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Cyprus

Kannoures chromite mine, Troodos mountain range, Nicosia District, Cyprus

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The Republic of Cyprus is de facto partitioned into two main parts; the area under the effective control of the Republic of Cyprus, comprising about 59% of the island's area, and the Turkish-occupied area in the north, calling itself the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, covering about 36% of the island's area and recognized only by Turkey.

The areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia are allocated by treaty to the United Kingdom as sovereign military bases (Western Sovereign Base Area or WSBA, and Eastern Sovereign Base Area or ESBA, respectively).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Albite
Analcime
Andradite
Antigorite
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
Augite
'Blaubleibender Covellite'
Bornite
Calcite
Celadonite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Na
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chromite
Chrysocolla
'Clay'
Clinochlore
 Clinoptilolite-Ca
Clinozoisite
Copper
'Copper Sulphides'
Coquimbite
Covellite
Cuprite
'Cyprusite'
Delafossite
Digenite
Diopside
Epidote
Erlichmanite
Fibroferrite
'Flint'
'Gmelinite'
'var: Ledererite'
Gmelinite-Ca
Gmelinite-Na
Goethite
Gold
Hematite
'Heulandite'
Hydroniumjarosite
Idaite
Jarosite
Laurite
'Limonite'
Mackinawite
Magnetite
Mandarinoite
'Manganese Oxides'
Marcasite
Mordenite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Oregonite
Parabutlerite
Paramelaconite
Phillipsite-K
 Pyrite
Pyrolusite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
var: Jasper
Saponite
'Serpentine Group'
Sphalerite
Stellerite
Tamarugite
Tenorite
Todorokite
Valleriite
Voltaite
'Wad'


77 entries listed. 60 valid minerals.

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References

Bear, L.M. (1963): The Mineral Resources and Mining Industry of Cyprus. Bulletin No.1. Republic of Cyprus. Ministry of Commerce and Industry Geological Survey Department, Nicosia, xx pp.

LIEBHER, W. & MÜCKE, A. (1998): Früher Kupfererz-Bergbau auf Zypern und die Entstehung der massiven Sulfide im Troodos Massiv. Aufschluss 48, 3-14. (in German)

Prüfer, P. (2010): Mineralien der Insel Zypern. Der Aufschluss 61, 97-106 (in German).

Prüfer, P. (2011): Mineralien der Insel Zypern (2). Der Aufschluss 62, 175-186 (in German).

Prüfer, P. (2012): Mineralien der Insel Zypern (3). Aufschluss 63, 261-269 (in German).

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