ʻO ka ʻano o nā pōhaku a me nā minelala ma Asia ma muli o nā kikoʻī o ka hanana tectonic o ka ʻāina o kēia ʻāpana o ka honua. Aia nā pae mauna, nā mauna a me nā pāpū. Hoʻokomo pū ʻia nā peninsula a me nā pae moku. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ia i ʻekolu mau ʻāina: Komohana, Hema a me Hikina Hema ʻo Asia ma nā kūlana ʻāina, waiwai a me nā moʻomeheu. Eia kekahi, e like me kēia kumumanaʻo, hiki ke zoned i nā panalāʻau nui, nā ipu a me nā waihona mineral.
Pepeiao hao
ʻO ka hui nui loa o nā kumuwaiwai ma Asia he metals. Hoʻolahalaha nā ʻaila hao ma aneʻi, nā mea i mina ʻia ma ka ʻākau hikina o Kina a ma ka mokuna ʻĀina. Aia nā waihona o nā mea hao hao ʻole ma ke kapakai hikina.
Aia nā waihona nui loa o kēia mau ʻaila ma Siberia a me nā mauna ʻo Caucasus. Aia nā ʻāpana o nā metala e like me uranium a me ka hao, titanium a me magnetite, tungsten a me zinc, manganese a me nā chromium ores, bauxite a me nā mea keleawe, cobalt a me molybdenum, a me nā ahe polymetallic. ʻO nā waiho o nā ʻaila hao (hematite, quartzite, magnetite), chromium a me titanium, tin a me mercury, beryllium a me nā nickel ores e palahalaha ʻia ma ʻAsia Hema. Ma ka Hikina Hema ʻAsia, ʻaneʻane kūlike ʻia nā minelala a like, ma nā hui like ʻole. Ma waena o nā metala lahilahi nā cesium, lithium, niobium, tantalum a me nā niobate-rare o ka honua. Aia kā lākou waihona i Afghanistan a me Saudi Arabia.
Nā mōʻalihaku non-metallic
ʻO ka paʻakai ka waiwai nui o ka hui nonmetallic o nā mōʻalihaku. Hoʻohui mua ʻia ia ma ke kai make. Ma ʻAsia, ʻeli ʻia nā minelala hale (pālolo, dolomite, pōhaku pūpū, limestone, one, marble). ʻO nā mea maka no ka ʻoihana mining he sulfates, pyrites, halite, fluorites, barites, sulfur, phosphorites. Hoʻohana ka ʻoihana i ka magnesite, gypsum, muscovite, alunite, kaolin, corundum, diatomite, graphite.
He papa inoa nui o nā pōhaku makamae a me nā pōhaku makamae i ʻeli ʻia ma ʻAsia:
- turquoise;
- rubi;
- emerala;
- aniani;
- ʻākeka;
- huakaʻi huakaʻi;
- sapeiro;
- ʻonika;
- aquamarines;
- nā daimana;
- pōhaku mahina;
- amethysts;
- grenade.
Nā wahie kūpale
ʻO nā ʻāpana āpau o ka honua, ʻo ʻAsia ka waihona nui o nā kumuwaiwai ikehu. Aia ma mua o 50% o ka hiki o ka aila o ka honua ma Asia kikoʻī, kahi e loaʻa ai nā ipu nui aila a me nā ʻāpana gas (ma Siberia Komohana a me ka ʻāina Persian Persian). Kahi kuhikuhi hoʻohiki i ka Bay of Bengal a me ka Archipelago Malay. Aia nā ipu lanahu nui loa ma ʻAsia ma Hindustan, Siberia, ma kahi o ka paepae Kina.
