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Oman

Note: Oman is divided into five minţaqat (sing: minţaqah; regions or governorates) and four (previously three) muhafazat (sing. muhafazah: provinces). The fourth governorate, Al Buraymi, was created in October 2006 from parts of Ad Dhahirah region.


Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Ankerite
Annabergite
Anorthite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Armalcolite
Augite
Awaruite
Baddeleyite
Barringerite
Baryte
Bassanite
'Biotite'
Bornite
Braunite
Calcite
Carrollite
Celestine
'Celsian-Hyalophane Series'
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chert'
Chlorapatite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
var: Titaniferous Chromite
Chrysotile
Clinochlore
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Cordierite
Cubanite
Diopside
'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
Dolomite
Donpeacorite
Enstatite
'Enstatite-Ferrosilite Series'
Epidote
Erlichmanite
Eskolaite
Fayalite
'Ferdisilicite'
'Fersilicite'
Forsterite
Galena
'Garnet'
'Glass'
Glaucophane
Goethite
Gold
Gypsum
'Halloysite'
Hapkeite (TL)
Hausmannite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hercynite
'Hollingworthite-Irarsite Series'
'Hydrogrossular'
Illite
Ilmenite
Iridium
var: Platiniridium

Iron
var: Kamacite
Kanoite
Kanonaite
Kaolinite
Kinoshitalite
Laurite
Lizardite
Mackinawite
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Majorite
Manganocummingtonite
Marcasite
'Maskelynite'
Maucherite
Merrillite
Millerite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Nickeline
'Nickel-iron'
Nontronite
'Olivine'
Opal
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Osmium
var: Iridosmine

Palladium
Palladoarsenide
Pentlandite
Perovskite
Perryite
'Phengite'
Pigeonite
Prehnite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrolusite
Pyrophanite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyroxferroite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Quartz
var: Chalcedony

var: Jasper
Ringwoodite
Rutile
Sapphirine
'Scapolite'
Schreibersite
Sillimanite
'Smectite Group'
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Pleonaste
Suolunite
Taenite
Talc
Tennantite
Tephroite
Tetrataenite
Titanite
Tochilinite
Tranquillityite
Tridymite
Troilite
Tschermakite
Ulvöspinel
'Unnamed (Pt-Fe alloy)'
'Unnamed (Ru-Os-Ir-Fe oxides)'
Wadsleyite
Winchite
Wollastonite
Wüstite
Zircon
Zirconolite
Zoisite


145 entries listed. 109 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

Oman
Oman

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References

Coleman, Robert Griffin; Bailey, Edgar Herbert (1981) Mineral deposits and geology of northern Oman as of 1974. USGS Open-File Report: 81-452

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