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Saudi Arabia

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

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


Mineral List:
Abhurite (TL)
Acanthite
Actinolite
Aegirine
Aeschynite-(Y)
Albite
var: Oligoclase-Albite
Altaite
Anhydrite
'Apatite
var: Phosphorite'

Apatite-(CaF)
var: Francolite

Apatite-(CaOH)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)

Aphthitalite
Arcanite
Archerite
Arfvedsonite
Arnhemite
Arseniosiderite ?
Arsenopyrite
Awaruite
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
Betafite
Biotite
Biphosphammite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Calaverite
Calcite
Cassiterite
'Chalcedony
var: Mocha Stone'

Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Cobaltite
Cohenite
Columbite
Conichalcite ?
Covellite
Diopside
Dolomite
Epidote
Fayalite
Ferrimolybdite
Fluorite
Frohbergite
Fergusonite-(Y)
Gagarinite-(Y)
Galena
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Graphite
Grossular
Gypsum
var: Selenite

Halite
Hematite
Hessite
'Hornblende'
Ilmenite
Iron
var: Kamacite

Ixiolite
Limonite
Maghemite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Metatyuyamunite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Muscovite
'Oolitic Quartz'
Opal
Palygorskite
Petzite
Phlogopite
Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore
Pyrocoproite
Pyrophosphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chert
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rickardite
Riebeckite ?
Romarchite
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
Samarskite-(Y)
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schreibersite
Scorodite ?
Senaite
'Sericite'
Siderite
Silver
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stibnite
Sylvanite
Taenite
Talc
Tellurium
Tetrahedrite
Thorite
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Troilite
Uraninite
Urea
Varlamoffite
Volynskite
Vulcanite
Whitlockite
Wolframite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zinnwaldite
Zircon
Zirkelite ?


258 entries listed. 101 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region:
Saudi Arabia
 
  • Al Amar District
  • Hudayah (Hudayb)
    • Gulf of Aqaba
    • Sukhaybarat al Gharbiyah (Sukhaybarat ash Sharqiyah)
    • Nafud Qunaifidha
    • Jiddah (Jeddah)
    • Najran
  • Rub' al-Khali

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