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Franklin Marble, Sussex County, New Jersey, USAi
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Franklin MarbleFormation
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° North , 74° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~6km
Mindat Locality ID:
18565
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:18565:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0


The Franklin Marble is a widespread geological unit and hosts a wide variety of deposits. However, there are a significant number of minerals found in the Franklin Marble that are not from the zinc or iron mines.
There are several distinct occurrences in the Franklin mining district. The Franklin Marble is the widespread host rock, and there are numerous quarries that have been productive mineral specimen producers.

The Franklin Zinc Mine is a separate kind of occurrence, as are the Iron mines, but there is an overlap in iron mining in the zinc orebodies.
Franklin Marble extends from Orange County, New York through South central Sussex County, New Jersey. Only portions of the Franklin Marble are located within the Franklin Mining District defined in 1908, although there are locations just outside the District's defined limits that subsequently have been discovered to be important mineral-bearing localities. The well-known Lime Crest Quarry in Sparta Township is not in the Franklin Mining District.

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Commodity List

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Mineral List

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

68 valid minerals. 2 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

Paragenesis


Franklin Marble ...

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Actinolite
Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Habit: coarse granular to elongated euhedral crystals
Colour: pale to dark green
Description: Clusters of elongated crystals in calcite to several cm or massive in skarn layers with other Mg rich minerals.
ⓘ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Description: Occurs in Precambrian Franklin marble.
ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase
Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Description: Occurs in Precambrian Franklin marble.
ⓘ Allanite-(Ce)
Formula: (CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Habit: tabular
Colour: black
Description: Black tabular crystals to a few cm in microcline, quartz, hedenbergite, titanite matrix.
ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'
Formula: AB2C5(T8O22)W2
ⓘ Anorthite
Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)
ⓘ Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
✪ Axinite-(Fe)
Formula: Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Description: Occurs as transparent, bladed, tabular crystals of delicate color in fracture surface cavities in microcline-quartz-rich pegmatite within the Precambrain Franklin marble.
ⓘ Azurite
Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
ⓘ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Habit: Thin tabular.
Colour: Snow-white
Fluorescence: tan to creamy white
Description: Occurs in a Mississippi Valley-like deposit vein in Precambrian Franklin marble as bladed masses and paper-thin, tabular crystals in cavities. Associated with fluorite, sphalerite, galena, quartz, pyrite.
ⓘ 'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ Brucite
Formula: Mg(OH)2
Habit: micaceous
Colour: pale to dark green
Fluorescence: pale blue
Description: Micaceous layers with other Mg-rich minerals in skarns. Much or what has been called muscovite from here is likely brucite.
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.
Habit: anhedral cleavable masses, rare hexagonal prisms with rhomb terminations
Colour: white to pale grey
Fluorescence: magenta to pink (MW)
Description: Extremely coarse-grained cleavable masses of white to pale gray calcite make up most of the formation. Secondary calcite crystals in small dissolution cavities can reach 1 cm associated with quartz, pyrite, hematite, dolomite.
ⓘ Chondrodite
Formula: Mg5(SiO4)2F2
Habit: rounded grains
Colour: orange-brown
Description: Mostly as rounded grains or crude crystals to 1 cm.
ⓘ Chrysotile
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘ Clinochlore
Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
ⓘ 'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'
ⓘ Corundum
Formula: Al2O3
Habit: crude hexagonal prisms
Colour: Pink, purplish, light to dark blue
Fluorescence: Red (LW) (pink colored only).
Description: As crude crystals to a few cm, some partly replaced by serpentine, rimmed by talc. Usually in a tough, massive tremolite, spinel, phlogopite, rutile rich rock.
ⓘ Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
ⓘ Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Habit: rhombohedral, massive
Colour: gray
Description: Commonly massive with sphalerite, pyrite, barite, fluorite. Very rarely as micro-rhombs in dissolution cavities with calcite, pyrite.
ⓘ Dravite
Formula: NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Habit: long to short prismatic terminated by rhombohedrons and pedion.
Colour: Nearly white to very dark brown.
Fluorescence: yellow
Description: terminated prismatic crystals to a few cm, massive to many cm.
ⓘ Edenite
Formula: NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
ⓘ 'Edenite-Pargasite Root Name Series'
Formula:
ⓘ Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘ Fluoborite
Formula: Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3
ⓘ Fluorapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Habit: elongated hexagonal prismatic
Colour: light blue, gray-brown
Description: Prismatic crystals to a few cm. Surprisingly rare.
ⓘ Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Description: Occurs in Precambrian Franklin marble.
ⓘ Fluoro-edenite ?
Formula: NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F2
Description: No data presented
ⓘ Fluoro-pargasite
Formula: NaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22F2
ⓘ Fluorophlogopite
Formula: KMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
Habit: Columnar crystals
Colour: Brown
Fluorescence: Yellow
Description: Chemical analyses (Dunn, 1995) show that this mica in near end-member fluorophlogopite according to IMA nomenclature of 1999.
ⓘ Fluoro-tremolite (TL)
Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)F2
Type Locality:
ⓘ Fluor-uvite (TL)
Formula: CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
Habit: First and second order prisms and first and second order trigonal pyramids. Crystal usually equant to slight elongated on "c".
Colour: Full range of light to dark shades of green including olive green and brownish green through greenish brown.
ⓘ 'Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series'
Description: Occurs in Precambrian Franklin marble. This locality produced some of the finest classic green and brown Franklin fluor-uvite crystals. Originally simply called "uvite", before changes in tourmaline nomenclature
ⓘ Gahnite
Formula: ZnAl2O4
ⓘ Galena
Formula: PbS
ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena
Formula: PbS with Ag
Description: Mr. Cummings extracted a bead of silver from a sample of the galena in the Mississippi-Valley-Type-Deposit occurrence in the quarry.
ⓘ 'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
ⓘ Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘ Goldmanite
Formula: Ca3V3+2(SiO4)3
ⓘ Graphite
Formula: C
Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Habit: thin tabular disks
Colour: black
Description: Thin disks around 1 cm in the marble and skarn.
ⓘ Grossular
Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
ⓘ Hedenbergite
Formula: CaFe2+Si2O6
Habit: anhedral
Colour: dark greenish black
Description: In skarn units with titanite, microcline, quartz, albite, scapolite, etc.
ⓘ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
ⓘ Hemimorphite
Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
ⓘ Hercynite
Formula: Fe2+Al2O4
ⓘ 'Heulandite Subgroup'
Formula: (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Colour: Yellowish
Description: Occurs as druses of tiny crystals on fracture seams in silicate rocks.
ⓘ Hydroxylclinohumite
Formula: Mg9(SiO4)4(OH)2
References:
ⓘ Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Colour: black
Description: As black pseudomorphs of titanite crystals in a microcline and quartz matrix. See: https://www.mindat.org/photo-679202.html
References:
Harold Moritz CollectionIdentified by Harold Moritz: SEM-EDS
ⓘ Lizardite
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Habit: massive
Colour: shades of green
Description: Massive material with hardness of 2.5, probably from the low-temp alteration of other minerals.
References:
Harold Moritz CollectionIdentified by Harold Moritz: Visual Identification
ⓘ 'Magnesian hastingsite'
ⓘ Magnesio-fluoro-hastingsite
Formula: NaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22F2
References:
ⓘ Magnesio-hornblende
Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
ⓘ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Habit: anhedral grains and masses
Colour: black
Description: A concentration of ~5mm grains and masses in otherwise typical calcite marble found in 1991.
ⓘ Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
ⓘ Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Margarite
Formula: CaAl2(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2
✪ Marialite
Formula: Na4Al3Si9O24Cl
Habit: elongated prismatic
Colour: pale yellow
Fluorescence: creamy white to pink under SW UV
Description: Crystals in the Harvard Mineralogical and Geological Museum collection have been analyzed (I don't recall with what method) but are marialite. The best one is depicted in The Mineralogy of Franklin and Ogdensburg, New Jersey (2021) page 286.
References:
Harvard Mineralogical and Geological MuseumIdentification: Dealer/Collection Label
ⓘ Meionite
Formula: Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3
Habit: crudely elongated prismatic
Colour: pale to medium green to rarely lavender
Description: In lenses of silicate minerals with other calc-silicate species.
ⓘ Microcline
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Description: The microcline can occur as pure white crystalline masses, sometimes as graphic granite with intergrown quartz, and fluoresces deep magenta-red (SW UV).
ⓘ Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
ⓘ Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Description: more likely to be brucite
ⓘ Norbergite
Formula: Mg3(SiO4)F2
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Habit: Crystals vary from somewhat acute appearing rhombic cross-sections to blocky.
Colour: Light yellow to orange brown
Fluorescence: Yellow
Description: Rounded euhedral crystals to several cm, or more commonly as anhedral grains, sometimes in large, nearly pure masses, associated with spinel.
ⓘ Pargasite
Formula: NaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Description: light purple to brown, nonfluorescent
ⓘ Phlogopite
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Habit: micaceous
Colour: brown
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Habit: cubic, octahedral, rare diploidal
Description: Crystals generally up to about 1 cm in marble, micro crystals in dissolution pockets with calcite, dolomite, quartz.
ⓘ Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Description: Occurs in Precambrian Franklin marble.
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Rutile
Formula: TiO2
ⓘ 'Scapolite'
Habit: massive to subhedral
Colour: pale gray, pale green, pink
Description: Tough, massive material common in skarn units but inconspicuous, associated with actinolite, microcline, quartz, titanite, hedenbergite, albite, brucite, serpentine.
ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'
Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4
Habit: massive
Colour: gray, brown, olive, bright green
Description: As massive material with other Mg-rich minerals or calc-silicates, as a bright green rind around corundum, with talc, spinel and phlogopite.
ⓘ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Habit: massive
Colour: yellow, oil-green & dark brown
Description: Occurred in a Mississippi Valley-like deposit within the Franklin marble associated with baryte, fluorite, dolomite, pyrite. Some masses of oil-green spahalerite were transparent and faceting grade material.
ⓘ Spinel
Formula: MgAl2O4
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Habit: octahedral
Colour: pink, maroon, dark blue, purplish-gray, dark gray
Description: Commonly as subhedral to euhedral grains associated with humite group and pyrrhotite. Best crystals to 1.5 cm and reddish in a dense, medium-grained, white calcite with excellent norbergite crystals and graphite.
ⓘ Talc
Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
ⓘ Thortveitite
Formula: Sc2Si2O7
ⓘ Titanite
Formula: CaTiO(SiO4)
Habit: tabular
Colour: brown
Description: Abundant crystals to 2-3 cm in zones within skarn units associated with hedenbergite, quartz, microcline, albite, scapolite, allanite. Some crystals pseudomorphed by a black mineral.
ⓘ 'Tourmaline'
Formula: AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
ⓘ Tremolite
Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Habit: elongated sprays of prismatic crystals, tough massive
Colour: gray
Description: Sprays of euhedral crystals can reach several cm.
ⓘ Uvite
Formula: CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
ⓘ Wollastonite
Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)
Description: Occurs in typical snow-white masses of divergent fibers.
ⓘ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)
Colour: Brown

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘGraphite1.CB.05aC
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘPyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘvar. Silver-bearing Galena2.CD.10PbS with Ag
ⓘMolybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘMarcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
ⓘArsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘGahnite4.BB.05ZnAl2O4
ⓘHercynite4.BB.05Fe2+Al2O4
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘSpinel4.BB.05MgAl2O4
ⓘCorundum4.CB.05Al2O3
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘIlmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘRutile4.DB.05TiO2
ⓘGoethite4.FD.10Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘBrucite4.FE.05Mg(OH)2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘDolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
ⓘAragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
ⓘAzurite5.BA.05Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
ⓘMalachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 6 - Borates
ⓘFluoborite6.AB.50Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘFluorapatite8.BN.05Ca5(PO4)3F
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘChrysotile9.00.Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘGoldmanite9.AD.25Ca3V3+2(SiO4)3
ⓘGrossular9.AD.25Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
ⓘNorbergite9.AF.40Mg3(SiO4)F2
ⓘChondrodite9.AF.45Mg5(SiO4)2F2
ⓘHydroxylclinohumite9.AF.55Mg9(SiO4)4(OH)2
ⓘTitanite9.AG.15CaTiO(SiO4)
ⓘThortveitite9.BC.05Sc2Si2O7
ⓘHemimorphite9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
ⓘAxinite-(Fe)9.BD.20Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
ⓘEpidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘAllanite-(Ce)9.BG.05b(CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘDravite9.CK.05NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
ⓘFluor-uvite (TL)9.CK.05CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
ⓘUvite9.CK.05CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
ⓘDiopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
ⓘHedenbergite9.DA.15CaFe2+Si2O6
ⓘActinolite9.DE.10◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
ⓘMagnesio-hornblende9.DE.10◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
ⓘTremolite9.DE.10◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
ⓘFluoro-tremolite (TL)9.DE.10◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)F2
ⓘEdenite9.DE.15NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
ⓘPargasite9.DE.15NaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
ⓘFluoro-edenite ?9.DE.15NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F2
ⓘMagnesio-fluoro-hastingsite9.DE.15NaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22F2
ⓘFluoro-pargasite9.DE.15NaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22F2
ⓘWollastonite9.DG.05Ca3(Si3O9)
ⓘTalc9.EC.05Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
ⓘMuscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘPhlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘFluorophlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
ⓘMargarite9.EC.30CaAl2(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2
ⓘClinochlore9.EC.55Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
ⓘLizardite9.ED.15Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘMicrocline9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
ⓘAlbite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘAnorthite9.FA.35Ca(Al2Si2O8)
ⓘAlbite
var. Oligoclase
9.FA.35(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
ⓘMarialite9.FB.15Na4Al3Si9O24Cl
ⓘMeionite9.FB.15Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3
Unclassified
ⓘ'Amphibole Supergroup'-AB2C5(T8O22)W2
ⓘ'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ'Heulandite Subgroup'-(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
ⓘ'Tourmaline'-AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
ⓘ'Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series' ?-
ⓘ'Scapolite'-
ⓘ'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'-
ⓘ'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3
ⓘ'Magnesian hastingsite'-
ⓘ'Serpentine Subgroup'-D3[Si2O5](OH)4
ⓘ'Edenite-Pargasite Root Name Series'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Hⓘ Allanite-(Ce)(CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Hⓘ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Hⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Hⓘ BruciteMg(OH)2
Hⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hⓘ ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Hⓘ DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Hⓘ EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Hⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Hⓘ Axinite-(Fe)Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Hⓘ FluoboriteMg3(BO3)(F,OH)3
Hⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Hⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Hⓘ Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Hⓘ LizarditeMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hⓘ Magnesio-hornblende◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Hⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Hⓘ MargariteCaAl2(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ PargasiteNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Hⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Hⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Hⓘ Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series
Hⓘ HydroxylclinohumiteMg9(SiO4)4(OH)2
Hⓘ Clinozoisite-Epidote Series
Hⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
Hⓘ Edenite-Pargasite Root Name Series
Hⓘ Fluor-uviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
Hⓘ UviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
BBoron
Bⓘ DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Bⓘ Axinite-(Fe)Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Bⓘ FluoboriteMg3(BO3)(F,OH)3
Bⓘ TourmalineAD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Bⓘ Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series
Bⓘ Fluor-uviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
Bⓘ UviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
CCarbon
Cⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
Cⓘ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Cⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Cⓘ GraphiteC
Cⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Cⓘ MeioniteCa4Al6Si6O24CO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Oⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ Allanite-(Ce)(CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Oⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5(T8O22)W2
Oⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Oⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
Oⓘ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Oⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Oⓘ BruciteMg(OH)2
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ ChondroditeMg5(SiO4)2F2
Oⓘ ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Oⓘ CorundumAl2O3
Oⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Oⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oⓘ DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Oⓘ EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Oⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Oⓘ Axinite-(Fe)Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Oⓘ FluoboriteMg3(BO3)(F,OH)3
Oⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Oⓘ GahniteZnAl2O4
Oⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Oⓘ GoldmaniteCa3V23+(SiO4)3
Oⓘ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Oⓘ HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Oⓘ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Oⓘ Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Oⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Oⓘ LizarditeMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ Magnesio-hornblende◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Oⓘ MargariteCaAl2(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ MarialiteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl
Oⓘ MeioniteCa4Al6Si6O24CO3
Oⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ NorbergiteMg3(SiO4)F2
Oⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Oⓘ PargasiteNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Oⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ RutileTiO2
Oⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4
Oⓘ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Oⓘ ThortveititeSc2Si2O7
Oⓘ TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
Oⓘ TourmalineAD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Oⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Oⓘ Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series
Oⓘ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Oⓘ Fluoro-edeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F2
Oⓘ HydroxylclinohumiteMg9(SiO4)4(OH)2
Oⓘ Clinozoisite-Epidote Series
Oⓘ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Oⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
Oⓘ Magnesio-fluoro-hastingsiteNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Oⓘ Fluoro-pargasiteNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Oⓘ FluorophlogopiteKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
Oⓘ Fluoro-tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)F2
Oⓘ Edenite-Pargasite Root Name Series
Oⓘ Fluor-uviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
Oⓘ UviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
FFluorine
Fⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fⓘ ChondroditeMg5(SiO4)2F2
Fⓘ FluoboriteMg3(BO3)(F,OH)3
Fⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Fⓘ FluoriteCaF2
Fⓘ NorbergiteMg3(SiO4)F2
Fⓘ Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series
Fⓘ Fluoro-edeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F2
Fⓘ Magnesio-fluoro-hastingsiteNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Fⓘ Fluoro-pargasiteNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Fⓘ FluorophlogopiteKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
Fⓘ Fluoro-tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)F2
Fⓘ Edenite-Pargasite Root Name Series
Fⓘ Fluor-uviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
NaSodium
Naⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Naⓘ DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Naⓘ EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Naⓘ Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Naⓘ MarialiteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl
Naⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Naⓘ PargasiteNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Naⓘ Fluoro-edeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F2
Naⓘ Magnesio-fluoro-hastingsiteNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Naⓘ Fluoro-pargasiteNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22F2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Mgⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Mgⓘ BruciteMg(OH)2
Mgⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mgⓘ ChondroditeMg5(SiO4)2F2
Mgⓘ ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Mgⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mgⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mgⓘ DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Mgⓘ EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Mgⓘ FluoboriteMg3(BO3)(F,OH)3
Mgⓘ LizarditeMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mgⓘ Magnesio-hornblende◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Mgⓘ NorbergiteMg3(SiO4)F2
Mgⓘ PargasiteNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Mgⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Mgⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4
Mgⓘ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Mgⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Mgⓘ Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series
Mgⓘ Fluoro-edeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F2
Mgⓘ HydroxylclinohumiteMg9(SiO4)4(OH)2
Mgⓘ Magnesio-fluoro-hastingsiteNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Mgⓘ Fluoro-pargasiteNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Mgⓘ FluorophlogopiteKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
Mgⓘ Fluoro-tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)F2
Mgⓘ Fluor-uviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
Mgⓘ UviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ Allanite-(Ce)(CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Alⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Alⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Alⓘ ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Alⓘ CorundumAl2O3
Alⓘ DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Alⓘ EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Alⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Alⓘ Axinite-(Fe)Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Alⓘ GahniteZnAl2O4
Alⓘ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Alⓘ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Alⓘ Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Alⓘ Magnesio-hornblende◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Alⓘ MargariteCaAl2(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ MarialiteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl
Alⓘ MeioniteCa4Al6Si6O24CO3
Alⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Alⓘ PargasiteNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Alⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4
Alⓘ Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series
Alⓘ Fluoro-edeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F2
Alⓘ Clinozoisite-Epidote Series
Alⓘ Magnesio-fluoro-hastingsiteNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Alⓘ Fluoro-pargasiteNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Alⓘ FluorophlogopiteKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
Alⓘ Edenite-Pargasite Root Name Series
Alⓘ Fluor-uviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
Alⓘ UviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Siⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ Allanite-(Ce)(CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Siⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Siⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Siⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ ChondroditeMg5(SiO4)2F2
Siⓘ ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Siⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Siⓘ DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Siⓘ EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Siⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Siⓘ Axinite-(Fe)Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Siⓘ GoldmaniteCa3V23+(SiO4)3
Siⓘ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Siⓘ HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
Siⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Siⓘ Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Siⓘ LizarditeMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ Magnesio-hornblende◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Siⓘ MargariteCaAl2(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ MarialiteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl
Siⓘ MeioniteCa4Al6Si6O24CO3
Siⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ NorbergiteMg3(SiO4)F2
Siⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Siⓘ PargasiteNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Siⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Siⓘ ThortveititeSc2Si2O7
Siⓘ TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
Siⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Siⓘ Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series
Siⓘ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Siⓘ Fluoro-edeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F2
Siⓘ HydroxylclinohumiteMg9(SiO4)4(OH)2
Siⓘ Clinozoisite-Epidote Series
Siⓘ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Siⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
Siⓘ Magnesio-fluoro-hastingsiteNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Siⓘ Fluoro-pargasiteNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Siⓘ FluorophlogopiteKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
Siⓘ Fluoro-tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)F2
Siⓘ Edenite-Pargasite Root Name Series
Siⓘ Fluor-uviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
Siⓘ UviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
SSulfur
Sⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Sⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
Sⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag
ClChlorine
Clⓘ MarialiteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl
Clⓘ Edenite-Pargasite Root Name Series
KPotassium
Kⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Kⓘ Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Kⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kⓘ FluorophlogopiteKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Caⓘ Allanite-(Ce)(CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Caⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Caⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Caⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Caⓘ EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Caⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Caⓘ Axinite-(Fe)Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Caⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Caⓘ FluoriteCaF2
Caⓘ GoldmaniteCa3V23+(SiO4)3
Caⓘ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Caⓘ HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
Caⓘ Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Caⓘ Magnesio-hornblende◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Caⓘ MargariteCaAl2(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2
Caⓘ MeioniteCa4Al6Si6O24CO3
Caⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Caⓘ PargasiteNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Caⓘ TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
Caⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Caⓘ Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series
Caⓘ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Caⓘ Fluoro-edeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F2
Caⓘ Clinozoisite-Epidote Series
Caⓘ Magnesio-fluoro-hastingsiteNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Caⓘ Fluoro-pargasiteNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Caⓘ Fluoro-tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)F2
Caⓘ Edenite-Pargasite Root Name Series
Caⓘ Fluor-uviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
Caⓘ UviteCaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
ScScandium
Scⓘ ThortveititeSc2Si2O7
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Tiⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Tiⓘ RutileTiO2
Tiⓘ TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
VVanadium
Vⓘ GoldmaniteCa3V23+(SiO4)3
FeIron
Feⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Feⓘ Allanite-(Ce)(CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Feⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Feⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Feⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Feⓘ Axinite-(Fe)Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Feⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Feⓘ HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Feⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Feⓘ Clinozoisite-Epidote Series
Feⓘ Magnesio-fluoro-hastingsiteNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22F2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cuⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ GahniteZnAl2O4
Znⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
Asⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
MoMolybdenum
Moⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
AgSilver
Agⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4
CeCerium
Ceⓘ Allanite-(Ce)(CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
PbLead
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS
Pbⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing GalenaPbS with Ag

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