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Area:
17,098,242 km2
Type:
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Russian Federation
Other Languages:
French:
Russie
German:
Russland
Italian:
Russia
Russian:
Россия
Simplified Chinese:
俄罗斯
Spanish:
Rusia
Abkhaz:
Урыстәыла
Achinese:
Rusia
Adyghe:
Урысые
Afrikaans:
Rusland
Akan:
Rɔhyea
Albanian:
Rusia
Alemannic:
Russland
Altai:
Россия
Amharic:
ሩሲያ
Anglo-Saxon:
Russland
Arabic:
روسيا
Aragonese:
Rusia
Armenian:
Ռուսաստան
Asturian:
Rusia
Avaric:
ГIурус пачалихъ
Aymara:
Rusiya
Azeri:
Rusiya
Azeri (Cyrillic):
Русия
Bambara:
Risila
Bashkir:
Рәсәй Федерацияһы
Basque:
Errusia
Bavarian:
Russland
Belarusian:
Расія
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Расея
Bengali:
রাশিয়া
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
রাশিয়া
Bislama:
Rusia
Bosnian:
Rusija
Breton:
Rusia
Buginese:
Russia
Bulgarian:
Русия
Burmese:
ရုရှားနိုင်ငံ
Buryat (Cyrillic):
Ород
Catalan:
Rússia
Cebuano:
Rusya
Central Bikol:
Rusya
Chamorro:
Russia
Chechen:
Росси
Cherokee:
ᏲᏂᎢ
Chewa:
Russia
Cheyenne:
Russia
Chukchi:
?
Church Slavic:
Рѡсїꙗ
Chuvash:
Раççей Патшалăхĕ
Cornish:
Russi
Corsican:
Russia
Crimean Tatar (Latin):
Rusiye
Croatian:
Rusija
Czech:
Rusko
Danish:
Rusland
Doteli:
रुस
Dutch:
Rusland
Dutch Low Saxon:
Ruslaand
Dzongkha:
ར་ཤི་ཡཱན་ཕེ་ཌི་རེ་ཤཱན
Egyptian Arabic:
روسيا
Emilian-Romagnol:
Rossia
Erzya:
Россия Мастор
Esperanto:
Rusio
Estonian:
Venemaa
Ewe:
Russia
Extremaduran:
Russia
Faroese:
Russland
Farsi/Persian:
روسیه
Fiji Hindi:
Russia
Fijian:
Rusi
Finnish:
Venäjä
Franco-Provençal:
Russie
Friulian:
Russie
Fula:
Roosiya
Gagauz:
Rusiya
Galician:
Rusia
Gan:
俄羅斯
Georgian:
რუსეთი
Gilaki:
رۊسیه
Greek:
Ρωσία
Greenlandic:
Ruslandi
Guarani:
Rrúsia
Gujarati:
રશિયા
Haitian:
Risi
Hakka:
Ngò-lò-sṳ̂
Hausa:
Rasha
Hawaiian:
Rūsia
Hebrew:
רוסיה
Hill Mari:
Россий
Hindi:
रूस
Hungarian:
Oroszország
Icelandic:
Rússland
Ido:
Rusia
Igbo:
Mpaghara Russia
Iloko:
Rusia
Indonesian:
Rusia
Ingush:
Россе Федераци
Interlingua:
Russia
Inuktitut:
ᐅᓛᓴ
Irish Gaelic:
An Rúis
Jamaican Patois:
Rosha
Japanese:
ロシア
Javanese:
Ruslan
Judaeo-Spanish:
Rusia
Kabardian:
Урысей
Kabiye:
Ruusii
Kabyle:
Rusya
Kalmyk:
Орсин Ниицән
Kannada:
ರಷ್ಯಾ
Kapampangan:
Rusia
Karachay-Balkar:
Россия Федерация
Karakalpak:
Rossiya
Karelian:
Veneä
Kashmiri:
روٗس
Kashubian:
Ruskô
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Ресей
Khakas:
Россия
Khmer:
រុស្ស៊ី
Kikuyu:
Racia
Kinyarwanda:
Uburusiya
Komi:
Рочму
Komi-Permyak:
Рочму
Kongo:
Rusia
Konkani:
रूस
Korean:
러시아
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Rûsya
Kyrgyz:
Орусия
Lao:
ປະເທດລັດເຊຍ
Latgalian:
Krīveja
Latin:
Russia
Latvian:
Krievija
Lezghian:
Урусат
Ligurian:
Ruscia
Limburgian:
Róslandj
Lingala:
Rusí
Lithuanian:
Rusija
Livvi-Karelian:
Ven'a
Lojban:
rukygu'e
Lombard:
Rüssia
Low Saxon/Low German:
Russland
Lower Sorbian:
Rusojska
Luganda:
Rwasha
Luri:
رۊسیٱ
Luxembourgish:
Russland
Macedonian:
Русија
Maithili:
रूस
Malagasy:
Rosia
Malay:
Rusia
Malayalam:
റഷ്യ
Maltese:
Russja
Manx:
Yn Roosh
Maori:
Rūhia
Marathi:
रशिया
Mazanderani:
روسیه
Meadow Mari:
Россий
Min Dong Chinese:
Ngò̤-lò̤-sṳ̆
Minangkabau:
Rusia
Mingrelian:
რუსეთი
Mirandese:
Rússia
Moksha:
Рузмастор
Mongolian:
Оросын Холбооны Улс
Nahuatl:
Rusia
Narom:
Russie
Nauruan:
Ratsiya
Navajo:
Biʼééʼ Łichííʼí Bikéyah
Neapolitan:
Russia
Nenets:
Луца
Nepali:
रुस
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
रुस
Northern Frisian:
Ruslun
Northern Sami:
Ruošša
Northern Sotho:
Russia
Norwegian:
Russland
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Russland
Novial:
Rusia
Occitan:
Russia
Odia:
ଋଷିଆ
Ossetian:
Уæрæсе
Pali:
रूस
Pangasinan:
Rusia
Papiamento:
Rusia
Pashto:
روسیه
Pennsylvania German:
Russland
Pfaelzisch:
Russland
Picard:
Russie
Piedmontese:
Russia
Polish:
Rosja
Pontic Greek:
Ρουσία
Portuguese:
Rússia
Punjabi:
ਰੂਸ
Quechua:
Rusya
Romanian:
Rusia
Romansh:
Russia
Rundi:
Uburusiya
Russia Buriat:
Оросой холбоото улас
Rusyn:
Росія
Samoan:
Rusia
Samogitian:
Rosėjė
Sanskrit:
रास्या
Sardinian:
Rùssia
Saterland Frisian:
Ruslound
Scots:
Roushie
Scottish Gaelic:
An Ruis
Serbian:
Русија
Serbo-Croatian:
Rusija
Sesotho:
Rashea
Shona:
Russian Federation
Sicilian:
Russia
Silesian:
Rusyjo
Sindhi:
روس
Sinhalese:
රුසියාව
Slovak:
Rusko
Slovenian:
Rusija
Somali:
Ruushka
South Azerbaijani:
روسیه
Sranan Tongo:
Rusland
Sundanese:
Rusia
Swahili:
Urusi
Swati:
IRashiya
Swedish:
Ryssland
Tagalog:
Rusya
Tahitian:
Rūtia
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Русия
Tamil:
உருசியா
Tatar:
Русия
Telugu:
రష్యా
Tetum:
Rúsia
Thai:
ประเทศรัสเซีย
Tibetan (Standard):
ཨུ་རུ་སུ།
Tigrinya:
ራሻ
Tok Pisin:
Rasia
Traditional Chinese:
俄羅斯
Tsonga:
Rhaxiya
Tulu:
ರಷ್ಯಾ
Tumbuka:
Russia
Turkish:
Rusya
Turkmen:
Russiýa
Tuvan:
Россия
Twi:
Rɔhyia
Udmurt:
Россия
Ukrainian:
Росія
Upper Sorbian:
Ruska
Urdu:
روس
Uyghur:
روسىيە
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Rossiya
Venetian:
Rusia
Veps:
Venäma
Vietnamese:
Nga
Vlax Romani:
Rusiya
Volapük:
Rusän
Walloon:
Rûsseye
Waray:
Rusya
Welsh:
Rwsia
West Flemish:
Rusland
West Frisian:
Ruslân
Western Punjabi:
روس
Wolof:
Riisi
Wu Chinese:
俄罗斯
Xhosa:
IRashiya
Yakut:
Арассыыйа
Yiddish:
רוסלאנד
Yoruba:
Rọ́síà
Zazaki:
Rusya
Zeelandic:
Rusland
Zhuang:
Ezlozswh
Zulu:
IRashiya


Russia, formally the Russian Federation (Российская Федерация), is the largest country on Earth with an area of over 17 million square kilometers.

Russia is divided into one avtonomnaya oblast (autonomous region); four avtonomnyy okrug (autonomous province); two gorod ([federal] cities); nine kray (territory); 46 oblast' (region); and 21 respublika (republic).

In 2014 the Crimean Republic (Республика Крым) declared independence from Ukraine after a dubious referendum and joined the Russian Federation — however, this has not been internationally accepted.

Similarly, in 2022, Russia annexed various other Ukrainian provinces during their Invasion and War in Ukraine (2022-) again following sham referenda. None of these territories are show as part of Russia on mindat.

Commodity 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-localities

2721 valid minerals. 900 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 29 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc. 10 erroneous literature entries.

* - Minerals that have never been found, but their existence is inferred in some way (e.g. from pseudomorphs)

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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

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'A-type granite'

'Adakite'

'Adamellite'

'Aegirinite'

Afrikandite

Agglomerate

'Agglutinate'

'Aillikite'

'Alaskite'

'Albite syenite'

'Albite-chlorite-epidote-sericite schist'

'Albitite'

Albitized granite

'Aleutite (rock)'

Alkali basalt

'Alkali gabbro'

Alluvial deposit

'Amphibole schist'

Amphibolite

'Amphibolite gneiss'

'Amygdaloid'

Andesite

'Andesite-basalt'

'Andesitic tuff'

'Ankaramite'

'Anomalous IIE iron meteorite'

'Anomalous IIIE iron meteorite'

'Anomalous PMG pallasite meteorite'

'Anomalous mesosiderite meteorite'

Anorthosite

'Aplite'

'Aplitic granite'

Arenite

Argillisite

'Argillite'

'Arkose'

Aubrite meteorite

'Augite diorite'

'Augite syenite'

'Augitite'

Banded iron formation

Basalt

'Basaltic tuff'

Basaltic-andesite

Basaltic-trachyandesite

Basaltoid

Basanite

'Basite'

Bauxite

Beerbachite

'Bentonite'

'Bereshite'

Beresite

'Biotite gneiss'

'Biotite granite'

'Biotite hornfels'

'Biotite schist'

Biotitite

Black shale

Blastomylonite

Boninite

'Bostonite'

Boulders

Breccia

'Brecciated andesite'

Brucite-marble

Buchite

'CH/CBb chondrite meteorite'

CM2 chondrite meteorite

CO chondrite meteorite

CV3 chondrite meteorite

Calc-silicate rock

Calc-skarn

'Calcite marble'

Calcite-carbonatite

'Californite'

Carbonate rock

Carbonatite

Cataclasite

'Charnockitic granite'

Charoitite

Chert

Chlorite amphibolite

'Chlorite schist'

Chloritolite

Chromitite

Clay

'Clay slate'

Claystone

'Clinker'

Clinopyroxenite

Coal

Comenditic rhyolite

Concretion

Conglomerate

'Coprolite'

'Coronite'

'Cortlandtite'

'Corundite'

'Crystal tuff'

'Cumulate'

Dacite

'Dacite-andesite'

'Damtjernite'

Diamictite

'Diatectite'

'Diopsidite'

Diorite

'Dolerite'

Dolomite-carbonatite

Dolostone

Dunite

Eclogite

'Endoskarn'

'Epidosite'

'Essexite'

'Eucrite cumulate meteorite'

'Eucrite monomict breccia meteorite'

'Eucrite polymict breccia meteorite'

'Exoskarn'

'Feldspar porphyry'

'Feldspar schist'

'Felsic tuff'

'Felsite'

Fenite

Ferrocarbonatite

'Ferrogabbro'

Fine-grained ("volcanic") normal crystalline igneous rock

'Flint'

'Flood basalt'

Foidolite

'Forsteritite'

'Foyaite'

'Fulgurite'

Gabbro

'Gabbrodiorite'

Gabbroid

Gabbronorite

'Garnet lherzolite'

'Garnet-biotite gneiss'

'Geyserite'

Glassy igneous rock

Gneiss

'Gold ore'

Gossan

Granite

'Granitic gneiss'

Granitoid

Granodiorite

'Granophyric granite'

'Granosyenite'

Granulite

'Graphite schist'

Gravel

'Greenschist'

Greenstone

Greisen

'Greywacke'

'Gritstone'

'Grorudite'

Guano

H3 chondrite meteorite

H4 chondrite meteorite

H5 chondrite meteorite

'H5-7 chondrite meteorite'

H6 chondrite meteorite

'Harrisite'

Harzburgite

'Hauyne melilitite'

'Hornblende andesite'

'Hornblende diorite'

'Hornblende granite'

Hornblende pyroxenite

Hornblende-gabbro

Hornblendite

Hornfels

Howardite meteorite

'Hyalo-olivine-diopside-phlogopite lamproite'

Hyaloclastite

'Hydrothermal breccia'

IAB complex iron meteorite

IAB-sLM iron meteorite

IIAB iron meteorite

IIF iron meteorite

IIIAB iron meteorite

Igneous rock

'Ignimbritic tuff'

Ijolite

'Ijolite-urtite'

Impactite

Intermediate volcanic rock

Ironstone

'Jacupirangite'

'Jade'

'Jaspillite'

'Juvite'

'Kalsilite syenite'

'Kaolin'

Kersantite

'Khibinite'

Kimberlite

Komatiite

L4 chondrite meteorite

L5 chondrite meteorite

L6 chondrite meteorite

'LL3.4 chondrite meteorite'

LL5 chondrite meteorite

Lamproite

Lamprophyre

'Lamprophyric-pyroxene-calcite-biotite olivine-melilitite'

Lapilli-tuff

'Lapis lazuli'

Latite

'Leucocratic nephelinolite'

'Leucogabbro'

'Leucogranite'

Lherzolite

Lignite

Limestone

Listvenite

Lithic breccia

'Loam'

'Lujavrite'

'Mafic rocks'

'Magnesian Limestone'

Magnesian-skarn

Magnesiocarbonatite

'Magnetite skarn'

Magnetitite

'Malignite'

Marble

'Marl'

Marlstone

Meimechite

'Melanocratic nephelinite'

'Melanocratic nephelinolite'

Melilite-bearing rock

Melilitite

Melilitolite

Mesosiderite-B4 meteorite

Meta-igneous rock

Metabasalt

Metadacite

Metadiorite

'Metadolerite'

Metadunite

Metagabbro

'Metagraywacke'

Metakimberlite

Metamorphic rock

Metamudstone

Metaperidotite

Metapyroxenite

Metarhyolite

Metasedimentary rock

Metasomatic-rock

Metavolcanic rock

Metawehrlite

Meteorite

Miaskite

'Mica schist'

Micaite

'Microclinite'

'Microdiorite'

'Microgabbro'

'Microsyenite'

'Mid-ocean-ridge basalt'

Migmatite

Minette

Monchiquite

Monzodiorite

Monzogabbro

Monzogranite

Monzonite

Mudstone

'Muscovite granite'

'Muscovite-biotite granite'

Mylonite

'Naujaite'

'Nepheline porphyry'

'Nepheline pyroxenite'

'Nepheline trachyte'

Nepheline-syenite

Nephelinite

Nephrite

'Nordmarkite'

Norite

Obsidian

Okaite

'Olivine basalt'

Olivine clinopyroxenite

'Olivine lamproite'

Olivine orthopyroxenite

Olivine pyroxenite

Olivine websterite

Olivine-gabbro

Olivine-gabbronorite

Olivine-melilitite

'Olivinite'

Ooid-limestone

Ophicalcite

'Ophiolite'

'Ophite'

Ortho-amphibolite

Orthopyroxenite

PMG pallasite meteorite

Para-amphibolite

'Parabasalt'

Peat

Pebbles

'Pegmatitc agpaitic nepheline syenite'

'Pegmatite'

'Pegmatitic Ijolite'

'Pegmatitic gabbro'

'Pegmatitic granite'

'Pegmatitic nepheline syenite '

'Pegmatitic syenite'

'Pegmatoid'

'Peralkaline alkali-feldspar-granite'

'Peralkaline syenite'

'Peralkaline trachyte'

'Peralkaline-alkali-feldspar nepheline-syenite'

Peridotite

'Perovskite clinopyroxenite'

'Petrified Wood'

'Phlogopite schist'

'Phlogopitite'

Phonolite

'Phoscorite'

'Phosphate ore'

Phosphorite

Phyllite

Phyllonite

Picrite

Picrobasalt

'Pillow lava'

'Plagiogranite'

Polymict impact breccia

'Porphyrite'

'Porphyritic granite'

'Porphyritic rhyolite'

'Porphyry'

Propylite

'Pseudoleucite syenite'

'Pulaskite'

Pumice

Pyroclastic sediment

Pyroclastic-rock

Pyroxene-hornblendite

Pyroxene-peridotite

Pyroxenite

'Quartz gabbro'

'Quartz porphyry'

'Quartz schist'

Quartz-diorite

'Quartz-mica schist'

'Quartz-sericite schist'

Quartz-syenite

Quartzite

'Quartzose sandstone'

'Rapakivi granite'

'Red bed'

Residual deposit

'Restite'

Rhyodacite

Rhyolite

'Rhyolitic tuff'

'Riebeckite granite'

'Rischorrite'

Rodingite

'S-type granite'

Sand

Sandstone

Sapropel

Sapropelite

Schist

Scoria

Secondary-quartzite

Sediment

Sedimentary rock

'Sericite schist'

Serpentinite

Shale

Shonkinite

Shoshonite

'Shungite (2)'

'Siderite carbonatite'

Siliceous-rock

Silicocarbonatite

Silt

Siltstone

Sinter

Skarn

Slag

Slate

Spessartite

'Spinel harzburgite'

'Spinel peridotite'

'Spinel pyroxenite'

'Stockscheider'

Subalkali basalt

Suevite

Syenite

Syenogranite

'Sylvinite'

'Sölvsbergite'

Søvite

'Tagamite'

'Tawite'

'Tectonite'

Tephrite

'Teschenite'

'Theralite'

'Tholeiitic basalt'

'Tinguaite'

Tonalite

'Tourmalinite'

Trachyandesite

Trachybasalt

Trachydacite

Trachyte

'Trachytic tuff'

Trachytoid

Travertine

Troctolite

'Trondhjemite'

Tuff

Tuff-breccia

Tuffaceous-breccia

Tuffaceous-conglomerate

Tuffaceous-sandstone

Tuffaceous-siltstone

Tuffite

Turjaite

Ultrabasic volcanic rock

'Ultramafic-rock'

'Umptekite'

Uncompahgrite

'Ungrouped iron meteorite'

Ureilite meteorite

'Variolite'

Vitrain

'Vitric tuff'

Volcanic breccia

'Volcanic rock'

Volcaniclastic rock

Volcaniclastic-sediment

Websterite

Wehrlite

Welded tuff

'eutaxite'

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
Wikidata ID:Q159
GeoNames ID:2017370

Mindat Articles

The Urals, Russia - Minerals, Gems and Adventure by Dmitry Tonkacheev


Localities in this Region


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