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One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991.

Not to be confused with the Macedonia Department in Greece.

Macedonia is divided into statistical regions which, however, exist solely for legal and statistical purposes.
In August 2004, the Republic of Macedonia was reorganised into 84 municipalities. Most of the current municipalities were unaltered or merely amalgamated from the previous 123 municipalities established in September 1996; others were consolidated and their borders changed.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Actinolite Aegirine Albite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Alunite Andalusite Anglesite Aragonite Ardennite-(As) Arfvedsonite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Artinite Azurite Baryte Bernardite (TL) Biotite Bismuthinite Bornite Boulangerite Braunite Calcite Cerussite Cervantite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Christite Chromite Cinnabar Claudetite Cleusonite Copiapite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Cymrite

Diaspore Dolomite Dorallcharite (TL) Enargite Epidote Epidote-(Pb) Epsomite Famatinite Fangite Fibroferrite Fluorite Franklinite Freibergite Gahnite Galena 'Garnet' Glaucophane Goethite Gold Greigite Gypsum Hausmannite Hedyphane Hematite var: Martite Hexahydrite Hörnesite Illite Ilmenite Jacobsite Jamesonite Jankovićite (TL) Jarosite Kaolinite Krennerite Kyanite Lepidolite Limonite

Lorándite (TL) Luzonite Macedonite (TL) Maghemite Magnetite Magnetoplumbite Malachite Mansfieldite Marcasite Melanterite Metacinnabar Microcline Molybdenite 'Monazite' Montmorillonite Muscovite var: Sericite Nežilovite (TL) Oregonite Orpiment Otavite Parapierrotite (TL) Pararealgar Pearceite Petzite Pharmacolite Picotpaulite (TL) Picropharmacolite Piemontite Proustite Pyrargyrite Pyrite var: Bravoite Pyrophyllite Pyrrhotite Quartz Raguinite (TL) Realgar

Rebulite Rhodochrosite Rhomboclase ? Roméite Group var: Stibiconite Routhierite Rozenite Rutile Sanbornite Scorodite Senaite Siderite Simonite (TL) Smithsonite Sphalerite Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur Talc Tennantite 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series' Tenorite Tetrahedrite Tilasite Titanite 'Tourmaline' Uraninite var: Pitchblende Vaesite Valentinite Valleriite Vauquelinite Vrbaite (TL) 'Wad' Weissbergite Wulfenite Zincohögbomite-2N6S (TL) Zircon

158 entries listed. 135 valid minerals. 12 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Republic of Macedonia Alinci Berovo Kadiica Cu deposit Damjan Mine Debar mine Delchevo Osogovo Cu deposit Demir Hisar Mine Dudice Kavadar Sivec mine Kratovo-Zletovo ore District Plavica Zletovo Mine Kriva Palanka Toranica Pb-Zn deposit Lojane

Republic of Macedonia Novo Selo Ilovitza Cu-Au deposit Prilep Crni Kamen Sivec Mt. Marble quarry Probistip Sasa Mine Radovish Bucim Mine (Buchim Mine) Roszdan Allchar (Alsar) Crven Dol mine Skopje Mount Vodno (Vodno Mountain) Tajmište Mine Veles Nežilovo Jakupica Mts Babuna Valley Kalugeri Hill

References

- Wray, D. (1925): The geology and mineral wealth of Albania and Macedonia. Mining Magazine, 37, 329-339.
- Schumacher, F. (1954): The ore deposits of Jugoslavia and the development of its mining industry. Economic Geology, 49, 451-492.
- Gogala, M., Ed. (1999): Hidden Treasures of Macedonia (Skrita bogastva Makedonije). "Scopolia", Supplementum 2, Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 70 pp. (in English and Slovenian)