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Métlaoui, Gafsa Governorate, Tunisia

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Tūnis

The official name of Tunisia is the Tunisian Republic (al-Jumhūriyya at-Tūnisiyya).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Albite
'Alunite Supergroup'
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Barstowite
Baryte
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
var: Horobetsuite
'Bitumen'
Bournonite
Calcite
var: Ferroan Calcite
Celestine
Cerussite
Cesàrolite (TL)
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chromite

Cinnabar
Corkite
Cotunnite
Cristobalite
Descloizite
'Desert Rose'
Dolomite
Enargite
Famatinite
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Freibergite
Galena
Glauconite
Goethite
Goyazite
Gustavite
Gypsum
Halite
'Halloysite'
Hematite
Hemimorphite

Hydrocerussite
Hydrohetaerolite
Hydrozincite
'Hypersthene'
Illite
Jordanite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
Laurionite
Leadhillite
'Limonite'
Luzonite
Magnesite
Malachite
Marcasite
Matildite
Muscovite
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Penfieldite
'Petroleum'
'Phengite'
Phlogopite
Phosgenite

Phosphohedyphane
Portlandite
Pyrite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
'Schalenblende'
'Sebkhaînite'
Siderite
var: Manganoan Siderite
Silver
var: Amalgam
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Sweetite
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tetrahedrite
Troilite
Tunisite (TL)
Vanadinite
Willemite
Wittichenite
Zincite

96 entries listed. 73 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Tunisia

Ain Alega Sakiet
- Ain Allega Mine (Ain Alega Sakiet Mine)
Al-Djedidi
- Al-Djedidi mine
Al-Gibli
- Al-Gibli mine
Al Kåf Governorate (El Kef; Le Kef)
- Kalaat Es Senan
  - Bou Jaber (Bou Jabeur)
    - Bou Jaber Mine
- Ouled Moussa
- Sakiet Sidi Youssef (Saqiyat Sidi Yusuf)
  - Sidi Youssef Mine
- Sers
  - Bou Grine Mine (Bougrine Mine)
- Tajerouine
  - Djerissa Mine (Jerissa Mine)
  - Garn Alfaya (Jebel Garn Halfaya; Djebel Garn Halfaya; Djebel Gueurn Halfaya; Jabal Qarn 'alfåyah; Djebel Gulurn Halfaya)
    - Garn Alfaya Mine
  - Hameima Mine
  - Slata Pb-Zn deposit
    - Sidi Amor ben Salem Mine
Ariana Governorate
Béja Governorate
- Båjah (Beja; Bedja)
  - Khanget Kef Tout
    - Khanget Kef Tout Mine
- Testour
  - Djebel Ech Cheid (Djebel Ech Chehid; Jabal ash Shahid)
Ben Arous Governorate
Bizerte Governorate
- Bechateur Mine
- Bizerte (Banzart)
  - El Grefa (Jebel el Grefa; Djebel el Grefa; Jabal al Grefa)
    - El Grefa Mine
- Galite Islands
  - La Galite
- Sedjenane
  - Bazina Mine (Mine de Bazina)
Bon Jabour mine
Bou Kehil
- Bou Kehil Mine
Djebba
- Djebba Mine
Djebel Bezina
Djebel Diss
- Djebel Diss Mine
Djebel Hallouf
- Djebel Hallouf Mine
Djebel Kobbouch
- Djebel Kobbouch Mine
Djebel Lazered mine
Djebel Mezzouna
Djebel Tabouna
- Djebel Tabouna Mine
Djebel Touila
- Djebel Touila Mine
Djebel Trozza
- Djebel Trozza Mine
Douz
- Grand Erg Oriental Desert
El Aguiba deposit
El Akhouat
- El Akhouat Mine
Fedj-el-Adoum
- Fedj el Adoum Mine
Fej Lahdoum mine
Gabès Governorate
Gafsa Governorate
- Métlaoui
Hammala
Jendouba Governorate
- Ain el Bey deposit
- Jendouba
  - Souk-el-Arba
    - Djebel Chouichia (Jebel Chouichia)
Kairouan Governorate
Kassérine Governorate
- Kāf ash Sha`nabī (Kef Chambi)
  - Kef Chambi Mine
Kebili Governorate

Tunisia

Kef Eddour (Kef ed Dour)
- Kef Eddour Mine
Koudiat Louatia
Koudiat Sidii
Loridga
- Loridga Mine
Mahdia Governorate
- Mahdia
  - Late-Hellenistic shipwreck
Manouba Governorate
Médenine Governorate
Monastir Governorate
Nabeul Governorate
Nebeur
- Nebeur Mine
Nefza mining district
- Oued Maden (Oued el Madene)
  - Oued Maden Mine
- Sejenane
  - Douahria iron mine
  - Douahria Pb-Zn occurrence
- Tamra
Oued Kohol
- Oued Kohol Mine
Oum el-Kecheb Mine
Permis Bauche Mine
Redeyef (Redayef; Redeief)
- Mines de Redeyef
Ressas Touireuf
- Ressas Touireuf Mine
Sehib Sud Mine
Sfax Governorate
Sidi Bou Aouane
- Sidi Bou Aouane Mine
Sidi Bou Zid Governorate
Siliana Governorate
- Siliana
  - Djebel Sekarna
    - Djebel Sekarna Mine (Sekarna deposit)
Sousse Governorate
Tataouine Governorate
- Tataouine (Foum Tatahouine)
  - Tatahouine meteorite
Tozeur Governorate
- Tamerza
Tunis Governorate
Zaghouan Governorate
- Grombalia
  - Djebel Mokta
- Haouaria
  - Oued M'tak
- Saouaf
  - Ghar Dbaa
- Sebala du Mornag
  - Djebel Ressas Mine
- Sidi Jedidi (Sidi Jadidi)
- Zaghouan
- Zriba-Village
  - Djebel Guebli
  - Hammam-Zriba Mine

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References

Paulitsch, P. (1988): Gedanken über eine Tunesien-Reise. Aufschluss, 39 (2), 87-94 (in German).

Müther, T.F. (1991): Tunesien - ein Land in dem man Urlaub und Mineraliensammeln verbindet. Mineralien-Welt, 2 (1), 34-40 (in German).

Slim-Shimi, N. and Tlig, S. (1993): Mixed type sulfide deposits in Northern Tunisia, regenerated in relation to paleogeography and tectonism. Journal of African Earth Sciences 16, 287-307.

External Links

http://www.upi.org.tn/secteurs/Marble_and_Stone_in_Tunisia.pdf [Link Broken? May 2013]

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