ferberite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Freibergite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gibbsite
Glaucophane
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Graphite
Grossular
Gypsum
Halite
'Halloysite'
Hedenbergite
Hematite
var: Martite
var: Specularite
'Hornblende'
Illite
Ilmenite
Iridium
var: Ruthenosmiridium
Isoferroplatinum
Jadeite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Kermesite
Kornerupine
Kyanite
Laurite
'Limonite'
Maghemite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Meta-autunite
Metavariscite
Miargyrite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Nepheline
'Olivine'
Omphacite
Opal
var: Milk Opal

var: Opal-AN
Osmium
Owyheeite
Paragonite
'Parisite'
Parisite-(Ce) (TL)
Phlogopite
Phosphosiderite
Phosphuranylite
'Pimelite'
Platinum (TL)
Prehnite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrope
Pyrophyllite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Blue Quartz
var: Chalcedony
Rectorite
Rutheniridosmine
Ruthenium
Rutile
'Scapolite'
Sepiolite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Sorosite
Sphalerite
Stephanite
Stibnite
Stistaite
Talc
'Tektite'
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
Tin
Titanite
Tulameenite
Variscite
var: Ferrian Variscite

'Viterbite'
'Wad'
Wollastonite
Zeolite Group
Zircon


162 entries listed. 120 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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Colombia
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References

Nichols, H.W. (1895): The Ores of Colombia from Mines in Operation in 1892. Publications of the Field Columbian Museum Geological Series, Vol. 1, xx pp.

Angulo Carmona, R. (Ed.) (1978): Recursos minerales de Colombia. Publicaciones geologicas especiales del Ingeominas, no. 1, Ministerio de Minas y Energia, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Geologico-Mineras, Bogota, 544 pp.

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