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Les Malines District, Occitanie, Francei
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Les Malines DistrictMining District (Abandoned)
OccitanieRegion
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
43° North , 3° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~2km
Type:
Mining District (Abandoned) - last checked 2025
Mindat Locality ID:
1689
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:1689:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Languedoc-Roussillon
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mines des Malines


This huge stratiform deposit, located under the Pic d'Anjeau Mountain, is the biggest lead-zinc deposit in France.

Most mineralizations are found within karstic cavities dug in Cambrian dolomites and Bathonian limestones.

Known since Roman times, it was operated from 1885 in several mines by the Pennaroya company (formerly called Metaleurop; Recyclex today) which produced 1,000,000 tons of ore until 1993.

Today, all adits are closed, but some large dumps still remain.

The main lithologies found in the Les Malines area are Cambrian and Mesozoic dolostones and dolomite-rich shales. Structurally, the main mineralized area is delimitated by two major structures: the Les Malines E-W fault to the south and the Montdardier N-S fault to the west forming the so-called St Bresson horst. Les Malines is generally described as a Mississippi-Valley-type (MVT) ore system. However, its genetic classification and age, with possible remobilization, are still debated, suggesting that mineralization may have occurred in several stages during the Cambrian, Permian or Jurassic. The dominant ore assemblage consists of sphalerite, galena, and pyrite, associated with barite, calcite and dolomite as the main gangue minerals.

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Mineral List

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

70 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

Rock Types Recorded


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Detailed Mineral List:

'Adamite-Olivenite Series'
Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
Anhydrite
Formula: CaSO4
Annabergite
Formula: Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Antlerite
Formula: Cu3(SO4)(OH)4
Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Aurichalcite
Formula: (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Azurite
Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Description: White crystals on red sphalerite.
Bindheimite
Formula: Pb2Sb2O6O
Bohuslavite
Formula: Fe3+4(PO4)3(SO4)(OH) · nH2O
Description: SEM-EDS and crystals habits perfectly match the specie. Color change is not submitted by the light quality, but some samples definitively turned from lilas-pink to yellow-brown PXRD confirmed by Michel Blondieau and Martin Depret at Liège University
Bournonite
Formula: PbCuSbS3
Habit: Prismatic, frequently twinned. cristals up to 10cm & more
Colour: Metallic grey, colored blue-green by alteration sulfates
Brianyoungite
Formula: Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
Brochantite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Cesàrolite
Formula: PbMn4+3O6(OH)2
Habit: marbles, with typical "oignon" concentric structure
Colour: grey-black
Chalcanthite
Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O
References:
Pascal Chollet collectionIdentified by Pascal Chollet: Visual Identification
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Claraite
Formula: (Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Coquimbite
Formula: AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Habit: pseudo cubo-octahedral
Colour: Colorless - Transparent
Description: XRD analysed by Dr. Nicolas Meisser, Lausanne University
Covellite
Formula: CuS
Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
Devilline
Formula: CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Epsomite
Formula: MgSO4 · 7H2O
Habit: Hairy. very thin & fragile cristals. Fibrous aggregates
Colour: white
Fibroferrite
Formula: Fe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Galena
Formula: PbS
Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Greenockite
Formula: CdS
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Halotrichite
Formula: Fe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Hemimorphite
Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Hydromagnesite
Formula: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O
Hydrozincite
Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Imiterite ?
Formula: Ag2HgS2
Description: SEM-EDS showed S / Ag / Hg with ratios about 4 / 4 / 1. Sample shows strong surface alteration, and is too small to perform XRD without totally destroying it. So it will remain questionned for now.
Khademite
Formula: Al(SO4)F · 5H2O
Habit: prismatic, up to 1mm
Colour: colorless to white, translucent.
Description: PXRD analysed by Michel Blondieau, then SXRD analysed by Fabrice Dal Bo at "laboratoire de minéralogie, Université de Liège" (Belgium). Chemistry and Fluor detection done by Dr. Nicolas Meisser at Lausanne University (Ch)
Köttigite
Formula: Zn3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Krausite
Formula: KFe(SO4)2 · H2O
Habit: Prismatic, crystals sprays, crystalline marbles
Colour: Colorless to purple in the Peyras/Vieille mine Römerite ocurence Colorless in tungsten lightning to Yellow in sunlight (Dichroic) in both Florence voltaite occurences
Description: Very rare at site but locally frequent
Ktenasite
Formula: ZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2O
Lahnsteinite
Formula: Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 3H2O
Langite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Linarite
Formula: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Magnesiocopiapite
Formula: MgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Description: Found in small samples at La Sanguinède (P. Chollet, 2011)
Massicot ?
Formula: PbO
Description: Described by Lacroix. may have been confused with other species.
Melanterite
Formula: Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Melanterite var. Copper-bearing Melanterite
Formula: (Fe,Cu)SO4 · 7H2O
Mimetite
Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Description: Muscovite diffraction rays have been identified mixed with thoses of the bohuslavite.
References:
PXRD by Martin DepretIdentification: XRD
Namuwite
Formula: Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O
Native Silver
Formula: Ag
References:
Native Sulphur
Formula: S8
Nickelboussingaultite
Formula: (NH4)2Ni(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Oxyplumboroméite
Formula: Pb2Sb2O6O
References:
'Petroleum'
'Petroleum var. Bitumen'
Posnjakite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Pyrite var. Silver-bearing Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Pyromorphite
Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
References:
Rosasite
Formula: (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Römerite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4 · 14H2O
Habit: Isometric crystals
Colour: red-brown
Description: Very rare at site but locally extremely abundant !
Rozenite
Formula: FeSO4 · 4H2O
Serpierite
Formula: Ca(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Smithsonite
Formula: ZnCO3
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Colour: Red, reddish-brown, brown-black, yellow
Sphalerite var. Schalenblende
Stibnite
Formula: Sb2S3
'Strickblende'
Habit: needle intergrowth
Colour: metallic grey
Fluorescence: none
Description: 2 different variety can be found : - a true acicular habit, with different terminations : {111}(losangic faces - see http://www.mindat.org/photo-550262.html) or {011} (triangular faces - see http://www.mindat.org/photo-550263.html) - needles intergrowth : seems to be a filling of partly dissolved calcite (or other specie ?) cleavages. the calcite dissolution completed after galena cristallisation, leaving needles with non orthogonal interpenetration. see http://www.mindat.org/photo-445292.html
'Tetrahedrite Group'
Formula: M2(A6)M1(B4 C2)X3(D4)S1(Y12)S2(Z)
Habit: tetrahedron
Description: Visual id. , this is probably tetrahedrite. Sample analyse is impossible without destruction (only known crystal so far is included in calcite)
'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'
Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
Voltaite
Formula: K2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Habit: Mainly octahedric with more or less (100) faces, sometimes polysynthetic, in Florence Est occurence. Crystals from Florence West area are more cubic with (110) faces ( https://www.mindat.org/photo-792886.html )
Colour: Black. dark green in thin splinters.
Description: Found in oxidizing pyrite with römerite, krausite and halotrichite, in the upper part of the mine called Florence-Est. Very rare at site but locally abundant. Some rare crystals have also been found in the lower parts of Florence-West area.
Wurtzite
Formula: (Zn,Fe)S
Description: See http://www.mindat.org/mesg-7-220056.html
Zincite
Formula: ZnO
Habit: fibrous
Colour: yellow-white
Description: SLAG MINERAL : found in "les avinières" ore treatement installations. Only 5 samples known, given to the "Ecole des mines de Paris" in 1876 by Mallard & Auzépy.
Zincrosasite
Formula: (Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Silver1.AA.05Ag
Native Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Imiterite ?2.BD.05Ag2HgS2
Covellite2.CA.05aCuS
Sphalerite
var. Schalenblende
2.CB.05aZnS
2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Greenockite2.CB.45CdS
Wurtzite ?2.CB.45(Zn,Fe)S
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Stibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
var. Silver-bearing Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Bournonite2.GA.50PbCuSbS3
'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'2.GB.05Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Cuprite4.AA.10Cu2O
Zincite4.AB.20ZnO
Massicot ?4.AC.25PbO
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Oxyplumboroméite4.DH.Pb2Sb2O6O
Bindheimite4.DH.20Pb2Sb2O6O
Goethite4.FD.10Fe3+O(OH)
Cesàrolite4.FG.10PbMn4+3O6(OH)2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Smithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
Azurite5.BA.05Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Rosasite5.BA.10(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Zincrosasite5.BA.10(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2
Aurichalcite5.BA.15(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Hydrozincite5.BA.15Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Brianyoungite5.BF.30Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
Hydromagnesite5.DA.05Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O
Claraite5.DA.30(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anhydrite7.AD.30CaSO4
Anglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Antlerite7.BB.15Cu3(SO4)(OH)4
Brochantite7.BB.25Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Linarite7.BC.65PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Rozenite7.CB.15FeSO4 · 4H2O
Chalcanthite7.CB.20CuSO4 · 5H2O
Melanterite7.CB.35Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
var. Copper-bearing Melanterite7.CB.35(Fe,Cu)SO4 · 7H2O
Epsomite7.CB.40MgSO4 · 7H2O
Coquimbite7.CB.55AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Römerite7.CB.75Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4 · 14H2O
Halotrichite7.CB.85Fe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Krausite7.CC.05KFe(SO4)2 · H2O
Voltaite7.CC.25K2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Nickelboussingaultite7.CC.60(NH4)2Ni(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Khademite7.DB.10Al(SO4)F · 5H2O
Magnesiocopiapite7.DB.35MgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
Fibroferrite7.DC.15Fe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
Langite7.DD.10Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Posnjakite7.DD.10Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O
Ktenasite7.DD.20ZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2O
Devilline7.DD.30CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Serpierite7.DD.30Ca(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Lahnsteinite7.DD.47Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 3H2O
Namuwite7.DD.50Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Mimetite8.BN.05Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Pyromorphite8.BN.05Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Annabergite8.CE.40Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Köttigite8.CE.40Zn3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Bohuslavite8.DB.42Fe3+4(PO4)3(SO4)(OH) · nH2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Hemimorphite9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified
'Adamite-Olivenite Series'-
'Petroleum
var. Bitumen'
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'Tetrahedrite Group'-M2(A6)M1(B4 C2)X3(D4)S1(Y12)S2(Z)
'Strickblende'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H AnnabergiteNi3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
H AntleriteCu3(SO4)(OH)4
H Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
H AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
H BrianyoungiteZn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
H BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
H CesàrolitePbMn34+O6(OH)2
H ChalcanthiteCuSO4 · 5H2O
H Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
H CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
H DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
H EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
H FibroferriteFe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
H HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
H HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
H HydromagnesiteMg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O
H HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
H KhademiteAl(SO4)F · 5H2O
H KöttigiteZn3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
H KrausiteKFe(SO4)2 · H2O
H KtenasiteZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2O
H LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
H LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
H MagnesiocopiapiteMgFe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
H MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H NamuwiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O
H Nickelboussingaultite(NH4)2Ni(SO4)2 · 6H2O
H PosnjakiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O
H RömeriteFe2+Fe23+(SO4)4 · 14H2O
H Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
H RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
H SerpieriteCa(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
H VoltaiteK2Fe52+Fe33+Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
H Zincrosasite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2
H Adamite-Olivenite Series
H Melanterite var. Copper-bearing Melanterite(Fe,Cu)SO4 · 7H2O
H LahnsteiniteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 3H2O
H BohuslaviteFe43+(PO4)3(SO4)(OH) · nH2O
CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
C AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
C BrianyoungiteZn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
C CalciteCaCO3
C CerussitePbCO3
C Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C HydromagnesiteMg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O
C HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
C Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
C SideriteFeCO3
C SmithsoniteZnCO3
C Zincrosasite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2
NNitrogen
N Nickelboussingaultite(NH4)2Ni(SO4)2 · 6H2O
OOxygen
O AnglesitePbSO4
O AnhydriteCaSO4
O AnnabergiteNi3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
O AntleriteCu3(SO4)(OH)4
O AragoniteCaCO3
O Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
O AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
O BaryteBaSO4
O BindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
O BrianyoungiteZn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
O BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
O CalciteCaCO3
O CerussitePbCO3
O CesàrolitePbMn34+O6(OH)2
O ChalcanthiteCuSO4 · 5H2O
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
O CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
O CupriteCu2O
O DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
O FibroferriteFe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
O HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
O HydromagnesiteMg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O
O HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
O KhademiteAl(SO4)F · 5H2O
O KöttigiteZn3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
O KrausiteKFe(SO4)2 · H2O
O KtenasiteZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2O
O LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
O LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
O MagnesiocopiapiteMgFe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O MassicotPbO
O MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
O MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O NamuwiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O
O Nickelboussingaultite(NH4)2Ni(SO4)2 · 6H2O
O PosnjakiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O
O PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
O QuartzSiO2
O RömeriteFe2+Fe23+(SO4)4 · 14H2O
O Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
O RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
O SerpieriteCa(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
O SideriteFeCO3
O SmithsoniteZnCO3
O VoltaiteK2Fe52+Fe33+Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
O ZinciteZnO
O Zincrosasite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2
O Adamite-Olivenite Series
O Melanterite var. Copper-bearing Melanterite(Fe,Cu)SO4 · 7H2O
O LahnsteiniteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 3H2O
O OxyplumboroméitePb2Sb2O6O
O BohuslaviteFe43+(PO4)3(SO4)(OH) · nH2O
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
F KhademiteAl(SO4)F · 5H2O
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mg EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
Mg HydromagnesiteMg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O
Mg MagnesiocopiapiteMgFe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
AlAluminium
Al CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Al HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Al KhademiteAl(SO4)F · 5H2O
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al VoltaiteK2Fe52+Fe33+Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
P PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
P BohuslaviteFe43+(PO4)3(SO4)(OH) · nH2O
SSulfur
S AnglesitePbSO4
S AnhydriteCaSO4
S AntleriteCu3(SO4)(OH)4
S BaryteBaSO4
S BournonitePbCuSbS3
S BrianyoungiteZn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
S BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S ChalcanthiteCuSO4 · 5H2O
S Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
S CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
S CovelliteCuS
S DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
S EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
S FibroferriteFe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
S GalenaPbS
S GreenockiteCdS
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
S ImiteriteAg2HgS2
S KhademiteAl(SO4)F · 5H2O
S KrausiteKFe(SO4)2 · H2O
S KtenasiteZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2O
S LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
S LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
S MagnesiocopiapiteMgFe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
S MarcasiteFeS2
S MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
S NamuwiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O
S Nickelboussingaultite(NH4)2Ni(SO4)2 · 6H2O
S PosnjakiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O
S PyriteFeS2
S RömeriteFe2+Fe23+(SO4)4 · 14H2O
S RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
S SerpieriteCa(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
S SphaleriteZnS
S StibniteSb2S3
S Native SulphurS8
S Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
S VoltaiteK2Fe52+Fe33+Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
S Wurtzite(Zn,Fe)S
S Melanterite var. Copper-bearing Melanterite(Fe,Cu)SO4 · 7H2O
S Tetrahedrite GroupM2(A6)M1(B4 C2)X3(D4)S1(Y12)S2(Z)
S LahnsteiniteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 3H2O
S Pyrite var. Silver-bearing PyriteFeS2
S BohuslaviteFe43+(PO4)3(SO4)(OH) · nH2O
ClChlorine
Cl MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Cl PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
KPotassium
K KrausiteKFe(SO4)2 · H2O
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K VoltaiteK2Fe52+Fe33+Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
CaCalcium
Ca AnhydriteCaSO4
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca SerpieriteCa(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
MnManganese
Mn CesàrolitePbMn34+O6(OH)2
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Fe FibroferriteFe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Fe KrausiteKFe(SO4)2 · H2O
Fe MagnesiocopiapiteMgFe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe RömeriteFe2+Fe23+(SO4)4 · 14H2O
Fe RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
Fe SideriteFeCO3
Fe VoltaiteK2Fe52+Fe33+Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Fe Wurtzite(Zn,Fe)S
Fe Melanterite var. Copper-bearing Melanterite(Fe,Cu)SO4 · 7H2O
Fe Pyrite var. Silver-bearing PyriteFeS2
Fe BohuslaviteFe43+(PO4)3(SO4)(OH) · nH2O
NiNickel
Ni AnnabergiteNi3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Ni Nickelboussingaultite(NH4)2Ni(SO4)2 · 6H2O
CuCopper
Cu AntleriteCu3(SO4)(OH)4
Cu Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Cu AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cu BournonitePbCuSbS3
Cu BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu ChalcanthiteCuSO4 · 5H2O
Cu Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Cu CovelliteCuS
Cu CupriteCu2O
Cu DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Cu KtenasiteZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2O
Cu LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Cu LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Cu PosnjakiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O
Cu Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Cu SerpieriteCa(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Cu Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
Cu Zincrosasite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2
Cu Adamite-Olivenite Series
Cu Melanterite var. Copper-bearing Melanterite(Fe,Cu)SO4 · 7H2O
ZnZinc
Zn Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Zn BrianyoungiteZn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
Zn Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Zn HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Zn HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Zn KöttigiteZn3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Zn KtenasiteZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2O
Zn NamuwiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O
Zn Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Zn SerpieriteCa(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Zn SmithsoniteZnCO3
Zn SphaleriteZnS
Zn Wurtzite(Zn,Fe)S
Zn ZinciteZnO
Zn Zincrosasite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2
Zn Adamite-Olivenite Series
Zn LahnsteiniteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 3H2O
AsArsenic
As AnnabergiteNi3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
As Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
As KöttigiteZn3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
As MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
As Adamite-Olivenite Series
AgSilver
Ag ImiteriteAg2HgS2
Ag Native SilverAg
CdCadmium
Cd GreenockiteCdS
SbAntimony
Sb BindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
Sb BournonitePbCuSbS3
Sb StibniteSb2S3
Sb Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
Sb OxyplumboroméitePb2Sb2O6O
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
HgMercury
Hg ImiteriteAg2HgS2
PbLead
Pb AnglesitePbSO4
Pb BindheimitePb2Sb2O6O
Pb BournonitePbCuSbS3
Pb CerussitePbCO3
Pb CesàrolitePbMn34+O6(OH)2
Pb GalenaPbS
Pb LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Pb MassicotPbO
Pb MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Pb PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
Pb OxyplumboroméitePb2Sb2O6O

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