Southern Province, Sierra Leonei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Southern Province | Province |
| Sierra Leone | Country |
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Other Languages:
French:
Province du Sud, Sierra Leone
German:
Southern, Sierra Leone
Italian:
provincia del Sud, Sierra Leone
Russian:
Южная провинция, Сьерра-Леоне
Simplified Chinese:
南方省, 塞拉利昂
Spanish:
Provincia del Sur, Sierra Leona
Arabic:
المنطقة الجنوبية, سيراليون
Bengali:
দক্ষিণ প্রদেশ, সিয়েরা লিওন
Bulgarian:
Южна провинция, Сиера Леоне
Cebuano:
Southern Province, Sierra Leone
Croatian:
Južna provincija, Sijera Leone
Danish:
Southern Province, Sierra Leone
Dutch:
Southern, Sierra Leone
Esperanto:
Suda Provinco, Sieraleono
Farsi/Persian:
استان جنوبی، سیرالئون, سیرالئون
Finnish:
Eteläinen maakunta, Sierra Leone
Galician:
Provincia do Sur, Serra Leoa
Greek:
Νότια Περιφέρεια, Σιέρα Λεόνε
Gujarati:
દક્ષિણ પ્રાંત, સીએરા લેઓન
Hindi:
दक्षिणी प्रांत, सिएरा लियोन
Indonesian:
Provinsi Selatan, Sierra Leone
Japanese:
南部州, シエラレオネ
Kannada:
ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ, ಸಿಯೆರ್ರಾ ಲಿಯೋನ್
Korean:
남부주, 시에라리온
Latvian:
Dienvidu province, Sjerraleone
Lithuanian:
Pietų provincija, Siera Leonė
Malay:
Southern Province, Sierra Leone
Marathi:
दक्षिण प्रांत, सियेरा लिओन
Northern Frisian:
Southern , Sierra Leone
Norwegian:
Southern, Sierra Leone
Polish:
Prowincja Południowa, Sierra Leone
Portuguese:
Província do Sul, Serra Leoa
Romanian:
Provincia Southern, Sierra Leone
Sinhalese:
දකුණු පළාත, සියෙරා ලියෝන්
Swedish:
Södra provinsen, Sierra Leone
Tamil:
தெற்கு மாகாணம், சியேரா லியோனி
Telugu:
దక్షిణ ప్రావిన్స్, సియెరా లియోన్
Thai:
เซาเทิร์น โพรวิ้น, เซียร์ราลีโอน
Turkish:
Southern Province, Sierra Leone
Ukrainian:
Південна провінція, Сьєрра-Леоне
Urdu:
جنوبی صوبہ، سیرالیون, سیرالیون
Vietnamese:
Tỉnh Phía Nam, Sierra Leone
The Southern Province is one of the four provinces of Sierra Leone. It covers an area of 19,694 km². It consists of four districts (Bo, Bonthe, Moyamba, and Pujehun). Its capital and administrative center is Bo, which is also the second-largest and second most populated city in Sierra Leone after the nation's capital Freetown.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Reference: Smit, K. V., Shirey, S. B., & Wang, W. (2016). Type Ib diamond formation and preservation in the West African lithospheric mantle: Re–Os age constraints from sulphide inclusions in Zimmi diamonds. Precambrian Research, 286, 152-166. |
| ⓘ Diamond Formula: C Colour: The host diamonds are Ib types that still preserve isolated nitrogen (C centres) Reference: Smit, K. V., D’Haenens-Johansson, U. F., Howell, D., Loudin, L. C., & Wang, W. (2018). Deformation-related spectroscopic features in natural Type Ib-IaA diamonds from Zimmi (West African craton). Mineralogy and Petrology, 112(1), 243-257. |
| ⓘ Pentlandite Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8 Reference: Smit, K. V., Shirey, S. B., & Wang, W. (2016). Type Ib diamond formation and preservation in the West African lithospheric mantle: Re–Os age constraints from sulphide inclusions in Zimmi diamonds. Precambrian Research, 286, 152-166. |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS Reference: Smit, K. V., Shirey, S. B., & Wang, W. (2016). Type Ib diamond formation and preservation in the West African lithospheric mantle: Re–Os age constraints from sulphide inclusions in Zimmi diamonds. Precambrian Research, 286, 152-166. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Diamond | 1.CB.10a | C |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pentlandite | 2.BB.15 | (NixFey)Σ9S8 |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Diamond | C |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| S | ⓘ Pentlandite | (NixFey)Σ9S8 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Fe | ⓘ Pentlandite | (NixFey)Σ9S8 |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | ⓘ Pentlandite | (NixFey)Σ9S8 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fossils
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sierra_Leone |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q772185 |
| GeoNames ID: | 2403745 |
Localities in this Region
- Southern Province
Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect
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- West African CratonCraton
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