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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is divided into 14 provinces (oblysy, облыстар; oblasts under the Soviet Union) and three galasy (cities with regional status). The provinces are subdivided into districts (rayons, аудандар).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Aeschynite-(Ce)
Aikinite
'Aikinite-Bismuthinite Series'
Akdalaite (TL)
Aksaite (TL)
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Algodonite
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Allargentum
Allophane
Altaite (TL)
Aluminite
Alumotantite
Alunite
Alunogen
Alvanite (TL)
'Amber'
Amblygonite
Amesite
Analcime
Anatase
'Ancylite'
Andalusite
'Andorite'
Andradite
var: Melanite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Ankinovichite (TL)
Anorthite
Anorthoclase
Antimony
'Apatite'
Aphthitalite
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
Argentopyrite
Argentotennantite (TL)
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Arsenuranospathite
Asbolane
Aspidolite
Astrophyllite
Atacamite
Augite
var: Fassaite
Aurichalcite
Aurostibite
Autunite
Axinite-(Mn)
Azurite
Baddeleyite
Bafertisite
Barnesite
Barstowite
Barylite
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bastnäsite-(Y) (TL)
'Bauxite'
Bayldonite
Bazzite
Bearsite (TL)
Beaverite-(Cu)
Bementite
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
Betekhtinite
Betpakdalite-CaCa (TL)
Betpakdalite-NaCa (TL)
Beudantite
Bilibinskite
'Biotite'
Birnessite
Bischofite
Bismite
Bismoclite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
'Bitumen'
Bogdanovite
Bokite (TL)
Boracite
Borax
Bornite
Botallackite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brandtite
Brannerite
Braunite
Britholite-(Ce)
Brochantite
Brockite
Brookite
'Calamine'
Calciotantite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Calcurmolite
Cámaraite (TL)
Cancrinite
Cappelenite-(Y)
Carbonatecyanotrichite (TL)
Carminite
Carnallite
Carnotite
Carpholite
Cassiterite
Celestine
var: Barian Celestine
Celsian
Cerianite-(Ce)
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chamosite
Chekhovichite (TL)
Chelkarite (TL)
Chernykhite (TL)
Chistyakovaite (TL)
Chlorapatite
Chlorargyrite
var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
var: Aluminian Chromite
Chrysocolla
'Chrysoprase'
Chukhrovite-(Nd) (TL)
Chukhrovite-(Y) (TL)
Cinnabar
'Clay'
Clinochlore
var: Leuchtenbergite
Clinohumite
var: Titanclinohumite

Clinokurchatovite (TL)
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Cobaltite
Coesite
Coffinite
Colemanite
'Columbite'
Columbite-(Fe)
Colusite
Conichalcite
Copper
Cordierite
Corkite
Coronadite
Corundum
Corvusite
Cosalite
Covellite
Crandallite
Creedite
Cronstedtite
Cryolite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cuprite
Cupropearceite (TL)
Cuprostibite
Cuprotungstite
Cyanotrichite
Danalite
Datolite
Davidite-(La)
Delvauxite
Descloizite
Devilline
Diamond
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
Dioptase (TL)
Djurleite
Dolomite
Domeykite
Dyscrasite
Dzharkenite (TL)
'Dzhezkazganite'
Elbaite
Elpidite
var: Calcian Elpidite
Emplectite
Enargite
Enstatite
Eosphorite
Epidote
Ernienickelite
Euxenite-(Y)
'Evansite'
Famatinite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
Ferri-fluoro-leakeite (TL)
Ferrihydrite (TL)
Ferrimolybdite
Ferripyrophyllite
Ferrisicklerite
Ferro-hornblende
Ferroselite
'Fluocerite'
Fluocerite-(La) (TL)
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
Fluorite
var: Yttrofluorite
Forsterite
Francevillite
Freibergite
Freieslebenite
Friedelite
var: Arsenofriedelite
Friedrichite
Frohbergite
Froodite
Fülöppite
Gadolinite-(Y)
Gagarinite-(Y) (TL)
Galena
Galenobismutite
'Garnet'
Gaspéite
'Gaspéite-Magnesite Series'
Gearksutite
Genthelvite
Gerhardtite
Germanocolusite (TL)
Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
Ginorite
Gladite
'Glass'
Glauberite
'Gmelinite'
Gmelinite-Ca
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Gorceixite
Görgeyite
Goyazite
Graphite
Greenockite
Greifensteinite
Groutite
'Gutsevichite'
Gypsum
Häggite
Halite
'Halloysite'
Halurgite (TL)
Hammarite
Harkerite
Hastingsite
Hausmannite
Hedenbergite
Helvine
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
Hessite (TL)
Heterosite
'Heulandite'
Hewettite
Hibonite
Hilgardite
var: Strontiohilgardite
Hingganite-(Y)
Hinsdalite
Hollandite
Hübnerite
Hungchaoite
Hureaulite
'Hydroastrophyllite'
Hydroboracite (TL)
'Hydrogarnet'
'Hydrogoethite'
Hydrokenoelsmoreite
var: Ferritungstite
Hydroxylherderite
Hydrozincite
Illite
Ilmenite
var: Manganoan Ilmenite
Ilvaite
Inderborite (TL)
Inderite (TL)
Inyoite
Iodargyrite
Iriginite
Iron
var: Kamacite

Irtyshite (TL)
'Ivanovite'
Ixiolite
Jacobsite
Jadeite
Jalpaite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Jordanite
Jordisite
'Joséite'
'Joséite-B'
Kaliborite
Kamphaugite-(Y)
Kaolinite
Karibibite
Kazakhstanite (TL)
Kentrolite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Kieserite
Koechlinite
Kokchetavite (TL)
Krennerite
Krupkaite
Kryzhanovskite (TL)
Kumdykolite (TL)
Kurgantaite (TL)
Kurnakovite (TL)
Kurumsakite (TL)
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Larnite
Laumontite
Lead
Lepidocrocite
var: Hydrolepidocrocite

Lepidolite
'Lepidomelane'
'Lessingite-(Ce)'
Leucophanite
Libethenite
Likasite
'Limonite'
Linarite
Lindströmite
Linnaeite
Lithiophorite
Lithiotantite (TL)
Lithiowodginite (TL)
Löllingite
Ludwigite
Luzonite
Mackinawite
Magnesiochromite
Magnesio-riebeckite
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Ishkulite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Maikainite (TL)
Majorite
Malachite
Manganberzeliite
Manganite
Mansfieldite
Marcasite
Margarite
Mawsonite
Mcallisterite
Mckinstryite
'Melilite'
Melkovite (TL)
'Melnikovite'
Mendipite
Metaborite (TL)
Metahewettite
Metatorbernite
Metazeunerite
Miargyrite
Michenerite
Microcline
Microlite Group
var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
Milarite
Millerite
Mimetite
Minyulite
Mitryaevaite (TL)
Molybdenite
var: Femolite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monazite-(La) (TL)
Montebrasite
Montgomeryite
Montmorillonite
Moolooite
Morinite
Mourite (TL)
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Nacrite
Nantokite
Narsarsukite
'Nasturan'
Natroboltwoodite (TL)
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Natrotitanite (TL)
Natrouranospinite (TL)
Neotocite
Nepheline
Nickeline
Niksergievite (TL)
Ningyoite
Nontronite
Nordstrandite
Novgorodovaite (TL)
Novodneprite (TL)
Nuffieldite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Fire Opal
var: Moss Opal
var: Mother of Pearl Opal
Orpiment
Orthoclase
Osarizawaite
Palygorskite
Pargasite
Patrónite
Pearceite
'Pearceite-T2ac'
Pekoite
Pennantite
var: Fe-pennantite
Pentlandite
Perite
Perovskite
Perrierite-(Ce)
'Perthite'
Petrovskaite (TL)
Petzite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
'Phengite'
Phlogopite
Phosphohedyphane
Phosphuranylite
Piemontite
'Pimelite'
Pinnoite
Plumbojarosite
Plumbotellurite (TL)
Pokrovskite (TL)
Polybasite
Polyhalite
Polylithionite
Posnjakite (TL)
Potassic-pargasite
Powellite
Prehnite
Preobrazhenskite (TL)
Priceite
Prosopite
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyroaurite-2H
'Pyrobitumen'
'Pyrochlore'
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
'Pyrosmalite'
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
var: Dendritic Agate
var: Jasper
var: Moss Agate
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rutilated Quartz
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz

Rankamaite
Realgar
Renierite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rhönite
Riebeckite
Rockbridgeite
'Roméite Group
var: Monimolite'

Rosasite
Roshchinite (TL)
Rowlandite-(Y)
Roxbyite
Rucklidgeite
Rusakovite (TL)
Russellite
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
var: Strüverite
Safflorite
Sarkinite
Saryarkite-(Y) (TL)
Satimolite (TL)
Satpaevite (TL)
Sauconite
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schneiderhöhnite
Schorl
Schreibersite
Schröckingerite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Sedovite (TL)
Selenium
Sellaite
'Serpentine Group'
Serpierite
Siderite
Siderophyllite
Siegenite
Sillimanite
Silver
Simpsonite
Skutterudite
var: Smaltite

'Smectite Group'
Smirnite
Smithsonite
var: Monheimite
Sodalite
Spangolite
Spertiniite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Chromspinel
Spodumene
Steigerite
Stellerite
Stephanite
Stibnite
Stichtite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stilpnomelane
Stolzite
'Strawberry Quartz'
Strelkinite (TL)
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
'Strontioborite'
Sudoite
Sulfoborite
Sulphur
Sulvanite
Svanbergite
Sylvanite
Sylvite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Szaibélyite
Taenite
Talc
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tarbagataite (TL)
Tatarskite (TL)
'Tektite
var: Irghizite'

Tellurobismuthite
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tephroite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
Tetrataenite
Thaumasite
Thenardite
Thomsenolite
Thoreaulite
Thorite
var: Ferrithorite
Thortveitite
Tin
Titanite
Todorokite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Chrome-Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Triphylite
Triplite
Trögerite
Troilite
Tungstite
Turquoise
Tyretskite
Tyrolite
Tyuyamunite
Ulexite
Ullmannite
Umohoite
'Ungursaite'
'Unnamed (Ca-analogue of Petterdite)'
'Unnamed (Cu-Bi Sulphide)'
Uramarsite (TL)
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranophane
'Ustarasite'
Uvarovite
Valleriite
Vanadinite
Vanalite (TL)
Variscite
Vauquelinite
Väyrynenite
Veatchite
Vesuvianite
Violarite
Volborthite
Volkovskite (TL)
'Wad'
Wavellite
Weberite
Willyamite
Witherite
Wittichenite
'Wittite'
Wodginite
'Wolframite'
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
var: Chromian Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xanthoconite
'Xenotime'
Xenotime-(Y)
'Yftisite-(Y)'
Zeolite Group
'Zinalsite'
Zinc
Zincsilite (TL)
Zinkenite
Zircon
var: Arshinovite
var: Cyrtolite
Zirkelite
Zoisite


731 entries listed. 553 valid minerals. 73 type localities (valid minerals).

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References

- Shcherba, G. N. (1960): Formation of Rare-Earth Deposits of Central Kazakhstan. KAS Publishing, Alma-Ata, 381 pp. (in Russian).
- Shcherba, G. N. et al. (1988): Rare-metal mineralization of Kazakhstan (Redkometal'noe Orudenenie Kazakhstana). KAS Publishing, Alma-Ata, 224 pp. (in Russian).

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