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Saudi Arabia

Selenite
Haql, Gulf of Aqaba, Mintaqah Al Jizan, Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia is divided into thirteen manaţiq (sing. minţaqah: regions or emirates; also translated as provinces).

Mineral List

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

Abhurite (TL)
Acanthite
Actinolite
Aegirine
Aeschynite-(Y)
Alabandite
Albite
var: Oligoclase-Albite
Altaite
Anhydrite
'Apatite'
'var: Phosphorite'
Aphthitalite
Arcanite
Archerite
Arfvedsonite
'Arnhemite'
Arsenopyrite
Awaruite
Azurite
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
'Biotite'
Biphosphammite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Calaverite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chert'
'Chlorite Group'
Clinochlore
var: Ripidolite

Cobaltite
Cohenite
'Columbite'
Covellite
Cubanite
Diopside
Dolomite
Epidote
Fayalite
Fergusonite-(Y)
Ferrimolybdite
Fluorapatite
var: Francolite
Fluorite
Frohbergite
Gagarinite-(Y)
Gahnite
Galena
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Graphite
Grossular
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halite
Hematite
Hessite
Hillebrandite
'Hornblende'
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite
Ilmenite
Iron
var: Kamacite
Ixiolite
'Limonite'
Mackinawite

Maghemite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Metatyuyamunite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Muscovite
var: Sericite
'Oolitic Quartz'
Opal
Palygorskite
Pentlandite
Petzite
Phlogopite
Polybasite
Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
'Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)'
'Pyrocoproite'
'Pyrophosphite'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Jasper
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rickardite
Romarchite
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile

Samarskite-(Y)
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schreibersite
Senaite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Silver
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stibnite
Stromeyerite
Sylvanite
Taenite
Talc
Tellurium
Tetrahedrite
Thorite
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Troilite
Uraninite
Urea
'Varlamoffite'
Volynskite
Vulcanite
'Wad'
Whitlockite
'Wolframite'
Xenotime-(Y)
'Zinnwaldite'
Zircon

139 entries listed. 106 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

Saudi Arabia

Mintaqah 'Asir
Mintaqah Al Bahah
Mintaqah Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah
Mintaqah Al Jawf
- Hudayah (Hudayb)
  - Hudayah Quarry
Mintaqah Al Jizan
- Gulf of Aqaba
  - Haql
Mintaqah Al Madinah
Mintaqah Al Qasim
- Al Amar District
  - Al Amar Deposit
- Baid al Jimalah
- Sukhaybarat al Gharbiyah (Sukhaybarat ash Sharqiyah)
  - Sukhaybarat Mine (Sukhaybarat East Mine; Sukhaybarat deposit)
Mintaqah ar Riyad
- Khnaiguiyah Zn Deposit
- Nafud Qunaifidha
  - Jilh el 'Ishahr
- Samrah mine
- Sirhan-Turayf

Saudi Arabia

Mintaqah ar Riyad
- Sirhan-Turayf
Mintaqah Ash Sharqiyah
- Ayn Dar
- Rub' al-Khali
  - South Dahna meteorite
Mintaqah Ha'il
Mintaqah Makkah
- Al-Madhiq area
- Bi'r Tawilah
- Hibashi Cave
- Jabal Samran
- Jiddah (Jeddah)
  - Sharm Abhur Cove
- Rabigh
Mintaqah Najran
Mintaqah Tabuk

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References

Al-Shanti, A. M. S. (1995): mineral deposits in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sci. Publ. Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah

External Links

http://www.sgs.org.sa/ [Saudi Geological Survey]

http://www.statoids.com/usa.html

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