174 mineral species, 119 sub-mineral species! The "Mineral Resources Catalog" released

The Ministry of Natural Resources, in collaboration with the National Development and Reform Commission, has released the "Mineral Resources Catalogue". This newly released "Mineral Resources Catalogue" has been optimized and adjusted based on the original "Classification Details of Mineral Resources", dividing China's mineral resources into four categories: energy minerals, metal minerals, non-metallic minerals, and water and gas minerals. It clearly lists 174 existing mineral species and 119 sub-species in China.

Mineral Resources Catalogue

I. Energy Minerals

Oil, hydrocarbons (coalbed methane, shale gas, methane hydrate), oil shale, oil sands, coal, peat, natural asphalt, uranium, thorium, geothermal energy

II. Metal Minerals

Iron, manganese, chromium, vanadium, titanium; copper, lead, zinc, aluminum, magnesium, nickel, cobalt, tungsten, tin, bismuth, molybdenum, antimony, mercury; ruthenium, osmium, rhodium, iridium, palladium, platinum, silver, gold; lithium, rubidium, cesium, beryllium, strontium, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, tantalum; lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, yttrium, gadolinium, terbium, holmium, erbium, thulium, lutetium, scandium; rhenium, cadmium, gallium, indium, thallium, germanium, selenium, tellurium

III. Non-metallic Minerals

Boron, diamond, graphite (crystalline graphite, amorphous graphite), phosphorus, sulfur (natural sulfur, sulfur ore), arsenic, iodine, bromine, fluorite (ordinary fluorite, optical fluorite), salt mines (rock salt, lake salt, natural brine), potassium salts, magnesium salts, crystal (piezoelectric crystal, fused crystal, optical crystal, craft crystal), agate, high-purity quartz ore, corundum, rutile, magnesite, perovskite, zircon, blue zircon, red feldspar, silicate, gypsum (including hard gypsum), natron (including calcium natron), alunite, calcite (including calcium gypsum), celestite, gypsum (including hard gypsum), natron (including potassium natron), alunite, calcite (including ice calcite), rhodochrosite, magnesite, natural alkali, saltpeter (sodium saltpeter, potassium saltpeter); limestone (calcium carbide limestone, soda ash production limestone, fertilizer production limestone, flux production limestone, glass production limestone, cement production limestone, building stone production limestone, decorative stone production limestone, desulfurization limestone), mud limestone, chalk, dolomite (metallurgical dolomite, fertilizer dolomite, glass dolomite, building dolomite, decorative dolomite), sandstone (metallurgical sandstone, fertilizer sandstone, cement batching sandstone, brick and tile sandstone, fertilizer sandstone, casting sandstone, ceramic sandstone, decorative sandstone, glass fiber sandstone, building sandstone), natural quartz sand (glass production sand, casting sand, building sand, cement batching sand, cement standard sand, brick and tile sand, casting sand, ceramic sand, decorative sand, glass mineral, gypsum), pegmatite quartz (metallurgical pegmatite quartz, glass production pegmatite quartz), powder quartz, siliceous earth, shale (ceramic shale, brick and tile shale, cement batching shale, brick and tile shale, fertilizer shale, casting sandstone, ceramic shale, decorative shale, glass fiber shale, building shale), kaolin, soapstone, protein soil, bentonite clay, sea foam clay, illite clay, leucite clay, leucite clay, leucite clay, montmorillonite clay, bentonite, refractory clay, other clays (casting clay, brick and tile clay, ceramic shale clay, cement batching clay, cement standard clay, mudstone, thermal insulation material clay), iron albite, peat, Olivine rock (fertilizer-grade olivine rock, construction-grade olivine rock, refractory-grade olivine rock), pyroxene rock, gabbro, diabase (cement-grade diabase, cast stone-grade diabase, decorative-grade diabase, construction-grade diabase), basalt (cast stone-grade basalt, rock wool-grade basalt, decorative-grade basalt, wire drawing-grade basalt, construction-grade basalt), diorite (cement admixture-grade diorite, construction-grade diorite, decorative-grade diorite), andesite (decorative-grade andesite, construction-grade andesite, cement admixture-grade andesine), granite (construction-grade granite, decorative-grade granite), rhyolite (pearlstone, obsidian, resin-bearing rock), normative granite, rhyodacite (cast stone-grade rhyodacite, refractory-grade rhyodacite), rhyolite with feldspar (glass-grade rhyolite, cement-grade rhyolite, construction-grade rhyolite, decorative-grade rhyolite), tuff, volcanic debris (volcanic cinders, volcanic ash), gneiss, quartzite (metallurgical-grade quartzite, glass-grade quartzite, fertilizer-grade quartzite, decorative-grade quartzite), amphibolite, marble (decorative-grade marble, construction-grade marble, cement admixture-grade amphibolite), granite (construction-grade granite, decorative-grade granite), trachyte (pearlstone, obsidian, resin-bearing rock), normative gneiss, quartzite (decorative-grade quartzite, construction-grade quartzite, cement admixture-grade quartzite), hornfels, slate (decorative-grade slate, cement mixture-grade slate, construction-grade slate), natural oilstone, gemstones, jade, pigment ores (ochre, pigment loess), meilan stone, other construction sandstones and clays (including sea sand), ceramic clay, potassium-bearing rocks (potassium-bearing sand shale)