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Korçë County, Albaniai
Regional Level Types
Korçë CountyCounty
AlbaniaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Pogradec61,530 (2017)
Korçë58,259 (2012)
Ersekë7,890 (2012)
Bilisht7,114 (2014)
Mborje3,850 (2018)
Maliq3,735 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
159403
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:159403:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Albanian:
Qarku i Korçës, Shqipëria
French:
Korçë, Albanie
German:
Qark Korça, Albanien
Italian:
prefettura di Coriza, Albania
Russian:
Корча, Албания
Simplified Chinese:
科赤州, 阿尔巴尼亚
Spanish:
Condado de Korçë, Albania
Arabic:
مقاطعة كورتشي, ألبانيا
Aragonese:
Prefectura de Korçë, Albania
Armenian:
Կորչայի գավառ, Ալբանիա
Basque:
Korçë konderria, Albania
Belarusian:
Корча, Албанія
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Корча, Альбанія
Bengali:
কোরচে কাউন্টি, আলবেনিয়া
Bosnian:
Okrug Korča, Albanija
Breton:
Korçë, Albania
Bulgarian:
Корча, Албания
Catalan:
comtat de Korçë, Albània
Cebuano:
Qarku i Korçës, Albanya
Croatian:
Korčanski okrug, Albanija
Czech:
Korçë, Albánie
Danish:
Korçë County, Albanien
Dutch:
Korçë, Albanië
Esperanto:
Provinco Korçë, Albanio
Estonian:
Korçë maakond, Albaania
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان کورچه, آلبانی
Finnish:
Korçën maakunta, Albania
Galician:
Condado de Korçë, Albania
Greek:
Νομός Κορυτσάς, Αλβανία
Gujarati:
કોરસે કાઉન્ટી, આલ્બેનિયા
Hindi:
कोर्से प्रांत, अल्बानिया
Hungarian:
Korça megye, Albánia
Indonesian:
Korçë County, Albania
Irish Gaelic:
Contae Korçë, An Albáin
Japanese:
コルチャ州, アルバニア
Kannada:
ಕೊರ್ಸಿಯ ಕೌಂಟಿ, ಅಲ್ಬೇನಿಯ
Kongo:
Korçë, Albania
Korean:
코르처 주, 알바니아
Latvian:
Korčas apgabals, Albānija
Lithuanian:
Korčės apskritis, Albanija
Lombard:
Prefettura de Coriza, Albania
Macedonian:
Горица, Албанија
Malay:
Korce County, Albania
Marathi:
कोरॉए काउंटी, आल्बेनिया
Nepali:
कोर्से काउन्टी, अल्बानिया
Northern Frisian:
Korçë, Albaanien
Norwegian:
Korçë, Albania
Occitan:
Prefectura de Korçë, Albania
Polish:
Obwód Korcza, Albania
Portuguese:
Korçë, Albânia
Romanian:
Regiunea Korçë, Albania
Scots:
Korçë Coonty, Albanie
Sinhalese:
කොර්සේ ප්‍රාන්තය, ඇල්බේනියාව
Slovak:
Korçë, Albánsko
Swedish:
Korçë prefektur, Albanien
Tagalog:
Kondado ng Korçë, Albanya
Tamil:
கூர்க்ஏ கவுண்டி, அல்பேனியா
Telugu:
కోర్సె కౌంటీ, అల్బేనియా
Thai:
คอซี่, ประเทศแอลเบเนีย
Traditional Chinese:
科赤, 阿爾巴尼亞
Turkish:
Görice ili, Arnavutluk
Ukrainian:
Корча, Албанія
Urdu:
صوبہ کورچہ, البانیا
Vietnamese:
Korçë, Albania
Waray:
Korçë, Albanya
Welsh:
Sir Korçë, Albania
Western Punjabi:
صوبہ کورچہ, البانیا
Wu Chinese:
科尔察州, 阿尔巴尼亚


Korçë County (Albanian: Qarku Korçë), officially the County of Korçë (Albanian: Qarku i Korçës), is a county in the Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. The county borders on North Macedonia to the northeast and Greece to the southeast, the counties of Elbasan to the northwest, Berat to the west and Gjirokastër to the southwest. It is divided into six municipalities: Korçë, Devoll, Kolonjë, Maliq, Pogradec and Pustec.

NOTE (Ronald Werner, 2021):
I discovered a number of mines in the north of the county that have stayed under the radar, but seem to represent intense mining activity. I registered them as groups of mines, but registered the coordinates for most of them in the description. My best guess is that most or all of these are nickel mines.

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Commodity List

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Mineral List

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

16 valid minerals.

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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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

Detailed Mineral List:

Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Clinochlore
Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
'Garnierite'
Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Lizardite
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Magnesite
Formula: MgCO3
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Népouite
Formula: Ni3Si2O5(OH)4
Nimite
Formula: (Ni,Mg,Al)6((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)8
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
'Serpentine Subgroup'
Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Spinel
Formula: MgAl2O4
'Wad'

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Chromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Spinel4.BB.05MgAl2O4
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Magnesite5.AB.05MgCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Clinochlore9.EC.55Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Nimite9.EC.55(Ni,Mg,Al)6((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)8
Lizardite9.ED.15Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Népouite9.ED.15Ni3Si2O5(OH)4
Unclassified
'Chlorite Group'-
'Wad'-
'Garnierite'-
'Serpentine Subgroup'-D3[Si2O5](OH)4

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
H LizarditeMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
H NépouiteNi3Si2O5(OH)4
H Nimite(Ni,Mg,Al)6((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)8
H Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C MagnesiteMgCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
O ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O HematiteFe2O3
O LizarditeMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
O MagnesiteMgCO3
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O NépouiteNi3Si2O5(OH)4
O Nimite(Ni,Mg,Al)6((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)8
O QuartzSiO2
O SpinelMgAl2O4
O Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
MgMagnesium
Mg ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Mg LizarditeMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mg MagnesiteMgCO3
Mg Nimite(Ni,Mg,Al)6((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)8
Mg SpinelMgAl2O4
AlAluminium
Al ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al Nimite(Ni,Mg,Al)6((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)8
Al SpinelMgAl2O4
SiSilicon
Si ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si LizarditeMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si NépouiteNi3Si2O5(OH)4
Si Nimite(Ni,Mg,Al)6((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)8
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
CrChromium
Cr ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe PyriteFeS2
NiNickel
Ni NépouiteNi3Si2O5(OH)4
Ni Nimite(Ni,Mg,Al)6((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)8
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS

Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences21
Youngest Fossil Listed113 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed129 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Orbitolina
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Loftusiida : Orbitolinidae : Orbitolina129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Eugyra
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Eugyra129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Aptyxiella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Nerinellidae : Aptyxiella129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Multiptyxis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Nerinellidae : Multiptyxis129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neoptyxis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neoptyxis129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Nerinea
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Nerineidae : Nerinea129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Nerinella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Nerinellidae : Nerinella129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Caprina
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Caprinidae : Caprina129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cidaris
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Cidaridae : Cidaris129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hirudocidaris
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Cidaridae : Hirudocidaris129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Adaptyxis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : Adaptyxis129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Plesioptyxis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Nerineidae : Plesioptyxis129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neithea morrisi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Neithea : Neithea morrisi129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neithea (Neithea) atava
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Neithea : Neithea (Neithea) atava129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB_County
Wikidata ID:Q193464
GeoNames ID:865734

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