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Xinjiang (Xinjiang-Uygur) Autonomous Region, China

新疆维吾尔自治区, 中国

Located in northwest China.

References

- Yanling Tang (2005): Non-metallic mineral deposits of Xinjiang, China [Zhongguo Xinjiang Fei Jinshu Kuangchuang]. Geological Publishing House (Beijing), 289 pp. (in Chinese)

External Links

http://61.133.8.10:8080/date/P/A2066815.pdf

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
var: Smaragdite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Alabandite
Albite
var: Albite Moonstone
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Almandine
'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
Altaite
Alunite
'Amphibole Group'
'var: Byssolite'
var: Uralite
Anatase
Andalusite
Andradite
var: Demantoid
'Andradite-Grossular Series'
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Anhydrokainite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
Anorthoclase
Antigorite
Antimony
'Apatite'
'var: Phosphorite'
Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
Argentopentlandite
Arsenic
Arsenogoyazite
Arsenopyrite
'Asbestos'
Ashanite
Aspidolite
Atacamite
Augite
var: Soda-Augite
Azurite
Barroisite
Baryte
Bassanite
'Bastnäsite'
'Bauxite'
'Bentonite'
Berthierite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
var: Morganite
Bilibinskite
Biotite
var: Titanian Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bismutotantalite
'Bitumen'
Blödite
Bornite
'Borocalcite'
Bournonite
Brabantite
Braggite
Brannerite
Brass
Braunite
Breithauptite
Brownmillerite
'Caesium-Biotite'
Calaverite
Calcite
var: Ferroan Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
var: Mg-rich Calcite
var: Travertine
Cancrinite
Carnallite
Carrollite
Cassiterite
Celadonite
Celestine
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloroxiphite
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
'Chrysolite'
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Clausthalite
Clinobisvanite
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore

var: Pennine
'Clinoptilolite'
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
'Coal'
'var: Lignite'
Cobaltite
Coesite
Coffinite
Cohenite
Columbite
Columbite-(Mn)
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Copper
Coquimbite
Cordierite
Corundum
var: Ruby
var: Sapphire
Covellite
Cristobalite
Crossite
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
var: Tile ore
Cuprocopiapite
'Cu-Zn alloy'
Darapskite
Daubréelite
Deerite
Diamond
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Dravite
'Dushan Jade'
Elbaite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Epidote
Epsomite
Ertixiite (TL)
Erythrite
Eucryptite
Eugsterite
'Feldspar Group'
Felsőbányaite
Ferricopiapite
Ferrihydrite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferrisicklerite
'Ferro-actinolite-Tremolite Series
var: Hetian Jade'

'var: Manasi Jade'
Ferro-edenite
Ferroglaucophane
Fibroferrite
Fillowite
var: Mg-Fillowite

Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Fluororichterite
Foitite
Forsterite
Freibergite
Gahnite
Galena
Galenobismutite
Ganomalite
'Garnet'
Gersdorffite
var: Cobaltoan Gersdorffite
Geversite
Gibbsite
Glauberite
Glaucophane
var: Li-rich Glaucophane
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Graphite
Grossular
var: Chromian Grossular
Gypsum
Halite
Halloysite
'Hami Green Jade'
Haxonite
Heazlewoodite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
var: Martite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
var: Picotite
Hessite
Hexahydrite
Holmquistite
'Hornblende'
Humberstonite
Hyalophane
Hydrobiotite
Hydroglauberite
'Hydrogoethite'
Hydromagnesite
'Hydromuscovite'
Hypersthene
Illite
Ilmenite
Ilvaite
Inyoite
Iron
var: Kamacite
Ishikawaite
Ixiolite
Jadeite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Kainite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Konyaite
Krausite
Kröhnkite
Kyanite
Laumontite
Lawsonite
Lead
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
var: Purple Jade
Leucoxene
Limonite
Lithiophilite
Lizardite
Löweite
Ludwigite
Mackinawite
Maghemite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesioriebeckite
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Mushketovite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Marialite
Melanterite
'Melnikovite'
Melonite
var: Bismuthian Palladian Melonite
Merenskyite
Metasideronatrite
Miargyrite
Michenerite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite Group
var: Bismutomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
var: Natrobistantite (TL)
var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
Millerite
Minium
Mirabilite
Modderite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Moncheite
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
'Moonstone'
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Lithian Muscovite
var: Rubidian Muscovite
var: Sericite
Natroalunite
Natrojarosite
Naumannite
Nepheline
Nickeline
Niggliite
Niter
Nitratine
Nitrocalcite
'Olivine'
Omphacite
Opal
var: Opal-AN
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Osarizawaite
Osmium
var: Iridosmine

Palladium
Parabutlerite
Paracoquimbite
Paragonite
Paratacamite
Pargasite
Pentlandite
'Perthite'
Petalite
Petzite
Phenakite
Phengite
Phlogopite
Picromerite
Pilsenite
Platinum
'Plessite'
Pollucite
Polybasite
Polydymite
Polyhalite
Polylithionite
var: Cs-bearing Polylithionite
Prehnite
'Psilomelane'
Purpurite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Arsenian Pyrite
var: Bravoite
var: Cobaltoan Pyrite
'Pyrochlore'
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrolusite
Pyrope
var: Chromian Pyrope
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Qingheiite (TL)
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Aventurine
var: Carnelian
var: Chalcedony
var: Chert
var: Flint
var: Jasper
var: Onyx
var: Rock Crystal
var: Sardonyx
var: Smoky Quartz
Retgersite
Rhodochrosite
Rhomboclase
Rickardite
Riebeckite
Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite

Rossmanite
Rucklidgeite
Rutheniridosmine
Rutile
Safflorite
Samarskite-(Y)
Sanidine
Saponite
'Saussurite'
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schreibersite
Scorodite
'Serpentine Group'
'var: Bastite'
'var: Serpentine Jade'
Sicklerite
Siderite
Siderophyllite
Siegenite
Sillimanite
Silver
var: Küstelite
Skutterudite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Sodalite
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
var: Marmatite
Spinel
var: Chromspinel
Spodumene
var: Hiddenite
Stannite
Starkeyite
Staurolite
Stellerite
Stibnite
Stilpnomelane
Stützite
Sulphur
Sursassite ?
Svanbergite
Swinefordite
Sylvanite
Sylvite
Syngenite
Szaibélyite
Szomolnokite
Taenite
Talc
Tamarugite
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Taramite
Tellurobismuthite
Tennantite
var: Zincian Tennantite
Tenorite
Tetra-auricupride (TL)
Tetradymite ?
Tetraferroplatinum
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
Thenardite
Thorite
Tietaiyangite
TiO2 II
Titanite
Todorokite
Tongxinite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Trilithionite
Triphylite
Troilite
Tschermakite
Tsumoite
Tungstite
Turgite
Turquoise
Ullmannite
Ulvöspinel
UM2004-49-SiO:AlCsFHKLi
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uvarovite
Valentinite
Valleriite
Vanthoffite
Variscite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
var: Chrome-Vesuvianite
Violarite
Voltaite
Volynskite
'Wehrlite (of Huot)'
Whitlockite
Winchite
Wittichenite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
Wüstite
Yavapaiite
Zeolite Group
Zinc
Zircon
var: Hafnian Zircon
Zoisite
var: Thulite


496 entries listed. 334 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other). 1 erroneous literature entry.

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