Kazakhstan
The data below is a byproduct of my literature research of Russian Mineralogy. Over time I hope to add more background info, pictures and refs.
mineralogy
Aragonite Barite Dolomite Gypsum Pyrolusite Siderite
Located in the Karatau
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Anglesite Cerussite Hemimorphite Pyrite Sauconite Smithsonite Wulfenite Zinalsite
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Aurichalcite Hemimorphite Smithsonite Sphalerite Thaumasite Zinalsite
The Ak Kezen pegmatites are located near Belogorski town in the well known Kalba range.
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Amblygonite Barbosalite Cookeite Ferrisicklerite Ferrotantalite Heterosite
Hureaulite Kryzhanovskite Lepidolite Petalite Rockbridgeite Triphyline
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Barite Galena Goethite Hematite Molybdenite Pyrite Rockbridgeite Saryarkite-(Y)
Thorite Zircon
Akchagyl is located in Pribalkashye
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Arsenopyrite Beaverite Brochantite Cerussite Linarite Serpierite Vesuvianite
geology
Akchatau is a greisen deposit in central Kazakhstan.
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Bertrandite Beryl Bismuth Bismuthinite Cosalite Creedite Ferrimolybdite
Ferritungstite Fluoroapatite Friedrichite Gladite Hammarite
Molybdenite Pyrite Quartz Topaz Wolframite Wulfenite
Aksai valley is part of the Chalkar saltdome
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Aksaite Bischofite Boracite Ginorite Halite Halurgite Metaborite
Preobrazhenskite Strontioborite
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Chekhovicite Smirnite Tellurobismutite Tetradymite
Akzhaiyau massif
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Cordierite Epidote Fluoroapatite Microcline Quartz Titanite Zircon
The world famous type locality for Dioptase.
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Calcite Dioptase Malachite Pseudomalachite
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Barite Celestine
Located in the Kara Tau range
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Alvanite Aurichalcite Azurite Bokite Carbonate Cyanotrichite Chernykhite
Corvusite Fervanite Gorceixite Hewettite Kazakhstanite Malachite Rusakovite
Satpaevite Spangolite Steigerite Volborthite
Located in the Chu Ili mountains, Balkhash region. It is the type locality for Strelkinite.
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Calcite Quartz Strelkinite
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Bavenite Brannerite Caledonite Chalcophanite Chrysocolla Creedite Diopside
Fluorite Galena Gearksutite Hematite Linarite Opal Russellite Scheelite
Sphalerite Zincsilite Zincsilite
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Aeschynite-(Ce) Albite Allanite-(Ce) Cassiterite Davidite-(La) Fluoroapatite
Ilmenite Microcline Quartz Scheelite Struverite Titanite
Belousovsk is the type locality of Ferrihydrite.
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Anglesite Azurite Barite Cerussite Copper Cyanotrichite Galena Lead Linarite
Mottramite Silver
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Barite Calcite Goethite Hematite Quartz
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Aurostibite Gold
Located in the Chu Ili mountains in the Balkhash region.
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Arseniosiderite Bearsite Chistyakovite Conichalcite Jordisite Mansfieldite
Metanovacekite Metazeunerite Pharmacosiderite Scorodite Sodium-Uranospinite
Tirolite Trogerite
Chelkar Salt Dome
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Aksaite Anhydrite Bischofite Boracite Carnallite Chelkarite Danburite Ginorite
Halite Halurgite Hilgardite Kieserite Metaborite Novgorodovaite Preobrazhenskite
Probertite Strontioborite Tatarskite Veatchite
Cherdoyak deposit
Cherdoyak deposit is located in the Kalba range
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Cassiterite
Chok Pak mine
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Aragonite Brochantite Chrysocolla Hedenbergite Malachite Pyrolusite
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Shubnikovite Smolianinovite
Delbegetei is a greisen deposit
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Beryl
Dzhelambet deposit
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Bilibinskite Krennerite Sylvanite
Dzhezdy deposit
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Braunite Celestine Hollandite Jakobsite Manganite Todorokite
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Algodonite Antlerite Atacamite Azurite Barite Beaverite Betekhtinite Bornite
Botallackite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Chrysocolla Cobaltite Copper Copper Cuprite
Delafossite Digenite Djurleite Domeykite Galena Gerhardite Halite Iodargyrite
Libethenite Likasite Malachite Nantokite Pseudomalachite Quartz Silver
Skutterudite Spangolite Spertiniite Sphalerite Tennantite
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Friedelite Jakobsite Sarkinite Tephroite
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Adamite Arsenolite Atacamite Beudantite Galena Hemimorphite Jarosite Mimetesite
Plumbojarosite Wollastonite Wulfenite
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Anhydrite Bischofite Boracite Borax Calcite Celestine Colemanite Ginorite
Glauberite Gorgeyite Gypsum Halite Hilgardite Hydroboracite Inderborite Inderite
Inyoite Kaliborite Kieserite Kurgantaite Kurnakovite McAllisterite Pinnoite
Polyhalite Preobrazhenskite Priceite Strontioginorite Sulfoborite Sylvite
Szaibelyite Tatarskite Tyretskite Ulexite Veatchite Volkovskite
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Chabazite-Ca Fluoroapatite Magnetite Marialite
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Chabazite-Ca Fluoroapatite Magnetite Marialite
Kairakty deposit
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Aurichalcite Azurite Bayldonite Bromargyrite Diaspore Fluorapophyllite
Mimetesite Olivenite Quartz Wulfenite
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Atacamite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Iodargyrite Malachite Quartz
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Anglesite Arsenopyrite Bertrandite Betpakdalite Bismuth Chukhrovite-(Ce)
Chukhrovite-(Y) Cosalite Creedite Ferrimolybdite Fluorite Galenobismuthite
Gearksutite Gypsum Jarosite Molybdenite Opal Pyrite Siderophyllite Wolframite
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Barite Fluoborite Gehlenite Hauchecornite Laumontite Millerite Plattnerite
Wenkite
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Andradite Calcite Epidote Hematite Siderite
Karmen Kuus is a pegmatite in the Kalba Range.
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Albite Arsenopyrite Cookeite Elbaite Ferrotantalite Fluoroapatite Heterosite
Microcline Muscovite Petalite Spessartine
Kempirsai massif
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Actinolite Brucite Chromite Hydromagnesite Iridium Laurite Magnesite Nontronite
Opal Osmium Pargasite Tochilinite
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Atacamite Cerussite Cuprite Galena Linarite Malachite Pyromorfite
Vauquelinite Wulfenite
Kent massif
Kent is a granite pagmatite
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Allanite-(Ce) Anatase Bazzite Bertrandite Beryl Cryptomelane Fluocerite-(Ce)
Fluorite Genthelvine Helvite Hubnerite Ilmenite Karpholite Microcline Milarite
Orthoclase Perrierite-(Ce) Phenakite Pyrophanite Quartz Riebeckite Zircon
Kentobe deposit
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Dumortierite
Koskul is located in the Karatau range.
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Chernykhite
Kounrad is a granite pegmatite located in the northern Balkash region.
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Bertrandite Beryl Helvite Hematite Ilmenorutile Monazite-(La) Opal Pyrite
Rhodochrosite Scheelite Sellaite
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Kokchetavite
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Halurgite Satimolite
Located in the Karatau range.
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Alunite Alvanite Bokite Carbonate Cyanotrichite Chernykhite Connellite
Gutsevichite Gypsum Halloysite-10A Hewettite Kazakhstanite Kurumsakite
Metahewettite Mitryaevaite Rusakovite Satpaevite Steigerite Sulvanite Vanalite
Volborthite
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Actinolite Analcime Anhydrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinochlore Datolite Epidote
Gmelinite Gypsum Hematite Heulandite Magnetite Phillipsite Pyrite
Located at Urusai peak, Sokh river, Alai range. It is the type locality for Thorutite.
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Barite Calcite Galeite Thorite Thorutite Zircon
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Beryl Genthelvine Monazite-(Ce) Phenakite Russellite
Located in the Aksu orefield, Akmola.
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Andorite Antimonite Argentotennanite Berthierite Beryl Bournonite Calcite
Chalcostibite Freibergite Fuloppite Gold Jamesonite Quartz Roshchinite
Tennantite Tetrahedrite Zinckenite
Located in the Chu Ili mountains of the Balkhash region.
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Autunite Barite Calcite Calcurmolite Ferrimolybdite Goethite Gypsum
Halloysite-10A Iriginite Jordisite Molybdenite Mourite Natrojarosite Opal
Phosphuranylite Powellite Pyrite Sedovite Sodiumbetpakdalite Sodiumboltwoodite
Umohoite Wulfenite
The Maikan gold deposit is located close to Pavlodar
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Acanthite Argyrodite Barite Bornite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Chlorargyrite
Enargite Galena Germanocolusite Iodargyrite Jarosite Luzonite Mawsonite Opal
Petrovskaite Quartz Renierite Roquesite Sphalerite Stannoidite Tennantite
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Bertrandite Beryl Bismuthinite Chalcopyrite Creedite Fluorite Jarosite Muscovite
Posnjakite Quartz Topaz Triplite Tungstite
Ognevka deposit
The Ognevka deposit is located in the Kalba range. It is a classical LCT pegmatite.
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Albite Amblygonite Cassiterite Eosphorite Ferrotantalite Fluoroapatite Ixiolite
Lepidolite Lithiotantite Lithiowodginite Manganotantalite Pollucite Rankamaite
Simpsonite Spodumene Thoreaulite Vayrynenite Wodginite
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Albite Beryl Microcline Phenakite Quartz Topaz
Ran is located in the Karatau range.
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Bokite Carbonate Cyanotrichite
Located near Rudny in the northwest of the country
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Acanthite Anhydrite Antimonite Argentopyrite Arsenic Arsenpolybasite Calcite
Chabazite-Ca Chalcopyrite Fluoroapatite Gmelinite-Na Greenockite Groutite
Heulandite-Ca Magnetite McKinstryite Moolooite Pearceite Pharmacolite Polybasite
Proustite Pyrite Quartz Silver Sphalerite Stellerite Stephanite Tetrahedrite
Xanthoconite
Satimola salt dome
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Aksaite Boracite Ginorite Kaliborite Kieserite Magnesite Satimolite Volkovskite
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Andradite Azurite Barite Borcarite Bornite Calciborite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clinokurchatovite Cobaltite Cuprite Epidote Erythrite Fedorovskite Ferro-Axinite
Frolovite Harkerite Hematite Hexahydroborite Kurchatovite Lavendulan Ludwigite
Magnesite Magnetite Malachite Molybdenite Pentahydroborite Sakhaite Scheelite
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Andalusite Antimonite Corund Diaspore Hematite Quartz Rutile
Shunak mountains
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Ferrimolybdite Fluorite Hematite Iriginite Melkovite Molybdenite Quartz
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nalcime Andradite Calcite Celestine Chabazite-Na Chlorapatite Copper
Fluorapophyllite Gmelinite-Na Gypsum Laumontite Magnetite Natrolite
Nordstrandite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Scolecite Stellerite Stilbite-Ca
Svanbergite Thaumasite
Located close to Kara Oba
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Akdalaite Fluorite Groutite Muscovite Sellaite
Located in the Kara Tau mountains
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Braunite Hemimorphite Pintadoite Pyromorfite Vanadinite Wulfenite
Located near the Ili river
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Clinochalcomenite Dzharkenite Ferroselite Goethite Quartz
Suvenir deposit
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Altaite Barite Calaverite Coloradoite Empressite Germanite Gold Metacinnabar
Naumannite Petzite Sylvanite Tellurium Volynskite
Takeli deposit
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Adamite Aurichalcite Calcite Enargite Galena Hemimorphite Hydrozinkite Jarosite
Legrandite Pharmacosiderite Proustite Scorodite Smithsonite Sphalerite
Located near Asu Bulak in the Kalba range.
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Ferrocolumbite Ferrotantalite Fluoroapatite Herderite Triphyline
Located in the Kara Tau
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Alvanite Carbonate Cyanotrichite Patronite Sulvanite
Located along the Zeravshan river
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Albite Andalusite Cassiterite Elbaite Fluorite Lepidolite Quartz Spessartine
Tulagai Pb-Cu deposit
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Ferripyrophyllite Pyrite Quartz
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Calciotantite Cassiterite Eosphorite Hydroxylherderite Irtyshite Ixiolite
Lithiotantite Löllingite Manganotantalite Schneiderhönite Thoreaulite
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Barite Bementite Brandtite Braunite Calcite Cerussite Coronadite Freibergite
Friedelite Hausmannite Jakobsite Kentrolite Manganite Piemontite Sarkinite
Tennantite Tetrahedrite Todorokite Wulfenite
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Aegirine Albite Astrophyllite Bafertisite Barylite Bastnasite-(Y)
Cappelenite-(Y) Cryolite Elpidite Fluorite Gagarinite-(Y) Hematite Microcline
Microlite Milarite Phenakite Pyrochlore Quartz Riebeckite Riebeckite
Tengerite-(Y) Thomsenolite Yftisite-(Y) Zircon
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Altaite Chekhovicite Frohbergite Mattagamite Petzite Plumbotellurite Quartz
Sylvanite Volynskite
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Fluocerite-(Ce) Fluocerite-(La) Fluorite Hematite Ilmenite Microcline
Monazite-(Ce) Quartz Riebeckite Thorite Zircon
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Dolomite Magnesite Magnetite Pokrovskite
