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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, officially the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning eastern Europe and northern Asia. For the purposes of Mindat locality hierarchy and attribution, Russia is treated using its internationally recognised borders as of 2014. Territories internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, including Crimea and other regions occupied or annexed by force after that date, are not included within Russia on Mindat and are treated separately. Historical literature and specimen labels may reflect different political boundaries depending on the period of collection.

Geologically, Russia encompasses one of the most diverse and extensive geological frameworks on Earth. Major components include the Precambrian Baltic (Fennoscandian) Shield in the northwest, the East European Platform, the Ural Mountains marking the boundary between Europe and Asia, the West Siberian Basin, the Siberian Craton, and extensive Phanerozoic orogenic belts in southern Siberia and the Far East. These regions record a long and complex tectonic history involving craton formation, rifting, subduction, continental collision, and large igneous province emplacement.

Russia is exceptionally rich in mineral resources and classic mineral localities. It hosts major deposits of iron, nickel, copper, platinum-group elements, diamonds, gold, uranium, rare earth elements, and a wide range of industrial minerals. Notable mineralogical provinces include the Kola Peninsula, the Urals, the Norilsk region, the Aldan Shield, the Transbaikalia region, and the Far Eastern volcanic arcs. Many historically important mineral species were first described from Russian localities, and older specimen labels may reference former political entities such as the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union.

Administratively, Russia is subdivided into federal subjects of various types, including republics, oblasts, krais, and autonomous districts, which form the primary political subdivisions used in Mindat’s locality hierarchy.

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

2877 valid minerals. 923 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 33 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc. 12 erroneous literature entries.

Rock Types Recorded


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

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ⓘ 'A-type granite'

ⓘ Acid volcanic rock

ⓘ 'Actinolite schist'

ⓘ 'Adakite'

ⓘ 'Adamellite'

ⓘ 'Aegirinite'

ⓘ Afrikandite

ⓘ Agglomerate

ⓘ 'Agglutinate'

ⓘ Agmatite

ⓘ 'Aillikite'

ⓘ 'Alaskite'

ⓘ 'Albite syenite'

ⓘ 'Albite-chlorite-epidote-sericite schist'

ⓘ 'Albitite'

ⓘ Albitized granite

ⓘ 'Aleutite (rock)'

ⓘ Alkali basalt

ⓘ 'Alkali gabbro'

ⓘ 'Alkremite'

ⓘ Alluvial deposit

ⓘ 'Amphibole schist'

ⓘ 'Amphibole-biotite hornfels'

ⓘ Amphibolite

ⓘ 'Amphibolite gneiss'

ⓘ 'Amygdaloid'

ⓘ 'Amygdaloidal basalt'

ⓘ Andesite

ⓘ 'Andesite-basalt'

ⓘ 'Andesitic tuff'

ⓘ 'Ankaramite'

ⓘ 'Anomalous IIE iron meteorite'

ⓘ 'Anomalous IIIE iron meteorite'

ⓘ 'Anomalous PMG pallasite meteorite'

ⓘ 'Anomalous mesosiderite meteorite'

ⓘ Anorthosite

ⓘ Anthracite

ⓘ 'Aphanite'

ⓘ 'Aphyric basalt'

ⓘ 'Aplite'

ⓘ 'Aplitic granite'

ⓘ Arenite

ⓘ 'Argillaceous limestone'

ⓘ Argillisite

ⓘ 'Argillite'

ⓘ 'Arkose'

ⓘ 'Arkosic sand'

ⓘ Asphaltite

ⓘ 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 paragneiss'

ⓘ 'Biotite schist'

ⓘ Biotitite

ⓘ Black shale

ⓘ Blastomylonite

ⓘ Boninite

ⓘ 'Bostonite'

ⓘ Boulder bed

ⓘ Breccia

ⓘ 'Brecciated andesite'

ⓘ Brucite-marble

ⓘ Buchite

ⓘ 'CH/CBb chondrite meteorite'

ⓘ CM2 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ CO chondrite meteorite

ⓘ CV3 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ Calc-silicate rock

ⓘ Calc-skarn

ⓘ 'Calcareous dolostone'

ⓘ 'Calcite ijolite'

ⓘ 'Calcite marble'

ⓘ Calcite-carbonatite

ⓘ 'Californite'

ⓘ Camptonite

ⓘ Carbonate rock

ⓘ Carbonatite

ⓘ Cataclasite

ⓘ 'Charnockitic granite'

ⓘ Charoitite

ⓘ Chert

ⓘ Chlorite amphibolite

ⓘ 'Chlorite schist'

ⓘ 'Chlorite-sericite schist'

ⓘ Chloritolite

ⓘ Chromitite

ⓘ Clay

ⓘ 'Clay slate'

ⓘ Claystone

ⓘ 'Clinker'

ⓘ Clinopyroxenite

ⓘ Coal

ⓘ Comenditic rhyolite

ⓘ Concretion

ⓘ Conglomerate

ⓘ 'Contact quartzite'

ⓘ 'Copper ore'

ⓘ 'Coprolite'

ⓘ 'Coronite'

ⓘ 'Cortlandtite'

ⓘ 'Corundite'

ⓘ 'Crystal tuff'

ⓘ 'Cumulate'

ⓘ Dacite

ⓘ 'Dacite-andesite'

ⓘ 'Dacitic tuff'

ⓘ 'Damtjernite'

ⓘ Diamictite

ⓘ 'Dianite'

ⓘ 'Diatectite'

ⓘ 'Diopsidite'

ⓘ Diorite

ⓘ 'Dolerite'

ⓘ Dolomite-carbonatite

ⓘ Dolostone

ⓘ Dunite

ⓘ Eclogite

ⓘ 'Endoskarn'

ⓘ 'Epidosite'

ⓘ 'Essexite'

ⓘ 'Eucrite cumulate meteorite'

ⓘ 'Eucrite monomict breccia meteorite'

ⓘ 'Eucrite polymict breccia meteorite'

ⓘ 'Eutaxite'

ⓘ Evaporite

ⓘ 'Exoskarn'

ⓘ Fault-breccia

ⓘ Fault-gouge

ⓘ 'Fei Cui Jade'

ⓘ 'Feldspar porphyry'

ⓘ 'Feldspar schist'

ⓘ 'Felsic tuff'

ⓘ 'Felsite'

ⓘ Fenite

ⓘ Ferricrete

ⓘ Ferrocarbonatite

ⓘ 'Ferrogabbro'

ⓘ 'Ferropicrite'

ⓘ 'Fine tuff'

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

ⓘ 'Fine-grained metamafic-rock'

ⓘ 'Flint'

ⓘ 'Flood basalt'

ⓘ Foidolite

ⓘ 'Forsteritite'

ⓘ 'Foyaite'

ⓘ 'Fulgurite'

ⓘ Gabbro

ⓘ 'Gabbrodiorite'

ⓘ Gabbroid

ⓘ Gabbronorite

ⓘ 'Garnet lherzolite'

ⓘ 'Garnet peridotite'

ⓘ 'Garnet pyroxenite'

ⓘ 'Garnet-biotite gneiss'

ⓘ Garnetite

ⓘ 'Geyserite'

ⓘ Glassy igneous rock

ⓘ Gneiss

ⓘ 'Gneissic Diorite'

ⓘ 'Gold ore'

ⓘ Gossan

ⓘ Granite

ⓘ 'Granitic gneiss'

ⓘ Granitoid

ⓘ Granodiorite

ⓘ 'Granophyric granite'

ⓘ 'Granosyenite'

ⓘ Granulite

ⓘ 'Graphite schist'

ⓘ Gravel

ⓘ 'Greenschist'

ⓘ Greenstone

ⓘ Greisen

ⓘ Greywacke

ⓘ 'Gritstone'

ⓘ 'Grorudite'

ⓘ 'Grus'

ⓘ 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-biotite granite'

ⓘ 'Hornblende-biotite granodiorite'

ⓘ 'Hornblende-biotite microdiorite'

ⓘ Hornblende-gabbro

ⓘ Hornblendite

ⓘ Hornfels

ⓘ Howardite meteorite

ⓘ Humic coal series

ⓘ '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'

ⓘ Impact-melt-rock

ⓘ Impactite

ⓘ Intermediate volcanic rock

ⓘ Ironstone

ⓘ 'Izrandite'

ⓘ 'Jacupirangite'

ⓘ 'Jade'

ⓘ Jadeitite

ⓘ 'Jasper'

ⓘ 'Jaspillite'

ⓘ 'Juvite'

ⓘ 'Kalsilite syenite'

ⓘ 'Kaolin'

ⓘ Kersantite

ⓘ 'Khibinite'

ⓘ Kimberlite

ⓘ Komatiite

ⓘ Kugdite

ⓘ 'Kyanite schist'

ⓘ 'Kyanite-eclogite'

ⓘ L4 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ L5 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ L6 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ 'LL3.4 chondrite meteorite'

ⓘ LL5 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ Lacustrine deposit

ⓘ Lamproite

ⓘ Lamprophyre

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

ⓘ Lapilli-tuff

ⓘ 'Lapis lazuli'

ⓘ Laterite

ⓘ Latite

ⓘ 'Leucocratic nephelinolite'

ⓘ 'Leucogabbro'

ⓘ 'Leucogranite'

ⓘ Lherzolite

ⓘ Lignite

ⓘ Limestone

ⓘ Listvenite

ⓘ Lithic breccia

ⓘ 'Loam'

ⓘ 'Lujavrite'

ⓘ 'Mafic rock'

ⓘ 'Magnesian Limestone'

ⓘ Magnesian-skarn

ⓘ Magnesiocarbonatite

ⓘ 'Magnetite skarn'

ⓘ Magnetitite

ⓘ 'Malignite'

ⓘ Marble

ⓘ 'Marl'

ⓘ Marlstone

ⓘ Meimechite

ⓘ 'Melagabbro'

ⓘ 'Melanocratic nephelinite'

ⓘ 'Melanocratic nephelinolite'

ⓘ Melilite-bearing rock

ⓘ Melilitite

ⓘ Melilitolite

ⓘ Mesosiderite-B4 meteorite

ⓘ Meta-andesite

ⓘ 'Meta-argillite'

ⓘ Meta-igneous rock

ⓘ Metabasalt

ⓘ Metaclinopyroxenite

ⓘ Metaconglomerate

ⓘ Metadacite

ⓘ Metadiorite

ⓘ 'Metadolerite'

ⓘ 'Metadolomite'

ⓘ Metadunite

ⓘ Metagabbro

ⓘ Metagranite

ⓘ Metagreywacke

ⓘ Metakimberlite

ⓘ Metamorphic rock

ⓘ Metamudstone

ⓘ Metanephelinite

ⓘ Metaperidotite

ⓘ Metapyroxenite

ⓘ 'Metaquartzite'

ⓘ Metarhyolite

ⓘ Metasandstone

ⓘ Metasedimentary rock

ⓘ Metasiltstone

ⓘ Metasomatic-rock

ⓘ Metatuff

ⓘ Metavolcanic rock

ⓘ Metawehrlite

ⓘ Meteorite

ⓘ 'Miarolite'

ⓘ Miaskite

ⓘ 'Mica schist'

ⓘ Micaite

ⓘ 'Microbreccia'

ⓘ 'Microclinite'

ⓘ 'Microdiorite'

ⓘ 'Microgabbro'

ⓘ 'Microsyenite'

ⓘ 'Mid-ocean-ridge basalt'

ⓘ Migmatite

ⓘ Minette

ⓘ Monchiquite

ⓘ Monzodiorite

ⓘ 'Monzodolerite'

ⓘ Monzogabbro

ⓘ Monzogranite

ⓘ Monzonite

ⓘ Mudstone

ⓘ 'Muscovite gneiss'

ⓘ 'Muscovite granite'

ⓘ 'Muscovite schist'

ⓘ 'Muscovite-biotite gneiss'

ⓘ 'Muscovite-biotite granite'

ⓘ 'Muscovite-chlorite schist'

ⓘ Mylonite

ⓘ 'Naujaite'

ⓘ 'Near-skarn rock'

ⓘ 'Nepheline porphyry'

ⓘ 'Nepheline pyroxenite'

ⓘ 'Nepheline trachyte'

ⓘ Nepheline-syenite

ⓘ Nephelinite

ⓘ Nephrite

ⓘ 'Nevadite'

ⓘ 'Nordmarkite'

ⓘ Norite

ⓘ Obsidian

ⓘ Okaite

ⓘ Olistostrome

ⓘ 'Olivine basalt'

ⓘ Olivine clinopyroxenite

ⓘ 'Olivine dolerite'

ⓘ 'Olivine lamproite'

ⓘ Olivine orthopyroxenite

ⓘ Olivine pyroxenite

ⓘ Olivine websterite

ⓘ Olivine-gabbro

ⓘ Olivine-gabbronorite

ⓘ Olivine-melilitite

ⓘ 'Olivinite'

ⓘ 'Ongonite'

ⓘ Ooid-limestone

ⓘ 'Oolite'

ⓘ Ophicalcite

ⓘ 'Ophite'

ⓘ 'Ophitic dolerite'

ⓘ Ortho-amphibolite

ⓘ Orthopyroxenite

ⓘ PMG pallasite meteorite

ⓘ Para-amphibolite

ⓘ 'Parabasalt'

ⓘ Paragneiss

ⓘ Peat

ⓘ Pebbles

ⓘ 'Pegmatitc agpaitic nepheline syenite'

ⓘ 'Pegmatite'

ⓘ 'Pegmatitic Ijolite'

ⓘ 'Pegmatitic gabbro'

ⓘ 'Pegmatitic granite'

ⓘ 'Pegmatitic nepheline syenite'

ⓘ 'Pegmatitic syenite'

ⓘ 'Pegmatoid'

ⓘ 'Peperite'

ⓘ 'Peralkaline alkali-feldspar-granite'

ⓘ 'Peralkaline syenite'

ⓘ 'Peralkaline trachyte'

ⓘ 'Peralkaline-alkali-feldspar nepheline-syenite'

ⓘ Peridotite

ⓘ 'Perlite'

ⓘ 'Perovskite clinopyroxenite'

ⓘ 'Phlogopite schist'

ⓘ 'Phlogopitite'

ⓘ Phonolite

ⓘ 'Phoscorite'

ⓘ 'Phosphate ore'

ⓘ Phosphorite

ⓘ Phyllite

ⓘ Phyllonite

ⓘ Picrite

ⓘ Picrobasalt

ⓘ 'Pillow lava'

ⓘ 'Plagiogranite'

ⓘ 'Poikilo-ophitic dolerite'

ⓘ Polymict impact breccia

ⓘ 'Polymictic conglomerate'

ⓘ 'Porphyrite'

ⓘ 'Porphyritic andesite'

ⓘ 'Porphyritic granite'

ⓘ 'Porphyritic rhyolite'

ⓘ 'Porphyroid'

ⓘ 'Porphyry'

ⓘ Propylite

ⓘ Protomylonite

ⓘ 'Psammite'

ⓘ 'Pseudobreccia'

ⓘ 'Pseudoleucite syenite'

ⓘ 'Pulaskite'

ⓘ Pumice

ⓘ Pyroclastic sediment

ⓘ Pyroclastic-breccia

ⓘ Pyroclastic-rock

ⓘ 'Pyroxene hornfels'

ⓘ Pyroxene-hornblendite

ⓘ Pyroxene-peridotite

ⓘ Pyroxenite

ⓘ 'Quartz gabbro'

ⓘ 'Quartz porphyry'

ⓘ 'Quartz schist'

ⓘ Quartz-diorite

ⓘ 'Quartz-feldspar porphyry'

ⓘ 'Quartz-mica schist'

ⓘ 'Quartz-sericite schist'

ⓘ Quartz-syenite

ⓘ Quartzite

ⓘ 'Quartzose sandstone'

ⓘ 'Rapakivi granite'

ⓘ 'Red bed'

ⓘ Residual deposit

ⓘ 'Restite'

ⓘ 'Rhizolite'

ⓘ Rhyodacite

ⓘ Rhyolite

ⓘ 'Rhyolitic crystal tuff'

ⓘ 'Rhyolitic tuff'

ⓘ 'Riebeckite granite'

ⓘ 'Rischorrite'

ⓘ Rodingite

ⓘ Rudite

ⓘ 'S-type granite'

ⓘ Sand

ⓘ Sandstone

ⓘ Sapropel

ⓘ Sapropelite

ⓘ Schist

ⓘ 'Schlier'

ⓘ 'Schriesheimite'

ⓘ Scoria

ⓘ Secondary-quartzite

ⓘ Sediment

ⓘ Sedimentary rock

ⓘ 'Sericite schist'

ⓘ Serpentinite

ⓘ Shale

ⓘ Shonkinite

ⓘ Shoshonite

ⓘ 'Shungite (2)'

ⓘ 'Siderite carbonatite'

ⓘ 'Siliceous sinter'

ⓘ Siliceous-rock

ⓘ Silicocarbonatite

ⓘ Silt

ⓘ Siltstone

ⓘ Sinter

ⓘ Skarn

ⓘ Slag

ⓘ Slate

ⓘ Sodalite-syenite

ⓘ Spessartite (lamprophyre)

ⓘ Spilite

ⓘ 'Spinel harzburgite'

ⓘ 'Spinel lherzolite'

ⓘ 'Spinel peridotite'

ⓘ 'Spinel pyroxenite'

ⓘ 'Staurolite-mica schist'

ⓘ 'Stockscheider'

ⓘ 'Stromatolite'

ⓘ Subalkali basalt

ⓘ 'Subophitic dolerite'

ⓘ Suevite

ⓘ Syenite

ⓘ Syenogranite

ⓘ 'Sylvinite'

ⓘ 'Sölvsbergite'

ⓘ Søvite

ⓘ 'Tagamite'

ⓘ 'Tawite'

ⓘ 'Tectonite'

ⓘ Tephrite

ⓘ 'Teschenite'

ⓘ 'Theralite'

ⓘ 'Tholeiitic basalt'

ⓘ 'Tinguaite'

ⓘ Tonalite

ⓘ 'Topaz granite'

ⓘ 'Tourmalinite'

ⓘ Trachyandesite

ⓘ Trachybasalt

ⓘ Trachydacite

ⓘ Trachyte

ⓘ 'Trachytic tuff'

ⓘ Trachytoid

ⓘ Travertine

ⓘ Troctolite

ⓘ 'Trondhjemite'

ⓘ Tuff

ⓘ Tuff-breccia

ⓘ Tuffaceous-breccia

ⓘ Tuffaceous-conglomerate

ⓘ Tuffaceous-sandstone

ⓘ Tuffaceous-sediment

ⓘ Tuffaceous-siltstone

ⓘ Tuffite

ⓘ Turjaite

ⓘ Ultrabasic volcanic rock

ⓘ 'Ultramafic-rock'

ⓘ 'Umptekite'

ⓘ Uncompahgrite

ⓘ 'Ungrouped iron meteorite'

ⓘ Ureilite meteorite

ⓘ 'Variolite'

ⓘ Vitrain

ⓘ 'Vitric tuff'

ⓘ 'Vitrophyric porphyry'

ⓘ Volcanic ash

ⓘ Volcanic breccia

ⓘ 'Volcanic rock'

ⓘ Volcaniclastic rock

ⓘ Volcaniclastic-sediment

ⓘ Websterite

ⓘ Wehrlite

ⓘ Welded tuff

ⓘ 'Yadanqing'

ⓘ 'phanerite'

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