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A-Z Of Minerals
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Their are thousands of minerals from all over the world. Below is a list of the more common minerals group according to their Chemical Grouping. It will give the reader a basic idea of what their is and how they are grouped.

 

A.NATIVE ELEMENTS:

1.Copper

2.Diamond

3. Gold

4.Graphite

5.Mercury

6.Silver

8.Sulphur

 

B SULPHIDE:

1. Arsenopyrite 

2. Bornite

3.Chalcocite

4.Chalcopyrite

5.Cinnabar

6.Cobaltite

7.Covellite

8.Erythrite ( Arsenate)

9.Galena

10. Jamesonite

11. Lollingite

12. Marcasite

13.Molybdenite

14.Orpiment

15.Pentlandite

16.Pyrite

17.Pyrrhotite

18.Realgar

19.Sphalerite

20.Stannite

21. Stibnite

22 Tennanite

23Tetrahedrite ( Antimony-Sulphide) 

C.HALIDE

1.Flourite

2.Halite

3.Sylvite

D.OXIDE

1.Cassiterite

2.Corundum

3.Cuprite

E. HYDROXIDE:

1.Diaspore

2.Hematite

3. Ilmenite

4. Magnetite

5.Perovskite

6.Pryrochlore

7.Prysolusite

8.Romanechite

9.Rutile

10.Spinel

11.Uraninite

F. VANADATE

1.Vanadinite

G. TUNGSTATE

1.Wolframite

H.CARBONATE

1.Ankerite

2.Aragonite

3.Azurite

4.Calcite

5.Cerussite

6.Dolomite

7.Magnesite

8.Malachite

9.Rhodochrosite

10.Siderite

11.Stontianite

12.Witherite

I SULPHATE

1.Anglesite

2.Anhydrite

3.Barite

4.Celestine

5.Gypsum

J PHOSPHATE

1.APATITE.

2.Lazulite

3.Monazite

4.Pyromorphite

5.Vivianite

K SILICATE

1.Actinolite

2.Gaucophane

3.Hornblende

4.Riebeckite

5.Tremolite

L ALUMINO-SILICATE

1.Albite

2.Anorthite

3.Microline

4.Orthoclase

5. Plagioclase

6.Sanidine

7.Hauyne

8.leucite

9.Nepheline

10. Nosean

M SODIUM ALUMINIUM SILICATE 

1.Sodalite

N SILICATE

1.Almandine

2.Andradite

3.Grossular

4.Pyrope

O HYDROUS SILICATE:

1. Biotite 

2. Lepidolite

3.Muscovite

4.Phlogophite

P SILICATE

1.Olivine

2. Aegirine

3.Augite

4.Diopside

5.Entatite

6. Hedenbergite

7.Hypersthene

8.Jadeite

9. Pectolite

10.Rhodonite

11.Spodumene

12. Wollastonite

Q HYDROUS MAGNESIUM SILICATE

1. Antigorite

2.Chrysolite

R Silica

1.Quartz-chalcedony 

2. Quartz

S Hydrous Silica

1. Opal

T HYDROUS SILICATE

2.Analcime

3.Apophyllite

4.Harmotome

5.Heulandite

6. Mesolite

7. Natrolite

8.Stilbite

U SILICATE

1.Beryl

2.Epidote

3.Melilite

4.Scapolite

5.Titanite

6.Topaz

7. Vesuvianite

8. Zircon

9.Zoisite

 

V HYDROUS SILICATE

1.Chlorite

W HYDROUS COPPER SILICATE

1.Chrysocolla

2 Dioptase

X BORO-SILICATE

1.Axinite

2.Datolite

3.Tourmaline

Y BORATE

1.BORAX

Z SUCCINIC ACID

1.Amber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 
     

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