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Iran

Iran is divided into 31 ostanha (sing. ostan: provinces); the 31st province, Alborz, was created in June 2010. The provinces are subdivided into shahrestan (counties), which are in turn subdivided into bakhsh (districts).

(Note: Westerners used to preferentially call the country "Persia" until 1935.)

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The Jurassic age in North Of Mahallat With Thrust Fault by Farid Mohammadi


Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
Aikinite
Aktashite
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Algodonite
'Allanite'
Altaite
Alum-(K)
Alunite
Alunogen
Amarantite
'Amphibole Group'
'var: Byssolite'
Andalusite
Andradite
var: Demantoid
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Anilite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Aphthitalite
Aragonite
Arcanite
Arcubisite
Arsenobismite
Arsenopyrite
Atacamite
Augite
Aurichalcite
Aurostibite
'Axinite'
Axinite-(Fe)
Azurite
Baksanite
Baryte
Baumhauerite
Bayerite
Beaverite-(Cu)
Berryite
Beudantite
'Beudantite Subgroup'
Biotite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
'Bitumen'
Boleite
Bornite
Botryogen
Boulangerite
Brochantite
Butlerite
Cadwaladerite
'Calamine'
Calaverite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Caledonite
Cassiterite
Celadonite
Celestine
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
'Chert'
'Chlorite Group'
var: Brunsvigite
Christite ?
Chrysocolla
Cinnabar
'Clay'
Clinoatacamite
Clinochlore
var: Ripidolite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Cobaltpentlandite
Colemanite
Coloradoite
Conichalcite
Copiapite
Copper
Coquimbite
Corderoite ?
Cordierite
Coronadite
Cosalite
Covellite
'Crandallite Subgroup'
Cubanite
Cuprite
Daliranite (TL)
Danburite
Davidite-(Ce)
Delafossite
Descloizite
Diaboleite
Digenite
Diopside
Dioptase
Dolomite
Domeykite
Dravite
Enargite
Epidote
Erythrite
Erythrosiderite
Fairfieldite
Ferberite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Fornacite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
var: Bismuthiferous Galena
Galenobismutite
Galkhaite
'Garnet'
Geerite
Gehlenite
Geocronite
Getchellite
Gibbsite
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
Gypsum
Halite
Halotrichite
Heazlewoodite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hemihedrite
'Hemihedrite-Iranite Series'
Hemimorphite
Herbertsmithite
Hetaerolite
'Hornblende'
Hydroboracite
Hydrocerussite
Hydromagnesite
Hydromolysite
Hydroxylapatite
Hydrozincite
Illite
Ilmenite
Ingodite
Iranite (TL)
Jarosite
'Jarosite Subgroup'
Joséite
Kainite
Kaolinite
Kermesite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Khademite (TL)
Kobellite
Koutekite
Krupkaite
Kutinaite
Laumontite
Lautite
Lavendulan
Leadhillite
Lemanskiite
Lepidocrocite
Lesukite
Limonite
Linarite
Litharge
Löllingite
Lorándite
Ludlockite
Magnetite
Makovickyite
Malachite
Maldonite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
Mansfieldite
Marcasite
Matildite
Maucherite
Melanterite
'Melnikovite'
Metacinnabar
Metavoltine (TL)
Microcline
Mimetite
Minium
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Montmorillonite
Murdochite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
Orpiment
Orthoclase
Palygorskite
Parabutlerite
Pararammelsbergite
Paratacamite
'Perthite'
Pertlikite (TL)
Phengite
Phlogopite
Phoenicochroite
Phosgenite
Picromerite
Pitticite
Plagionite
Plattnerite
Plumbojarosite
Polhemusite
Polyhalite
Prehnite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
var: Arsenian Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Agate-Jasper
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Dendritic Agate
var: Fortification Agate
var: Jasper
var: Moss Agate
var: Rock Crystal
Realgar
Rinneite
Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite

Römerite
Rooseveltite
Rosasite
Rutile
Safflorite
Sauconite
'Saussurite'
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schneiderhöhnite
Scorodite
Seelite (TL)
Semseyite
Siderite
Silver
Simonite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Spionkopite
Stannite
Stibnite
Strengite
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
Sulphotsumoite
Sulphur
Sylvite
Szomolnokite
Sztrókayite
Talc
Talmessite (TL)
Tamarugite
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
Thorianite
var: Uranothorianite

Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Turquoise
Twinnite
Ulexite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranospinite
Uvarovite
Variscite
Vesuvianite
Voltaite
'Wad'
Willemite
Wittichenite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xenotime-(Y)
Yarrowite
Zeolite Group
Zeunerite
Zincite
Zincrosasite
Zircon


320 entries listed. 247 valid minerals. 7 type localities (valid minerals). 2 erroneous literature entries.

Localities in this Region

Iran
Iran

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References

- Tietze, E. (1879): Die Mineralreichthümer Persiens. Jahrb. Geol. Reichanst. Wien, 29, 565-658.
- Range, P. (1926): Geologie und Mineralvorkommen von Persien. Zeits. Prakt. Geol, 24, 49-53. [incl. map].
- Treskinsky, S. (1933) Desert Placers. Mining Magazine: 49(4) (Oct 1933): 219-223 [Description of type of placer deposit occurring in Persia].
- Diehl, E. (1944): Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Erzfundstellen Irans. Schweiz. Min. Petr. Mitt., 24, 333-371. [incl. map 1:4,000,000].
- Ladame, G.(1945): Les ressources métallifères de l'Iran. Schweiz. Min. Petr. Mitt., 25, 165-303. [incl. map 1:6,380,000].
- Wilson, N.W. (1946): Iran and its mineral deposits. Mining Mag. London, 74, 277-289. [incl. maps].
- Bariand, P. (1963): The mineralogy of Iran. Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 86, 17-64
- Förster, H. (1974): Magmentypen und Erzlagerstätten im Iran. Geol. Rundschau, 63, 276-292.

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