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73 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Actinolite
Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Habit: blocky to tabular
Colour: white
Description: As a coarse-grained component of pegmatites, and fine-grained component of gneiss. Micro-crystals lining Alpine clefts with micro-quartz and fluorite.
Albite var. Andesine
Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
'Allanite Group'
Formula: (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Almandine
Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Anatase
Formula: TiO2
Habit: bipyramidal
Colour: indigo-blue to pale blue
Description: "Found as indigo-blue to pale blue micro-crystals intimately associated with quartz, calcite, and feldspar. The matrix appears to be a brecciated quartz rock." Januzzi (1994). At least one very small crystal was found in Ron's collection.
Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
Description: "Found as an isolated grayish micro-crystal associated with quartz, feldspar, and dolomite. A brown to brownish black tourmaline (dravite?) occurs in the same environment but is not common." Januzzi (1994).
Annite
Formula: KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Augite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Bertrandite
Formula: Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Beryl
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Colour: pale green
Description: "sparse green beryl crystals up to 3 inches long"
'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
'Calamine'
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Habit: crude tetragonal scalenohedral
Colour: golden metallic
Description: Microcrystals in Alpine cleft.
'Chlorite Group'
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Chondrodite
Formula: Mg5(SiO4)2F2
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Chrysoberyl
Formula: BeAl2O4
Habit: tabular twinned
Colour: pale yellow green to bright lemon-yellow
Description: "First collected, by the author, at a granite pegmatite in the Iron Works District of Brookfield. The first crystal was about an eighth of an inch in length and bright lemon-yellow in color; this specimen was consumed at Wesleyan University for confirmation purposes. The chrysoberyl pictured is embedded in feldspar and pale yellow green in color." Januzzi (1994). Two specimens from Januzzi's collection were obtained after he passed away and confirm the occurrence. The better crystal is only 2mm.
Chrysotile
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Clinozoisite
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Habit: subhedral elongated prism
Colour: pink
Description: The pink variety clinothulite (or possibly the zoisite analog thulite) found as small crystals in quartz matrix.
'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'
'Columbite Group'
Habit: tabular
Colour: black with iridescence
Description: Subhedral crystals in pegmatite matrix.
Datolite
Formula: CaB(SiO4)(OH)
Habit: tabular wedges
Colour: chalky white
Description: Microcrystals in Alpine cleft with quartz, adularia, chalcopyrite, laumontite.
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)
Formula: (KNa)(Mn2+◻)Ca(Na2Na)Mn2+13Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH)2
Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
Colour: white-gray
Description: "In the iron works district of Brookfield (not at construction site) abundant diopside (white-gray) is found showing excellent parting planes." Januzzi (1994).
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Elbaite
Formula: Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Habit: anhedral
Colour: pink, green, dark green, pink/green/black concentric zones
Description: "Photo shows anhedral crystals of pink tourmaline. This discovery, by the author, is of great interest because it has helped to firmly establish the presence of a lithium phase in the pegmatitic intrusions in the Iron Works District of Brookfield." Januzzi (1994). A few macro specimens mostly frozen in matrix were found in his collection.
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Habit: acicular
Colour: gray-green
Description: Reference includes photo of crystals.
Eucryptite
Formula: LiAlSiO4
Fluorapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Habit: rough octahedron
Colour: colorless
Description: Micro-crystals in Alpine clefts with micro-albite and quartz.
Forsterite
Formula: Mg2(SiO4)
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Galena
Formula: PbS
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
Greenockite
Formula: CdS
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
'Gummite'
Hematite ?
Formula: Fe2O3
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details.
Hemimorphite ?
Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details.
Heulandite-Ca
Formula: (Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
Habit: blocky
Colour: colorless
Description: Microcrystal associated with drusy stilbite in a fracture in amphibolite.
'Hornblende Root Name Group'
Formula: ◻Ca2(C2+4C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Hydrozincite ?
Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details.
Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
'K Feldspar'
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details.
'K Feldspar var. Adularia'
Formula: KAlSi3O8
Habit: wedges
Colour: cream
Description: Microcrystals in Alpine clefts.
Kyanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Laumontite
Formula: CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Colour: chalky white
Description: In Alpine cleft with microcrystalline datolite, quartz, adularia, chalcopyrite.
'Limonite'
Lithiophilite
Formula: LiMn2+PO4
Habit: massive
Colour: grayish pink
Description: Massive material in pegmatite matrix.
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Meta-autunite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
Metaswitzerite
Formula: Mn2+3(PO4)2 · 4H2O
Habit: angular flakes
Colour: golden brown
Description: Golden brown flakes and angular partial crystal aggregates to 5mm associated with vivianite on quartz, albite, microcline and spodumene matrix.
Microcline
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Mitridatite ?
Formula: Ca2Fe3+3(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O
Habit: Druzy
Description: I'm pretty sure that the yellow druzy mineralization in the pegmatite is Mitridatite. I can't definatively be sure.
Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Muscovite var. Sericite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Native Copper ?
Formula: Cu
Description: very doubtful, tarnished chalcopyrite can look like copper. Details, photographs needed.
References:
Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Opal var. Opal-AN
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Habit: encrustation
Colour: brown-stained
Fluorescence: bright green under SW UV
Description: Coating on quartz from pegmatite.
Orthoclase
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Palygorskite ?
Formula: ◻Al2Mg22Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O
Habit: fibrous
Colour: white
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details. Most likely this fibrous mineral is actually sepiolite. TEM-EDS analysis of a similar sample from the marble in Danbury proved to be sepiolite.
Phlogopite
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Pyromorphite
Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
'Pyroxene Group'
Formula: ADSi2O6
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Rutile
Formula: TiO2
Habit: equant
Colour: black
Description: Photo in reference shows crystals from "Kovac's Quarry, Iron Works District, Brookfield, Conn." Januzzi (1994).
'Scapolite'
Colour: White to pale lilac
Description: "White to pale lilac scapolite was found, relatively recently, in numerous small masses distributed in the earth during road construction in the iron works district of Brookfield." Januzzi (1994).
Schorl
Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Habit: elongated prismatic
Colour: black
Description: Massive material in pegmatites or in the core of color-zoned elbaite. Micro-crystals in Alpine clefts.
Sepiolite
Formula: Mg4(Si6O15)(OH)2 · 6H2O
Habit: fibrous
Colour: white
Description: Labelled by collector Ronald Januzzi as palygorskite but a similar-looking sample from Danbury https://www.mindat.org/photo-758041.html analyzed via TEM-EDS proved to be sepiolite.
'Serpentine Subgroup'
Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4
Sillimanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Smithsonite
Formula: ZnCO3
Habit: impalpable powder, pulverulent, and in cellular, bone-like masses
Colour: white
Description: Shepard (1837) uses the term "calamine" but describes it as a zinc carbonate.
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Habit: tetrahedral, polysynthetically twinned
Colour: black, yellow-brown
Description: As micro-crystals in voids with clay in a brecciated marble matrix. Crystals show a variety of habits including polysynthetically twinned one similar to those from Thomaston Dam (misidentified as wurtzite).
Spodumene
Formula: LiAlSi2O6
Staurolite
Formula: Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Stilbite-Ca
Formula: NaCa4(Si27Al9)O72 · 28H2O
Habit: tabular
Colour: pale yellow
Description: Microcrystals in a fracture in amphibolite.
Talc
Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Tantalite-(Mn)
Formula: Mn2+Ta2O6
Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
'Tourmaline'
Formula: AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Colour: brown to brownish black
Description: "A brown to brownish black tourmaline (dravite?) occurs with quartz, feldspar, and dolomite but is not common....This brown tourmaline could possibly be uvite: chemical analysis needed." Januzzi (1994).
Tremolite
Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Triphylite
Formula: LiFe2+PO4
Uraninite
Formula: UO2
Vivianite
Formula: Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Habit: cleaved masses
Colour: dark blue
Description: "A new American locality for vivianite has been discovered at an undisclosed site in Brookfield by Mr. Januzzi. The species occurs in a granite pegmatite with tiny oil-green masses of dickinsonite associated with triphylite". Januzzi (1994). Cleaved masses associated with metaswitzerite on quartz, albite, microcline and spodumene matrix.
Wollastonite
Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)
Description: Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Zoisite
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Colour: pink
Description: A pink mass of crystals in quartz could be thulite (or the clinothulite variety of the locally much more common clinozoisite).

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Copper ?1.AA.05Cu
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Greenockite2.CB.45CdS
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Molybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Chrysoberyl4.BA.05BeAl2O4
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Hematite ?4.CB.05Fe2O3
Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Opal
var. Opal-AN
4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
Tantalite-(Mn)4.DB.35Mn2+Ta2O6
Anatase4.DD.05TiO2
Uraninite4.DL.05UO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Smithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
Hydrozincite ?5.BA.15Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Lithiophilite8.AB.10LiMn2+PO4
Triphylite8.AB.10LiFe2+PO4
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)8.BF.05(KNa)(Mn2+◻)Ca(Na2Na)Mn2+13Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH)2
Fluorapatite8.BN.05Ca5(PO4)3F
Pyromorphite8.BN.05Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Metaswitzerite8.CE.25Mn2+3(PO4)2 · 4H2O
Vivianite8.CE.40Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Mitridatite ?8.DH.30Ca2Fe3+3(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O
Meta-autunite8.EB.10Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Chrysotile9.00.Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Eucryptite9.AA.05LiAlSiO4
Forsterite9.AC.05Mg2(SiO4)
Almandine9.AD.25Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Zircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
Sillimanite9.AF.05Al2(SiO4)O
Kyanite9.AF.15Al2(SiO4)O
Staurolite9.AF.30Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)
Chondrodite9.AF.45Mg5(SiO4)2F2
Titanite9.AG.15CaTi(SiO4)O
Datolite9.AJ.20CaB(SiO4)(OH)
Bertrandite9.BD.05Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Hemimorphite ?9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Clinozoisite9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Zoisite9.BG.10(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Beryl9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Elbaite9.CK.05Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Schorl9.CK.05NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Augite9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Diopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
Spodumene9.DA.30LiAlSi2O6
Actinolite9.DE.10◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Tremolite9.DE.10◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Wollastonite9.DG.05Ca3(Si3O9)
Talc9.EC.05Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
var. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Annite9.EC.20KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Phlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Palygorskite ?9.EE.20◻Al2Mg22Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O
Sepiolite9.EE.25Mg4(Si6O15)(OH)2 · 6H2O
Microcline9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Orthoclase9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
var. Andesine9.FA.35(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Laumontite9.GB.10CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Heulandite-Ca9.GE.05(Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
Stilbite-Ca9.GE.10NaCa4(Si27Al9)O72 · 28H2O
Unclassified
'K Feldspar
var. Adularia'
-KAlSi3O8
'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
'Chlorite Group'-
'Gummite'-
'Limonite'-
'Tourmaline'-AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
'Calamine'-
'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'-
'Scapolite'-
'Hornblende Root Name Group'-◻Ca2(C2+4C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
'K Feldspar'-
'Pyroxene Group'-ADSi2O6
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3
'Serpentine Subgroup'-D3[Si2O5](OH)4
'Columbite Group'-
'Allanite Group'-(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
H AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H BertranditeBe4(Si2O7)(OH)2
H BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
H ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
H Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)(KNa)(Mn2+◻)Ca(Na2Na)Mn132+Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH)2
H DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
H ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
H Opal var. Opal-ANSiO2 · nH2O
H HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
H LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
H Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
H MetaswitzeriteMn32+(PO4)2 · 4H2O
H MitridatiteCa2Fe33+(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H OpalSiO2 · nH2O
H Palygorskite◻Al2Mg22Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O
H PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
H SepioliteMg4(Si6O15)(OH)2 · 6H2O
H StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
H TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
H Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
H VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
H Zoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H Heulandite-Ca(Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
H Stilbite-CaNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72 · 28H2O
H Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
H Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
LiLithium
Li ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Li EucryptiteLiAlSiO4
Li LithiophiliteLiMn2+PO4
Li SpodumeneLiAlSi2O6
Li TriphyliteLiFe2+PO4
BeBeryllium
Be BertranditeBe4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Be BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Be ChrysoberylBeAl2O4
BBoron
B DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
B ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
B SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
B TourmalineAD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C CalciteCaCO3
C CerussitePbCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
C SmithsoniteZnCO3
OOxygen
O Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
O K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O AnataseTiO2
O Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
O AnglesitePbSO4
O AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O AragoniteCaCO3
O Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
O AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
O BertranditeBe4(Si2O7)(OH)2
O BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
O BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
O CalciteCaCO3
O CerussitePbCO3
O ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
O ChondroditeMg5(SiO4)2F2
O ChrysoberylBeAl2O4
O Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)(KNa)(Mn2+◻)Ca(Na2Na)Mn132+Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH)2
O DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
O ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O EucryptiteLiAlSiO4
O FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
O ForsteriteMg2(SiO4)
O HematiteFe2O3
O HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
O Opal var. Opal-ANSiO2 · nH2O
O HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
O IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
O KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
O LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
O LithiophiliteLiMn2+PO4
O Tantalite-(Mn)Mn2+Ta2O6
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
O MetaswitzeriteMn32+(PO4)2 · 4H2O
O MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
O MitridatiteCa2Fe33+(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O OpalSiO2 · nH2O
O OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
O Palygorskite◻Al2Mg22Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O
O PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
O QuartzSiO2
O RutileTiO2
O SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
O SepioliteMg4(Si6O15)(OH)2 · 6H2O
O SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
O SmithsoniteZnCO3
O SpodumeneLiAlSi2O6
O StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
O TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
O TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
O TourmalineAD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
O Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
O TriphyliteLiFe2+PO4
O UraniniteUO2
O VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
O WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
O ZirconZr(SiO4)
O Zoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O Heulandite-Ca(Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
O Stilbite-CaNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72 · 28H2O
O Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
O Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
O Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
O Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
O Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
FFluorine
F BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
F ChondroditeMg5(SiO4)2F2
F FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
F FluoriteCaF2
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Na Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Na Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)(KNa)(Mn2+◻)Ca(Na2Na)Mn132+Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH)2
Na ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Na SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Na Heulandite-Ca(Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
Na Stilbite-CaNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72 · 28H2O
MgMagnesium
Mg Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Mg Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Mg BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Mg ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mg ChondroditeMg5(SiO4)2F2
Mg DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mg ForsteriteMg2(SiO4)
Mg Palygorskite◻Al2Mg22Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O
Mg PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Mg SepioliteMg4(Si6O15)(OH)2 · 6H2O
Mg TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Mg Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Al AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Al BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Al BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Al ChrysoberylBeAl2O4
Al Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)(KNa)(Mn2+◻)Ca(Na2Na)Mn132+Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH)2
Al ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al EucryptiteLiAlSiO4
Al KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Al LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Al MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
Al Palygorskite◻Al2Mg22Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O
Al PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Al SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Al SpodumeneLiAlSi2O6
Al StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Al Zoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al Heulandite-Ca(Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
Al Stilbite-CaNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72 · 28H2O
Al Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
Al Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Si K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Si AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Si AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Si BertranditeBe4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Si BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Si BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Si ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si ChondroditeMg5(SiO4)2F2
Si Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Si DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
Si ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si EucryptiteLiAlSiO4
Si ForsteriteMg2(SiO4)
Si HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Si Opal var. Opal-ANSiO2 · nH2O
Si KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Si LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Si MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Si OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
Si Palygorskite◻Al2Mg22Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O
Si PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
Si SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Si SepioliteMg4(Si6O15)(OH)2 · 6H2O
Si SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Si SpodumeneLiAlSi2O6
Si StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Si TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Si TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Si Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Si WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Si ZirconZr(SiO4)
Si Zoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si Heulandite-Ca(Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
Si Stilbite-CaNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72 · 28H2O
Si Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
Si Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Si Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
Si Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
PPhosphorus
P Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)(KNa)(Mn2+◻)Ca(Na2Na)Mn132+Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH)2
P FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
P LithiophiliteLiMn2+PO4
P Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
P MetaswitzeriteMn32+(PO4)2 · 4H2O
P MitridatiteCa2Fe33+(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O
P PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
P TriphyliteLiFe2+PO4
P VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
SSulfur
S AnglesitePbSO4
S ArsenopyriteFeAsS
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S GreenockiteCdS
S MolybdeniteMoS2
S PyriteFeS2
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
S SphaleriteZnS
ClChlorine
Cl PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
KPotassium
K K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
K AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
K Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)(KNa)(Mn2+◻)Ca(Na2Na)Mn132+Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH)2
K MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
K PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Ca Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)(KNa)(Mn2+◻)Ca(Na2Na)Mn132+Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH)2
Ca DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Ca Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
Ca MitridatiteCa2Fe33+(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O
Ca TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Ca Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Ca WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Ca Zoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca Heulandite-Ca(Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
Ca Stilbite-CaNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72 · 28H2O
Ca Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
TiTitanium
Ti AnataseTiO2
Ti BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Ti IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Ti RutileTiO2
Ti TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
MnManganese
Mn Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)(KNa)(Mn2+◻)Ca(Na2Na)Mn132+Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH)2
Mn LithiophiliteLiMn2+PO4
Mn Tantalite-(Mn)Mn2+Ta2O6
Mn MetaswitzeriteMn32+(PO4)2 · 4H2O
Mn Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
FeIron
Fe Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Fe AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Fe AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Fe BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe MitridatiteCa2Fe33+(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Fe SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Fe StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Fe TriphyliteLiFe2+PO4
Fe VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Fe Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu Native CopperCu
ZnZinc
Zn HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Zn HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Zn SmithsoniteZnCO3
Zn SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
ZrZirconium
Zr ZirconZr(SiO4)
NbNiobium
Nb Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
MoMolybdenum
Mo MolybdeniteMoS2
CdCadmium
Cd GreenockiteCdS
TaTantalum
Ta Tantalite-(Mn)Mn2+Ta2O6
PbLead
Pb AnglesitePbSO4
Pb CerussitePbCO3
Pb GalenaPbS
Pb PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
UUranium
U Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
U UraniniteUO2

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