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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). [Link dead. Jan 2012]

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Peru 2009 by Ibrahim Jameel


Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Aikinite
Alabandite
Albite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Alunite
Alunogen
'Amphibole Group'
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Andorite
Andradite
var: Melanite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
var: Angelite
Anilite
Ankerite
Anorpiment (TL)
Anorthite
var: Labradorite

Anorthoclase
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Aphthitalite
var: Ammonium-Aphthitalite

Aragonite
Aramayoite
Arcanite
var: Taylorite (of Dana)

'Arequipite'
Arsenic
Arsenic Sulphide Glass No. 2
Arsenopyrite
'Asphaltum'
Atacamite
Augelite
'Axinite' ?
Axinite-(Fe)
'Axinite Group'
Axinite-(Mn)
Azurite
Bariandite
Baryte
Baumhauerite-2a
Baumstarkite (TL)
Benavidesite (TL)
Beryl
var: Emerald ?
Biotite
Biphosphammite
Bischofite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
'Bournonite-Seligmannite Series'
Brochantite
Bustamite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
'Calcite Group'
Canfieldite
Cassiterite
var: Wood Tin
Celadonite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chamosite
Changoite
Chatkalite
Chenevixite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysocolla
'Chrysoprase'
Cinnabar
'Clay'
Clinochlore
Clinozoisite
'Coal
var: Quisqueite'

Colusite
Conichalcite
Copiapite
'Copiapite Group'
Copper
Coquimbite
Cordierite
Cosalite
Cotunnite
Covellite
'Crandallite-Goyazite Series'
Cristobalite
Cronstedtite
Cubanite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
var: Tile ore
Cuprobismutite
'Cuprocalcite'
Cupropavonite
Diaphorite
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Dimorphite
Diopside
Dioptase
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Manganoan Dolomite
Dumortierite
'Dürfeldtite'
Dwornikite (TL)
Emplectite
Enargite (TL)
Enstatite
Epidote
Epsomite
Euclase
Famatinite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
Fernandinite (TL)
Ferrimolybdite
Ferrohornblende
Fibroferrite
Florencite-(Ce) ?
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Freibergite
Freieslebenite
Friedelite
Friedrichite
Galena
'Garnet'
Geocronite
Gibbsite
Gladite
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Goslarite
Graphite
Gratonite (TL)
Greenockite
Grossular
Guanine (TL)
Gustavite
Gypsum
var: Alabaster
var: Selenite
Halite
Halloysite
Halloysite-7Å
Halotrichite
Hammarite
Hedenbergite
Helvite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hercynite
Hessite
Hewettite (TL)
Hinsdalite
Hocartite
Hodrušite
'Hornblende'
Huanzalaite (TL)
Hübnerite
Hutchinsonite
'Hydrophilite'
Hydrotungstite
Hypersthene
Illite
Ilmenite
Inyoite
Jalpaite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Johannsenite
Jordanite
Kaolinite
Kesterite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Krausite
Krupkaite
Kutnohorite
Lillianite
Limonite
Ludwigite
Luzonite
Mackinawite
'Macusanite'
Magnesiocopiapite ?
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganoquadratite (TL)
Marcasite
Mascagnite
Matildite (TL)
Mawsonite
Melanovanadite (TL)
Menchettiite (TL)
Meneghinite
Meta-autunite
Metavoltine
Miargyrite
Minasragrite (TL)
Minrecordite
Molybdenite
Montmorillonite
Morenosite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Natrolite
Neotocite
Nepheline
Opal
var: Opal-AN
var: Opal-CT
Orpiment
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Osumilite-(Mg)
Oxammite (TL)
Oxyplumboroméite
var: Argentian Bindheimite

Palygorskite
Pararealgar
Paratacamite
Pascoite (TL)
Patrónite (TL)
Pavonite
Pearceite
'Pearceite-T2ac'
'Perthite'
Phlogopite
Phosphammite
Plumbostannite
Polybasite
Prehnite
Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrolusite
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Quartz
var: Agate

var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
'Quiscqueite'
Realgar
Retgersite (TL)
Revoredite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rhomboclase
Robinsonite
Römerite
Roscoelite
Roxbyite
Rutile
Salammoniac
'Scapolite'
Schapbachite ?
Scheelite
Schorl
Scorodite
Seligmannite
Sellaite
Semseyite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
var: Oligonite
Sillimanite
Silver
Sincosite (TL)
'Smectite Group'
Sodalite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stanleyite (TL)
Stannite
Stephanite
Stercorite
Sternbergite
Stibnite
Stolzite
Stromeyerite
Sulphur
Svanbergite
'Svanbergite-Woodhouseite Series'
Talc
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Teschemacherite
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Tungstenite
Tungstite
Turquoise
Uchucchacuaite (TL)
Ulexite
Uytenbogaardtite
Valleriite
Veenite
Vesuvianite
Vinciennite
Virgilite (TL)
Vivianite
'Werthemanite'
Willemite
Wittichenite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Wurtzite
Xanthoconite
Zeolite Group
Zinkenite
Zinnwaldite
Zircon
Zunyite


423 entries listed. 268 valid minerals. 23 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Peru
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References

- - Raimondi, A. (1878): Minéraux du Pérou: Catalogue raisonné d’une collection des principaux types minéraux de la République. Paris, 336 pp.
- Petersen, U. (1965): Regional geology and major ore deposits of central Peru. Economic Geology, 60, 407–476.
- Soler, P. (1986): La province polymétallique des Andes du Péru central—Syntese gîtologique. Chronique de la Recherche Miniere, 54, 39–54.
- Silber, H.J. (1987): Peru heute. Bericht über die aktuellen Funde in peruanischen Lagerstätten. LAPIS 12 (6), 17-28 (in German).


External Links

- http://www.ingemmet.gob.pe/
- http://www.kampagne-bergwerk-peru.de/ [Geological Survey of Peru / Instituto Geológico Minero y Metalúrgico INGEMMET]

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