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Regional Report: Iran

Iran is divided into 30 ostanha (sing. ostan: provinces). (Note: Westerners used to preferentially call the country "Persia" until 1935.)

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  • Actinolite - 64, 49, 92, 73, 5, 84, 9
  • 'Adularia' - 104
  • 'Agate-Jasper' - 67
  • Aktashite - 130
  • Albite - 59, 117, 44, 99
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series' - 24, 84
  • Algodonite - 121
  • 'Allanite' - 49
  • Altaite - 2
  • Alunite - 127, 2
  • Amarantite - 69
  • 'Amethyst' - 67
  • 'Amphibole Group' - 117, 99
  • Andradite - 84, 9
  • Anglesite - 77
  • Anhydrite - 64, 102, 130, 92, 73, 117, 77, 99
  • Anilite - 23
  • Ankerite - 9
  • Annabergite - 121, 34
  • Antlerite - 102
  • 'Apatite' - 64, 52, 49, 117, 99
  • Apatite-(CaF) - 2, 36
  • Apatite-(CaOH) - 130
  • Aphthitalite - 54
  • Arcanite - 103
  • 'Arsenian Pyrite' - 2, 130
  • Arsenopyrite - 19, 2, 30, 109, 68, 104, 97
  • Atacamite - 105, 92
  • Augite - 64
  • Aurichalcite - 32
  • 'Axinite' - 92
  • Axinite-(Fe) - 64
  • Azurite - 102, 23, 105, 51, 60, 85, 5, 97
  • Baryte - 64, 2, 130, 76, 51, 92, 59, 77, 85, 88
  • Baumhauerite - 130
  • Bayerite - 2
  • 'Beudantite Subgroup' - 2
  • Biotite - 102, 68, 117, 44, 85, 99, 5, 84
  • Bismuth - 2, 90
  • Bismuthinite - 19, 117
  • 'Bitumen' - 130, 59
  • Boleite - 31
  • Bornite - 102, 68, 51, 92, 117, 85, 5, 43, 84, 9
  • Botryogen - 127
  • Boulangerite - 2, 130
  • Brochantite - 102, 51
  • 'Byssolite' - 92
  • Calaverite - 90
  • Calcite - 33, 64, 23, 2, 130, 101, 47, 51, 49, 92, 73, 60, 4, 117, 77, 84, 9, 97
  • Cerussite - 33, 91, 105, 51, 77, 9, 118
  • Chalcanthite - 60, 85
  • 'Chalcedony' - 130
  • Chalcocite - 102, 105, 68, 51, 77, 44, 85, 5, 84, 9
  • Chalcopyrite - 102, 23, 19, 130, 30, 109, 68, 51, 24, 92, 59, 38, 117, 77, 44, 85, 99, 5, 43, 84, 9, 97
  • 'Chlorite Group' - 102, 24, 49, 117, 44, 85, 99, 5, 43, 84, 9, 97
  • Christite - 130
  • Chrysocolla - 102, 105, 68, 51, 24, 85, 5
  • Cinnabar - 2, 130, 104
  • 'Clay' - 64
  • Clinoatacamite - 68
  • Clinochlore - 92
  • 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' - 84
  • Cobaltpentlandite - 121
  • Colemanite - 53
  • Coloradoite - 130
  • Copiapite - 69, 40
  • Copper - 102, 68, 51, 5
  • Corderoite - 2
  • Coronadite - 51
  • Covellite - 102, 23, 130, 30, 109, 68, 51, 77, 44, 85, 5, 43, 84
  • 'Crandallite Subgroup' - 2
  • Cubanite - 24, 84
  • Cuprite - 102, 23, 5
  • Daliranite - 130
  • Danburite - 64
  • Davidite-(Ce) - 36
  • 'Demantoid' - 114
  • 'Dendritic Agate' - 67
  • Descloizite - 33
  • Diaboleite - 106, 105, 31
  • Digenite - 102, 30, 109
  • Diopside - 92
  • Dioptase - 105, 51
  • Dolomite - 126, 64, 2, 130, 76, 49, 59, 77, 9
  • Domeykite - 121, 86
  • Enargite - 102, 68
  • Epidote - 102, 47, 49, 92, 117, 44, 85, 99, 84, 9
  • Erythrite - 121, 86
  • Erythrosiderite - 103
  • Fairfieldite - 121
  • Fluorite - 64, 23, 130, 76
  • Fornacite - 106, 105, 31
  • 'Fortification Agate' - 67
  • Galena - 91, 102, 8, 19, 2, 130, 105, 30, 109, 68, 24, 59, 117, 77, 85, 9, 118, 97
  • Galenobismutite - 90
  • Galkhaite - 130
  • Geerite - 23
  • Gehlenite - 9
  • Geocronite - 2, 130
  • Getchellite - 2, 130
  • Gibbsite - 2
  • Goethite - 102, 23, 130, 24, 60, 5, 9
  • Gold - 102, 23, 2, 130, 30, 68, 51, 104, 38, 117, 97
  • Grossular - 84
  • Gypsum - 64, 102, 2, 130, 68, 92, 73, 117, 77, 99, 5
  • Halite - 64, 66, 81, 92, 73, 103
  • Halotrichite - 124
  • Heazlewoodite - 123
  • Hematite - 64, 102, 130, 111, 110, 68, 89, 24, 49, 92, 73, 60, 38, 117, 77, 85, 99, 5, 84, 9, 88
  • Hemihedrite - 31
  • 'Hemihedrite-Iranite Series' - 106
  • Hemimorphite - 91, 8, 105, 31, 32, 68, 55, 51
  • Herbertsmithite - 31, 68
  • 'Hornblende' - 9
  • Hydroboracite - 53
  • Hydromagnesite - 114
  • Hydromolysite - 103
  • Hydrozincite - 42
  • Illite - 2, 130, 59, 117
  • Ilmenite - 24, 117
  • Iranite - 105, 31
  • Jarosite - 64, 102, 2, 130, 92
  • 'Jasper' - 67, 2
  • 'K Feldspar' - 130, 117, 84
  • Kainite - 66
  • Kaolinite - 102, 19, 2, 130, 68, 117
  • Kermesite - 130
  • Khademite - 69
  • Koutekite - 121, 86
  • Kutinaite - 86
  • Lautite - 130
  • Lavendulan - 121, 86
  • Lemanskiite - 121
  • Lepidocrocite - 23
  • Limonite - 64, 102, 19, 2, 130, 68, 55, 42, 51, 60, 44, 85, 5, 97
  • Linarite - 51
  • Löllingite - 130
  • Lorándite - 130
  • Ludlockite - 130
  • Magnetite - 87, 68, 24, 49, 38, 117, 36, 77, 85, 99, 5, 43, 84, 9, 97, 88
  • Malachite - 102, 23, 105, 51, 92, 60, 85, 5, 84, 9, 97
  • 'Manganese Oxides' - 2
  • Manganite - 59
  • 'Manganoan Calcite' - 2
  • Mansfieldite - 2
  • Marcasite - 130, 30, 109, 24, 59, 77
  • Maucherite - 121
  • Melanterite - 2
  • 'Melnikovite' - 130
  • Metacinnabar - 130
  • Metavoltine - 127
  • Mimetite - 106, 33, 91, 2
  • Minium - 33, 68
  • Molybdenite - 102, 68, 117, 44, 85, 9
  • 'Monazite' - 130, 49
  • 'Moss Agate' - 67
  • Muscovite - 130
  • Nickeline - 121, 126
  • Nickelskutterudite - 121
  • Orpiment - 2, 130, 104
  • Palygorskite - 92
  • Parabutlerite - 69
  • Pararammelsbergite - 121, 86
  • Paratacamite - 68, 92
  • Pertlikite - 127
  • Phlogopite - 52
  • Phoenicochroite - 106
  • Picromerite - 66
  • 'Pitchblende' - 130
  • Plagionite - 130
  • Plattnerite - 42
  • Polhemusite - 2
  • Polyhalite - 81
  • 'Psilomelane' - 24
  • Pyrite - 127, 64, 102, 19, 2, 130, 105, 68, 51, 104, 24, 92, 73, 59, 38, 117, 77, 44, 85, 99, 5, 43, 84, 9, 97
  • Pyrrhotite - 130, 30, 109, 68, 24, 59, 117, 99, 9, 97
  • Quartz - 64, 2, 21, 130, 47, 51, 104, 24, 49, 92, 59, 38, 117, 84, 97, 88
  • Realgar - 130, 104
  • Rinneite - 103
  • Römerite - 127
  • Rosasite - 32, 68
  • Rutile - 2, 130, 24, 117, 85, 99
  • Safflorite - 121
  • 'Saussurite' - 84
  • 'Scapolite' - 84
  • Scheelite - 68, 117
  • Scorodite - 2, 130
  • Seelite - 121
  • Semseyite - 2, 130
  • 'Sericite' - 102, 8, 19, 130, 24, 38, 117, 44, 85, 99, 5, 84, 97
  • Siderite - 24, 84
  • Silver - 51
  • Simonite - 130
  • Smithsonite - 8, 32, 59
  • 'Specularite' - 64, 9
  • Sphalerite - 102, 8, 19, 2, 130, 105, 30, 109, 68, 24, 59, 117, 77, 85, 9, 97
  • Spionkopite - 23
  • Stibnite - 18, 2, 21, 25, 130, 10, 104
  • Strengite - 2
  • Stromeyerite - 68
  • Strontianite - 2
  • Sulphur - 64, 45, 26, 92, 73
  • Sylvite - 103
  • Talc - 9
  • Talmessite - 121
  • Tennantite - 102
  • 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series' - 117
  • Tetrahedrite - 102, 19, 85
  • Titanite - 117, 9
  • 'Tourmaline' - 44
  • Tremolite - 84, 9
  • Turquoise - 2, 93, 24, 85, 5
  • Twinnite - 2, 130
  • Ulexite - 53
  • Uraninite - 117
  • Uranospinite - 121
  • Vesuvianite - 84, 9
  • Voltaite - 127
  • 'Wad' - 60
  • Willemite - 33
  • Wollastonite - 9
  • Wulfenite - 29, 106, 33, 91, 68, 51, 4
  • Xenotime-(Y) - 130, 49
  • Yarrowite - 23
  • 'Zeolite Group' - 102, 85
  • Zeunerite - 121
  • Zincite - 8
  • Zincrosasite - 68
  • Zircon - 2, 130


  • 229 minerals listed.

    Locality Key
    1Abbasabad Mines, Tehran Province, Iran
    2Agh-Darreh Mine (Agdarreh Mine), Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azarbaijan Province, Iran
    3Ahar, East Azarbaijan Province, Iran
    4Ahmad Abad, Yazd Province, Iran
    5Ali-Abad Cu deposit, Yazd Province, Iran
    6Ali-Mirsa-Kuh Mts, Khorasan (Khorassan; Khorasan va Sistan; Khurasan; Khorass; Khoras) Province, Iran
    7Anarak District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    8Anguran Mine (Angouran Mine), Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azarbaijan Province, Iran
    9Anjerd Mine, Ahar, East Azarbaijan Province, Iran
    10Antimony Mine, Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azarbaijan Province, Iran
    11Ardabil Province (Ardebil Province), Iran
    12Ardakan (Ardekan), Yazd Province, Iran
    13Asia-Deene Mine, Abbasabad Mines, Tehran Province, Iran
    14Bafgh District, Yazd Province, Iran
    15Bafq, Yazd Province, Iran
    16Bagherogh Mine, Anarak District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    17Baghloo Mine, Abbasabad Mines, Tehran Province, Iran
    18Bahar-Lou, Hamadan Province (Hamedan Province), Iran
    19Baiche-Bagh Mine, Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azarbaijan Province, Iran
    20Baitchy Bagh Mine, Zanjan Province, Iran
    21Baldir-Ghanee Mine, Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azarbaijan Province, Iran
    22Bandar Abbas (Bandar-e Abbas), Hormozgan Province, Iran
    23Baryte deposit, Ardakan (Ardekan), Yazd Province, Iran
    24Bavanat deposit (Jian deposit), Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran
    25Bighair-Bolaghi Mine, Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azarbaijan Province, Iran
    26Bostaneh Mine, Bostanu (Bostaneh; Bastaneh; Bustaneh), Hormozgan Province, Iran
    27Bozorgue Mine, Abbasabad Mines, Tehran Province, Iran
    28Bushehr Province, Iran
    29Chah Kharboze Mine (Tchah-Kharboze Mine; Chah-Karbuzeh Mine), Chah Kharboze (Tchah-Kharboze), Anarak District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    30Chah Khatoon Mine, Muteh District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    31Chah Khouni Mine (Chah Khoni Mine; Tschah Khuni Mine; El Khun Mine), Anarak District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    32Chah Kuh, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    33Chah Milleh Mine (Chah Mileh Mine; Tchah-Mille Mine), Chah Milleh (Chah-Mileh; Tchah-Mille), Anarak District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    34Chah Shurch Mine, Anarak District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    35Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
    36Chogart deposit, Bafgh District, Yazd Province, Iran
    37Choghondar-Sar Mine, Abbasabad Mines, Tehran Province, Iran
    38Dallil Cu prospect, Arak County, Markazi Province, Iran
    39Daman-Chalha Mine, Abbasabad Mines, Tehran Province, Iran
    40Damavend, Tehran Province, Iran
    41Dandy District, Zanjan Province, Iran
    42Darreh Zanjir Mine, Taft District, Yazd Province, Iran
    43Darreh-Zerreshk Cu deposit, Yazd Province, Iran
    44Darrehzar Mine, Kerman Province, Iran
    45Delazian Mine, Delazian (Delagian; Dalijan; Delazeyan; Deliazan; Delaziyan), Semnan Province, Iran
    46East Azarbaijan Province, Iran
    47Epidote locality, Khowrin Mt (Khorram Mt), Kuhandan village, Saveh town, Tafresh city, Markazi Province, Iran
    48Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    49Esfordi deposit, Bafq county, Yazd Province, Iran
    50Fars Province, Iran
    51Ghale Zari Mine, Birjand, South Khorasan Province, Iran
    52Gharah Bagh Mica Mine (Madan e Mica ye Gharah Bagh), Ghoshchi Pass, Urmiyeh area, West Azarbaijan Province, Iran
    53Gharah Gol Boron Mine, Dandy District, Zanjan Province, Iran
    54Ghom Salt Dome, Qom (Ghom) Province, Iran
    55Gicher Kuh Zinc Mine, Baha Abad area, Bafgh District, Yazd Province, Iran
    56Gilan Province (Guilan Province), Iran
    57Golestan Province, Iran
    58Gour-Khan Mine, Abbasabad Mines, Tehran Province, Iran
    59Goushfil mine, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    60Gowde Kolvary deposit, Kerman Province, Iran
    61Hamadan Province (Hamedan Province), Iran
    62Hamami Mine, Abbasabad Mines, Tehran Province, Iran
    63Hormozgan Province, Iran
    64Hormuz Island (Jazireh-ye Hormoz; Ormuz Island; Jezirat Hormuz; Hormoz), Hormozgan Province, Iran
    65Ilam Province, Iran
    66Ilchagh (Iljaq) Salt mine, Dandy to Mahneshan road, Zanjan Province, Iran
    67Iran
    68Kali Kafi Mine (Kale Kafi Mine), Anarak District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    69Kavir-e-Sagand, Saghand (Sagand; Saqand), Yazd Province, Iran
    70Kerman Province, Iran
    71Kermanshah Province, Iran
    72Khorasan (Khorassan; Khorasan va Sistan; Khurasan; Khorass; Khoras) Province, Iran
    73Khurgu saltdome, Bandar Abbas (Bandar-e Abbas), Hormozgan Province, Iran
    74Khuzestan Province, Iran
    75Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad Province, Iran
    76Komshejeh Barite Mine, Ardestan District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    77Kuh-e-Surmeh Zn-Pb deposit, Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran
    78Kurdistan Province, Iran
    79Labb-Kall Mine, Abbasabad Mines, Tehran Province, Iran
    80Lorestan Province, Iran
    81Maman, Iran
    82Markazi Province, Iran
    83Mazandaran Province, Iran
    84Mazraeh Mine, Ahar, East Azarbaijan Province, Iran
    85Meiduk Mine (Miduk Mine), Kerman Province, Iran
    86Meskani Mine (Meshkani Mine; Madan-e Meskani [Meskani mine sites]), Anarak District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    87Mine 2, Semnan (Samnan), Semnan Province, Iran
    88Mooteh district, Golpayan, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    89Mount Bashi, Ardakan (Ardekan), Yazd Province, Iran
    90Muteh District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    91Nakhlak Mine (Nekhlak Mine), Madan-e Nakhlak (Ma'dan-e-Nahlak), Anarak District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    92Namakdan saltdome, Qeshm Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran
    93Nishâpûr Deposit, Nishâpûr (Nishabur; Neyshabur), Ali-Mirsa-Kuh Mts, Khorasan (Khorassan; Khorasan va Sistan; Khurasan; Khorass; Khoras) Province, Iran
    94North Khorasan Province, Iran
    95Qazvin Province, Iran
    96Qeshm Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran
    97Qolqoleh Au deposit, Kurdistan Province, Iran
    98Qom (Ghom) Province, Iran
    99Raigan Mine (Regun-e Bam Mine), Kerman Province, Iran
    100Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
    101Robat Karim Mines (Robat Karim mine sites), Robat Karim (Shahriar; Shahryar), Markazi Province, Iran
    102Sar Cheshmeh (Sarcheshmeh) Mine, Kerman Province, Iran
    103Sar Pohl (Puhal; Pukal; Pujal; Pohl; Pol), Hormozgan Province, Iran
    104Sari Gunay Au deposit, Kurdistan Province, Iran
    105Sebarz Mine (Sebraz Mine; Sebarg Mine), Anarak District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    106Seh-Changi deposit, Khorasan (Khorassan; Khorasan va Sistan; Khurasan; Khorass; Khoras) Province, Iran
    107Semnan area (Samnan area), Semnan Province, Iran
    108Semnan Province, Iran
    109Senjedeh Mine, Muteh District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    110Sheikhab East Mine, Semnan area (Samnan area), Semnan Province, Iran
    111Sheikhab West No. 1 Mine, Semnan area (Samnan area), Semnan Province, Iran
    112Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran
    113Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
    114Soghan, Baft District, Kerman Province, Iran
    115Soridun (Seridune), Rafsanjan district, Kerman Province, Iran
    116South Khorasan Province, Iran
    117Sungun Cu deposit, Ahar, East Azarbaijan Province, Iran
    118Taj Kuh Mine, Bafq, Yazd Province, Iran
    119Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azarbaijan Province, Iran
    120Talkhe Mine, Anarak District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    121Talmessi Mine (Talmesi Mine; Telmessi Mine; Telmesi Mine), Anarak District, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran
    122Tehran Province, Iran
    123Tshagal (Tschagal), Rabad Sefid (Rabat e Sefid), Mashhad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
    124Urumiya, Iran
    125West Azarbaijan Province, Iran
    126Yazd Province, Iran
    127Zagh Mine (Tangeh Zagh mine; Madeni Zakh), Haji Abad town, Abumusa County, Bandar Abbas (Bandar-e Abbas), Hormozgan Province, Iran
    128Zagros Mts (Kuhha-ye Zagros), Iran
    129Zanjan Province, Iran
    130Zareh Shuran Mine (Zarshuran Mine; Zarshouran Mine; Zarehehuran), Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azarbaijan Province, Iran

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