Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UKi
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52° 20' 10'' North , 3° 51' 1'' West
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Dyfed; Cardiganshire
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| ⓘ Acanthite Formula: Ag2S Habit: arborescent spiky Colour: metallic grey-black Description: Only found twice as a post-mining/post-collecting product on cerussite and native silver |
| ⓘ Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 Habit: Prismatic, bladed, blocky, tabular, arborescent, feathery Colour: Colourless, white, tinted yellow Description: Commonly found on partly oxidized galena coated by covellite or related species in the post-mining assemblage, very rarely on in-situ vein alteration. References: |
| ⓘ Aragonite Formula: CaCO3 References: Tom Cotterell/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales.Identified by Paul De Bondt: XRD |
| ⓘ Aurichalcite Formula: (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 Habit: Crusts of lath-like crystals Colour: Whiteish to light blue-green Description: Crystals to 0.3mm and masses to 1cm with malachite. Note some very pale blue to white masses of intergrown lath crystals of supposed aurichalcite from this mine have been tested (XRD), and found not to be this species, although near to it. |
| ✪ Bechererite Formula: Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)] Habit: Prismatic inverted cone-like Colour: Colourless white, pale green, and blue Description: Colourless to pale blue-green cone-like crystals to 0.8mm in druse crusts to 2cms (XRD). Associated with caledonite, susannite, cerussite, hydrocerussite, hemimorphite. Examples from this mine are the first in Britain (third in mid-Wales) and probably the best in the world. |
| ⓘ Bianchite Formula: Zn(SO4) · 6H2O Description: Noted to have occurred as an effervescence in the summer of 2006 on mine waste. The paper does not state which method was used to confirm the mineral. References: |
| ⓘ 'Bindheimite' Formula: Pb2Sb2O6O |
| ⓘ Bottinoite Formula: Ni2+Sb5+2(OH)12 · 6H2O References: |
| ⓘ Brianyoungite Formula: Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4 Habit: bladed Colour: White Description: Visually indistinguishable in hand specimens from hydrozincite, brianyoungite forms white bladed crystals <0.5mm on cleavage/fractures covering areas to several centimetres on masses of sphalerite sometimes with gypsum |
| ⓘ Brochantite Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 Habit: Drusy bladed crystals, powdery Colour: Emerald green Description: Crusts of minute emerald green crystals (XRD), associated with linarite, langite, wroewolfeite, lautenthalite. |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 References: |
| ✪ Caledonite Formula: Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 Habit: Acicular prismatic Colour: Pale sky blue to blue-green, white (rare) Description: Light blue to pale green crystals to 2mm (very good for Wales) (XRD). Associated mostly with susannite. References: |
| ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 Habit: Various habits Colour: Colourless, white, also tinted green or blue. Description: Colourless to creamy crystals to 2cm, reticulated masses to 5cms (XRD). References: |
| ⓘ Cesàrolite Formula: PbMn4+3O6(OH)2 Habit: crusts to <2mm, botryoidal Colour: grey-black |
| ⓘ Chalcoalumite ? Formula: CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O Description: Recorded without description by Camm (1993). References: |
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S Description: Replacement of galena in association with oxidising primary copper species. Note that a metallic grey sulphide with conchoidal fracture has not been analytically confirmed and could be a related species such as djurleite or digenite (Rust, 2019). |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Localities: Description: microscopic noncrystaline inclusions within quartz-galena massses |
| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' |
| ⓘ Chrysocolla Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 Habit: Crusts Colour: Dull blue-green Description: Thin pale blue-green crusts & pseudomorphs after octahedral cuprite, massive chalcopyrite, and botryoidal malachite. References: |
| ⓘ Corkite Formula: PbFe3+3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Habit: tiny, steeply acute rhombic crystals Colour: colourless to yellow-green References: |
| ⓘ 'Corkite-Hinsdalite Series' Description: This entry is necessary for unanalysed specimens of corkite/hinsdalite. |
| ⓘ Covellite Formula: CuS Habit: Thin platy Colour: Dark metallic blue Description: Replacement of galena & chalcopyrite. |
| ⓘ Cuprite Formula: Cu2O Habit: Massive, and octahedral crystals Colour: Bright to dull maroon Description: Maroon crystals to 0.3mm, associated with cerussite, chrysocolla, and malachite. References: |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 References: |
| ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite Formula: Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 References: |
| ⓘ Elyite Formula: Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O Habit: Intergrown lath-like Colour: Pale purple Description: Minute pale purple crystals on hydrocerussite (EPMA). References: |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS Localities: Wemyss Mine, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Grogwinion Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Red Rock Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Gwaithgoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Description: At all the other mines I have visited within a 10 mile radius (around Cwmystwyth and Ysbyty Ystwyth area) it has been common for the galena to occur as deposits directly onto the slate, often just as thin coverings but also as larger nodules. At Wemyss however it is notable that the galena is almost always intimately associated with bright white quartz suggesting the two minerals were deposited simultaneously and the two are very common as fist size lumps or larger. |
| ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena Formula: PbS with Ag |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: Fe3+O(OH) Habit: botryoidal and stalactitic crusts Colour: Various shades of yellow to red-brown and black |
| ⓘ Greenockite Formula: CdS Habit: Very thin crusts Colour: Bright yellow Description: Yellow smears on sphalerite. References: |
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Hemimorphite Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O Habit: Drusy crusts, bladed crystals Colour: Colourless-white Description: Colourless to white crystal druses to several cms, and as divergent crystal groups to 4mm (XRD). Associated with goethite, rosasite, aurichalcite, hydrozincite. |
| ⓘ Hinsdalite Formula: PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Habit: tiny, steeply acute rhombic crystals Colour: colourless to yellow-green References: |
| ⓘ Hydrocerussite Formula: Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 Habit: Foliated, acicular prismatic, hexagonal platy. Colour: Colourless-white, creamy. Description: Colourless to white platy & prismatic crystals to 0.7mm (XRD). Associated with cerussite, susannite, caledonite, elyite. References: |
| ⓘ Hydrozincite Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 Localities: Habit: Crusts, and balls. Colour: White Fluorescence: Pale white-blue Description: White tiny lath crystals in crusts to a few cms, associated with hemimorphite, cerussite. Some unconfirmed "hydrozincite" could turn out to be brianyoungite. |
| ✪ Lanarkite Formula: Pb2(SO4)O Habit: Bladed Colour: Off white Description: Slightly tinted yellowish to colourless crystal sprays to 5mm (XRD), on galena with susannite. The first occurrence of Lanarkite in Wales. |
| ⓘ Langite Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O Habit: Blocky Colour: Deep blue-green Description: Pseudohexagonal deep blue-green crystals to 0.5mm (XRD). Associated with malachite, schulenbergite, cuprite, copper, lautenthalite, brochantite, cerussite. References: |
| ⓘ Lautenthalite Formula: PbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O Habit: Bladed Colour: Light emerald green Description: Crystals to 0.7mm with wroewolfeite, linarite, brochantite, cerussite (EPMA). |
| ⓘ Leadhillite Formula: Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 Description: A single specimen of Leadhillite was confirmed by XRD as a replacement of a preexisting lath-like mineral. References: |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' Habit: earthy Colour: brown |
| ⓘ Linarite Formula: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 Localities: Habit: Bladed Colour: Azure blue Description: Bladed crystals to 2mm+, some with substantial Se (EPMA). Associated with brochantite, caledonite, lautenthalite, cerussite. |
| ⓘ Litharge Formula: PbO Habit: Pseudomorphs after an unidentified species (possibly an Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate)) Colour: Scarlet Description: Scarlet crystals to 0.5mm on cerussite (XRD), with cerussite. References: |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Habit: Lath-like, botryoidal, bundles of acicular crystals Colour: Green Description: Thin botryoidal crust to 2cms, and balls to 1mm. Associated with hemimorphite, cerussite, brochantite, langite. References: |
| ⓘ 'Manganese Oxides' Habit: strings Colour: black |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Massicot ? Formula: PbO Colour: yellow Description: minute areas on litharge. |
| ⓘ Mattheddleite Formula: Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) Habit: Prismatic Colour: Colourless Description: Colourless prismatic crystals to 0.25mm with susannite, caledonite (XRD). References: |
| ⓘ Millerite Formula: NiS References: |
| ⓘ Namuwite Formula: Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O Habit: Platy pseudohexagonal Colour: Pale blue-green Description: Very pale blue-green crystals to 0.5mm + (XRD), with langite, wroewolfeite, susannite, hydrocerussite. References: |
| ⓘ Native Copper Formula: Cu Habit: Prismatic, bladed Colour: Dull copper Description: Spear-like crystals to 1mm. |
| ⓘ Native Silver Formula: Ag Habit: Dendritic Description: Single 0.5mm crystal spray on cerussite. The only specimen ever found at Frongoch (1992) has now been completely replaced/encrusted by acanthite. References: |
| ⓘ Native Sulphur Formula: S8 Habit: Rounded crystals Colour: Pale yellow Description: Pale yellow crystals to 3mm (EPMA) in masses to 4cms on altered galena. |
| ⓘ Opal Formula: SiO2 · nH2O Habit: pearl-like strings Colour: colourless to white Description: associated with susannite and hydrocerussite. |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Localities: Description: One piece of slate found with a dusting of 1mm cubes with bright clean surfaces |
| ✪ Pyromorphite Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl Habit: Prismatic, and blocky Colour: Colourless-white, shades of light brown, yellow, slightly purple, rarely green Description: Brown crystals to 2.5cms (XRD) with cerussite. Rare green microcrystals. References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Localities: Wemyss Mine, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Red Rock Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Grogwinion Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Ferruginous Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Ramsbeckite Formula: (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O Habit: Blocky Colour: Emerald green Description: Deep emerald green rounded crystals to 0.7mm with schulenbergite (EPMA). References: |
| ✪ Redgillite Formula: Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O Habit: Lath-like, prismatic Colour: Emerald green to nickel green Description: Microcrystal (to 0.25mm) drusy coverings in areas to 1cm. Some redgillite from Frongoch mine has a high Zn content, along with most other redgillite from mid-Wales. |
| ⓘ Rosasite Formula: (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 Habit: Botryoidal Colour: Light blue-green Description: Pale blue-green balls to 1.5mm on hemimorphite (XRD), with aurichalcite. |
| ⓘ Schmiederite ? Formula: Pb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4 Habit: Aggregates of finely lath-like crystals Colour: Pale blue-white. Description: Some specimens of Linarite were found to contain a substantial Selenium component. References: |
| ⓘ Schulenbergite Formula: (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O Habit: Rosettes, petal-like. Colour: Light blue-green Description: Light blue-green thin platy crystals to 0.7mm (XRD), with ramsbeckite, susannite, caledonite, langite, wroewolfeite, cuprite, cerussite. |
| ⓘ Serpierite Formula: Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O Habit: Lath-like; rarely relatively broad platy microcrystals forming "paddle-wheels" Colour: Pale sky blue Description: Very light blue lath-like crystals to 0.7mm (XRD), associated with cerussite, hemimorphite, langite. |
| ⓘ Smithsonite Formula: ZnCO3 Locality: Wemyss Mine, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Description: Thin botryoidal crusts, white with a slight greasy sheen, associated with sphalerite but the best looking samples are on the even, flat surfaces of surrounding quartz or galena References: |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Localities: Wemyss Mine, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Grogwinion Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Gwaithgoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Red Rock Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
| ✪ Steverustite (TL) Formula: Pb2+5(OH)5[Cu+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2 Type Locality: Habit: Lath-like crystals Colour: Colourless to white References: |
| ✪ Susannite Formula: Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 Habit: Platy-tabular pseudohexagonal, prismatic. Colour: Colourless to yellow-brown, tinted blue and green Description: Colourless to white, also tinted blue or green and brown, crystals to 2mm (very good for Wales), identified by XRD. Associated mostly with cerussite and caledonite. |
| ⓘ Ullmannite Formula: NiSbS |
| ✪ 'Unnamed (Pb Silicate) ?' Formula: Pb, Si, O, H (?) Habit: Lath-like Colour: White Description: Although the crystals from this mine have been confirmed as an unknown species, it is believed by S.Rust that it may turn out to be Steverustite since the original element analysis may have been incorrect. Having said that, although the specimen submitted for the steverustite paper did have minute crystals of a Pb silicate on it, the latter crystals were far too small to do any descriptive work. |
| ⓘ 'Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate)' ? Formula: Pb3O2(OH)2 Colour: grey translucent Description: Visually very similar to the same species from the Milltown Quarry, Derbyshire. Crystals mostly, but not all, showing alteration to litharge and tentatively identified yellow massicot. |
| ⓘ Wroewolfeite Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O Habit: Prismatic, tabular Colour: Light blue-green Description: Tabular deep to light blue-green crystals to 0.5mm (XRD). Associated with hemimorphite, brochantite, linarite, lautenthalite. References: |
| ⓘ Wulfenite Formula: Pb(MoO4) Habit: pyramidal, tabular, stepped Colour: orange Description: Orange pyramidal and tabular crystals to 0.75mm with green druses of pyromorphite and micro-crystals of cerussite. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
| ⓘ | Native Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| ⓘ | Native Sulphur | 1.CC.05 | S8 |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| ⓘ | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
| ⓘ | Covellite | 2.CA.05a | CuS |
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Greenockite | 2.CB.45 | CdS |
| ⓘ | Millerite | 2.CC.20 | NiS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | var. Silver-bearing Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS with Ag |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Ullmannite | 2.EB.25 | NiSbS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Cuprite | 4.AA.10 | Cu2O |
| ⓘ | Litharge | 4.AC.20 | PbO |
| ⓘ | Massicot ? | 4.AC.25 | PbO |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Ferruginous Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Opal | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ | 'Bindheimite' | 4.DH.20 | Pb2Sb2O6O |
| ⓘ | Cesàrolite | 4.FG.10 | PbMn4+3O6(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Bottinoite | 4.FH.05 | Ni2+Sb5+2(OH)12 · 6H2O |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Smithsonite | 5.AB.05 | ZnCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Rosasite | 5.BA.10 | (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Aurichalcite | 5.BA.15 | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Hydrozincite | 5.BA.15 | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Hydrocerussite | 5.BE.10 | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Brianyoungite | 5.BF.30 | Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ | Leadhillite | 5.BF.40 | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Susannite | 5.BF.40 | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
| ⓘ | Brochantite | 7.BB.25 | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Caledonite | 7.BC.50 | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Linarite | 7.BC.65 | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Schmiederite ? | 7.BC.65 | Pb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ | Lanarkite | 7.BD.40 | Pb2(SO4)O |
| ⓘ | Bianchite | 7.CB.25 | Zn(SO4) · 6H2O |
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Langite | 7.DD.10 | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Wroewolfeite | 7.DD.10 | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Serpierite | 7.DD.30 | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| ⓘ | Namuwite | 7.DD.50 | Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O |
| ⓘ | Bechererite | 7.DD.55 | Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)] |
| ⓘ | Ramsbeckite | 7.DD.60 | (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O |
| ⓘ | Redgillite | 7.DD.70 | Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O |
| ⓘ | Chalcoalumite ? | 7.DD.75 | CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O |
| ⓘ | Schulenbergite | 7.DD.80 | (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O |
| ⓘ | Elyite | 7.DF.65 | Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O |
| ⓘ | Lautenthalite | 7.DF.70 | PbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| ⓘ | Wulfenite | 7.GA.05 | Pb(MoO4) |
| ⓘ | Steverustite (TL) | 7.JA.10 | Pb2+5(OH)5[Cu+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Corkite | 8.BL.05 | PbFe3+3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Hinsdalite | 8.BL.05 | PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Pyromorphite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Mattheddleite | 9.AH.25 | Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) |
| ⓘ | Hemimorphite | 9.BD.10 | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| ⓘ | Chrysocolla | 9.ED.20 | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate)' ? | - | Pb3O2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | 'Unnamed (Pb Silicate) ?' | - | Pb, Si, O, H (?) |
| ⓘ | 'Manganese Oxides' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Corkite-Hinsdalite Series' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Aurichalcite | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Bechererite | Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)] |
| H | ⓘ Bianchite | Zn(SO4) · 6H2O |
| H | ⓘ Bottinoite | Ni2+Sb25+(OH)12 · 6H2O |
| H | ⓘ Brianyoungite | Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Caledonite | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Cesàrolite | PbMn34+O6(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Chalcoalumite | CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O |
| H | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| H | ⓘ Corkite | PbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Elyite | Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O |
| H | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| H | ⓘ Hinsdalite | PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Hydrocerussite | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Lautenthalite | PbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| H | ⓘ Leadhillite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Linarite | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Mattheddleite | Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) |
| H | ⓘ Namuwite | Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O |
| H | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| H | ⓘ Ramsbeckite | (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O |
| H | ⓘ Rosasite | (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Schmiederite | Pb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Schulenbergite | (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O |
| H | ⓘ Serpierite | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| H | ⓘ Susannite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Wroewolfeite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Redgillite | Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O |
| H | ⓘ Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate) | Pb3O2(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Unnamed (Pb Silicate) ? | Pb, Si, O, H (?) |
| H | ⓘ Steverustite | Pb52+(OH)5[Cu+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2 |
| H | ⓘ Corkite-Hinsdalite Series | |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Aurichalcite | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| C | ⓘ Brianyoungite | Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Caledonite | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| C | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| C | ⓘ Hydrocerussite | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| C | ⓘ Leadhillite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Rosasite | (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Susannite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Aurichalcite | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Bechererite | Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)] |
| O | ⓘ Bianchite | Zn(SO4) · 6H2O |
| O | ⓘ Bindheimite | Pb2Sb2O6O |
| O | ⓘ Bottinoite | Ni2+Sb25+(OH)12 · 6H2O |
| O | ⓘ Brianyoungite | Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Caledonite | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Cesàrolite | PbMn34+O6(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Chalcoalumite | CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O |
| O | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| O | ⓘ Corkite | PbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Cuprite | Cu2O |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Elyite | Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Hinsdalite | PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Hydrocerussite | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Lanarkite | Pb2(SO4)O |
| O | ⓘ Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Lautenthalite | PbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| O | ⓘ Leadhillite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Linarite | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Litharge | PbO |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Massicot | PbO |
| O | ⓘ Mattheddleite | Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) |
| O | ⓘ Namuwite | Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O |
| O | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Pyromorphite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Ramsbeckite | (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O |
| O | ⓘ Rosasite | (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Schmiederite | Pb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Schulenbergite | (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O |
| O | ⓘ Serpierite | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| O | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Susannite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Wroewolfeite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| O | ⓘ Redgillite | Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate) | Pb3O2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Unnamed (Pb Silicate) ? | Pb, Si, O, H (?) |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Ferruginous Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Steverustite | Pb52+(OH)5[Cu+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2 |
| O | ⓘ Corkite-Hinsdalite Series | |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Chalcoalumite | CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O |
| Al | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Al | ⓘ Hinsdalite | PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| Al | ⓘ Corkite-Hinsdalite Series | |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Bechererite | Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)] |
| Si | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Si | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| Si | ⓘ Mattheddleite | Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) |
| Si | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Unnamed (Pb Silicate) ? | Pb, Si, O, H (?) |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Ferruginous Quartz | SiO2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Corkite | PbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| P | ⓘ Hinsdalite | PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| P | ⓘ Pyromorphite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| P | ⓘ Corkite-Hinsdalite Series | |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| S | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Bechererite | Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)] |
| S | ⓘ Bianchite | Zn(SO4) · 6H2O |
| S | ⓘ Brianyoungite | Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4 |
| S | ⓘ Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| S | ⓘ Caledonite | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcoalumite | CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| S | ⓘ Corkite | PbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| S | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
| S | ⓘ Elyite | Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Greenockite | CdS |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Hinsdalite | PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| S | ⓘ Lanarkite | Pb2(SO4)O |
| S | ⓘ Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Lautenthalite | PbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| S | ⓘ Leadhillite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| S | ⓘ Linarite | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
| S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Mattheddleite | Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) |
| S | ⓘ Millerite | NiS |
| S | ⓘ Namuwite | Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Ramsbeckite | (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O |
| S | ⓘ Schulenbergite | (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O |
| S | ⓘ Serpierite | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | ⓘ Native Sulphur | S8 |
| S | ⓘ Susannite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| S | ⓘ Ullmannite | NiSbS |
| S | ⓘ Wroewolfeite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Redgillite | Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O |
| S | ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
| S | ⓘ Steverustite | Pb52+(OH)5[Cu+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2 |
| S | ⓘ Corkite-Hinsdalite Series | |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Mattheddleite | Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) |
| Cl | ⓘ Pyromorphite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Serpierite | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Cesàrolite | PbMn34+O6(OH)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Corkite | PbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Corkite-Hinsdalite Series | |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | ⓘ Bottinoite | Ni2+Sb25+(OH)12 · 6H2O |
| Ni | ⓘ Millerite | NiS |
| Ni | ⓘ Ullmannite | NiSbS |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Aurichalcite | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| Cu | ⓘ Bechererite | Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)] |
| Cu | ⓘ Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| Cu | ⓘ Caledonite | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcoalumite | CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Cu | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
| Cu | ⓘ Cuprite | Cu2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Native Copper | Cu |
| Cu | ⓘ Elyite | Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Lautenthalite | PbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Linarite | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Ramsbeckite | (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Rosasite | (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Schmiederite | Pb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4 |
| Cu | ⓘ Schulenbergite | (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Serpierite | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Wroewolfeite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Redgillite | Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Steverustite | Pb52+(OH)5[Cu+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Aurichalcite | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| Zn | ⓘ Bechererite | Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)] |
| Zn | ⓘ Bianchite | Zn(SO4) · 6H2O |
| Zn | ⓘ Brianyoungite | Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4 |
| Zn | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| Zn | ⓘ Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| Zn | ⓘ Namuwite | Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O |
| Zn | ⓘ Ramsbeckite | (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O |
| Zn | ⓘ Rosasite | (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Zn | ⓘ Schulenbergite | (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2O |
| Zn | ⓘ Serpierite | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| Zn | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Se | Selenium | |
| Se | ⓘ Schmiederite | Pb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4 |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| Ag | ⓘ Native Silver | Ag |
| Ag | ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
| Cd | Cadmium | |
| Cd | ⓘ Greenockite | CdS |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Bindheimite | Pb2Sb2O6O |
| Sb | ⓘ Bottinoite | Ni2+Sb25+(OH)12 · 6H2O |
| Sb | ⓘ Ullmannite | NiSbS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| Pb | ⓘ Bindheimite | Pb2Sb2O6O |
| Pb | ⓘ Caledonite | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
| Pb | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| Pb | ⓘ Cesàrolite | PbMn34+O6(OH)2 |
| Pb | ⓘ Corkite | PbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| Pb | ⓘ Elyite | Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘ Hinsdalite | PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| Pb | ⓘ Hydrocerussite | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Pb | ⓘ Lanarkite | Pb2(SO4)O |
| Pb | ⓘ Lautenthalite | PbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| Pb | ⓘ Leadhillite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| Pb | ⓘ Linarite | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
| Pb | ⓘ Litharge | PbO |
| Pb | ⓘ Massicot | PbO |
| Pb | ⓘ Mattheddleite | Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) |
| Pb | ⓘ Pyromorphite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| Pb | ⓘ Schmiederite | Pb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4 |
| Pb | ⓘ Susannite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| Pb | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| Pb | ⓘ Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate) | Pb3O2(OH)2 |
| Pb | ⓘ Unnamed (Pb Silicate) ? | Pb, Si, O, H (?) |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
| Pb | ⓘ Steverustite | Pb52+(OH)5[Cu+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2 |
| Pb | ⓘ Corkite-Hinsdalite Series | |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q3397975 |
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