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Glastonbury31,876 (2017)
Glastonbury Center7,387 (2017)
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French:
Glastonbury, Comté de Hartford, Connecticut, États-Unis
German:
Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Glastonbury, Contea di Hartford, Connecticut, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Гластонбери, Хартфорд, Коннектикут, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
格拉斯頓伯里 , 哈特福德縣, 康乃狄克州, 美国
Spanish:
Glastonbury, Condado de Hartford, Connecticut, Estados Unidos
Arabic:
غلاستونبوري, مقاطعة هارتفورد, كونيتيكت, الولايات المتحدة
Basque:
Glastonbury , Hartford konderria, Connecticut
Catalan:
Glastonbury, Connecticut, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
Chechen:
Гластонбери , Коннектикут, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Danish:
Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
Dutch:
Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
گلستونبری، کنتیکت, شهرستان هارتفورد، کنتیکت, کنتیکت, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Finnish:
Glastonbury, Connecticut, Yhdysvallat
Georgian:
გლასტონბერი, კონექტიკუტი, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Haitian:
Glastonbury, Konèktikòt, Etazini
Hebrew:
גלסטונבורי, קונטיקט, ארצות הברית
Hungarian:
Glastonbury, Hartford megye, Connecticut, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
グラストンベリー, ハートフォード郡, コネチカット州, アメリカ合衆国
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Гластонбюри, Коннектикут, Америка Құрама Штаттары
Kyrgyz:
Гластонбюри, Америка Кошмо Штаттары
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Glastonbury
Norwegian:
Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Polish:
Glastonbury, Hrabstwo Hartford, Connecticut, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Glastonbury, Condado de Hartford, Connecticut, Estados Unidos
Swedish:
Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Tatar:
Гластонбери , Коннектикут, Америка Кушма Штатлары
Turkish:
Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Гластонбері, Гартфорд, Коннектикут, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
گلیسٹنبری، کنیکٹیکٹ, ہارٹفورڈ کاؤنٹی، کنیکٹیکٹ, کنیکٹیکٹ, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Glastonbury, Konnektikut, Amerika Qoʻshma Shtatlari
Volapük:
Glastonbury, Connecticut, Lamerikän
Welsh:
Glastonbury, Connecticut, Unol Daleithiau America


Glastonbury is a town on the east side of the Connecticut River, just southeast of Hartford. The bedrock geology consists of continental clastic sedimentary rocks (Portland Formation) within the Mesozoic Hartford Basin under the westernmost part of town, though these are mostly covered by Pleistocene deposits, and, in the Eastern Highlands, metamorphic rocks of the Bronson Hill terrane under the eastern part of the town. Most of the Bronson Hill bedrock is the Ordovician Glastonbury meta-plutonic gneiss, flanked on the east and west by Collins Hill formation, and unconformably overlain by the Silurian-Devonian meta-sedimentary Fitch, Clough, and Littleton formations in a north-northeast trending syncline near the eastern edge of town. Numerous pegmatites intrude these units, most notably just south of the village of South Glastonbury near the Portland line. This swarm is the northern part of the Middletown Pegmatite District.

The diversity of mineralogy found within the town is dominated by the pegmatites, which include both common and mariolitic, lithium-rich types. Rock forming and accessory metamorphic minerals are found in the meta-plutons and meta-sediments, and low temperature hydrothermal minerals are found in later faults and fractures.

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52 valid minerals. 3 erroneous literature entries.

Rock Types Recorded


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Detailed Mineral List:

Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Localities: Reported from at least 40 localities in this region.
Albite var. Cleavelandite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Habit: tabular, subhedral
Colour: white
Description: Associated with massive, nearly black smoky quartz and beryl. Texture grades into sugary albitite.
'Allanite Group' ?
Formula: (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Description: Listed in Table 1 of Betts (1999) with a question mark.
Almandine
Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.
Habit: dodecahedral and trapezohedral
Colour: maroon
Description: Usually small (<5mm) but well formed crystals in fine-grained schist, larger crystals to 3 cm in coarser schist. Confirmed as almandine using XRF (Fe:Mn ratio = 83:17) by Harold Moritz.
Annite
Formula: KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.
Description: fka: biotite
'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3A
Autunite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
Beryl
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.
Habit: stout prisms with pinacoidal terminations
Colour: yellow green to pale green
Description: Crystals up to several inches in diameter, best crystals associated with nearly black smoky quartz and cleavelandite.
Beryl var. Aquamarine
Colour: blue
Description: good gem material found
Beryl var. Goshenite
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Habit: hexagonal prisms
Colour: colorless
Description: a gem quality flattened crystal 8 cm in diameter retained by Brack family.
Beryl var. Heliodor
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Beryl var. Morganite
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Colour: pink to peach
Bismuthinite
Formula: Bi2S3
Habit: massive
Colour: gray
Description: irregular masses in the quartz core, most are altered to bismutite.
References:
Bismutite
Formula: (BiO)2CO3
Description: Good quality specimens were reported by Dick Schooner in Betts (1999).
Cassiterite
Formula: SnO2
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Columbite-(Fe)
Formula: Fe2+Nb2O6
Habit: crudely prismatic
Colour: black
Description: crude crystals with dull luster typically associated with or grown up against samarskite-(Y) crystals. In aggregates to about 8 cm, tiny euhedral crystals rare. Duller luster of the coarse, uneven fracture surface differentiates it from samarskite.
'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'
Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.
Columbite-(Mn)
Formula: Mn2+Nb2O6
References:
Tony Albini CollectionIdentification: Visual Identification, XRD
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Description: Accessory in the pegmatite.
Cookeite
Formula: (LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8
Habit: botryoidal aggregates of platy crystals
Colour: pale yellow to gray
Description: associated with elbaite, lepidolite, beryl
Dickite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Dravite
Formula: NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Elbaite
Formula: Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Habit: elongated prisms
Colour: green, pink, red
Description: all elbaite crystals have a thin blue cap on the pedion termination, with "watermelon" crystals and gem nodules to 5 mm common
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Habit: elongated prismatic
Colour: green
Description: euhdral crystal to three inches, with scapolite and titanite in a quartz vein
'Feldspar Group'
'Feldspar Group var. Perthite'
Ferrimolybdite
Formula: Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O
Description: Associated with molybdenite collected by Dick Schooner.
Fluorapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.
Fluorapatite var. Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite
Formula: (Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn5+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Habit: mostly massive, rarely octahedral
Colour: Light pink to dark red
Fluorescence: blue-green
Description: Occurs as small masses or octahedra (which typically crumble) in the northern pegmatite.
Fluorite var. Chlorophane
Formula: CaF2
Habit: massive to crudely octahedral
Colour: pink to dark red
Fluorescence: blue-green
Description: Crystals or masses typically crumble so rarely intact or on matrix.
Gahnite
Formula: ZnAl2O4
Habit: octahedral
Colour: dark green
Description: Usually small octahedra less than about 1 cm, associated with cleavelandite and very dark smoky quartz in the southern pegmatite. According to Schooner (1958), Mary E. Mrose, of the U. S. Geological Survey, established the identity of this material by an x-ray diffraction test.
'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
Colour: red
Description: "abundant in certain of the finer portions of the rock, and as a rule occur in streaks or zones. Few of the crystals are over one-eighth inch in diameter" Bastin (1910)
Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Grayite
Formula: (Th,Pb,Ca)(PO4) · H2O
Hematite ?
Formula: Fe2O3
Colour: maroon
Description: Red to maroon coatings on feldspars near samarskite and columbite crystals. Qualitative testing suggests hematite.
Ishikawaite
Formula: U4+Fe2+Nb2O8
Description: Although ishikawaite has been found at some former samarskite-(Y) localities, all analyses of Spinelli Prospect specimens show they are consistent with samarskite-(Y).
Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Colour: white
Description: most of the feldspar has weathered to this clay.
References:
'Lepidolite'
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Habit: anhedral
Colour: black
Description: from the lower portion of the pegmatite away from the samarskite zone, easily distinguished by attraction to magnet.
Meta-autunite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
Habit: thin crusts
Colour: pale yellow
Fluorescence: green
Description: Associated with other uranium minerals
Metatorbernite
Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Habit: square, tabular
Colour: green
Description: as flaky coatings with not very distinct crystals
Microcline
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Localities: Reported from at least 37 localities in this region.
Microcline var. Amazonite
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Habit: massive
Colour: pale blue-green
Description: grades into typical white microcline
'Microlite Group'
Formula: A2-mTa2X6-wZ1-n
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Habit: octahedral with dodecahedral and cubic modifications
Colour: pale to dark brown to black, yellow-green
Description: Crystals up to "almost half an inch" (Schooner, 1958) associated with cleavelandite and very dark smoky quartz in the southern pegmatite.
Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
Description: Good quality specimens were reported by Dick Schooner in Betts (1999), though this could be an allusion to Foye (1922), who is actually referencing the Howe #1 quarry.
Monazite-(Ce)
Formula: Ce(PO4)
Habit: subhedral, blocky
Colour: brown-red
Description: Recent collecting aided by ionizing radiation detectors (May 2012) has turned up an approximately 15-cm-long, subhedral crystal weighing around 4 kg and a few other smaller crystals to 8 cm. These are the first crystals found in the pegmatite since 1933 and may be the largest from Connecticut.
'Monazite Group'
Formula: REE(PO4)
Description: Listed in Table 1 in Betts (1999) with a question mark.
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Localities: Reported from at least 39 localities in this region.
Habit: tabular
Colour: silvery to pale green
Description: Significant accessory mineral, mostly massive and up to 1 foot or so across, but euhedral crystals formed adjacent to the quartz core zone.
Nacrite ?
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Description: Dick Schooner reports (via Januzzi, 1976) finding nacrite in an unspecified pegmatite, no details are provided.
Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Habit: bubbly coatings
Colour: colorless to aqua
Fluorescence: green
Description: Coatings mostly invisible unless illuminated by SW UV, rarely colored blue-green in daylight and if thick enough has a translucent, fine-grained bubbly appearance.
Opal var. Opal-AN
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Habit: bubbly coatings
Colour: colorless to aqua
Fluorescence: green
Description: Coatings mostly invisible unless illuminated by SW UV, rarely colored blue-green in daylight and if thick enough has a translucent, fine-grained bubbly appearance.
Orthoclase
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Description: Occurs in pegmatite.
References:
Pollucite ?
Formula: (Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12) · 2H2O
Description: Reference includes a list of minerals identical to Schooner (1958). No details provided.
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Pyrolusite
Formula: Mn4+O2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Localities: Reported from at least 41 localities in this region.
Quartz var. Rose Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Description: Foye (1922) refers to the Howe #1 quarry, aka Huspband quarry, often misspelled Husband.
References:
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.
Habit: prismatic with rhombic terminations
Colour: gray to brown
Description: associated with gem crystals
Rutile
Formula: TiO2
Rutile var. Strüverite
Formula: (Ti,Ta,Fe)O2
Samarskite-(Y)
Formula: YFe3+Nb2O8
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Habit: radiating to subparallel prismatic groups with dome terminations
Colour: black
Description: Crystals usually in aggregates (up to 15 cm) typically well terminated but very brittle and easily damaged due to incipient fractures and metamict nature. Fractures conchoidally with lustrous, pitch-black surface. Commonly associated with columbite-(Fe) that has a duller luster especially on the fracture face. Coated with clays from altered surrounding feldspars that are reddish colored, and thin muscovite, both can be removed with micro-blasting using soft abrasive.
'Scapolite'
Description: with epidote and titanite in a quartz vein
Schorl
Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.
Description: Common pegmatite accessory.
Sillimanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
Spessartine
Formula: Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Description: Collected by Dick Schooner associated with columbite.
Staurolite
Formula: Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)
Habit: Elongated prismatic, rarely twinned
Colour: dark brown
Description: Prismatic crystals can reach several cm, associated with almandine in fine-grained schist.
Strengite
Formula: FePO4 · 2H2O
Thorite
Formula: Th(SiO4)
Colour: dark brown
Titanite
Formula: CaTiO(SiO4)
Description: with scapolite and epidote in a quartz vein
Torbernite
Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O
Description: Dick Schooner reports (via Betts, 1999) good crystals found here, but that may be in allusion to Foye (1922), who is actually referring to an alternate name for the Howe #1 quarry.
'Tourmaline'
Formula: AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Habit: elongated prisms
Colour: red to pink
Description: typically with blue color "cap" on the pedion
'Tourmaline var. Rubellite'
Habit: elongated prisms
Colour: red to pink
Description: typically with blue color "cap" on the pedion
Uraninite
Formula: UO2
Habit: octahedral
Colour: black
Description: Crystals typically less than 1 cm.
'Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)'
Formula: (Ca,U,Na)2-x(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7
Uranophane
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
Xenotime-(Y) ?
Formula: Y(PO4)
Description: In a list of minerals with no supporting information.
Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)
Habit: elongated prism
Colour: dark brown
Description: Tiny crystals with garnet.
Zircon var. Cyrtolite
Formula: Zr[(SiO4),(OH)4]

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Bismuthinite2.DB.05Bi2S3
Molybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite
var. Chlorophane
3.AB.25CaF2
3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
'Microlite Group'4.00.A2-mTa2X6-wZ1-n
Gahnite4.BB.05ZnAl2O4
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Hematite ?4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Rose Quartz ?4.DA.05SiO2
var. Smoky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Opal
var. Opal-AN
4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
Cassiterite4.DB.05SnO2
Pyrolusite ?4.DB.05Mn4+O2
Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
var. Strüverite4.DB.05(Ti,Ta,Fe)O2
Ishikawaite ?4.DB.25U4+Fe2+Nb2O8
Samarskite-(Y)4.DB.25YFe3+Nb2O8
Columbite-(Fe)4.DB.35Fe2+Nb2O6
Columbite-(Mn)4.DB.35Mn2+Nb2O6
Uraninite4.DL.05UO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Bismutite5.BE.25(BiO)2CO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Ferrimolybdite7.GB.30Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Xenotime-(Y) ?8.AD.35Y(PO4)
Monazite-(Ce)8.AD.50Ce(PO4)
Fluorapatite8.BN.05Ca5(PO4)3F
var. Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite8.BN.05(Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn5+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Strengite8.CD.10FePO4 · 2H2O
Grayite8.CJ.45(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO4) · H2O
Autunite8.EB.05Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
Torbernite8.EB.05Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O
Meta-autunite8.EB.10Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
Metatorbernite8.EB.10Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Almandine9.AD.25Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Spessartine9.AD.25Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Thorite9.AD.30Th(SiO4)
Zircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
var. Cyrtolite9.AD.30Zr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
Sillimanite9.AF.05Al2(SiO4)O
Staurolite9.AF.30Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)
Titanite9.AG.15CaTiO(SiO4)
Uranophane9.AK.15Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Beryl
var. Aquamarine
9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)
9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)
var. Morganite9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)
var. Heliodor9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)
var. Goshenite9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Dravite9.CK.05NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Elbaite9.CK.05Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Schorl9.CK.05NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Annite9.EC.20KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Cookeite9.EC.55(LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8
Dickite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Kaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Nacrite ?9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Microcline
var. Amazonite
9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Orthoclase9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
var. Cleavelandite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Pollucite ?9.GB.05(Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12) · 2H2O
Unclassified
'Feldspar Group'-
'Lepidolite'-
'Monazite Group'-REE(PO4)
'Tourmaline
var. Rubellite'
-AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
''-AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
'Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)'-(Ca,U,Na)2-x(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7
'Feldspar Group
var. Perthite'
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'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'-
'Scapolite'-
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3
'Columbite-Tantalite'-
'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3A
'Allanite Group' ?-(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
H Cookeite(LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8
H DickiteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
H ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H FerrimolybditeFe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
H Grayite(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO4) · H2O
H Opal var. Opal-ANSiO2 · nH2O
H KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H Fluorapatite var. Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite(Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn5+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH)
H Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
H MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H NacriteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H OpalSiO2 · nH2O
H Pollucite(Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12) · 2H2O
H SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
H StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
H StrengiteFePO4 · 2H2O
H TorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O
H Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)(Ca,U,Na)2-x(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7
H UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
H Zircon var. CyrtoliteZr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
H Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
LiLithium
Li Cookeite(LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8
Li ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
BeBeryllium
Be BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Be Beryl var. MorganiteBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Be Beryl var. HeliodorBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Be Beryl var. GosheniteBe3Al2(Si6O18)
BBoron
B DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
B ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
B Tourmaline var. Rubellite
B SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
B TourmalineAD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
CCarbon
C Bismutite(BiO)2CO3
OOxygen
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O Microcline var. AmazoniteK(AlSi3O8)
O AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
O AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
O Bismutite(BiO)2CO3
O BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
O CassiteriteSnO2
O Cookeite(LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8
O DickiteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
O ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O FerrimolybditeFe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O
O Columbite-(Fe)Fe2+Nb2O6
O FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
O GahniteZnAl2O4
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O Grayite(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO4) · H2O
O HematiteFe2O3
O Opal var. Opal-ANSiO2 · nH2O
O IshikawaiteU4+Fe2+Nb2O8
O KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O Columbite-(Mn)Mn2+Nb2O6
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O Fluorapatite var. Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite(Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn5+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH)
O Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
O MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
O MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
O Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
O Monazite-(Ce)Ce(PO4)
O Beryl var. MorganiteBe3Al2(Si6O18)
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O NacriteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O OpalSiO2 · nH2O
O OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
O Pollucite(Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12) · 2H2O
O PyrolusiteMn4+O2
O QuartzSiO2
O Quartz var. Rose QuartzSiO2
O Tourmaline var. Rubellite
O RutileTiO2
O Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
O SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
O SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
O Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
O SpessartineMn32+Al2(SiO4)3
O StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
O StrengiteFePO4 · 2H2O
O Rutile var. Strüverite(Ti,Ta,Fe)O2
O ThoriteTh(SiO4)
O TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
O TorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O
O TourmalineAD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
O UraniniteUO2
O Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)(Ca,U,Na)2-x(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7
O UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
O Xenotime-(Y)Y(PO4)
O ZirconZr(SiO4)
O Beryl var. HeliodorBe3Al2(Si6O18)
O Zircon var. CyrtoliteZr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
O Beryl var. GosheniteBe3Al2(Si6O18)
O Albite var. CleavelanditeNa(AlSi3O8)
O Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
O Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
FFluorine
F Fluorite var. ChlorophaneCaF2
F FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
F FluoriteCaF2
F Fluorapatite var. Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite(Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn5+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH)
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Na DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Na ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Na Pollucite(Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12) · 2H2O
Na SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Na Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)(Ca,U,Na)2-x(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7
Na Albite var. CleavelanditeNa(AlSi3O8)
MgMagnesium
Mg DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al Microcline var. AmazoniteK(AlSi3O8)
Al AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Al BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Al Cookeite(LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8
Al DickiteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Al DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Al ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al GahniteZnAl2O4
Al KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Al MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Al Beryl var. MorganiteBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al NacriteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Al OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
Al Pollucite(Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12) · 2H2O
Al SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Al SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Al SpessartineMn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Al StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Al Beryl var. HeliodorBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Al Beryl var. GosheniteBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Al Albite var. CleavelanditeNa(AlSi3O8)
SiSilicon
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si Microcline var. AmazoniteK(AlSi3O8)
Si AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Si BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Si Cookeite(LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8
Si DickiteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Si ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si Opal var. Opal-ANSiO2 · nH2O
Si KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Si Beryl var. MorganiteBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si NacriteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Si OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
Si Pollucite(Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12) · 2H2O
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. Rose QuartzSiO2
Si SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Si SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Si Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
Si SpessartineMn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Si StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Si ThoriteTh(SiO4)
Si TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
Si UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
Si ZirconZr(SiO4)
Si Beryl var. HeliodorBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Si Zircon var. CyrtoliteZr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
Si Beryl var. GosheniteBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Si Albite var. CleavelanditeNa(AlSi3O8)
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Si Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
PPhosphorus
P AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
P FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
P Grayite(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO4) · H2O
P Fluorapatite var. Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite(Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn5+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH)
P Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
P MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
P Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
P Monazite-(Ce)Ce(PO4)
P StrengiteFePO4 · 2H2O
P TorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O
P Xenotime-(Y)Y(PO4)
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
SSulfur
S BismuthiniteBi2S3
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S MolybdeniteMoS2
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
ClChlorine
Cl Fluorapatite var. Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite(Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn5+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH)
KPotassium
K Microcline var. AmazoniteK(AlSi3O8)
K AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
CaCalcium
Ca AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
Ca Fluorite var. ChlorophaneCaF2
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca Grayite(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO4) · H2O
Ca Fluorapatite var. Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite(Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn5+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Ca Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
Ca TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
Ca Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)(Ca,U,Na)2-x(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7
Ca UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
TiTitanium
Ti RutileTiO2
Ti Rutile var. Strüverite(Ti,Ta,Fe)O2
Ti TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
MnManganese
Mn Columbite-(Mn)Mn2+Nb2O6
Mn Fluorapatite var. Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite(Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn5+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Mn PyrolusiteMn4+O2
Mn SpessartineMn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Mn Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
FeIron
Fe AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Fe AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe FerrimolybditeFe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O
Fe Columbite-(Fe)Fe2+Nb2O6
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe IshikawaiteU4+Fe2+Nb2O8
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
Fe SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Fe StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Fe StrengiteFePO4 · 2H2O
Fe Rutile var. Strüverite(Ti,Ta,Fe)O2
Fe Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Cu TorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O
ZnZinc
Zn GahniteZnAl2O4
Zn SphaleriteZnS
YYttrium
Y Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
Y Xenotime-(Y)Y(PO4)
ZrZirconium
Zr ZirconZr(SiO4)
Zr Zircon var. CyrtoliteZr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
NbNiobium
Nb Columbite-(Fe)Fe2+Nb2O6
Nb IshikawaiteU4+Fe2+Nb2O8
Nb Columbite-(Mn)Mn2+Nb2O6
Nb Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
Nb Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)(Ca,U,Na)2-x(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7
Nb Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
MoMolybdenum
Mo FerrimolybditeFe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O
Mo MolybdeniteMoS2
SnTin
Sn CassiteriteSnO2
CsCaesium
Cs Pollucite(Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12) · 2H2O
CeCerium
Ce Monazite-(Ce)Ce(PO4)
TaTantalum
Ta Microlite GroupA2-mTa2X6-wZ1-n
Ta Rutile var. Strüverite(Ti,Ta,Fe)O2
Ta Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)(Ca,U,Na)2-x(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7
PbLead
Pb Grayite(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO4) · H2O
BiBismuth
Bi BismuthiniteBi2S3
Bi Bismutite(BiO)2CO3
ThThorium
Th Grayite(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO4) · H2O
Th ThoriteTh(SiO4)
UUranium
U AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
U IshikawaiteU4+Fe2+Nb2O8
U Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
U MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
U TorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O
U UraniniteUO2
U Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)(Ca,U,Na)2-x(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7
U UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O

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