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Peru

NOTE: Although the subdivision of Peru was officially changed from Departments to Regions 2002 (see, e.g., wikipedia.org), the older subdivision is still completely in use. Thus, in Mindat Peru is subdivided into Departments.

The departments were identical to today's regions, with the exception of two new regions (Callao and Lima). Before the 2002 changeover, the province of Lima (which is basically the city of Lima) was part of the Lima department, and the city of Callao had the special status of Provincia Constitucional (constitutional province). When the regionalization law was passed, the Callao region was created from the former constitutional province, and the province of Lima separated from the rest of the Lima department, which in turn came to form the new Lima Region. A failed attempt to divide the country into twelve autonomous regions was made during the 1980s under the government of Alan García (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Peru).

Ref.:
- Silber, H.J. (1987): Peru heute. Bericht über die aktuellen Funde in peruanischen Lagerstätten. LAPIS 12 (6), 17-28




Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  • Acanthite
  • Aegirine
  • Aegirine-augite
  • Aikinite
  • Alabandite
  • Albite
       var: Oligoclase
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  • 'Amphibole Group'
  • Analcime
  • Andorite
  • Andradite
       var: Melanite
  • Anhydrite
  • Ankerite
  • Anorthite
    var: Labradorite
  • Anorthoclase
  • 'Apatite'
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Aphthitalite
    var: Ammonium-Aphthitalite
  • Aragonite
  • Aramayoite
  • Arcanite
    var: Taylorite (of Dana)
  • 'Arequipite'
  • Arsenic
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Arsensulfide Glass
  • Atacamite
  • Augelite
  • 'Axinite' ?
  • Axinite-(Fe)
  • Axinite-(Mn)
  • Azurite
  • Bariandite
  • Baryte
  • Baumhauerite-2a
  • Baumstarkite (TL)
  • Benavidesite (TL)
  • Bindheimite
    var: Argentian Bindheimite
  • Biotite
  • Biphosphammite
  • Bischofite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • Bismutite
  • Bornite
  • Boulangerite
  • Bournonite
  • 'Bournonite-Seligmannite Series'
  • Brochantite
  • Bustamite
  • Calcite
       var: Manganoan Calcite
  • Canfieldite
  • Cassiterite
       var: Wood Tin
  • Cerussite
  • Chalcanthite
  • 'Chalcedony'
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chalcostibite
  • Chatkalite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Chromite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Cinnabar
  • 'Clay'
  • Clinozoisite
  • 'Coal
    var: Quisqueite'
  • Colusite
  • Copper
  • Cordierite
  • Cosalite
  • Cotunnite
  • Covellite
  • Cronstedtite
  • Cuprite
    var: Chalcotrichite
  • 'Cuprocalcite'
  • Cupropavonite
  • Diaphorite
  • Digenite
  • Dimorphite
  • Diopside
  • Dioptase
  • Djurleite
  • Dolomite
  • 'Dürfeldtite'
  • Dwornikite (TL)
  • Emplectite
  • Enargite (TL)
  • Enstatite
  • Epidote
  • Epsomite
  • Euclase
  • Famatinite
  • 'Feldspar Group'
  • Ferberite
  • Fernandinite (TL)
  • Ferrohornblende
  • Fibroferrite
  • Fluorite
  • Forsterite
  • Freibergite
  • Freieslebenite
  • Friedelite
  • Friedrichite
  • Galena
  • 'Garnet Group'
  • Geocronite
  • Gladite
  • Gold
       var: Electrum
  • Goslarite
  • Graphite
  • Gratonite (TL)
  • Greenockite
  • Grossular
  • Guanine (TL)
  • Gustavite
  • Gypsum
       var: Selenite
  • Halite
  • Hammarite
  • Helvite
  • Hematite
  • Hercynite
  • Hessite
  • Hewettite (TL)
  • Hocartite
  • Hodrušite
  • Hübnerite
  • Hutchinsonite
  • 'Hydrophilite'
  • Hypersthene
  • Illite
  • Ilmenite
  • Inyoite
  • Jalpaite
  • Jamesonite
  • Jarosite
  • Johannsenite
  • Jordanite
  • Kaolinite
  • Kësterite
  • 'K Feldspar'
  • Krupkaite
  • Kutnohorite
  • Lillianite
  • Limonite
  • Ludwigite
  • Luzonite
  • 'Macusanite'
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Marcasite
  • Mascagnite
  • Matildite (TL)
  • Mawsonite
  • Melanovanadite (TL)
  • Meneghinite
  • Meta-autunite
  • Miargyrite
  • Minasragrite (TL)
  • Molybdenite
  • Morenosite
  • Muscovite
  • Natrolite
  • Neotocite
  • Nepheline
  • Opal
       var: Opal-AN
  • Orpiment
  • Orthoclase
       var: Adularia
  • 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
  • Osumilite-(Mg)
  • Oxammite (TL)
  • Palygorskite
  • Pararealgar
  • Paratacamite
  • Pascoite (TL)
  • Patrónite (TL)
  • Pavonite
  • Pearceite
  • 'Pearceite-T2ac'
  • 'Perthite'
  • Phlogopite
  • Phosphammite
  • 'Plumbostannite'
  • Polybasite
  • Proustite
  • Pyrargyrite
  • Pyrite
       var: Bravoite
  • Pyrolusite
  • 'Pyroxene Group'
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Amethyst
       var: Rock Crystal
       var: Smoky Quartz
  • 'Quiscqueite'
  • Realgar
  • Retgersite (TL)
  • Revoredite
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Rhodonite
  • Rhomboclase
  • Robinsonite
  • Römerite
  • Roscoelite
  • Salammoniac
  • Schapbachite ?
  • Scheelite
  • Schorl
  • Scorodite
  • Seligmannite
  • Sellaite
  • Semseyite
  • 'Sericite'
  • Siderite
  • Sillimanite
  • Silver
  • Sincosite (TL)
  • Sodalite
  • Spessartine
  • Sphalerite
  • Spinel
  • Stanleyite (TL)
  • Stannite
  • Stephanite
  • Stercorite
  • Stibnite
  • Stolzite
  • Stromeyerite
  • Tennantite
  • 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
  • Teschemacherite
  • Tetrahedrite
       var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
  • Titanite
  • Topaz
  • 'Tourmaline Group'
  • Tungstenite
  • Tungstite
  • Uchucchacuaite (TL)
  • Ulexite
  • Uytenbogaardtite
  • Veenite
  • Vesuvianite
  • Vinciennite
  • Virgilite (TL)
  • Vivianite
  • 'Werthemanite'
  • Wittichenite
  • Wolframite
  • Wollastonite
  • Wurtzite
  • 'Zeolite Group'
  • Zinkenite
  • Zinnwaldite
  • Zircon


    263 entries listed. 207 valid minerals. 19 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

    Localities in this Region:
    Peru
     
        • Conchucos District
        • Ticapampa District
        • Nazca
      • Tibaya
        • Mt de la Trinité
        • Pullo
      • Yanacocha District
      • Espinar Province
        • Capilla District
            • Mt Ullpac (Mt Ollupac)
        • Miraflores
        • Ica
          • Otume Village
    Peru
     
    • Ica Department
      • Pisco Province
        • Pisco
          • Paracas
      • Pisco Umay
        • Carolita
        • Quiruvilca District
        • Auquimarca
        • Santa Rosa de Quives district
      • La Oroya
          • Tinyahuarco District
        • Corani District
      • Moho Province
        • Moho District
      • Puno Province
      • Titicaca Lake

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