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Area:
7,692,024 km2
Type:
Other Languages:
French:
Australie
German:
Australien
Italian:
Australia
Russian:
Австралия
Simplified Chinese:
澳倧利亚
Spanish:
Australia
Afrikaans:
AustraliΓ«
Albanian:
Australia
Arabic:
Ψ£Ψ³ΨͺΨ±Ψ§Ω„ΩŠΨ§
Belarusian:
ΠΡžΡΡ‚Ρ€Π°Π»Ρ–Ρ
Bulgarian:
Австралия
Catalan:
AustrΓ lia
Czech:
AustrΓ‘lie
Danish:
Australien
Dutch:
AustraliΓ«
Estonian:
Austraalia
Farsi/Persian:
Ψ§Ψ³ΨͺΨ±Ψ§Ω„ΫŒΨ§
Finnish:
Australia
Galician:
Australia
Greek:
Αυστραλία
Hebrew:
ΧΧ•Χ‘Χ˜Χ¨ΧœΧ™Χ”
Hindi:
ΰ€‘ΰ€Έΰ₯ΰ€Ÿΰ₯ΰ€°ΰ₯‡ΰ€²ΰ€Ώΰ€―ΰ€Ύ
Hungarian:
AusztrΓ‘lia
Icelandic:
Ástralía
Indonesian:
Australia
Irish Gaelic:
An AstrΓ‘il
Japanese:
γ‚ͺγƒΌγ‚Ήγƒˆγƒ©γƒͺγ‚’
Korean:
호주
Latvian:
Austrālija
Lithuanian:
Australija
Macedonian:
ΠΠ²ΡΡ‚Ρ€Π°Π»ΠΈΡ˜Π°
Norwegian:
Australia
Polish:
Australia
Portuguese:
AustrΓ‘lia
Romanian:
Australia
Serbian:
ΠΡƒΡΡ‚Ρ€Π°Π»ΠΈΡ˜Π°
Slovak:
AustrΓ‘lia
Slovenian:
Avstralija
Swahili:
Australia
Swedish:
Australien
Tagalog:
Australya
Thai:
ΰΈ­ΰΈ­ΰΈͺΰΉ€ΰΈ•ΰΈ£ΰΉ€ΰΈ₯ΰΈ΅ΰΈ’
Turkish:
Avustralya
Ukrainian:
Австралія
Vietnamese:
Úc
Welsh:
Awstralia


Australia comprises six states and several territories.

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

1542 valid minerals. 191 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 5 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc. 11 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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β“˜ 'Adamellite'

β“˜ Aeolianite

β“˜ Agglomerate

β“˜ 'Alaskite'

β“˜ 'Albitite'

β“˜ Alkali basalt

β“˜ 'Alkali gabbro'

β“˜ 'Alkali olivine basalt'

β“˜ Alkali-feldspar-granite

β“˜ Alluvial deposit

β“˜ 'Amphibole schist'

β“˜ Amphibolite

β“˜ 'Amygdaloidal basalt'

β“˜ Analcimite

β“˜ Andesite

β“˜ 'Andesite-basalt'

β“˜ 'Andesitic tuff'

β“˜ 'Ankaramite'

β“˜ 'Anomalous CK4 chondrite meteorite'

β“˜ 'Anomalous IIE iron meteorite'

β“˜ 'Anomalous IIIAB iron meteorite'

β“˜ 'Anomalous PMG pallasite meteorite'

β“˜ 'Anomalous aubrite meteorite'

β“˜ Anorthosite

β“˜ Anthracite

β“˜ 'Aplite'

β“˜ 'Aplitic granite'

β“˜ Arenite

β“˜ 'Argillaceous limestone'

β“˜ 'Argillite'

β“˜ 'Arkose'

β“˜ Ash

β“˜ 'Atlantisite'

β“˜ 'Augen gneiss'

β“˜ 'Banatite'

β“˜ Banded iron formation

β“˜ Basalt

β“˜ 'Basaltic tuff'

β“˜ Basaltic-volcaniclastic-breccia

β“˜ Basaltoid

β“˜ Basanite

β“˜ Bauxite

β“˜ Beach sand

β“˜ Benmoreite

β“˜ 'Bentonite'

β“˜ 'Biotite granite'

β“˜ 'Biotite schist'

β“˜ Biotitite

β“˜ Bituminous-coal

β“˜ 'Blueschist'

β“˜ Boulders

β“˜ Brachinite meteorite

β“˜ Breccia

β“˜ 'Brecciated granite'

β“˜ Buchite

β“˜ 'C5/6-ung chondrite meteorite'

β“˜ CBa chondrite meteorite

β“˜ CK4 chondrite meteorite

β“˜ CL chondrite meteorite

β“˜ CM2 chondrite meteorite

β“˜ CV2 chondrite meteorite

β“˜ 'Calc-silicate hornfels'

β“˜ Calc-silicate rock

β“˜ Calcrete

β“˜ Caliche

β“˜ Carbonatite

β“˜ Chalk

β“˜ Chert

β“˜ 'Chlorite schist'

β“˜ Chromitite

β“˜ Clastic sedimentary rock

β“˜ Clay

β“˜ 'Clay slate'

β“˜ Claystone

β“˜ Clinopyroxenite

β“˜ Coal

β“˜ Cobbles

β“˜ Comenditic rhyolite

β“˜ Conglomerate

β“˜ 'Copper carbonate ore'

β“˜ 'Copper ore'

β“˜ 'Cordierite hornfels'

β“˜ 'Corundite'

β“˜ 'Crystal tuff'

β“˜ 'Cumulate'

β“˜ Dacite

β“˜ Dacitic-volcaniclastic-sandstone

β“˜ 'Diallagite'

β“˜ Diamictite

β“˜ Diatomite

β“˜ 'Diopside-leucite lamproite'

β“˜ 'Diopside-leucite-phlogopite lamproite'

β“˜ 'Diopside-leucite-richterite-madupitic lamproite'

β“˜ Diorite

β“˜ 'Dolerite'

β“˜ Dolomite-carbonatite

β“˜ Dolostone

β“˜ Dunite

β“˜ EL6 chondrite meteorite

β“˜ Eclogite

β“˜ 'Endogreisen'

β“˜ 'Endoskarn'

β“˜ 'Epidosite'

β“˜ 'Essexite'

β“˜ 'Eucrite cumulate meteorite'

β“˜ Eucrite meteorite

β“˜ 'Eucrite monomict breccia meteorite'

β“˜ Evaporite

β“˜ 'Exogreisen'

β“˜ 'Exoskarn'

β“˜ 'Fanglomerate'

β“˜ 'Feldspar porphyry'

β“˜ Feldspathic-arenite

β“˜ 'Feldspathic-sandstone'

β“˜ 'Felsic tuff'

β“˜ 'Felsite'

β“˜ Fenite

β“˜ Ferricrete

β“˜ Ferrocarbonatite

β“˜ Fine-grained ("volcanic") normal crystalline igneous rock

β“˜ 'Flint'

β“˜ Foidite

β“˜ 'Fulgurite'

β“˜ Gabbro

β“˜ Gabbronorite

β“˜ 'Garnet lherzolite'

β“˜ Garnetite

β“˜ Gneiss

β“˜ Gossan

β“˜ Grainstone

β“˜ Granite

β“˜ 'Granitic gneiss'

β“˜ Granitoid

β“˜ Granodiorite

β“˜ 'Granophyric granite'

β“˜ Granulite

β“˜ 'Graphite schist'

β“˜ Gravel

β“˜ 'Greenschist'

β“˜ Greenstone

β“˜ Greisen

β“˜ 'Greywacke'

β“˜ Guano

β“˜ H chondrite meteorite

β“˜ H4 chondrite meteorite

β“˜ H5 chondrite meteorite

β“˜ H6 chondrite meteorite

β“˜ Harzburgite

β“˜ Hawaiite

β“˜ 'Hornblende andesite'

β“˜ Hornblendite

β“˜ Hornfels

β“˜ Hyaloclastite

β“˜ 'Hydrothermal breccia'

β“˜ IAB-MG iron meteorite

β“˜ IAB-sLH iron meteorite

β“˜ IC iron meteorite

β“˜ IIAB iron meteorite

β“˜ IIE iron meteorite

β“˜ IIIAB iron meteorite

β“˜ IVA iron meteorite

β“˜ 'Icelandite'

β“˜ 'Ignimbritic tuff'

β“˜ Ijolite

β“˜ Iron meteorite

β“˜ 'Iron ore'

β“˜ Ironstone

β“˜ 'Jacupirangite'

β“˜ 'Jade'

β“˜ 'Jaspillite'

β“˜ Kersantite

β“˜ Kimberlite

β“˜ Komatiite

β“˜ 'L3.8-an chondrite meteorite'

β“˜ 'L3.9 chondrite meteorite'

β“˜ L4 chondrite meteorite

β“˜ L5 chondrite meteorite

β“˜ L6 chondrite meteorite

β“˜ LL chondrite meteorite

β“˜ LL6 chondrite meteorite

β“˜ Lamproite

β“˜ Lamprophyre

β“˜ 'Lamprophyric-pyroxene-calcite-biotite olivine-melilitite'

β“˜ Lapilli-tuff

β“˜ Laterite

β“˜ Latite

β“˜ Leucite-basanite

β“˜ 'Leucite-phlogopite lamproite'

β“˜ Leucitite

β“˜ 'Leucogabbro'

β“˜ 'Leucogranite'

β“˜ 'Leucomonzogranite'

β“˜ Lherzolite

β“˜ Lignite

β“˜ 'Limburgite'

β“˜ Lime-mudstone

β“˜ Limestone

β“˜ 'Lithic tuff'

β“˜ Lithic-arenite

β“˜ Lithic-wacke

β“˜ 'Mafic rocks'

β“˜ Mafic-granulite

β“˜ Magnesite-stone

β“˜ 'Malignite'

β“˜ Marble

β“˜ 'Marl'

β“˜ 'Meladiorite'

β“˜ 'Melamonzonite'

β“˜ 'Melasyenite'

β“˜ Melilitite

β“˜ Melilitolite

β“˜ Mesosiderite-A1 meteorite

β“˜ Mesosiderite-A4 meteorite

β“˜ Meta-andesite

β“˜ Meta-arenite

β“˜ 'Meta-argillite'

β“˜ Meta-arkose

β“˜ Metabasalt

β“˜ Metachert

β“˜ Metaconglomerate

β“˜ Metadiorite

β“˜ 'Metadolerite'

β“˜ Metagabbro

β“˜ Metagranite

β“˜ Metagreywacke

β“˜ Metaharzburgite

β“˜ Metakomatiite

β“˜ Metalithic-wacke

β“˜ Metamudstone

β“˜ Metapicrite

β“˜ 'Metaquartzite'

β“˜ Metasandstone

β“˜ Metasedimentary rock

β“˜ Metasiltstone

β“˜ Metatuff

β“˜ Metavolcanic rock

β“˜ Meteorite

β“˜ 'Mica schist'

β“˜ 'Microbialite'

β“˜ 'Microdiorite'

β“˜ 'Microgabbro'

β“˜ 'Microgranite'

β“˜ 'Microgranodiorite'

β“˜ 'Microsyenite'

β“˜ Migmatite

β“˜ Minette

β“˜ Monchiquite

β“˜ Monzodiorite

β“˜ Monzogranite

β“˜ Monzonite

β“˜ 'Mookaite'

β“˜ Mud

β“˜ 'Mud-grade limestone'

β“˜ Mudstone

β“˜ Mugearite

β“˜ 'Muscovite schist'

β“˜ Mylonite

β“˜ Nepheline-phonolite

β“˜ Nepheline-syenite

β“˜ Nephelinite

β“˜ Nephrite

β“˜ Norite

β“˜ Obsidian

β“˜ 'Olivine basalt'

β“˜ 'Olivine lamproite'

β“˜ 'Olivine nephelinite'

β“˜ Olivine pyroxenite

β“˜ Olivine-gabbro

β“˜ Olivine-melilitite

β“˜ 'Olivinite'

β“˜ Ooid-limestone

β“˜ 'Ophiolite'

β“˜ 'Orbiculite'

β“˜ Orthoconglomerate

β“˜ Orthogneiss

β“˜ Orthopyroxenite

β“˜ Orthoquartzite

β“˜ PMG pallasite meteorite

β“˜ Pallasite meteorite

β“˜ Pantelleritic rhyolite

β“˜ Paraconglomerate

β“˜ Paragneiss

β“˜ Peat

β“˜ Pebbles

β“˜ 'Pebbly sandstone'

β“˜ 'Pegmatite'

β“˜ 'Pegmatitic granite'

β“˜ 'Peperite'

β“˜ 'Peralkaline alkali-feldspar-granite'

β“˜ 'Peralkaline rhyolite'

β“˜ 'Peralkaline syenite'

β“˜ 'Peralkaline trachyte'

β“˜ Peridotite

β“˜ 'Petrified Wood'

β“˜ 'Phlogopite schist'

β“˜ Phonolite

β“˜ Phonolitic-tephrite

β“˜ 'Phoscorite'

β“˜ 'Phosphate ore'

β“˜ Phosphorite

β“˜ Phyllite

β“˜ Picrite

β“˜ 'Pillow lava'

β“˜ Pillowed-volcaniclastic-breccia

β“˜ 'Pisolite'

β“˜ Pitchstone

β“˜ 'Polymict ureilite meteorite'

β“˜ 'Polymictic conglomerate'

β“˜ Porcellanite

β“˜ 'Porphyritic granite'

β“˜ 'Porphyry'

β“˜ 'Printstone'

β“˜ Propylite

β“˜ Pumice

β“˜ Pyroclastic sediment

β“˜ Pyroclastic-rock

β“˜ Pyroxenite

β“˜ 'Quartz dolerite'

β“˜ 'Quartz porphyry'

β“˜ 'Quartz schist'

β“˜ Quartz-diorite

β“˜ 'Quartz-feldspar gneiss'

β“˜ 'Quartz-feldspar porphyry'

β“˜ 'Quartz-mica schist'

β“˜ Quartz-monzonite

β“˜ Quartz-syenite

β“˜ Quartzite

β“˜ 'Radiolarian chert'

β“˜ Radiolarite

β“˜ 'Red bed'

β“˜ Regolith

β“˜ 'Relict iron meteorite'

β“˜ 'Replacement phosphorite'

β“˜ Rhyodacite

β“˜ Rhyolite

β“˜ 'Rhyolitic tuff'

β“˜ Salcrete

β“˜ Sand

β“˜ 'Sand-grade limestone'

β“˜ Sandstone

β“˜ 'Sandy soil'

β“˜ Saprolite

β“˜ 'Schalenblende'

β“˜ Schist

β“˜ Scoria

β“˜ Sediment

β“˜ Sedimentary breccia

β“˜ Sedimentary rock

β“˜ Serpentinite

β“˜ Shale

β“˜ Shonkinite

β“˜ Sideromelane

β“˜ Silcrete

β“˜ 'Silexite'

β“˜ 'Silica-cemented silicate-conglomerate'

β“˜ Silt

β“˜ Siltstone

β“˜ 'Silver ore'

β“˜ Skarn

β“˜ Slag

β“˜ Slate

β“˜ 'Soda trachyte'

β“˜ Soil

β“˜ Spiculite

β“˜ Spilite

β“˜ 'Spinel lherzolite'

β“˜ 'Stockscheider'

β“˜ 'Stromatolite'

β“˜ 'Sulfide ore'

β“˜ Syenite

β“˜ Syenogranite

β“˜ SΓΈvite

β“˜ Tachylite

β“˜ 'Tasmanite'

β“˜ 'Tectonite'

β“˜ Tektite

β“˜ Tephrite

β“˜ Tephritic-phonolite

β“˜ 'Teschenite'

β“˜ 'Theralite'

β“˜ 'Tholeiitic basalt'

β“˜ 'Thrombolite'

β“˜ 'Thunder Egg'

β“˜ 'Till'

β“˜ 'Tillite'

β“˜ 'Tin ore'

β“˜ 'Tinguaite'

β“˜ Tonalite

β“˜ Trachyandesite

β“˜ Trachybasalt

β“˜ Trachyte

β“˜ Travertine

β“˜ Troctolite

β“˜ 'Trondhjemite'

β“˜ Tufa

β“˜ Tuff

β“˜ Tuffaceous-sandstone

β“˜ Tuffaceous-siltstone

β“˜ 'Ungrouped C2 chondrite meteorite'

β“˜ 'Ungrouped IAB iron meteorite'

β“˜ 'Ungrouped iron meteorite'

β“˜ Ureilite meteorite

β“˜ 'Vitric tuff'

β“˜ Vogesite

β“˜ Volcanic breccia

β“˜ 'Volcanic rock'

β“˜ Volcaniclastic rock

β“˜ Wacke

β“˜ Websterite

β“˜ Wehrlite

β“˜ Welded tuff

β“˜ 'Whiteschist'

β“˜ 'Zebra stone'

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
Wikidata ID:Q408
GeoNames ID:2077456

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