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Botswana

Botswana is divided into nine districts (sometimes referred to as regions), and these are further sub-divided into lower-level districts (sometimes referred to as sub-districts or administrative districts).

External Links

- http://www.gov.bw/en/Ministries--Authorities/Ministries/Ministry-of-Minerals-Energy-and-Water-Resources-MMWER/Departments1/Department-of-geological-surveys/Department-of-Geological-Surveys/ [Geological Survey of Botswana]

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Albite
var: Oligoclase
Altaite
'Amphibole Group'
Argentopentlandite
Biphosphammite
Bornite
Boussingaultite
Bultfonteinite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Cobaltite
Diamond
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
Dittmarite
Enstatite
Epidote
'Feldspar Group'
Forsterite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gedrite
Glushinskite
Gold
Graphite
Gwihabaite (TL)
Gypsum
Hessite
Högbomite
Hollingworthite
'Hornblende'
'Hydrogarnet'
Ilmenite
Kotulskite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Melonite
Merenskyite
Michenerite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

'Olivine'
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Pentlandite
Phlogopite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Botswana Agate
var: Carnelian
var: Chalcedony
Rheniite
Sperrylite
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Chromspinel
Struvite
Syngenite
Violarite
Weddellite


67 entries listed. 46 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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