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Mongolia

Mongolia is, according to Wikipedia, divided into 21 aimags (provinces; pl. aymguud), which are in turn divided into 329 sums (districts). The capital Ulaanbaatar is administrated separately as a khot (municipality) with provincial status.
According to http://www.statoids.com/umn.html , Mongolia is divided into 18 aimags and four hotuud (municipalities; sing. hot).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Aegirine
Aenigmatite
Aeschynite-(Ce)
Aeschynite-(Y)
Agardite-(Y)
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Alkali Feldspar'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Allanite-(Nd)
Almandine
Aluminocerite-(Ce)
Alunite
'Amphibole Group'
Anatase
Andalusite
Andradite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annite
Antimony
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
Armalcolite
Armstrongite (TL)
Arsenic
Arsenopyrite
Arsenosulvanite
Astrophyllite
Azurite
Baryte
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bavenite
Bayankhanite
Bazirite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
β-Fergusonite-(Y)
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Bowieite
Brannerite
Britholite-(Ce)
Britholite-(Y)
Brochantite
Burbankite
Bustamite
Calaverite
Calcioburbankite
Calciocatapleiite
Calciogadolinite-(Y)
Calcite
Cancrinite
Carminite
Cassiterite
Celestine
Cerianite-(Ce)
Cerite-(Ce)
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chernovite-(Y)
Chevkinite-(Ce)
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Cinnabar
Clinochlore
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Coffinite
Columbite-(Fe)
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Cooperite
Copper
Cornwallite
Corundum
var: Sapphire
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cuprite
'Cuprorhodsite-Malanite Series'
Davidite-(La)
Delafossite
Diaspore
Dickite
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
Dolomite
Elbaite
Elpidite
Enargite
Enstatite
Epidote
'Epidote Group'
Erlichmanite
'Erlichmanite-Laurite Series'
Eudialyte
Fayalite
Ferberite
Fergusonite-(Y)
Ferriallanite-(Ce) (TL)
Ferrimolybdite
'Ferroan pargasite'
Ferropargasite
Fersmite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
var: Strontian Fluorite
var: Yttrofluorite
Fluorkenopyrochlore (TL)
Fluornatropyrochlore (TL)
Fluoro-ferroleakeite
Forsterite
Freibergite
Gadolinite-(Y)
Galena
Galenobismutite
'Garnet'
Gaylussite
Genthelvite
Gerenite-(Y)
Gersdorffite
Gittinsite
Goethite
Gold
Grossular
Gudmundite
Gypsum
Halite
Heazlewoodite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
var: Martite
Hingganite-(Ce)
Hingganite-(Y)
'Hollingworthite-Irarsite Series'
Hydroastrophyllite
Hydromagnesite
Hydroxylapatite
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)
Illite
Ilmenite
Ilvaite
Irarsite
Isoferroplatinum
Jacobsite
Jarosite
Kainosite-(Y)
Kaolinite
Katophorite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Kyanite
Landauite
Laurite
Lead
Lepidolite
Limonite
Lizardite
Löllingite
Maghemite
Magnesiochromite
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
'Melnikovite'
Metacinnabar
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite Group
Milarite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
Monazite-(Ce)
Mongolite (TL)
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Narsarsukite
Natron
Nepheline
Neptunite
Nickeline
Nontronite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Wood Opal
Orcelite
Orthoclase
Parisite-(Ce)
Percleveite-(Ce)
Perrierite-(Ce)
'Petrified Wood'
Phlogopite
Plumbojarosite
Polybasite
Polycrase-(Y)
Polylithionite
Powellite
Prehnite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrochlore Group
var: Ceriopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)
var: Plumbopyrochlore (of Skorobogatova et al)
var: Strontiopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)
var: Yttropyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)
Pyrolusite
Pyrope
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Sard
Rammelsbergite
Rhodochrosite
Riebeckite
Romanite
Röntgenite-(Ce)
Rutheniridosmine
Ruthenium
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
var: Niobian Rutile
'Sagenite'
Sanidine
Scheelite
Schorl
Schorlomite
Scorodite
Senaite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Sillimanite
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Sodalite
Sperrylite
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Strontianite
Sulphur
Svanbergite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Synchysite-(Y)
Talc
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
Thorianite
Thorite
var: Ferrithorite
var: Orangite
Tin
Titanite
Todorokite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Tuhualite
Turquoise
UM1983-03-As:NiRh
'Unnamed (HBU UK-1)'
'Unnamed (HBU UK-2)'
'Unnamed (HBU UK-3)'
'Unnamed (HBU UK-4)'
'Unnamed (HBU UK-5)'
'Unnamed (HBU UK-6)'
'Unnamed (Rh-Cu Sulphide)'
Varlamoffite
Vesuvianite
Wilkinsonite
Willemite
Wodginite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
'Xenotime'
Xenotime-(Y)
Yttrialite-(Y)
Zeolite Group
Zinc
Zinkenite
Zinnwaldite
Zircon
var: Cyrtolite
var: Malacon
Zunyite


311 entries listed. 239 valid minerals. 5 type localities (valid minerals).

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References

- Dergunov, A.B. (2001): Tectonics, Magmatism and Metallogeny of Mongolia. Routledge, London & New York, 288 pp.
- Mironov, Yu. B. (2006): Uranium of Mongolia. English Ed., IAGOD monograph, 230 pp.
- Badarch G, Cunningham WD, Windley BF (2002) A new terrane subdivision for Mongolia: implications for the Phanerozoic crustal growth of central Asia. J Asian Earth Sci 20: 87–100

External Links

- http://www.mram.gov.mn/ [Mineral Resources Authority of Mongolia]

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