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Mineral collection

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Amphiboles, 2012 special procedure

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(and IMA mineral list Feb 2013)


w(OH, F, Cl)-dominant Amphibole Group
  • Calcium Amphibole Subgroup  Done
    • Cannilloite homologous series: Cannilloite (Hypothetical), Ferri-cannilloite (Hypothetical), Ferri-fluoro-cannilloite (Hypothetical), Ferro-cannilloite (Hypothetical), Ferro-ferri-cannilloite (Hypothetical), Ferro-ferri-fluoro-cannilloite (Hypothetical), Ferro-fluoro-cannilloite (Hypothetical), Fluoro-cannilloite (1993-033 cannilloite, 2005 s.p., Rd 2012 s.p. ok)
    • Edenite homologous series: Edenite (1839, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Ferro-edenite (1946, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Ferro-fluoro-edenite (Hypothetical), Fluoro-edenite (1994-059, 2000-049, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Potassic-ferro-chloro-edenite (Not Approved)
    • Hastingsite homologous series: Fluoro-hastingsite (Hypothetical), Hastingsite (1896, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Magnesio-fluoro-hastingsite (2005-002, Rd 2012 s.p.), Magnesio-hastingsite (1928, Rd 2012 s.p.), Potassic-fluoro-hastingsite (2005-006, Rd 2012 s.p.), Potassic-chloro-hastingsite (2005-007, Rd 2012 s.p.), Potassic-hastingsite (2003, Published without Approval), Potassic-magnesio-hastingsite (2004-027b, Rd 2012 s.p.)
    • Joesmithite (1968, Rd 2012 s.p. ok)
    • Magnesio-hornblende homologous series: Ferro-ferri-fluoro-hornblende (Hypothetical), Ferro-ferri-hornblende (Hypothetical), Ferro-fluoro-hornblende (Hypothetical), Ferro-hornblende (1930, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Magnesio-ferri-fluoro-hornblende (Hypothetical), Magnesio-ferri-hornblende (Hypothetical), Magnesio-fluoro-hornblende (1998, Published without Approval), Magnesio-hornblende (1981, Rd 2012 s.p.)
    • Pargasite homologous series: Chromio-pargasite (2011-023, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Ferro-chloro-pargasite (2001, Unnamed - invalid), Ferro-fluoro-pargasite (Hypothetical), Ferro-pargasite (1961, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Fluoro-pargasite (2003-050, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Pargasite (1815, Rd 2012 s.p.), Potassic-chloro-pargasite (Approved, Rd 2012 s.p.), Potassic-ferro-pargasite (2007-053, Rd 2012 s.p.), Potassic-fluoro-pargasite (2009-091, Rd 2012 s.p.), Potassic-pargasite (1994-046, Rd 2012 s.p.)
    • Sadanagaite homologous series: Ferri-fluoro-sadanagaite (Hypothetical), Ferri-sadanagaite (Hypothetical), Ferro-ferri-fluoro-sadanagaite (Hypothetical), Ferro-ferri-sadanagaite (Hypothetical), Ferro-fluoro-sadanagaite (Hypothetical), Ferro-sadanagaite (sadaganaite, Hypothetical), Fluoro-sadanagaite (Hypothetical), Potassic-chloro-sadanagaite (Hypothetical), Potassic-ferri-sadanagaite (Hypothetical), Potassic-ferro-chloro-sadanagaite (1999, Pending Approval), Potassic-ferro-ferri-sadanagaite (1997-035, 2012 s.p., syn. Potassic-ferrisadanagaite), Potassic-ferro-sadanagaite (1980-027 sadanagaite, 1997 s.p. potassic-sadanagaite, 2012 s.p.), Potassic-sadanagaite (1982-102 magnesiosadanagaite, 1997 s.p. potassic-magnesiosadanagaite, 2012 s.p.), Sadanagaite (1997 s.p., 2003 magnesiosadanagaite, 2012 s.p.)
      • Potassic-ferro-ferri-sadanagaite KCa
        2        (Fe2+
        3        Fe3+
        2        )(Si
        5        Al
        3        )O
        22        (OH)
        2
        • Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 128(4) (1999), 50
        • Potassic-ferrisadanagaite IMA 1997-035 KCa
          2          Fe2+
          3          Fe3+
          2          (Si
          5          Al
          3          )O
          22          (OH)
          2
          • Bazhenova A G, Bazhenova L F, Krinova T V, Khvorov P V (1999) Potassicferrisadanagaite (K, Na)Ca2(Fe2+, Al)2[Si5Al3O22](OH)2, a new mineral species of the amphibole group (Ilmen Mountain, the south Urals), Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 128, issue 4, 50-55
      • Potassic-ferro-sadanagaite KCa
        2        (Fe2+
        3        Al
        2        )(Si
        5        Al
        3        )O
        22        (OH)
        2
        • American Mineralogist 69 (1984), 465
        • Potassicsadanagaite IMA 1980-027 KCa
          2          Fe2+
          3          (Al,Fe3+
          )
          2          (Si
          5          Al
          3          )O
          22          (OH)
          2
          • Shimazaki H, Bunno M, Ozawa T (1984) Sadanagaite and magnesio-sadanagaite, new silica-poor members of calcic amphibole from Japan, American Mineralogist 69, 465-471
      • Potassic-sadanagaite KCa
        2        (Mg
        3        Al
        2        )(Si
        5        Al
        3        )O
        22        (OH)
        2
        • American Mineralogist 69 (1984), 465
        • Potassic-magnesiosadanagaite IMA 1982-102 KCa
          2          Mg
          3          Al
          2          (Si
          5          Al
          3          )O
          22          (OH)
          2
          • Shimazaki H, Bunno M, Ozawa T (1984) Sadanagaite and magnesio-sadanagaite, new silica-poor members of calcic amphibole from Japan, American Mineralogist 69, 465-471
      • Sadanagaite NaCa
        2        (Mg
        3        Al
        2        )(Si
        5        Al
        3        )O
        22        (OH)
        2
        • European Journal of Mineralogy 16 (2004), 177
        • Magnesiosadanagaite IMA 2002-051 NaCa
          2          [Mg
          3          (Fe3+
          ,Al)
          2          ](Si
          5          Al
          3          )O
          22          (OH)
          2
          • Shimazaki H, Bunno M, Ozawa T (1984) Sadanagaite and magnesio-sadanagaite, new silica-poor members of calcic amphibole from Japan, American Mineralogist 69, 465-471
          • Banno Y, Miyawaki R, Matsubara S, Makino K, Bunno M, Yamada S, Kamiya T (2004) Magnesiosadanagaite, a new member of the amphibole group from Kasuga-mura, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, European Journal of Mineralogy 16, 177-183
    • Tremolite-actinolite series pair: Actinolite (1794, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Ferro-Actinolite (1946, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Ferro-fluoro-actinolite (Hypothetical), Fluoro-tremolite (2006, Pending Approval), Tremolite (1789, Rd 2012 s.p.)
    • Tschermakite homologous series: Ferri-fluoro-tschermakite (Hypothetical), Ferri-tschermakite (1949), Ferro-ferri-fluoro-tschermakite (Hypothetical), Ferro-Ferri-tschermakite (1978, syn. Ferri-ferrotschermakite), Ferro-fluoro-tschermakite (Hypothetical), Ferro-tschermakite (1973a), Fluoro-tschermakite (Hypothetical), Tschermakite (1945, Rd 2012 s.p.)
  • Lithium Amphibole Subgroup  Done
    • Clino-holmquistite homologous series: Clino-ferri-fluoro-holmquistite (Hypothetical), Clino-ferri-holmquistite (Approved 1998, syn. Ferri-ottoliniite), Clino-ferro-ferri-fluoro-holmquistite (Hypothetical), Clino-ferro-ferri-holmquistite (Approved 2001, 2003, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Clino-ferro-fluoro-holmquistite (Hypothetical), Clino-fluoro-holmquistite (2004, Not Approved), Clino-holmquistite (theoretical name)
    • Fluoro-sodic-clinoholmquistite (2002, Not Approved)
    • Holmquistite homologous series: Ferri-holmquistite (Hypothetical), Ferro-ferri-holmquistite (Hypothetical), Ferro-holmquistite (2004-030, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Holmquistite (1913, Rd 2012 s.p. ok)
    • Pedrizite homologous series: Ferri-fluoro-pedrizite (Hypothetical), Ferri-pedrizite (2000 sodic-ferripedrizite, 2001-032 ferripedrizite, 2003 s.p. sodic-ferripedrizite, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Ferro-ferri-fluoro-pedrizite (Hypothetical), Ferro-ferri-pedrizite (2003 sodic-ferro-ferripedrizite, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Ferro-fluoro-pedrizite (2008-070 Fluoro-sodic-ferropedrizite, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Ferro-pedrizite (Hypothetical), Fluoro-pedrizite (2004-002 fluoro-sodic-pedrizite, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Pedrizite (Hypothetical)
    • Sodic-ferri-clinoferroholmquistite (1995-045); attention: the original material used to describe clino-ferri-holmquistite by Caballero et al (1998) has been renamed Clino-sodic-ferri-ferroholmquistite.
  • Magnesium-iron-manganese Amphibole Subgroup  Done
    • Anthophyllite homologous series: Anthophyllite (1801, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Ferro-anthophyllite (1921, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Proto-anthophyllite (2001-065, Rd 2012 s.p.), Proto-ferro-anthophyllite (1986-006, Rd 2012 s.p.), Proto-mangano-ferro-anthophyllite (1986-007, Rd 2012 s.p.)
    • Cummingtonite pair: Cummingtonite (1824, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Manganocummingtonite (1997 s.p.)
    • Gedrite pair: Ferro-gedrite (1939, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Gedrite (1836, Rd 2012 s.p. ok)
    • Grunerite pair: Grunerite (1853, Rd 2012 s.p. ok), Manganogrunerite (1997 s.p.)
    • Sodic-ferro-anthophyllite (1983, 1997 s.p.)
    • Sodic-ferrogedrite (1983, 1997 s.p.)
    • Sodicanthophyllite (Hypothetical)
    • Sodicgedrite (1983, 1997 s.p.)
  • Sodium Amphibole Subgroup
    • Arfvedsonite homologous series: Arfvedsonite (1823 ok), Fluoro-arfvedsonite (Hypothetical), Magnesio-arfvedsonite (1998), Magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite (1998-056), Mangano-arfvedsonite (1968 kôzulite ???), Potassic-arfvedsonite (2003-043), Potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite (Published without Approval 2003), Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite (1985-023)
    • Eckermannite homologous series: Eckermannite (1942 ok), Ferro-eckermannite (1964), Ferro-fluoro-eckermannite (Hypothetical), Fluoro-eckermannite (Hypothetical), Potassic-eckermannite (2003, Not Approved)
    • Glaucophane homologous series: Ferro-fluoro-glaucophane (Hypothetical), Ferro-glaucophane (1957 ok), Fluoro-glaucophane (Hypothetical), Glaucophane (1963 ok)
    • Leakeite homologous series: Ferri-fluoro-leakeite (2009-085 ok), Ferri-leakeite (1991-028, syn. Ferriwhittakerite ok), Ferro-ferri-fluoro-leakeite (1993-026 ok), Ferro-ferri-leakeite (Hypothetical), Ferro-fluoro-leakeite (1996), Ferro-leakeite (Rd 2012 s.p. ???), Fluoro-leakeite (2009-012, syn. Fluoro-aluminoleakeite ok), Leakeite (1992, Rd 2012 s.p. ???), Potassic-ferri-leakeite (2001-049), Potassic-leakeite (2002, Rd 2012 s.p.), Potassic-mangani-leakeite (1992-032 kornite)
    • Nybøite homologous series: Ferri-fluoro-nybøite (Hypothetical), Ferri-nybøite (Published without Approval), Ferro-ferri-fluoro-nybøite (Hypothetical), Ferro-ferri-nybøite (2012), Ferro-fluoro-nybøite (Hypothetical), Ferro-nybøite (Hypothetical), Fluoro-nybøite (2002-010 ok), Nybøite (1981)
    • Riebeckite homologous series: Fluoro-riebeckite (1966, Published without Approval ok), Magnesio-fluoro-riebeckite (Hypothetical), Magnesio-riebeckite (1949), Riebeckite (1962)
  • Sodium-calcium Amphibole Subgroup
    • Barroisite homologous series: Barroisite (syn. aluminobarroisite ok), Ferri-barroisite (1978, Rd 2012 s.p.), Ferri-fluoro-barroisite (Hypothetical), Ferro-barroisite (syn. alumino-ferrobarroisite, 1978, 1998, Rd 2012 s.p.), Ferro-ferri-barroisite (syn. Ferro-ferribarroisite, 2006), Ferro-ferri-fluoro-barroisite (Hypothetical), Ferro-fluoro-barroisite (Hypothetical), Fluoro-barroisite (Hypothetical)
    • Katophorite homologous series: Ferri-fluoro-katophorite (Hypothetical ok), Ferri-katophorite (1978, syn. magnesio-ferrikatophorite ok), Ferro-ferri-fluoro-katophorite (2012 s.p.), Ferro-ferri-katophorite (1978, syn. ferrikatophorite), Ferro-fluoro-katophorite (Hypothetical), Ferro-katophorite (1894, syn. aluminokatophorite ok), Fluoro-katophorite (Hypothetical), Katophorite (1997, syn. magnesiokatophorite ok), Potassic-ferri-katophorite (Hypothetical), Potassic-fluoro-katophorite (Hypothetical)
    • Richterite homologous series: Ferro-fluoro-richterite (Hypothetical), Ferro-richterite (1946 ok), Fluoro-richterite (1992-020 ok), Potassic-ferro-richterite (2008, Not Approved), Potassic-fluoro-richterite (1986-046 potassium-fluor-richterite), Potassic-richterite (1986, Not Approved), Richterite (1865)
    • Taramite homologous series: Ferri-fluoro-taramite (Hypothetical), Ferri-taramite (1964 mboziite, syn. magnesio-ferritaramite ok), Ferro-ferri-fluoro-taramite (Hypothetical), Ferro-ferri-taramite (2012 s.p. ok), Ferro-fluoro-taramite (Hypothetical), Ferro-taramite (2006-023 aluminotaramite), Fluoro-taramite (2006-025 fluoro-magnesio-aluminotaramite ok), Potassic-ferri-taramite (Hypothetical), Potassic-ferro-taramite (2007-015 Potassic-aluminotaramite), Taramite (2006-024 magnesio-aluminotaramite)
    • Winchite homologous series: Ferri-fluoro-winchite (Hypothetical), Ferri-winchite (2004-034 ok), Ferro-ferri-fluoro-winchite (Hypothetical), Ferro-ferri-winchite (2012 s.p.), Ferro-fluoro-winchite (Hypothetical), Ferro-winchite (2006, syn. alumino-ferrowinchite), Fluoro-winchite (Hypothetical), Winchite (1906, syn. aluminowinchite)
  • Hypothetical ?: Ferri-ghoseite (2012 s.p. ok),
w(O)-dominant Amphibole Group
  • Obertite homologous series: Ferri-obertiite (1998-046 ok), Ferro-ferri-obertiite (2009-034 ok)
  • Kaersutite homologous series: Ferri-kaersutite (2011-035 ok), Ferro-kaersutite (1978, 1997 s.p.), Kaersutite (1971, 1997 s.p. ok)
  • Mangani-dellaventuraite (2003-061 dellaventuraite, 2012 s.p.)
  • Mangano-mangani-ungarettiite (1994-004 ungarettiite, 2012 s.p.)

Timeline of the mineral database

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See also: Timeline of the discovery and classification of minerals
  • Introduction
    • Golden Book
      • The golden stamp book of rocks and minerals (1958) Shaffer, Paul R. (Paul Raymond), Golden Press, pp. 48
    • John Sinkankas, Mineralogy: a first course (1966), Van Nostrand, pp. 587.
      • 1 ed.: Mineralogy for Amateurs
    • Frederick H. Pough, A field guide to rocks and minerals (1960), Houghton Mifflin, pp. 349.
    • Dyar, Melinda, Mineralogy And Optical Mineralogy (2007), Mineralogical Society of America, 978-0-939950-81-2
  • Various atoms and molecules as depicted in John Dalton's A New System of Chemical Philosophy (1808).
    Various atoms and molecules as depicted in John Dalton's A New System of Chemical Philosophy (1808).
  • Mendeleev's 1871 periodic table.
    Mendeleev's 1871 periodic table.
  • Notes
    • Type localities:
      • Cassiterite was named after an ancient name for the locality of original mining for it, which many historians think was Cornwall.


  • Heilige Dreifaltigkeit Mine, Zschopau, Saxony
  • Stamm Asser Mine, Graul, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony
  • Wismuthzeche, Schneeberg, Saxony
  • St. Georg, Schneeberg, Saxony
  • Latera caldera, Pitigliano, Tuscany
  • Sacrofano caldera, Rome Province, Latium
  • Odontolite (fossil tooth, bone) gets blue when heated at 600°C from fluorapatite crystals (Mn5+)
  • Diamond: from Greek "adamas", 'invincible'. First known use by Manlius (16 AD) and Pliny (100 AD).
  • Heavy spar: baryte
  • Scapolite (marialite-meionite series)

People

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Notions

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Geography

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Important minerals

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Economic geology

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Rock salt; gold & silver (copper group); precious and semi-precious gems; platinum group; stone age (flints); copper age (chalcocite/ chalcopyrite); bronze age (tin & copper, cassiterite); iron age; ceramic (pottery and porcelain) and cement; coal, petroleum, oil shale, gas; steel (nickel, vanadium); radioactive materials; space technology (chromium, titanium, tungsten, molybdenum); rare earth elements (REE).

  • 2 Alite + 6 water → C-S-H + 3 portlandite
  • Belite + water → C-S-H phase + portlandite
  • Forsterite + water → serpentine + brucite
  • Mullite or porcelainite is a rare silicate mineral of post-clay genesis.
  • Bone china consists of two crystalline phases, anorthite and ß-tricalcium phosphate.
  • USA Minerals Production (2004) [2]
    • Middle
      • Arkansas: Bromine, cement (portland), lime.
      • Illinois: Cement (portland), lime.
      • Indiana: Cement (portland), lime, cement (masonry).
      • Iowa: Cement (portland), gypsum (crude), lime.
      • Kansas: Cement (portland), helium (Grade-A), salt, helium (crude).
      • Kentucky: Lime, cement (portland), clays (ball).
      • Michigan: Iron ore (usable), cement (portland), salt.
      • Minnesota: Iron ore (usable), stone (dimension).
      • Missouri: Cement (portland), lead, lime.
      • Nebraska: Cement (portland), cement (masonry), lime.
      • North Dakota: Lime, clays (common).
      • Ohio: Salt, lime, cement (portland).
      • Oklahoma: Cement (portland), gypsum (crude).
      • Pennsylvania: Cement (portland), lime, cement (masonry).
      • South Dakota: Cement (portland), gold, stone (dimension).
      • Tennessee: Cement (portland), clays (ball).
      • Wisconsin: lime, sand and gravel (industrial).
    • East
      • Northeastern
        • Connecticut: Stone (dimension), clays (common), gemstones (natural).
        • Maine: Cement (portland), stone (dimension), cement (masonry).
        • Massachusetts: Lime, stone (dimension), clays (common).
        • New Hampshire: Stone (dimension), gemstones (natural).
        • Rhode Island: Gemstones (natural).
        • Vermont: Stone (dimension), talc (crude), gemstones (natural).
        • New Jersey: Greensand marl, peat.
        • New York: Salt, cement (portland), wollastonite.
        • Pennsylvania: Cement (portland), lime, cement (masonry).
      • East coast (rest)
        • Delaware: magnesium compounds, gemstones (natural).
        • Maryland: Cement (portland), stone (dimension), cement (masonry).
        • Virginia: Cement (portland), lime, zirconium (concentrates).
        • West Virginia: Cement (portland), lime, cement (masonry).
        • North Carolina: Phosphate rock, feldspar.
        • South Carolina: Cement (portland), cement (masonry), clays (kaolin).
        • Georgia: Clays (kaolin), clays (fuller's earth), cement (portland).
    • Gulf of Mexico
      • Alabama: Cement (portland), lime, cement (masonry).
      • Florida: Phosphate rock, cement (portland), cement (masonry).
      • Louisiana: Salt, clays (common).
      • Miississippi: Clays (fuller's earth), cement (portland), clays (bentonite).
      • Texas: Cement (portland), salt, lime.
    • West
      • Arizona: Copper, molybdenum concentrates, cement (portland).
      • California: Cement (portland), boron minerals, diatomite.
      • Colorado: Molybdenum concentrates, cement (portland), gold.
      • Idaho: Molybdenum concentrates, phosphate rock, silver, cement (portland).
      • Montana: Platinum metal, palladium metal, copper, molybdenum concentrates.
      • Nevada: Gold, lime, silver.
      • New Mexico: Copper, potash, molybdenum (concentrates), cement (portland).
      • Oregon: Cement (portland), diatomite, lime.
      • Utah: Copper, molybdenum (concentrates), cement (portland), gold.
      • Washington: Cement (portland), gold, zinc.
      • Wyoming: Soda ash, clays (bentonite), helium (Grade-A), cement (portland).
    • Alaska and Hawaii
      • Alaska: Zinc, lead, gold, silver.
      • Hawaii: Gemstones (natural).

Five great minerals

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Quartz/ mogánite, feldspar (albite, anorthite and orthoclase solid solution series), calcite/ aragonite/ dolomite, olivine (forsterite (Mg-dominant) and fayalite (Fe-dominant) solid solution series), chalcocite/ chalcopyrite, diamond/ graphite. [3] (modified)

Fifty great minerals

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Andalucite, Apatite, Barite, Beryl, Biotite, Chromite, Chrysotile, Cordierite, Corundum, Diamond, Dolomite, Florencite, Galena, Garnet, Graphite, Gypsum, Halite, Hematite, Hornblende, Illite, Illmenite, Kaolinite, Kyanite, Lepidolite, Limonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Monazite, Nepheline, Olivine, Omphacite, Opal, Perovskite, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Sanidine, Sillimanite, Silver (native), Sphalerite, Staurolite, Sulphur (native), Talc, Tourmaline, Tremolite, Turquoise, Vermiculite, Willemite, Zeolite, Zircon. [4]

More than hundred great minerals

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500 important minerals on sale

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Non silicates
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Silicates
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Informal groups
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Main

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  1. Mineral class native elements
  2. Mineral class "sulfides":
    1. 02.EB.05a, FeS2, loc: 31k, pyrite; 02.BA.15, Cu5FeS4, loc: 4.4k, bornite; 02.CB.10a, CuFeS2, loc: 21k, chalcopyrite; 02.CD.10, PbS, loc: 20k, galena; 02.BA.05, Cu2S, loc: 4.8k, chalcocite
  3. Mineral class halides:
    1. NaCl: 03.AA.20, rock salt, NaCl, loc: 82, halite; 03.BA.05, NaCl·2H2O, hydrohalite
    2. CaCl2: 03.BB.30, CaCl2, aquasiditeN; 3.BB.30, CaCl2·6H2O, antarcticite; CaCl2·4H2O, mesohydrideH; 03.BB.25, CaCl2·2H2O, sinjarite
  4. Mineral class oxides:
    1. 04.CB.05, Fe2O3, loc: 12k, hematite; 04.BB.05, Fe2+Fe3+2O4, loc: 11k, magnetite; 04.AB.25, FeO, wüstite
    2. 04.AA.10, Cu2O, loc: 2.5k, cuprite;
    3. Mineral class hydroxides:
      1. 04.FE.10, Al(OH)3, loc: 3.8E2, gibbsite; 04.FE.15, (γ-AlO(OH)), loc: 1.4E2, boehmite, 04.FD.10, (α-AlO(OH)), loc: 3.7E2, diaspore;
    4. Mineral class "arsenites":
  5. Mineral class carbonates:
    1. 05.AB.05, CaCO3, loc: 21k, calcite; 05.CB.25, ikaite; 05.CB.20, monohydrocalcite
    2. 05.AB.10, (CaMg)(CO3)2, loc: 6.5k, dolomite; 05.AB.05, Mg(CO3), loc: 1.1k magnesite; 05.CB.10, NaCO3·10H2O, loc: 31, natron;
    3. Mineral class nitrates:
      1. 05.NA.10, KNO3, loc: 1.5E2 niter;
  6. Mineral class borates:
    1. 06.DA.10, Na2(B4O5)(OH)4·8H2O , loc: 63 borax/ tincalconite, 06.DA.15, loc: 25, Na2(B4O5)(OH)4·3H2O;
  7. Mineral class sulfates:
    1. 07.CD.40, CaSO4·2H2O, loc: 5.4k, gypsum/ anhydrite, 07.AD.30, loc: 1.2k, CaSO4; 07.CD.45, CaSO4·0.5H2O, loc: 54, bassanite;
    2. 07.AD.35, BaSO4, loc: 9.3k, baryte;
    3. Mineral class chromates:
    4. Mineral class molybdates:
    5. Mineral class tungstates:
  8. Mineral class phosphates:
    1. 08.BN.05, Ca10(PO4)6(OH,F,Cl,Br)2, loc: 7.3k, apatite group;
    2. 08.DB.05, loc: 80, amorphous, diadochite/ destinezite, 08.DB.05, loc: 13, (Fe3+)2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O;
    3. Mineral class arsenates:
    4. Mineral class vanadates:
  9. Mineral class "silicates":
    1. Mineral subclass nesosilicates:
      1. 09.AD.10, γ-Ca2SiO4, loc:5, calcio-olivine; 09.AD.05, β-Ca2SiO4, loc: 27, larnite (belite, β-C2S in cement clinker);
    2. Mineral subclass sorosilicates:
    3. Mineral subclass cyclosilicates:
    4. Mineral subclass inosilicates:
    5. Mineral subclass phyllosilicates:
      1. 09.ED.05, Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4, loc: 3.4k, kaolinite; 09.EC.05, Mg3Si4O10(OH)2, loc: 2.4k, talc; 09.ED.15, Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4, loc: 8.6E2, chrysotile; 09.ED.20, loc: 3.9E2, amorphous, allophane/ imogolite, 09.ED.20, loc: 5, Al2SiO3(OH)4; 9.ED.10, loc: 485, Al2Si2O5(OH)4, halloysite-7Å/ halloysite-10Å, Al2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O;
    6. Mineral subclass tectosilicates:
      1. Without zeolitic H2O
        1. Feldspar series: 09.FA.35, NaAlSi3O8, loc: 6.8k, albite; 09.FA.35, CaAl2Si2O8, loc: 7.4E2, anorthite; 09.FA.30, KAlSi3O8, loc: 2.0k, orthoclase
        2. Silica family: 04.DA.05, SiO2, loc: 52k, quartz; 04.DA.20, SiO2, loc: 34, mogánite
      2. Zeolite family
    7. Mineral subclass germanates:
Number of locations on mindat.org (loc: c. #)
  • Important minerals
  • Important groups
    • Tourmaline group, spinel/ thiospinel groups, hematite group, alunite supergroup, garnet structural group
    • Feldspathoids (aluminum to silicon ratio is nearly 1:1 in most of the feldspathoids) are Si deficient feldspars (Al to Si ratio is closer to 1:3 in most of the feldspars); smectite group of phyllosilicate (beidellite-saponite series, beidellite-montmorillonite series); enstatite-ferrosilite series, bronzite variety, hypersthene variety; olivine, chrysolite, peridot (forsterite (Mg-dominant) and fayalite (Fe-dominant) solid solution series); omphacite (a clinopyroxene solid solution of jadeite, augite, and aegirine); hübnerite and ferberite series, wolframite variety

"Swiss" people

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  • Theoparacelsite, Paracelsus, who was Philippus Theophrastus "Bombastus" von Hohenheim (1493–1541, 08.BB.65)
  • Scheuchzerite, Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733, 09.DM.35)
  • Hessite, Germain Henri Hess (1802-1850, 02.BA.60)
  • Okenite, Lorenz Oken (Lorenz Ockenfuss) (August 1, 1779 - August 11, 1851; 09.EA.40)
  • Baumhauerite, Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer (1848-1926, 02.HC.05b), professor of mineralogy, Uni Fribourg
  • Argandite, Emile Argand (1879-1940, 08.BE.30)
  • Debye-Scherrer method, Paulscherrerite, Paul Scherrer (1890-1969, 04.GA.05)
  • Geigerite, Thomas Geiger (1886–1976, 08.CE.05), studied the Falotta manganese ores, Grischun (Grisons, Graubuenden)
  • Graeserite, Stefan Graeser (1935-, 04.JB.55), Uni Basel
  • Rittmannite, Alfred Rittmann (1893-1980, 08.DH.15)
  • Cabalzarite, Walter Cabalzar (08.CG.15), amateur mineralogist of Chur
  • Armbrusterite, Thomas Armbruster (b. 1950, 09.EG.65), Uni Bern, professor of mineralogical crystallography
  • Ansermetite, Stefan Ansermet, Schweiz. Mineraloge.
  • Burckhardtite, Carlos Burckhardt (1869-1935), Schweizer Geologe, tätig in Mexico.
  • Chessexite, Ronald Chessex (1929-), schweizer Petrologe und Professor, Uni Geneve.
  • Erniggliite, Ernst Niggli, Uni Bern, Schweiz.
  • Eugsterite, Hans P. Eugster (1925-1987), schweiz-amerikanischer Mineraloge, John Hopkins Universität, erhielt 1983 die Roebling Medallie.
  • Feitknechtite, Walter Feitknecht (1899-1975), Schweiz, Professor der Chemie, Uni Bern.
  • Gabrielite, Schweizer Mineralienfotografen W. Gabriel.
  • Imhofite, Schweizer Strahler Josef Imhof, Strahler von Binn, 1902-1969, Schweiz.
  • Kenhsuite, Kenneth Junghwa Hsu (1929-), Professor Emeritus, Swiss Federal Institute of Technonogy, Zürich, Schweiz.
  • Mahnertite, Volker Mahnert (b. 1943), Zoologe, Direktor des Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Genf, Schweiz.
  • Mcnearite, Elizabeth McNear, Mineraloge und Kristallographe, Uni Geneve, Schweiz.
  • Niggliite, Paul Niggli (1888-1953), Professor an der Uni Zürich, Schweiz.
  • Nowackiite, W. Nowacki (1908 - 1988), Prof. der Kristallographie in Bern, Schweiz.
  • Parkerite, Robert Luling Parker (1893-1973), schweizer Mineraloge, Zürich, Schweiz.
  • Perroudite, Pierre Perroud, Professor am Voltaire College, Genf, Schweiz, für seine Arbeit ein Cap-Garonne-Mineralien.
  • Saussurite*, Schweizer Mineralogen L.A.N. de Saussure.
    • Plagioclase that has been altered to zoisite, scapolite and other minerals
  • Chrysotile (syn. schweizerite), M.E. Schweizer, Prof. für Chemie in Zürich (1818 - 1860).
  • Stalderite, Dr. Hans A. Stalder (1925-), Naturhistorisches Museum, Bern, Schweiz.
  • Villyaellenite, Villy Aellen, Direktor des naturhistorischen Museum von Genf, Schweiz.
  • Wenkite, Eduard Wenk (1907-2001), Professor of Petrology, Uni Basel, Switzerland.
  • Yvonite, Klaus Yvon, Professor der Kristallographie an der Uni Geneve, Schweiz.

First describers of minerals

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Mid and High importance minerals – WP Rocks and minerals

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See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Rocks and minerals/Worklist
Gemstones ('gemy')


Handbook of Mineralogy

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Introduction

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  • Introduction: Anselmus de Boodt (1550–1632) listed 600 known minerals. There were c. 1500 firmly established minerals before the Great Depression. This book has actually four booklets in it ("native elements" and "sulfides"; "evaporites"; "oxides", "sulfates", "phosphates" and "nesosilicates"; "polymeric silicates"), and it tries to include these minerals. Nacrite and dickite (kaolinite), sanidine and microcline (albite - orthoclase series) are valid minerals, but it is questionable if they would be approved nowadays. And so, they are out of scope of this book.
    • Reading mineralogical data (calculation examples)
      • Avogadro constant: 6.02214129(27)×1023 mol−1
      • Sphere: V= 4/3x πr3
      • π: 3.14159
      • Angstrom: 1×10−10 m
      • Picometre: 1×10−12 m
      • Braggite
      • Moschelite (1987-038) 03.AA.30 (IUPAC: Dimercury diiodide)
        • Molecular weight: 654.99 g/mol (2x 200.59(2) +2x 126.90447)
        • Density (measured): 7.75 g/cm3
        • Density (calculated): 7.75 g/cm3
        • Unit cell volume: V 279.4 Å3
          • (2x (2x 206 pm (iodine)+ 2x 132±5 pm (Hg))
        • Z: 2
        • Z times volume/ molecule: c. Å3
      • Moskvinite-(Y) (2002-031) 09.CD.05 (Na2KYSi6O15)
        • Molecular weight: 598.41 g/mol
        • Density (measured): 2.91 g/cm3
        • Density (calculated): 2.92 g/cm3
        • Unit cell volume: V 1338.3 Å3
        • Z: 4
        • Z times volume/ molecule: c. Å3
      • Glossary:
        • Molecules per crystal cell: z
        • Atoms per formula unit: apfu
        • Var.: variety
        • Not available: n.a.
        • Doesn't apply: d.a.
    • Crystal structure
Crystal family Base
Crystal system Lengths Angles Rotation symmetry Common examples
Isometric Isometric a=b=c α=β=γ=90° 90° square Garnet, halite, pyrite
Tetragonal Tetragonal a=b≠c α=β=γ=90° 90° square Rutile, zircon, andalusite
Orthorhombic Orthorhombic a≠b≠c α=β=γ=90° 180° rectangle Olivine, aragonite, orthopyroxenes
Hexagonal Trigonal a=b≠c α=β=90°, γ=120° 120° triangle Calcite, tourmaline
Hexagonal Hexagonal a=b≠c α=β=90°, γ=120° 60° hexagon Quartz, beryl
Monoclinic Monoclinic a≠b≠c α=γ=90°, β≠90° 180° rectangle Clinopyroxenes, orthoclase, gypsum
Triclinic Triclinic a≠b≠c α≠β≠γ≠90° 360° parallelogram Anorthite, albite, kyanite
  • Note, lengths and angles: they are lengths and angles of the symetry axis of the crystal cell.
  • Goldschmidt classification, Goldschmidt's law: interchangable elements (groups of "brotherly elements"):
    • "Radioactivity" contamination: Zr, U, Th, REE;
    • Divalent cations: Ca2+, Mg2+, Pb2, Sr2+, Zn2+, Ba2+, Co2+;
    • Gold & silver localities: Cu, Ag, Te, Bi, Au, Pd, Pt
    • "Sulfites": S, Se, Te, I, Sb, As, Bi;
    • "Sulfates": SO4, CrO4, MoO4, WO4, NbO4
    • "Phosphates": (PO4)3-, (AsO4)3-, (VO4)3-;
    • "Silicate" elements: Si, Al3+, Be, Ti, Cr3+, Zr, B, Ge.
    • Alkali metal elements: lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr).
    • Alkali earth metal elements: beryllium (Be), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), and radium (Ra).
    • Halogen elements: fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), iodine (I), and astatine (At).
    • Nonmetal elements, stricto sensu: oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), carbon (C), hydrogen (H)
    • Metalloids: boron (B), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb) and tellurium (Te).
    • Post-transition metals, poor metals: aluminium (Al), gallium (Ga), indium (In), tin (Sn), thallium (Tl), lead (Pb), bismuth (Bi) and polonium (Po).
    • Copper-cupalite family (Al, Cu, Au, Ag, Pb, Ni); zinc-brass family (Cu-Zn alloys; Cd, Re, Zn, Ti); indium-tin family (In, Sn); mercury-amalgam family (Hg, Cu, Pb, Ag, Au, Pd); iron-chromium family (Mo, Cr, Fe, W, Ni, Co, Ta, Nb, Mn); platinum-group elements (PGE; Os, Ru, Ir, Pd, Pt, Rh); rare earth elements (REE; Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu);
  • Safety
    • Asbestos and radioactivity (U, Th and synthetic Pu mainly) are dangerous. As, Sb, Cd and Hg are poisons. Organic compounds with Hg are even more dangerous. As we get the dust away from ourselves, silicate powders are more dangerous for spectators.
    • Radioactivity (Th and uranyl ion): monazite, thorite, uraninite, uranophane, autunite
    • Asbestos:
    • Orpiment was used as a yellow dye. Strabo (64/63 BC – c. 24 AD) stated that only prisoners mined it, as the life expectancy was low.
      • Main dyes in the classical era: orpiment yellow; hematite brown; coal and soot, black; cobalt spinel in ceramics, blue; lapis lazuli, blue; synthetic minium, red; limonite (a mixture of minerals), many shades of ochre.
      • Some minerals lose water in a cabinet (STP): hydrohalite/ halite; antarcticite, sinjarite/ synthetic calcium chloride; zeunerite/ metazeunerite.
      • Some 'evaporites' get water from the environment (hygroscopy) in a cabinet (STP).
      • Some minerals are unstable in a cabinet (STP), this is a threat to the other mineral specimens in a cabinet, as well. Hair spray on a dry specimen is a possible protection (e.g. marcasite).
      • Some minerals are metastable in a cabinet: diamond, it returns to coal at STP, at a geological pace.
  • Geometrical law of crystallization (René Just Haüy)
    • The cleavage produces the angles of the smallest crystal cell
  • Solid solution mineral series
    • A continous solid solution series can occur only between two minerals with the same crystal cell type, mainly. Some different crystal cell pairs are possible too.
  • Secondary mineralisation
    • Pseudomorphs: Some minerals occupy the place left by other mineral and they just appear to take the macroscopic form of the past mineral
  • Goethite after cubic pyrite
    Goethite after cubic pyrite
  • Malachite growing on weathered azurite
    Malachite growing on weathered azurite
  • Banded Tiger Eye (quartz var.) after crocidolite (an asbestos) after classic, hematite kidney ore.
    Banded Tiger Eye (quartz var.) after crocidolite (an asbestos) after classic, hematite kidney ore.
  • Euclase: decomposition of beryl
    Euclase: decomposition of beryl
  • Hematite pseudomorph (var. martite), after magnetite
    Hematite pseudomorph (var. martite), after magnetite
  • Calcite pseudomorph (var. glendonite), after ikaite
    Calcite pseudomorph (var. glendonite), after ikaite
  • Rust-red limonite pseudomorphs, after sharp pyrite cubes
    Rust-red limonite pseudomorphs, after sharp pyrite cubes
  • Introduction to color
    • Most important colour is metallic gray from metals, alloys, sulfites and sulfosalts
    • Chromate anion (CrO2−
      4      ) and dichromate (Cr2O72-) anions exist in equilibrium:
      [CrO4]2- + 2 H+ [Cr2O7]2- + H2O
    • Safflorite used for safflor, zaffer pigment production
    • The anydrous species and the hydrate might have diferent colours
    • Exposure/ patina may change the colour of a species
Iron, magnesium and titanium
Black and blue
  • Fe2+ in schorl
    Fe2+ in schorl
  • Mg in fluor-uvite
    Mg in fluor-uvite
  • Yogo sapphire (corundum var.) with trace amounts of iron and titanium
    Yogo sapphire (corundum var.) with trace amounts of iron and titanium
  • The pale blue color of aquamarine (beryl var.) is attributed to Fe2+
    The pale blue color of aquamarine (beryl var.) is attributed to Fe2+
Red, orange and yellow
  • Fe3+ in ochre orange coloured limonite and metallic galena
    Fe3+ in ochre orange coloured limonite and metallic galena
  • Iron(III) oxide
    Iron(III) oxide
  • Fe2+ Fe3+ 5(PO 4) 4(OH) 5·6H 2O Beraunite and kidwellite (green)
    Fe2+
    Fe3+
    5    (PO
    4    )
    4    (OH)
    5    ·6H
    2    O     Beraunite and kidwellite (green)
  • Iron(III) chloride hexahydrate, chemical formula of molysite as well
    Iron(III) chloride hexahydrate, chemical formula of molysite as well
  • Heliodore (beryl var.), Fe3+ ions produce a golden-yellow colored variety
    Heliodore (beryl var.), Fe3+ ions produce a golden-yellow colored variety
  • Quartz with hematite inclusions
    Quartz with hematite inclusions
  • Fluorite with hematite inclusions on a quartz matrix
    Fluorite with hematite inclusions on a quartz matrix
Uranyl cation
  • U.S. made 19th century yellow ware spittoon, with probably a yellow uranium bearing glaze
    U.S. made 19th century yellow ware spittoon, with probably a yellow uranium bearing glaze
  • Yellowcake, the "yellowcake" produced by most modern mills is actually brown or black
    Yellowcake, the "yellowcake" produced by most modern mills is actually brown or black
  • (UO2)2+ (uranyl ion) in schoepite
    (UO2)2+ (uranyl ion) in schoepite
  • (UO2)2+ (uranyl ion) in carnotite
    (UO2)2+ (uranyl ion) in carnotite
Lead and vanadium
  • Oxidation states of vanadium, from left V+2 (lilac), V+3 (green), V+4 (blue) and V+5 (yellow)
    Oxidation states of vanadium, from left V+2 (lilac), V+3 (green), V+4 (blue) and V+5 (yellow)
  • Pascoite Ca3V5+10O28·17H2O
    Pascoite Ca3V5+10O28·17H2O
  • Vanadinite Pb5(VO4)3Cl
    Vanadinite Pb5(VO4)3Cl
  • Lasalite Na 2Mg 2(V 10O 28)·20H 2O
    Lasalite Na
    2    Mg
    2    (V
    10    O
    28    )·20H
    2    O
  • CaV 2(PO 4) 2O 2.5H 2O Sincosite with an associated spray of white, acicular minyulite
    CaV
    2    (PO
    4    )
    2    O
    2    .5H
    2    O
    Sincosite with an associated spray of white, acicular minyulite
Copper
Subtractive color mixing
  • Color circle (Johannes Itten, 1961), subtractive color mixing
    Color circle (Johannes Itten, 1961), subtractive color mixing
  • Cu(UO 2) 2(SiO 3OH) 2·6H 2O Cuprosklodowskite
    Cu(UO
    2    )
    2    (SiO
    3    OH)
    2    ·6H
    2    O     Cuprosklodowskite
  • Cu(UO 2) 2(SO 4) 2(OH) 2·8H 2O Johannite
    Cu(UO
    2    )
    2    (SO
    4    )
    2    (OH)
    2    ·8H
    2    O     Johannite
  • Cu(UO 2) 2(AsO 4) 2·8H 2O Metazeunerite
    Cu(UO
    2    )
    2    (AsO
    4    )
    2    ·8H
    2    O     Metazeunerite
  • Wulfenite (PbMoO4), yellow kasolite (Pb(UO2)SiO4·H2O), green torbernite (Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O)
    Wulfenite (PbMoO4), yellow kasolite (Pb(UO2)SiO4·H2O), green torbernite (Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O)
  • (UO2)2+ (uranyl ion) in becquerelite, orange masuyite (Pb(UO2)3O3(OH)2·3H2O), fourmarierite and uranophane
    (UO2)2+ (uranyl ion) in becquerelite, orange masuyite (Pb(UO2)3O3(OH)2·3H2O), fourmarierite and uranophane
  • CuFe3+ 6(PO 4) 4(OH) 8·4H 2O Chalcosiderite
    CuFe3+
    6    (PO
    4    )
    4    (OH)
    8    ·4H
    2    O     Chalcosiderite
  • CuPb 4O 2SO 4(OH) 4·H 2O Elyite
    CuPb
    4    O
    2    SO
    4    (OH)
    4    ·H
    2    O     Elyite
Cobalt
  • Cobalt blue (zaffre): blue and white porcelain decorated under the glaze with a blue pigment, probably CoO.Al2O3 spinel
    Cobalt blue (zaffre): blue and white porcelain decorated under the glaze with a blue pigment, probably CoO.Al2O3 spinel
  • Cobalt(II) chloride anhydrous
    Cobalt(II) chloride anhydrous
  • Cobalt(II) chloride hexahydrate
    Cobalt(II) chloride hexahydrate
  • Cobaltoan calcite, from Bou Azzer District, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
    Cobaltoan calcite, from Bou Azzer District, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
Chromium
  • Chromium(III) oxide
    Chromium(III) oxide
  • Fuchsite, a chromium(III) bearing muscovite var.
    Fuchsite, a chromium(III) bearing muscovite var.
  • Emerald (beryl var.), its color is attributed to trace amounts of chromium, trace amounts of vanadium are possible too
    Emerald (beryl var.), its color is attributed to trace amounts of chromium, trace amounts of vanadium are possible too
  • Anyolite, a metamorphic rock: chrome-zoisite (bright green), tschermakite (black), ruby (red)
    Anyolite, a metamorphic rock: chrome-zoisite (bright green), tschermakite (black), ruby (red)
  • Hiddenite (a chromium bearing spodumene var.)
    Hiddenite (a chromium bearing spodumene var.)
  • Cr6+ (as chromate) in crocoite
    Cr6+ (as chromate) in crocoite
  • Ruby (corundum var.) with trace amounts of chromium
    Ruby (corundum var.) with trace amounts of chromium
Manganese
Lustre of Nickel–Strunz sulfate, chromate, molybdate, tungstate, niobate, phosphate, arsenate, vanadate minerals (anhydrous compounds)
  • Introduction
  • Cu(UO 2) 2(PO 4) 2·8H 2O Metatorbernite
    Cu(UO
    2    )
    2    (PO
    4    )
    2    ·8H
    2    O     Metatorbernite
  • Metatorbernite
    Metatorbernite
  • Metatorbernite
    Metatorbernite
  • Examples
  • MgAl 2(PO 4) 2(OH) 2 Lazulite
    MgAl
    2    (PO
    4    )
    2    (OH)
    2     Lazulite
  • PbFe3+ 3(AsO 4)(SO 4)(OH) 6 Beudantite
    PbFe3+
    3    (AsO
    4    )(SO
    4    )(OH)
    6     Beudantite
  • PbWO 4 Stolzite
    PbWO
    4     Stolzite
    • Safety: red chromate, asbestos (cancerogen), arsenic, antimony, thorium (radioactivity) and uranyl ion (radioactivity).
    • References
    • Abundance on Mindat.org:
      • Synthetic, anthropogenic or hypothetical (H)
      • Unique (U): type and co-type localities only
      • Very rare (VR): less than a dozen localities only
      • Rare (R): less than 120 localities only
      • Widespread (W): less than 1200 localities
      • Abundant (A): more than 1199 localities

First part

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A diagram of the rock cycle. Legend: 1 = magma; 2 = crystallization (freezing of rock); 3 = igneous rocks; 4 = erosion; 5 = sedimentation; 6 = sediments & sedimentary rocks; 7 = tectonic burial and metamorphism; 8 = metamorphic rocks; 9 = melting.
Airy model of isostasy: 1. thickness of the crust under mountains, 2. lower mountains, 3. thickness of normal continental crust, 4. thickness of oceanic crust, 5. sealevel, 6. pieces of the Earth's crust, 7. asthenosphere.
  • Main Rocks and Minerals
    • Rock cycle, plate tectonics and its minerals
      • Rock types
        • Igneous rocks
          • Pegmatite is a igneous rock with a coarse crystallisation. It is a later stage of crystallisation that got separated from the initial stage of crystallisation of the original melt.
        • Sedimentary rocks
        • Metamorphic rocks
          • Minerals from metamorphic rocks
    • Main rocks and aggregates
  • Basalt
    Basalt
  • Various granites, cut and polished surfaces
    Various granites, cut and polished surfaces
  • Pegmatite filled faults
    Pegmatite filled faults
  • Augen gneiss
    Augen gneiss
  • Bauxite
    Bauxite
  • Limestone formation
    Limestone formation
  • Aliki marble
    Aliki marble
  • Lapis lazuli
    Lapis lazuli
  • Amber
    Amber
  • Ozokerite
    Ozokerite
  • Antracite (coal) ‎
    Antracite (coal) ‎
  • Asphalt
    Asphalt
      • Secondary mineralisation by weathering
      • Hydrothermal secondary mineralisation

Second part

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  • Identification key
    • First id, streak colour: #W. white or colourless, #B. black or grey, #R. red-brown or brown, red-orange or red-violet #A. blueish or blue-violet, #G. greenish, #Y. yellowish or yellow-orange
    • Second id, hardness: #1. 1-2½, #2. 3-4½, #3. 5-6½, #4. 7-10
    • Third number, specific gravity (g/cm3)
  • Note: stones with Mohs hardness unter 7 (quartz) mounted on a ring get scratched and the client would get disappointed. Usually, stones with a Mohs hardness over 7 are neither scratched to get hardness and streak colour nor cleaved. Refraction index (RI), dispersion and properties under UV light can be used for identification as well.
Diamond and diamond imitations (no streak colour available)
  • 01.CB.10a Diamond; none; ref. (10); 3.5-3.53; isometric; loc: A
    • RI, nα = 2.435; dispersion: 0.044
  • Strontium titanate (fabulite); 5-6; 5.13; isometric; synthetic, diamond imitation
    • RI, n = 2.409; dispersion: 0.109
  • Yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG); 8-8½; 4.56; isometric; synthetic, diamond imitation
    • RI, n = 1.833; dispersion 0.28; long-wave UV: yellow to orange (not always present)
  • Yttrium oxide garnet-like; 7½-8; 4.84; isometric; synthetic, diamond imitation
    • RI, n = 1.92; dispersion 0.050;
  • Gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG, galliante); 6¾; 7.05; isometric; synthetic, diamond imitation
    • RI, n = 2.03; dispersion 0.038; short-wave UV: orange
  • Cubic zirconia (CZ, djevalite); 7½-8½; 5.8; isometric; synthetic, diamond imitation
    • RI, n = 2.15-2.18 ; dispersion: 0.060-0.063; long-wave UV: yellow-orange (not always present); short-wave UV: yellow (not always present)

Non silicate minerals

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  • W; 3-5; 2.7-5.0; Main minerals; 05.AB.05 Calcite group
    • Series: calcite-rhodochrosite, rhodochrosite-siderite, magnesite-siderite, siderite-smithsonite, gaspéite-magnesite
    • 05.AB.05 Calcite: W; ref. (3); 2.7102(2); trigonal (a:c = 1:3.419); loc: W
    • 05.AB.05 Magnesite: W; 3½-4½; 2.98-3.02; trigonal (a:c = 1:3.22); loc: A
    • 05.AB.05 Siderite: W; 3½-4½; 3.96(1); trigonal (a:c = 1:3.278); loc: W
    • 05.AB.05 Rhodochrosite: W; 3½-4; 3.7; trigonal (a:c = 1:3.28); loc: W
    • 05.AB.05 Gaspéite: G; 4½-5; 3.71(1); hexagonal (a:c = 1:3.231); loc: R
    • 05.AB.05 Otavite: W; 3½-4; 4.96; trigonal (a:c = 1:3.3); loc: R
    • 05.AB.05 Smithsonite: W; 4-4½; 4.42-4.44; trigonal (a:c = 1:3.23); loc: W
    • 05.AB.05 Spherocobaltite: R; 3-4; 4.13; trigonal (a:c = 1:3.215); loc: R
  • W; 3½-4; 2.8-3.5; Main minerals; 05.AB.10 Dolomite group
    • Series: ankerite-dolomite, ankerite-kutnohorite
    • 05.AB.10 Dolomite W; 3½-4; 2.84-2.86; trigonal (a:c = 1:3.333); loc: W
    • 05.AB.10 Ankerite W; 3½-4; 2.93-3.1; trigonal (a:c = 1:3.346); loc: W
    • 05.AB.10 Kutnohorite W; 3½-4; 3.12; trigonal (a:c = 1:3.342); loc: A
    • 05.AB.10 Minrecordite W; 3½-4; 3.45(2); trigonal (a:c = 1:3.327); loc: VR
  • W; 3-4; 2.9-6.6; Main minerals; 05.AB.15 Aragonite group
    • 05.AB.15 Aragonite W; 3½-4; 2.947; orthorhombic (a:b:c = 0.622:1:0.721); loc: W
    • 05.AB.15 Witherite W; 3-3½; 4.289-4.293; orthorhombic (a:b:c = 0.597:1:0.722); loc: A
    • 05.AB.15 Strontianite W; 3½; 3.74-3.78; orthorhombic (a:b:c = 0.606:1:0.716); loc: A
    • 05.AB.15 Cerussite W; 3-3½; 6.53-6.57; orthorhombic (a:b:c = 0.61:1:0.723); loc: W
  • 01.CB.05a Graphite; B; 1-2; 2.09-2.23; hexagonal (a:c = 1:2.726); loc: W
  • Bismuth
  • Silver
  • Gold
  • Copper
  • Zinc
  • Tin
  • Mercury
  • Platinum
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Rutile
  • Pyrite
  • Marcasite
  • Goethite
  • Limonite
  • Borax
  • Halite
  • Goslarite
  • Turquoise
  • 01.DA. Moissanite (silicon carbide, carborundum); B; 9¼; 3.21; hexagonal; loc: R, synthetic diamond imitation available
    • RI, nω = 2.616 - 2.757, nε = 2.654 - 2.812; dispersion: 0.104
  • Cohenite (syn. cementite)
  • Khamrabaevite (syn. titanium carbide)
  • Sulfur
  • Cinnabar
  • Minium
  • Orpiment
  • Realgar
  • Sulfates:
    • Melanterite
    • Barite
    • Thenardite, mirabilite
    • Celestine
    • Gypsum; ref. (2);
    • Anhydrite
  • Hübnerite - ferberite series
  • Fluorite; ref. (4);
  • Pyrochlore supergroup
    • Betafite group: A
      2      (Ti,Nb)
      2      O
      6      Z
    • Pyrochlore group: A
      2      Nb
      2      (O,OH)
      6      Z
    • Microlite group
    • Elsmoreite group
    • Roméite group
  • Alunite supergroup: AD
    3    (XO
    4    )
    2    (OH)
    6
    • Alunite group
      • Alunite Group, Jarosite Subgroup.
        • jarosite and natrojarosite limited solid solution series
        • hydroniumjarosite, jarosite, natrojarosite, Plumbojarosite
        • Note, hydroniumjarosite: identification of this mineral requires quantitative infra-red spectroscopy (IR). A combination of X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Energy Dispersive Spectra (EDS) techniques is not sufficient.
    • Beudantite subgroup
    • Plumbogummite group
    • Dussertite group
  • Apatite supergroup
    • Apatite group; ref. (5): hydroxylapatite (loc: 270); fluorapatite (loc: 2372); chlorapatite (loc: 99)
  • Spinel group (A2+
    E3+
    2    O
    4    ): franklinite, magnesioferrite, magnetite, spinel
    • Thiospinel (linnaeite) group (A2+
      E3+
      2      X
      4      ): linnaeite (loc: 0.18) - polydymite (loc: 79) series,
  • Corundum group: eskolaite (loc: 14), hematite, tistarite (loc: 1) and karelianite (loc: 11).
    • 04.CB.05 Corundum (loc: 1914); W; ref. (9); 3.98-4.1; trigonal; loc: W
      • RI, nω = 1.767 - 1.772, nε = 1.759 - 1.763; dispersion: 0.018
    • Hematite (loc: 1215)
  • Ilmenite group: ecandrewsite, geikielite, ilmenite, pyrophanite
  • R; 3-4; 4.1; Main minerals; Calcite group; 05.AB.05 Spherocobaltite:
    • R; 3-4; 4.13; trigonal (a:c = 1:3.215); loc: R
  • G; 4½-5; 3.7; Main minerals; Calcite group; 05.AB.05 Gaspéite:
    • G; 4½-5; 3.71(1); hexagonal (a:c = 1:3.231); loc: R

Silicate minerals

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  • Main minerals; Quarz family
    • 04.DA.05 Quarz; ref. (7);
    • 04.DA.10 Tridymite
    • 04.DA.20 Mogánite; W; 6; n.a.; monoclinic (a:b:c = 1.797:1:2.199; β = 90.09°); loc: R
  • Main minerals; Feldspar group
    • Albite-orthoclase/microcline series, Albite-anorthite series
    • Albite
    • Orthoclase; ref. (6);
    • Microcline
    • Anorthite
  • Garnet structural group: X
    3    Z
    2    (TO
    4    )
    3
  • Crocidolite (fibrous magnesioriebeckite-riebeckite series var., blue asbestos)
  • Chrysotile (asbestos), amosite (asbestos), tremolite (asbestos), actinolite (asbestos), and anthophyllite (asbestos)
  • Beryl
  • Chrysoberyl
  • Olivine, periodot
  • Euclase
  • Zircon-hafnon series
  • Montmorilonite
  • Kaolinite
  • Allophane
  • Scapolite (marialite-meionite series)
  • Vesuvianite
  • Talc; ref. (1);
  • 09.AF.35 Topaz; W; ref. (8); 3.4 - 3.6; orthorhombic (a:b:c = 0.528:1:0.955); loc: W
  • Series: fayalite-forsterite, forsterite-tephroite
  • W; 7-7½; 2.9-3.1; 09.CK.05 Tourmaline group:
    • Series: dravite-elbaite, dravite-schorl, elbaite-(fluor-liddicoatite), elbaite-schorl
    • 09.CK.05 Fluor-liddicoatite; B-W; 7½; 3.02; trigonal (a:c = 1:0.449); loc: VR
    • 09.CK.05 Schorl; W; 7; 3.18-3.22; trigonal (a:c = 1:0.447); loc: W
    • 09.CK.05 Dravite; B-W; 7; 3.03-3.18; trigonal (a:c = 1:0.452); loc: A
    • 09.CK.05 Elbaite; W; 7½; 2.9-3.1; trigonal (a:c = 1:0.448); loc: A
  • Copiapite group
    • Copiapite, Ferricopiapite, Aluminocopiapite, Magnesiocopiapite
  • B-W; 7; 3.0-3.2; 09.CK.05 Dravite;
    • B-W; 7; 3.03-3.18; trigonal (a:c = 1:0.452); loc: A
  • B-W; 7½; 3.02; 09.CK.05 Fluor-liddicoatite;
    • B-W; 7½; 3.02; trigonal (a:c = 1:0.449); loc: VR
  • Pharmacosiderite supergroup
    • Ivanyukite group
    • Pharmacoalumite group
    • Pharmacosiderite group
  • Sapphirine supergroup
    • Aenigmatite group
    • Rhönite group
    • Sapphirine group
    • Surinamite
  • Nesosilicate, garnet, grossular [Ca3Al2(SiO4)3]
    Nesosilicate, garnet, grossular [Ca3Al2(SiO4)3]
  • Grossular, structure analysis
    Grossular, structure analysis
  • SiO4− 4 tetrahedron, 0.163-0.165 nm (pyrope, almandine, goldmanite)
    SiO4−
    4     tetrahedron, 0.163-0.165 nm (pyrope, almandine, goldmanite)
  • AlO9− 6 octahedron
    AlO9−
    6     octahedron
  • CaO8 icosahedron
    CaO8 icosahedron

Third part

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Main minerals
  • Organic compounds
  • Main characteristic: combustible, density lower than water
    • Mixtures: amber, oil shale, clathrate hydrate, ozocerite, petroleum and coal
    • Oxalates: kidney stones
  • Ice and elements
  • Main characteristic: many well know minerals, many well known synthetic compounds
  • Carbonates
    • Main characteristic: produce CO2 with citric acid
    • Calcite mineral group
    • Dolomite mineral group
    • Aragonite mineral group
    • Others
  • Tectosilicates
    • Zeolites
    • Main characteristic: density between water and silicates/ alumino-silicates, zeolitic water boils (from greek zein, to boil).
      • Check felspathoid group (alumino-silicates)
    • Silica family
    • Main characteristic: hardness c. 7
    • Feldspars
    • Main characteristic: white streak and about 6-6½ hardness
    • Felspathoid group (alumino-silicates)
  • Phyllosilicates
    • Micas
    • Main characteristic: cleavage good (thin layers)
    • Clay structural group excluding micas
    • Main characteristic: hardness c. 2
  • Others (excluding polymeric silicates)
    • Halides, nitrates and borates
    • Main characteristic: many evaporites and water soluble minerals.
    • "Sulfides and sulfosalts" and oxides
    • Sulfates, phosphates and nesosilicates
      • Nesosilicates
        • Nesosilicate–germanate solid solution series
  • Others (polymeric silicates)
    • Inosilicates
      • Single chains (pyroxenes)
      • Multiple chains (amphiboles)
    • Sorosilicates
    • Cyclosilicates
  • Feldspar
    • Sunstone (oligoclase var.), pericline (albite var.), adularia (orthoclase var.), moonstone (orthoclase var.), amazonite (microcline var.)
    • Albite-anorthite series, plagioclase
    • Albite-orthoclase/microcline series, potash felsdspar
  • Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
    Orthoclase (KAlSi3O8)
  • Albite (90-100% albite, NaAlSi3O8)
    Albite (90-100% albite, NaAlSi3O8)
  • Anorthite (90-100% An, CaAl2Si2O8)
    Anorthite (90-100% An, CaAl2Si2O8)
  • Feldspar series
    Feldspar series
  • Reedmergnerite
    Reedmergnerite
  • Sanbornite with celsian
    Sanbornite with celsian
  • Paracelsian
    Paracelsian
  • Anorthoclase (0-10% An)
    Anorthoclase (0-10% An)
  • Microcline (KAlSi3O8)
    Microcline (KAlSi3O8)
  • Sanidine
    Sanidine
  • Oligoclase (10-30% An)
    Oligoclase (10-30% An)
  • Andesine (30-50% An)
    Andesine (30-50% An)
  • Labradorite (50-70% An)
    Labradorite (50-70% An)
  • Bytownite (70-90% An)
    Bytownite (70-90% An)
  • Sunstone
    Sunstone
  • Pericline
    Pericline
  • Adularia
    Adularia
  • Moonstone
    Moonstone
  • Amazonite
    Amazonite
  • Alkali-earth (and other M2+) carbonate minerals
  • Calcite
    Calcite
  • Magnesite
    Magnesite
  • Dolomite
    Dolomite
  • Aragonite
    Aragonite
  • Rare Vaterite, metastable below approx. 400°C
    Rare Vaterite, metastable below approx. 400°C
  • Siderite
    Siderite
  • Smithsonite
    Smithsonite
  • Witherite
    Witherite
  • Strontianite
    Strontianite
  • Cerussite
    Cerussite
  • Silica family
    • Opal, tridymite, chrysocolla, mogánite, quartz
      • Mogánite: chalcedony may contain up to about 50 vol.% of moganite
    • Quartz varieties:
      • Rock crystal, clear
      • Amethyst, violet
        • Prasiolite, leek-green, many samples on sale are heated amethyst
      • Citrine, light yellow to golden brown, many samples on sale are heated amethyst
        • Ametrine (amethyst and citrine), many samples on sale are heated amethyst
      • Rose quartz, rose and opalescent, inclusion of dumortierite, many rose quartz samples lose their colour under UV light (sun light too) and above 200°C
      • Smoky quartz, smoke gray, brown to black (morion)
      • Milky quartz, opalescent
      • Prase, in the broad sense any dull leek-green coloured stone, inclusion of actinolite or hedenbergite
      • Blue quartz, blue
      • Chalcedony (quartz var.): microcrystalline quartz
        • Subvarieties:
          • Agate, banded chalcedony
            • The convention is that true agate is banded, and dendritic agate (dendritic chalcedony), tree agate (tree chalcedony), moss agate (moss chalcedony), agatized wood (petrified wood) are not true agates
            • Onyx, black chalcedony or white banded black agate
          • Dendritic agate (tree agate), dendritic or tree like inclusions
            • Moss agate (tree agate), moss or tree like inclusions
          • Petrified wood, fossil wood
          • Hawk eye, dark blue, blue gray to blue green through inclusion of crocidolite in quartz. Crocidolite is a fibrous variety of the magnesioriebeckite-riebeckite mineral series. It's known as blue asbestos too.
            • Tiger eye, golden yellow to golden brown. It might be a product of weathering of blue asbestos (crocidolite) in a quartz var. (hawk eye).
          • Sard, red brown to dark brown
            • Carnelian, flesh red to brown red
            • Both carnelian and sard are varieties of the silica mineral chalcedony colored by impurities of iron oxide.
          • Aventurine, green to golden brown through inclusion of fuchsite (muscovite var.)
          • Chrysoprase, yellow green to apple green
          • Jasper, all colours, no bands
            • Heliotrope (bloodstone, blood jasper), dark green with red spots
          • Herkimer quartz: double terminated quartz from Herkimer Co., New York
  • Milky quartz
    Milky quartz
  • Rock crystal
    Rock crystal
  • Alpine quartz with a coating of green chlorite
    Alpine quartz with a coating of green chlorite
  • Chalcedony
    Chalcedony
  • Dendritic agate
    Dendritic agate
  • Moss agate
    Moss agate
  • Tree agate
    Tree agate
  • Petrified wood
    Petrified wood
  • Crocidolite (an asbestos)
    Crocidolite (an asbestos)
  • Hawk eye
    Hawk eye
  • Tiger eye
    Tiger eye
  • Zeolites
Non silicate minerals
Silicate minerals
Alphabetical list of minerals and synonyms
Registry and glossary
References
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