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Europe is a continent forming the western part of the Eurasian landmass, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Ural Mountains and Ural River in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea in the south. For geological purposes it commonly includes the North Atlantic islands of Iceland and the Azores. The continent contains a wide range of landscapes, including the Great European Plain, extensive uplands and plateaux, and major mountain systems such as the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, Apennines, Balkans, and Scandinavian Mountains. Europe’s river systems—including the Volga, Danube, Rhine, and Dnieper—drain large portions of the continent and reflect its varied topography.

Geologically, Europe is composed of several major structural provinces. The stable East European Craton forms the ancient core of the continent, extending from Scandinavia through eastern Europe into western Russia. To the west and south lie a series of younger orogenic belts produced during successive mountain-building events, including the Caledonian, Variscan, and Alpine orogenies, which created many of the continent’s principal mountain ranges. Europe also includes active tectonic regions such as Iceland, located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and the Azores, associated with a complex plate boundary system. The continent hosts a wide range of geological environments, from Precambrian shields to young volcanic provinces and sedimentary basins, reflecting a long and complex geological evolution.

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

Quartz

var. "Herkimer-style" Quartz

var. Agate

var. Agate-Jasper

var. Agatized coral

var. Amethyst

var. Beekite

var. Blue Chalcedony

var. Blue Quartz

var. Brecciated Agate

var. Capped Quartz

var. Carnelian

var. Chalcedony

var. Citrine

var. Cotterite

var. Diackethyst

var. Eisenkiesel

var. Eye Agate

var. Faden Quartz

var. Fensterquarz

var. Ferruginous Quartz

var. Fossil Agate

var. Haytorite

var. Herbeckite

var. Jacinto de Compostela

var. Microcrystalline quartz

var. Milky Quartz

var. Moss Agate

var. Oil Quartz

var. Onyx

var. Phantomquarz

var. Plasma

var. Prase

var. Prasiolite

var. Pseudocubic Quartz

var. Quartz Gwindel

var. Quartzine

var. Rock Crystal

var. Rose Quartz

var. Rutilated Quartz

var. Sard

var. Sardonyx

var. Sceptre Quartz

var. Shocked Quartz

var. Skelettquarz

var. Smoky Quartz

var. Star Quartz


4324 valid minerals. 1988 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 103 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc. 29 erroneous literature entries.

Rock Types Recorded


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

Select Rock List Type

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'A-type granite'

Aceite

Acid volcanic rock

'Actinolite schist'

'Adakite'

'Adamellite'

Adinole

'Aegirinite'

Agglomerate

'Agglutinate'

Agmatite

'Aillikite'

'Alaskite'

'Albite dolerite'

'Albite felsite'

'Albite syenite'

'Albite-granite'

'Albitite'

Albitized gneiss

Albitized granite

Alkali basalt

'Alkali diorite'

'Alkali gabbro'

'Alkali olivine basalt'

Alkali-feldspar-granite

Alkali-feldspar-syenite

'Alkorthosite'

'Allalin-gabbro'

'Allivalite'

Alluvial deposit

'Alum Shale'

Alvikite

'Ampelite'

'Amphibole schist'

'Amphibole-biotite hornfels'

Amphibolite

'Amphibolite gneiss'

'Amygdaloid'

'Amygdaloidal basalt'

Analcimite

'Analcimitite'

Anatexite

'Andalusite hornfels'

Andesite

'Andesite-basalt'

'Andesitic tuff'

Andesitoid

'Ankaramite'

'Ankaratrite'

'Anomalous CM2 chondrite meteorite'

'Anomalous IID iron meteorite'

'Anomalous IIE iron meteorite'

'Anomalous IIIAB iron meteorite'

'Anomalous IVA iron meteorite'

'Anorthoclasite'

Anorthosite

Anthracite

'Anyolite'

'Aphanite'

'Aplite'

'Aplitic granite'

Arenite

'Argillaceous hematite'

'Argillaceous limestone'

'Argillite'

'Ariegite'

'Arkose'

'Ashford Black Marble'

'Assyntite'

Aubrite meteorite

'Augen gneiss'

'Augite andesite'

'Augite diorite'

'Augite porphyry'

'Augite syenite'

'Augitite'

'Banatite'

'Banded gneiss'

Banded iron formation

Basalt

Basaltic glass

'Basaltic komatiite'

'Basaltic tuff'

Basaltic-andesite

Basaltic-trachyandesite

Basaltoid

Basanite

'Basanite (chert)'

'Basanitoid'

'Basite'

Bauxite

Benmoreite

'Bentonite'

Beresite

'Berner Sandstein'

Berondrite

'Biotite Monzogranite'

'Biotite gneiss'

'Biotite granite'

'Biotite hornfels'

'Biotite paragneiss'

'Biotite schist'

'Biotite trachyte'

'Biotite-amphibole-søvite'

'Biotite-hornblende gneiss'

Biotitite

'Birbirite'

'Bituminous limestone'

'Bituminous shale'

Bituminous-coal

Black shale

Blastomylonite

'Blueschist'

'Bodeachat'

'Bog ironstone'

'Borengite'

'Borolanite'

'Bostonite'

Boulder bed

Breccia

'Brecciated andesite'

Breccio-conglomerate

Buchite

'CH/CBb chondrite meteorite'

CI1 chondrite meteorite

CM chondrite meteorite

CM2 chondrite meteorite

CO chondrite meteorite

'CO3.4 chondrite meteorite'

'CO3.5 chondrite meteorite'

'CO3.6 chondrite meteorite'

CR2 chondrite meteorite

CV3 chondrite meteorite

'Calc-schist'

'Calc-silicate hornfels'

Calc-silicate rock

Calc-skarn

'Calcarenite'

'Calcareous dolostone'

'Calcite ijolite'

'Calcite marble'

Calcite-carbonatite

Calcrete

Caliche

'Californite'

Camptonite

'Canadite'

'Cancarixite'

'Cancrinite nepheline-syenite'

Carbonaceous chondrite meteorite

Carbonate rock

'Carbonate stromatolite'

'Carbonate-silicate schist'

Carbonatite

Cataclasite

'Cave Pearls'

Chalk

'Charnockitic granite'

'Charnockitic monzodiorite'

'Charnockitic monzonite'

'Charnockitic tonalite'

Chassignite meteorite

Chert

Chlorite amphibolite

'Chlorite schist'

'Chloritoid schist'

Chloritolite

Chondrite meteorite

Chromitite

'Cipolin'

Clastic sedimentary rock

Clay

'Clay ironstone'

'Clay slate'

Claystone

'Clinker'

Clinopyroxenite

Coal

Coarse-sand

'Cobalt ore'

Cobbles

'Collapse breccia'

Comenditic rhyolite

'Common Glass'

Concretion

Conglomerate

Contact metamorphic rock

'Copper ore'

'Coprolite'

'Coral limestone'

'Cordierite hornfels'

'Cordierite-garnet gneiss'

'Corium'

'Cornubianite'

'Coronite'

'Corundite'

'Coticule'

'Crackle breccia'

Crinoid-limestone

'Cromaltite'

'Crystal tuff'

'Cumulate'

Dacite

'Dacite-andesite'

'Damtjernite'

'Diaphthorite'

'Diasporite'

'Diatectite'

Diatexite

Diatomite

Diogenite meteorite

'Diopsidite'

Diorite

Dioritoid

'Ditroite'

'Dolerite'

Dolomite-carbonatite

Dolomite-mudstone

Dolostone

'Doreite'

Dunite

'Durbachite'

EH5 chondrite meteorite

EL6 chondrite meteorite

Eclogite

'Ehrwaldite'

'Ekerite'

'Elvan'

'Endogreisen'

'Endoskarn'

'Enstatitite'

'Epidiorite'

'Epidosite'

'Episyenite'

'Erlan'

'Essexite'

'Eucrite breccia meteorite'

'Eucrite cumulate meteorite'

'Eucrite monomict breccia meteorite'

'Eucrite polymict breccia meteorite'

'Eulysite'

'Eurite'

'Eutaxite'

Evaporite

'Exogreisen'

'Exoskarn'

'Fanglomerate'

'Farrisite'

Fault-breccia

'Feldspar porphyry'

'Feldspar schist'

'Feldspathic Gneiss'

Feldspathic-wacke

'Feldspathite'

'Felsic tuff'

Felsic-granulite

'Felsite'

Fenite

Ferrocarbonatite

'Ferrodiorite'

'Ferrogabbro'

'Ferropicrite'

Ferrous slag

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

'Fine-grained metamafic-rock'

Fine-grained ultramafic-rock

Fine-sand

'Flint'

'Flood basalt'

Foid-bearing-gabbro

Foid-gabbro

Foid-syenite

Foidite

Foidolite

'Forsteritite'

'Foyaite'

'Fruchtschiefer'

'Fulgurite'

Gabbro

'Gabbrodiorite'

Gabbroid

Gabbronorite

'Garnet clinopyroxenite'

'Garnet gneiss'

'Garnet lherzolite'

'Garnet peridotite'

'Garnet pyroxenite'

'Garnet-biotite gneiss'

'Garnet-graphite schist'

'Garnet-mica schist'

'Garnet-websterite'

Garnetite

'Gauteite'

'Geyserite'

Glassy igneous rock

'Glaucophane schist'

Glaucophanite

Gneiss

'Gold ore'

Gossan

Grainstone

Granite

'Granitic gneiss'

'Granitic orthogneiss'

Granitoid

Granodiorite

'Granodiorite gneiss'

Granofels

'Granophyric granite'

'Granosyenite'

Granules

Granulite

'Graphic granite'

'Graphite schist'

Gravel

'Greensand'

'Greenschist'

Greenstone

Greisen

'Grennaite'

Greywacke

'Gritstone'

'Grorudite'

'Grunerite quartzite'

Guano

Gypsum-mudstone

H chondrite meteorite

'H/L3.6 chondrite meteorite'

'H/L3.9 chondrite meteorite'

'H/L4 chondrite meteorite'

H3 chondrite meteorite

'H3-5 chondrite meteorite'

'H3-6 chondrite meteorite'

'H3.7 chondrite meteorite'

'H3/4 chondrite meteorite'

H4 chondrite meteorite

'H4-5 chondrite meteorite'

H5 chondrite meteorite

H6 chondrite meteorite

Halite-stone

'Harrisite'

Harzburgite

'Hauyne melilitite'

Haüynite

Hawaiite

'Hornblende andesite'

'Hornblende diorite'

'Hornblende gneiss'

'Hornblende granite'

Hornblende pyroxenite

'Hornblende schist'

'Hornblende-biotite gneiss'

'Hornblende-biotite granite'

'Hornblende-biotite granodiorite'

Hornblende-gabbro

Hornblendite

Hornfels

Howardite meteorite

Humic coal series

'Hyalo-enstatite-phlogopite lamproite'

'Hyalo-olivine-diopside-phlogopite lamproite'

Hyaloclastite

'Hydrothermal breccia'

'Hälleflinta'

'I-type granite'

IAB complex iron meteorite

IAB-MG iron meteorite

IAB-sLL iron meteorite

IIAB iron meteorite

IIC iron meteorite

IID iron meteorite

IIE iron meteorite

IIF iron meteorite

'IIG iron meteorite'

IIIAB iron meteorite

IVA iron meteorite

'Icelandite'

Igneous rock

'Ignimbritic tuff'

Ijolite

'Ijolite-urtite'

'Impact melted EH chondrite meteorite'

Impact-melt-rock

Impactite

Impure marble

Intermediate volcanic rock

'Intrusive breccia'

Iron meteorite

'Iron ore'

Ironstone

'Itabirite'

'Jacupirangite'

'Jade'

'Jasper'

'Jaspillite'

'Juvite'

'Kajanite'

'Kalsilite-phlogopite melilitite'

'Kalsilite-phlogopite-olivine-leucite melilitite'

'Kamafugite'

'Kaolin'

Kaolinite-claystone

'Kaxtorpite'

'Keratophyre'

Kersantite

'Kieselkalk'

'Killas'

Kimberlite

'Kinzigite'

'Kjelsåsite'

Komatiite

Kugdite

'Kyanite-eclogite'

'Köfelsite'

L chondrite meteorite

'L/LL4 chondrite meteorite'

'L/LL5 chondrite meteorite'

'L/LL6 chondrite meteorite'

L3 chondrite meteorite

'L3-6 chondrite meteorite'

'L3.4 chondrite meteorite'

'L3.7 chondrite meteorite'

L4 chondrite meteorite

'L4-6 chondrite meteorite'

L5 chondrite meteorite

'L5-6 chondrite meteorite'

L6 chondrite meteorite

'LCT pegmatite'

LL chondrite meteorite

'LL3.10 chondrite meteorite'

'LL3.2 chondrite meteorite'

'LL3.4 chondrite meteorite'

LL4 chondrite meteorite

LL5 chondrite meteorite

LL6 chondrite meteorite

'LL7 chondrite meteorite'

Lacustrine deposit

'Lakarpite'

Lamproite

Lamprophyre

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

Lapilli-tuff

Lapillistone

'Lapis lazuli'

'Lardalite'

'Larvikite'

Laterite

Latite

'Lead ore'

'Ledmorite'

'Leptite'

'Leptynite'

'Leucite nephelinite'

Leucite-basanite

Leucite-tephrite

Leucitite

'Leucitophyre'

'Leucocratic nephelinolite'

'Leucogabbro'

'Leucogranite'

'Leucosyenite'

Lherzolite

Lignite

'Limburgite'

Lime-mudstone

Limestone

'Limestone breccia'

Listvenite

Lithic breccia

'Lithic tuff'

Lithic-arenite

'Lithomarge'

'Loam'

Loess

'Low-Ti basalt'

'Lugarite'

'Lujavrite'

'Lydite'

'Maenaite'

'Mafic rock'

'Mafic volcanic rock'

Mafic-granulite

'Magnesian Limestone'

Magnesian-skarn

Magnesiocarbonatite

'Magnetite skarn'

Magnetitite

'Malignite'

Marble

'Marl'

'Marloesite'

Marlstone

Medium-sand

Meimechite

'Melagabbro'

'Melagranite'

'Melanocratic nephelinolite'

'Melaphyre'

'Melasyenite'

'Melilite leucitite'

'Melilite nephelinite'

Melilitite

Melilitolite

'Melnöite'

'Menilite'

Mesosiderite-A1 meteorite

Mesosiderite-A3 meteorite

Mesosiderite-A4 meteorite

Meta-andesite

Meta-arenite

Meta-arkose

Meta-igneous rock

Metabasalt

Metabauxite

'Metacarbonate slag'

Metachert

Metaclaystone

Metaclinopyroxenite

Metaconglomerate

Metadacite

Metadiorite

'Metadolerite'

'Metadolomite'

Metadolostone

Metadunite

Metagabbro

Metagranite

Metagranodiorite

Metagreywacke

Metaharzburgite

Metakimberlite

Metalimestone

Metamonzogranite

Metamorphic rock

Metamudstone

Metanephelinite

Metaperidotite

Metapyroxenite

'Metaquartzite'

Metarhyodacite

Metarhyolite

Metasandstone

Metasedimentary rock

Metasiltstone

Metasomatic-rock

Metasyenite

Metatexite

Metatonalite

Metatuff

Metatuffite

Metavolcanic rock

Metavolcaniclastic rock

Meteorite

Miaskite

'Mica schist'

Micaite

'Microbialite'

'Microconglomerate'

'Microdiorite'

'Microgabbro'

'Microgranite'

'Microgranodiorite'

'Micrometeorite'

'Microsyenite'

'Mid-ocean-ridge basalt'

Migmatite

Minette

'Minette (ore)'

Monchiquite

'Mondhaldeite'

Monomict impact breccia

Montmorillonite-clay

Monzodiorite

'Monzodolerite'

Monzogabbro

Monzogranite

Monzonite

Mud

'Mud-grade limestone'

Mudstone

Mugearite

'Muscovite gneiss'

'Muscovite granite'

'Muscovite schist'

'Muscovite-biotite gneiss'

'Muscovite-biotite granite'

'Muscovite-chlorite phyllite'

'Muscovite-chlorite schist'

Mylonite

'Napoleonite'

'Naujaite'

'Near-skarn rock'

'Nelsonite'

'Nepheline basanite'

'Nepheline pyroxenite'

Nepheline-basanite

'Nepheline-bearing-syenite gneiss'

Nepheline-syenite

Nephelinite

Nephrite

'Nickel laterite'

'Nordmarkite'

Norite

Nosean-phonolite

Obsidian

'Oceanite'

Olistostrome

'Olivine basalt'

Olivine clinopyroxenite

'Olivine dolerite'

'Olivine lamproite'

'Olivine nephelinite'

Olivine orthopyroxenite

Olivine pyroxenite

Olivine websterite

'Olivine-diopside-richterite-madupitic lamproite'

Olivine-gabbro

Olivine-gabbronorite

Olivine-melilitite

'Olivinite'

Omphacitite

Oncoid-limestone

'Oncolite'

Ooid-ironstone

Ooid-limestone

'Oolite'

Ophicalcite

Ophicarbonate

'Ophite'

'Ophitic dolerite'

'Orbicular granite'

'Orbiculite'

Ordinary chondrite meteorite

Ortho-amphibolite

Orthogneiss

Orthopyroxene-gabbro

Orthopyroxenite

'Ouachitite'

PMG pallasite meteorite

Packstone

'Pahoehoe'

Pallasite meteorite

Pantelleritic rhyolite

Para-amphibolite

'Parabasalt'

Paragneiss

'Paragonite schist'

'Paraschist'

Peat

Pebbles

'Pegmatite'

'Pegmatitic Ijolite'

'Pegmatitic gabbro'

'Pegmatitic granite'

'Pegmatitic nepheline syenite'

'Pegmatitic pyroxenite'

'Pegmatitic syenite'

'Pegmatoid'

'Pelitic hornfels'

'Peperite'

'Peralkaline alkali-feldspar-granite'

'Peralkaline phonolite'

'Peralkaline rhyolite'

'Peralkaline syenite'

'Peralkaline trachyte'

Peridotite

'Phlogopite schist'

'Phlogopitite'

Phonolite

Phonolitic-tephrite

'Phoscorite'

Phosphorite

Phyllite

Phyllonite

Picrite

Picrobasalt

'Pillow lava'

Pillowed-volcaniclastic-breccia

'Pisolite'

'Plagiogranite'

'Poikilo-ophitic dolerite'

'Polymict breccia diogenite meteorite'

Polymict impact breccia

'Polymictic conglomerate'

Porcellanite

'Porphyrite'

'Porphyritic Monzogranite'

'Porphyritic granite'

'Porphyritic olivine-gabbro'

'Porphyritic rhyolite'

'Porphyroid'

'Porphyry'

'Post-eclogite amphibolite'

'Pozzolana'

'Prasinite'

Propylite

Protomylonite

'Pseudobreccia'

Pseudotachylyte

'Puddingstone'

'Pulaskite'

Pumice

'Pyritic slate'

Pyroclastic sediment

Pyroclastic-breccia

Pyroclastic-rock

'Pyroxene hornfels'

Pyroxene-hornblendite

'Pyroxene-olivine leucitite'

Pyroxenite

'Quartz conglomerate'

'Quartz dolerite'

'Quartz gabbro'

'Quartz phyllite'

'Quartz porphyry'

'Quartz schist'

Quartz-arenite

Quartz-diorite

'Quartz-eclogite'

'Quartz-feldspar gneiss'

'Quartz-feldspar porphyry'

Quartz-gabbro

Quartz-latite

'Quartz-mica schist'

'Quartz-mica-carbonate schist'

Quartz-monzodiorite

Quartz-monzogabbro

Quartz-monzonite

'Quartz-norite'

'Quartz-plagioclase-mica gneiss'

'Quartz-sericite phyllite'

'Quartz-sericite schist'

Quartz-syenite

Quartz-trachyte

Quartz-wacke

Quartzite

'Radiolarian chert'

Radiolarite

'Rapakivi granite'

'Red bed'

Regolith

'Relict H meteorite'

'Relict OC meteorite'

'Relict iron meteorite'

Relict meteorite

'Rhizolite'

'Rhombporphyry'

Rhyodacite

Rhyolite

'Rhyolitic tuff'

Rhyolitoid

'Riebeckite granite'

'Riebeckite-quartz-feldspar gneiss'

'Rodderite'

Rodingite

Rudite

'Rødberg'

'S-type granite'

'Sagvandite'

'Saidenbachite'

Sand

Sandstone

Sandy gravel

Sandy mud

'Sanidinite (of Nose)'

Sannaite

Saprolite

Sapropelite

'Schalenblende'

Schist

'Schlier'

'Schriesheimite'

Scoria

Sediment

Sedimentary breccia

Sedimentary rock

'Selbergite'

'Selbergite tuff'

'Sericite schist'

'Serpentine schist'

Serpentine skarn

Serpentinite

Shale

Shell-limestone

Shonkinite

Shoshonite

'Shungite (2)'

'Siderite carbonatite'

Silcrete

'Siliceous limestone'

'Siliceous sinter'

Silicocarbonatite

'Sillimanite-cordierite gneiss'

Silt

Siltstone

'Silver ore'

Sinter

'Sizunite'

Skarn

'Skomerite'

Slag

Slate

'Soda trachyte'

Sodalite-syenite

Spessartite (lamprophyre)

Spiculite

Spilite

'Spinel harzburgite'

'Spinel lherzolite'

'Spinel peridotite'

'Spotted schist'

'Staurolite-mica schist'

'Stinkstone'

'Stockscheider'

'Stromatolite'

'Stromatolitic limestone'

Sub-bituminous coal

'Subophitic dolerite'

Suevite

Syenite

'Syenite gneiss'

Syenitoid

Syenogranite

'Sylvinite'

'Sölvsbergite'

Søvite

'Talc schist'

Talc-rock

'Tawite'

'Tectonite'

Tektite

Tephrite

Tephritic-phonolite

'Teschenite'

'Theralite'

'Tholeiitic basalt'

'Till'

'Tinguaite'

Tonalite

'Tonstein'

'Topaz granite'

'Tourmalinite'

Trachyandesite

Trachybasalt

Trachydacite

Trachyte

Trachytoid

'Transitional basalt'

Travertine

Troctolite

'Trondhjemite'

'Trowlesworthite'

Tufa

Tuff

Tuff-breccia

Tuffaceous-conglomerate

Tuffaceous-sandstone

Tuffaceous-siltstone

Tuffite

Turjaite

'Two mica monzogranite'

'Ultramafic-rock'

Ultramylonite

'Umptekite'

Unakite

'Unclassified stony meteorite'

Uncompahgrite

'Ungrouped C1 chondrite meteorite'

'Ungrouped IAB iron meteorite'

Ungrouped enstatite-rich achondrite meteorite

'Ungrouped iron meteorite'

Ureilite meteorite

'Variolite'

Vertisol

Very-fine-sand

'Vitric ash'

'Vitrophyric porphyry'

Vogesite

Volcanic ash

Volcanic breccia

'Volcanic rock'

Volcaniclastic rock

Volcaniclastic sediment

Volcaniclastic-sediment

Wacke

Wackestone

Websterite

Wehrlite

'Whiteschist'

Winonaite meteorite

'Zebra stone'

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