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Acanthite
Actinolite
Aegirine
Aikinite
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Almandine (TL)
Alunite
'Amber'
Amphibole Supergroup
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Andradite
'Andradite-Grossular Series'
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Anilite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Anorthite
Anorthoclase
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Aristarainite
Arsenopyrite
Artinite
Asbolane
Augite
Aurichalcite
Awaruite
'Axinite Group'
Axinite-(Mn)
'Axinite-(Mn)-Tinzenite Series'
Azurite
Bakerite
Barroisite
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
'Bentonite'
'Biotite'
Bixbyite
Blödite
Böhmite
Borax
Bornite
Boulangerite
'Bournonite-Seligmannite Series'
Braunite
Brockite
Brucite
Burkeite
'Bursaite'
Bustamite
Cahnite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Carrollite
Cassiterite
Celestine
Cerussite
Cervantite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chantalite (TL)
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chromite
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Clausthalite
'Clay'
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore
'Clinoptilolite'
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'
Colemanite
Copper
Corrensite
Corundum
Covellite
Cristobalite
'Crossite'
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cuprite
Deerite
Defernite (TL)
Descloizite
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Dravite
'Emery'
Empressite
Enargite
Enstatite
Ephesite (TL)
Epidote
Epsomite
'Erionite'
Erionite-Ca
Erionite-Na
Eugsterite (TL)
'Feldspar Group'
Ferro-glaucophane
Feruvite
'Flint'
'Florencite'
'Fluocerite'
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Foitite
'Fontarnauite'
Forsterite
Freibergite
Galena
'Garnet'
'Garnierite'
Geocronite
Gersdorffite
Glauberite
Glaucophane
Godlevskite
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Graphite
Grossular
'Grossular-Hibschite Series'
Gypsum
Halite
'Halloysite'
Hausmannite
Heazlewoodite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
var: Martite
var: Specularite
Hessite
'Heulandite'
Hillebrandite
'Hornblende'
Howlite
Huntite
Hydroboracite
'Hydrogarnet'
Hydromagnesite
Hydrotalcite
Hydroxylapatite
Hydrozincite
'Hypersthene'
Idaite
Illite
Ilmenite
Inderborite
Inderite
Inyoite
Irarsite
Jacobsite
Jadeite
Kaliborite
Kalistrontite
Kaolinite
Kermesite
Kernite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Killalaite
Konyaite (TL)
Kurnakovite
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Laumontite
Laurite
Lawsonite
var: Chromian Lawsonite
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
Leucite
'Leucoxene'
Liebigite (TL)
'Limonite'
Loughlinite
Luzonite
Mackinawite
Maghemite
Magnesiochromite
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganepidote'
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
Marcasite
Margarite
Matildite
Maucherite
Mckinstryite
Mercury
Metacinnabar
Metastibnite
Meyerhofferite
Millerite
Mirabilite
Moissanite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Montmorillonite
Mordenite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Natroalunite
Natrolite
Naumannite
Nesquehonite
Nontronite
'Obsidian'
'Olivine'
Omphacite
Opal
var: Fire Opal
var: Opal-CT
Orcelite
Orpiment
Orthoclase
Palygorskite
Paragonite
Parthéite (TL)
Pentlandite
Perovskite
'Phengite'
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Piemontite
Platinum
Plumbojarosite
Polyhalite
Powellite
Prehnite
Priceite
Probertite
'Psilomelane'
Putoranite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyroaurite
'Pyrochlore'
Pyrolusite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrosmalite-(Mn)
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Chalcedony
var: Chrome-Chalcedony
var: Jasper
Ranciéite
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rivadavite
Romanèchite
Rustumite
Rutile
Sanidine
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schorl
Scorodite
Sepiolite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Silicon
Sillimanite
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Chromspinel

Spurrite
Stannite
Staurolite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Strontianite
Sulphur
Taenite
Talc
Tellurium
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tephroite
'Tertschite' (TL)
Teruggite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
Tetrataenite
Thenardite
'Thomsonite'
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorianite
Tincalconite
Titanite
Tobermorite
Todorokite
'Tourmaline'
Trabzonite (TL)
Tremolite
var: Chrome-Tremolite
Tridymite
Troilite
Trona
Tunellite
Ulexite
'UM1977-03-COSiO:CaClH' (TL)
'UM1983-09-S:BiPbTe' (TL)
'Unnamed (Cu-Fe Sulphide)'
Uvarovite
Valentinite
Vanadinite
Veatchite-A (TL)
Vesuvianite
Vuagnatite (TL)
'Wolframite'
Wollastonite
Yarrowite
Yazganite (TL)
Zeolite Group
Zinkenite
Zircon
Zoisite


353 entries listed. 269 valid minerals. 12 type localities (valid minerals). 3 type localities (others).

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References

- - Hiessleitner, G. (1951): Serpentin- und Chromerzgeologie der Balkanhalbinsel und eines Teiles von Kleinasien. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, Sonderband 1, 1-255 & maps. [http://www.geologie.ac.at/filestore/download/JS0001_001_A.pdf [Link Broken? Jun 2013]]
- Cahit, H., and Alonso, R.N. (2000): Borate Deposits of Turkey and Argentina; a Summary and Geological Comparison. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 9, 1-27.
- Muazzez Çelik Karakaya, Necati Karakaya, Şuayip Küpeli, Fuat Yavuz (2012): Mineralogy and geochemical behavior of trace elements of hydrothermal alteration types in the volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits, NE Turkey. Ore Geology Reviews 48, 197-224.



External Links

- http://atlas.cc.itu.edu.tr/~okay/AralOkayUsefulLinks.htm [Geology of Turkey - links]
- http://www.mta.gov.tr/ [Geological Survey of Turkey]
- http://www.mta.gov.tr/mta_web/kutuphane/ [Link Broken? Jun 2013]

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