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Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UKi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
52° 22' 1'' North , 3° 57' 46'' West
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Upper Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, Dyfed; Cardiganshire
Pb-Zn mining in Roman and Medieval times.
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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 |
| ⓘ 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 |
| ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ✪ 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(H2O)6(SO4) 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 |
| ⓘ Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 Colour: iridescent References: |
| ⓘ 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 Localities: Colour: green |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| ⓘ Caledonite Formula: Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 Localities: 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. |
| ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| ⓘ 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: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. |
| ⓘ '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 Localities: Colour: black,iridescent Description: frequent black coating on sphalerite. Dissolves in HCl to give green crystals of copper chloride which coat steel wool fibre with copper. |
| ⓘ Cuprite Formula: Cu2O |
| ⓘ 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: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region. |
| ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena Formula: PbS with Ag |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ Greenockite Formula: CdS |
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Hemimorphite Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| ⓘ 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 Localities: 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. |
| ⓘ Hydrozincite Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| ✪ 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 |
| ⓘ 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 Localities: Description: A single specimen of Leadhillite was confirmed by XRD as a replacement of a preexisting lath-like mineral. |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' Localities: Habit: earthy Colour: brown |
| ⓘ Linarite Formula: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. 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 |
| ⓘ '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 Localities: Description: Sphalerite can be readily collected from the lower tips in very large pieces, but sadly crystals are rare.
Good pyromorphite at higher levels, but better still at nearby Copa Hill. |
| ⓘ 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. |
| ⓘ Posnjakite Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Localities: Cwmystwyth Mine, Cwmystwyth, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Wemyss Mine, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Bodcoll Mine (Gertrude Mine; South Wales Mine), Devil's Bridge, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Red Rock Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
| ⓘ Pyromorphite Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl Localities: Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Cwmystwyth Mine, Cwmystwyth, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Devil's Bridge, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Bodcoll Mine (Gertrude Mine; South Wales Mine), Devil's Bridge, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK 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. |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region. |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Ferruginous Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Ramsbeckite Formula: (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O |
| ⓘ Redgillite Formula: Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2O Localities: 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 |
| ⓘ Serpierite Formula: Ca(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)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. |
| ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 Description: Sphalerite can be readily collected from the lower tips in very large pieces, but sadly crystals are rare.
Good pyromorphite at higher levels, but better still at nearby Copa Hill. References: |
| ⓘ Smithsonite Formula: ZnCO3 Localities: Habit: needles |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region. |
| ✪ 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 Localities: Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Aberffrwdd Mine (Aberfrwdd Gothic Mine; East Aberffrwdd Mine; Aberffrwdd and Bonsall Mine; Gothic Mine), Devil's Bridge, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Cwmystwyth Mine, Cwmystwyth, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK 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 |
| ⓘ ' Formula: Pb, Si, O, H (?) Locality: Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK - erroneously reported Habit: Lath-like Colour: White Description: The mineral was incorrectly analysed as a silicate many years ago. It is steverustite. |
| ⓘ '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) |
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 |
| ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ | 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 | |||
| ⓘ | 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 |
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.FD.10 | Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | 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 |
| ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| ⓘ | 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 |
| ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | 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(H2O)6(SO4) |
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Langite | 7.DD.10 | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Posnjakite | 7.DD.10 | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O |
| ⓘ | Wroewolfeite | 7.DD.10 | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Serpierite | 7.DD.30 | Ca(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)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 | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Bechererite | Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)] |
| H | ⓘ Bianchite | Zn(H2O)6(SO4) |
| 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 | ⓘ Posnjakite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O |
| 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(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)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 | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| 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 | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| 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 | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Bechererite | Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)] |
| O | ⓘ Bianchite | Zn(H2O)6(SO4) |
| 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 | ⓘ Posnjakite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O |
| 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(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| O | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| 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(H2O)6(SO4) |
| S | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| 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 | ⓘ Posnjakite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O |
| 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(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)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(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)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 | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Corkite | PbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| 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 | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Bechererite | Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)] |
| Cu | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| 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 | ⓘ Posnjakite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O |
| 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(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)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(H2O)6(SO4) |
| 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(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)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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