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ⓘ Aegirine

Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6

ⓘ Aegirine-augite

Formula: (NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(Fe3+eAlfFe2+gMgh)Si2O6

ⓘ Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

ⓘ Altaite

Formula: PbTe

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

Formula: A B2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2

ⓘ Anatase

Formula: TiO2

ⓘ Andradite

Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3

ⓘ Andradite var. Melanite

Formula: Ca3(Fe3+,Ti)2(SiO4)3

ⓘ Ankerite

Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2

ⓘ 'Apatite'

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

Localities:

Étienne-Méguhé Mine, Issia, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast
Sézo, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast
Pegmatite No. 1, Sézo, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast
Pegmatite No. 2, Sézo, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast
Pegmatite No. 3, Sézo, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast

ⓘ Arfvedsonite

Formula: [Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2

ⓘ Arsenopyrite

Formula: FeAsS

Localities:

Ity mine, Zouan-Hounien Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast
Aboisso, Aboisso department, Sud-Comoé, Comoé, Ivory Coast
Dougbafla Au deposit, Divo Department, Lôh-Djiboua, Gôh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast
Bobosso prospect, Alépé Department, La Mé, Lagunes, Ivory Coast

ⓘ Baddeleyite

Formula: ZrO2

ⓘ Beryl

Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Localities:

Ninakri Complex, Woroba, Ivory Coast
Troquoi Intrusions, Nawa, Bas-Sassandra, Ivory Coast
Bonikro gold mine, Oumé department, Gôh, Gôh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast
Dougbafla Au deposit, Divo Department, Lôh-Djiboua, Gôh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast

ⓘ Bornite

Formula: Cu5FeS4

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ Cassiterite

Formula: SnO2

References:

Coulibaly, Y., Boiron, M. C., Cathelineau, M., & Kouamelan, A. N. (2008). Fluid immiscibility and gold deposition in the Birimian quartz veins of the Angovia deposit (Yaoure, Ivory Coast). Journal of African Earth Sciences, 50(2), 234-254.

ⓘ Celadonite

Formula: K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2

ⓘ Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

Localities:

Ity mine, Zouan-Hounien Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast
Aboisso, Aboisso department, Sud-Comoé, Comoé, Ivory Coast
Samapleu mafic-ultramafic intrusion, Biankouma Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast
Bobosso prospect, Alépé Department, La Mé, Lagunes, Ivory Coast

ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

ⓘ Chromite

Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4

Localities:

Toubabouko diamond field, Toubabouko, Séguéla department, Worodougou, Woroba, Ivory Coast
Samapleu mafic-ultramafic intrusion, Biankouma Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast
Bobi-Seguela Diamond Dikes, Séguéla department, Worodougou, Woroba, Ivory Coast

ⓘ Clinochlore

Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8

ⓘ Clinochlore var. Pennine

Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8

ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

ⓘ Cobaltite

Formula: CoAsS

References:

Gouedji, F., Picard, C., Coulibaly, Y., Audet, M. A., Auge, T., Goncalves, P., ... & Ouattara, N. (2014). The Samapleu mafic-ultramafic intrusion and its Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization: an Eburnean (2.09 Ga) feeder dyke to the Yacouba layered complex (Man Archean craton, western Ivory Coast). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 185(6), 393-411.

ⓘ 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'

Localities:

Pegmatite No. 10, Sézo, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast
Pegmatite No. 3, Sézo, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast
Pegmatite No. 2, Sézo, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast

ⓘ Cordierite

Formula: (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)

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ⓘ Cubanite

Formula: CuFe2S3

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ⓘ Diamond

Formula: C

Localities:

Bobi Mine, Bobi occurrence, Séguéla department, Worodougou, Woroba, Ivory Coast
Tortiya (Tortia), Niakaramandougou Department, Hambol, Vallée du Bandama, Ivory Coast
Toubabouko diamond field, Toubabouko, Séguéla department, Worodougou, Woroba, Ivory Coast
Diarabala, Séguéla department, Worodougou, Woroba, Ivory Coast
Bobi-Seguela Diamond Dikes, Séguéla department, Worodougou, Woroba, Ivory Coast

ⓘ Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi2O6

ⓘ Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO3)2

Localities:

Bonikro gold mine, Oumé department, Gôh, Gôh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast
Dougbafla Au deposit, Divo Department, Lôh-Djiboua, Gôh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast
Bobosso prospect, Alépé Department, La Mé, Lagunes, Ivory Coast

ⓘ Emplectite

Formula: CuBiS2

ⓘ Enstatite

Formula: Mg2Si2O6

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ⓘ Enstatite var. Bronzite

Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)2[SiO3]2

References:

ⓘ Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'

Localities:

Kiemou peralkaline granite, Korhogo Department, Poro, Savanes, Ivory Coast
Ninakri Complex, Woroba, Ivory Coast
Bonikro gold mine, Oumé department, Gôh, Gôh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group var. Perthite'

ⓘ Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

ⓘ Galena

Formula: PbS

ⓘ 'Garnet Group'

Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3

ⓘ Gersdorffite

Formula: NiAsS

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ⓘ Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

ⓘ Gold

Formula: Au

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ Gold var. Electrum

Formula: (Au,Ag)

ⓘ Graphite

Formula: C

References:

Ouattara, Z., Coulibaly, Y., & Boiron, M. C. (2021). Shear-hosted gold mineralization in the Oumé-Fettèkro greenstone belt, Côte d'Ivoire: the Bonikro deposit. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 502(1), 147-158.

ⓘ Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

ⓘ Hercynite

Formula: Fe2+Al2O4

ⓘ Hercynite var. Chromohercynite

Formula: Fe(Al,Cr)2O4

ⓘ Hollingworthite

Formula: (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS

References:

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2

ⓘ Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

ⓘ Irarsite

Formula: (Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS

References:

ⓘ Jeppeite

Formula: (K,Ba)2(Ti,Fe)6O13

ⓘ Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

ⓘ 'K Feldspar'

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ⓘ Kotulskite

Formula: Pd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)

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ⓘ Laurite

Formula: RuS2

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ⓘ Leucite

Formula: K(AlSi2O6)

Localities:

Prince dike, Bobi occurrence, Séguéla department, Worodougou, Woroba, Ivory Coast
Intermediate Dike, Bobi occurrence, Séguéla department, Worodougou, Woroba, Ivory Coast
Princess Dike, Bobi occurrence, Séguéla department, Worodougou, Woroba, Ivory Coast

ⓘ Linnaeite

Formula: Co2+Co3+2S4

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ⓘ Mackinawite

Formula: FeS

References:

ⓘ Magnesiochromite

Formula: MgCr2O4

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ⓘ Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Localities:

Angovia gold mines, Bouaflé department, Marahoué, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast
Ity mine, Zouan-Hounien Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast
Aboisso, Aboisso department, Sud-Comoé, Comoé, Ivory Coast
Samapleu mafic-ultramafic intrusion, Biankouma Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast
Dougbafla Au deposit, Divo Department, Lôh-Djiboua, Gôh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast

ⓘ Majakite

Formula: PdNiAs

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ⓘ Malachite

Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

References:

ⓘ Malanite

Formula: Cu1+(Ir3+Pt4+)S4

References:

ⓘ Merenskyite

Formula: PdTe2

References:

ⓘ Mertieite

Formula: Pd8Sb2.5As0.5

References:

ⓘ 'Mica Group'

Localities:

Prince dike, Bobi occurrence, Séguéla department, Worodougou, Woroba, Ivory Coast
Princess Dike, Bobi occurrence, Séguéla department, Worodougou, Woroba, Ivory Coast

ⓘ Michenerite

Formula: PdBiTe

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ⓘ Microcline

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

ⓘ Molybdenite

Formula: MoS2

Localities:

Angovia gold mines, Bouaflé department, Marahoué, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast
Ity mine, Zouan-Hounien Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast
Bonikro gold mine, Oumé department, Gôh, Gôh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast

ⓘ 'Monazite Group'

Formula: REE(PO4)

ⓘ Moncheite

Formula: Pt(Te,Bi)2

References:

ⓘ Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities:

Bonikro gold mine, Oumé department, Gôh, Gôh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast
Sézo, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast
Agbaou Gold Mine, Agbaou, Divo Department, Lôh-Djiboua, Gôh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast
Dougbafla Au deposit, Divo Department, Lôh-Djiboua, Gôh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast
Bobosso prospect, Alépé Department, La Mé, Lagunes, Ivory Coast

ⓘ Nontronite

Formula: Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

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ⓘ Orthoclase

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

ⓘ Parkerite

Formula: Ni3(Bi,Pb)2S2

References:

ⓘ Pentlandite

Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8

ⓘ Phlogopite

Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities:

Ity mine, Zouan-Hounien Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast
Bobi-Seguela Diamond Dikes, Séguéla department, Worodougou, Woroba, Ivory Coast
Toubabouko diamond field, Toubabouko, Séguéla department, Worodougou, Woroba, Ivory Coast

ⓘ Powellite

Formula: Ca(MoO4)

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ⓘ Priderite

Formula: K(Ti4+7Fe3+)O16

ⓘ 'Psilomelane'

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ Pyrite var. Bravoite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)S2

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ⓘ Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region.

ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz

Formula: SiO2

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ⓘ Quartz var. Smoky Quartz

Formula: SiO2

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ⓘ Riebeckite

Formula: ◻[Na2][Fe2+3Fe3+2]Si8O22(OH)2

ⓘ Rutile

Formula: TiO2

References:

ⓘ Saponite

Formula: Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

ⓘ Sapphirine

Formula: Mg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]

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ⓘ Scheelite

Formula: Ca(WO4)

ⓘ Sillimanite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

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ⓘ Sobolevskite

Formula: PdBi

References:

ⓘ 'Sodic amphibole'

ⓘ Sperrylite

Formula: PtAs2

References:

ⓘ Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

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ⓘ Spinel

Formula: MgAl2O4

References:

ⓘ Spodumene

Formula: LiAlSi2O6

ⓘ Staurolite

Formula: Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)

ⓘ Sulphur

Formula: S8

References:

ⓘ Talc

Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

ⓘ 'Tantalite'

Formula: (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6

ⓘ Tantalite-(Fe)

Formula: Fe2+Ta2O6

Localities:

Étienne-Méguhé Mine, Issia, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast
Bémadi Mine, Issia, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast
Sézo, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast

ⓘ Tantalite-(Mn)

Formula: Mn2+Ta2O6

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ⓘ Tapiolite-(Fe)

Formula: Fe2+Ta2O6

Localities:

Bémadi Mine, Issia, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast
Étienne-Méguhé Mine, Issia, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast
Sézo, Issia department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast

ⓘ 'Tektite var. Ivorite'

References:

Skublov, G. T., Marin, Y. B., Semikolennykh, V. M., Skublov, S. G., & Tarasenko, Y. N. (2007). Volkhovite: A new type of tektite-like glass. Geology of Ore Deposits, 49(8), 681-696.

ⓘ 'Tennantite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S

ⓘ Tetradymite

Formula: Bi2Te2S

References:

Boya, T. L. D., Adingra, M. P., Gnanzou, A., Ouattara, G., Diane, A. R. L., & Coulibaly, Y. (2022). The Birimian Granitoids of the Toumodi-Fetekro Belt in West African Craton (Côte d’Ivoire): Petrogenetic Overview and Link to Mineralization. Journal of Geosciences, 10(3), 139-152.

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S

ⓘ Titanite

Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O

ⓘ 'Tourmaline'

Formula: A D3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ Tremolite

Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2

ⓘ Vesuvianite

Formula: Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9

ⓘ Volynskite

Formula: AgBiTe2

ⓘ Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO4)