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Chihuahua, Mexicoi
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Ignimbrite Canyon Walls, Barrancas del Cobre (Copper Canyon), Chihuahua, Mexico

Barrancas del Cobre, Guachochi Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Mining Crazy Lace Agate

Sierra Santa Lucia, Ejido Benito Juarez, Buenaventura Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Pinos Altos Mine, Pinos Altos, Ocampo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Ignimbrite Canyon Walls, Barrancas del Cobre (Copper Canyon), Chihuahua, Mexico

Barrancas del Cobre, Guachochi Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Mining Crazy Lace Agate

Sierra Santa Lucia, Ejido Benito Juarez, Buenaventura Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Composite Longitudinal Section

Pinos Altos Mine, Pinos Altos, Ocampo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Ignimbrite Canyon Walls, Barrancas del Cobre (Copper Canyon), Chihuahua, Mexico

Barrancas del Cobre, Guachochi Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Mining Crazy Lace Agate

Sierra Santa Lucia, Ejido Benito Juarez, Buenaventura Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Neighbouring regions:
Coahuila, Mexico
Durango, Mexico
Sinaloa, Mexico
Sonora, Mexico
New Mexico, USA
Texas, USA
Type:
State
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Juárez1,321,004 (2018)
Chihuahua809,232 (2014)
Ciudad Delicias118,071 (2018)
Cuauhtémoc114,007 (2018)
Parral104,836 (2018)
Nuevo Casas Grandes55,553 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
2297
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:2297:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
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French:
Chihuahua, Mexique
German:
Chihuahua, Mexiko
Italian:
Chihuahua, Messico
Russian:
Чиуауа, Мексика
Simplified Chinese:
奇瓦瓦州, 墨西哥
Spanish:
Chihuahua, México
Afrikaans:
Chihuahua, Meksiko
Arabic:
شيواوا, المكسيك
Aragonese:
Chihuahua
Armenian:
Չիուաուա
Asturian:
Chihuahua
Aymara:
Chihuahua Istadu
Azeri:
Çiuaua
Basque:
Chihuahua
Belarusian:
Чыўаўа, Мексіка
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Чыўаўа
Bengali:
চিউয়াউয়া
Bosnian:
Chihuahua
Breton:
Chihuahua
Bulgarian:
Чиуауа, Мексико
Catalan:
Estat de Chihuahua, Mèxic
Cebuano:
Chihuahua
Cherokee:
ᏥᏩᏩ
Cheyenne:
Chihuahua
Cornish:
Chihuahua
Croatian:
Chihuahua
Czech:
Chihuahua, Mexiko
Danish:
Chihuahua, Mexico
Dutch:
Chihuahua, Mexico
Esperanto:
Ĉiŭaŭo
Estonian:
Chihuahua osariik, Mehhiko
Farsi/Persian:
ایالت چیواوا, مکزیک
Finnish:
Chihuahua, Meksiko
Galician:
Estado de Chihuahua, México
Georgian:
ჩიუაუა
Greek:
Τσιουάουα, Μεξικό
Gujarati:
ચિહુઆહુઆ
Hebrew:
צ'יוואווה, מקסיקו
Hindi:
चिहुआहुआ, मेक्सिको
Hungarian:
Chihuahua, Mexikó
Iloko:
Chihuahua
Indonesian:
Chihuahua, Meksiko
Interlingua:
Stato Chihuahua
Irish Gaelic:
Chihuahua, Meicsiceo
Japanese:
チワワ州, メキシコ
Judaeo-Spanish:
Chihuahua
Kannada:
ಚಿಹುವಾಹುವಾ
Kapampangan:
Chihuahua
Korean:
치와와주, 멕시코
Latin:
Chihuahua
Latvian:
Čivava, Meksika
Lithuanian:
Čihuahua, Meksika
Luxembourgish:
Kategorie:Chihuahua
Macedonian:
Чивава, Мексико
Malay:
Chihuahua
Marathi:
चिवावा
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Chihuahua Chiu
Nahuatl:
Chihuahua
Navajo:
Aʼą́ą́łání Hahoodzo
Nepali:
चिहुवाहुवा
Northern Frisian:
Chihuahua
Norwegian:
Chihuahua, Mexico
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Delstaten Chihuahua
Occitan:
Chihuahua
Ossetian:
Чиуауæ
Piedmontese:
Chihuahua
Polish:
Chihuahua, Meksyk
Portuguese:
Chihuahua, México
Punjabi:
ਚੀਵਾਵਾ
Quechua:
Chihuahua suyu
Romanian:
Chihuahua, Mexic
Romansh:
Chihuahua
Sardinian:
Tzihuahua
Scots:
Chihuahua
Serbian:
чивава, Мексико
Serbo-Croatian:
Chihuahua
Sinhalese:
චිහුආහුආ
Slovak:
Chihuahua, Mexiko
Swahili:
Chihuahua, Mexiko
Swedish:
Chihuahua, Mexiko
Tagalog:
Chihuahua, Mehiko
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Иёлати Чиуауа
Tamil:
சிஹுஹாஹுவா
Telugu:
చిహువాహువా
Thai:
รัฐชีวาวา, ประเทศเม็กซิโก
Traditional Chinese:
芝華華州
Turkish:
Chihuahua, Meksika
Ukrainian:
Чіуауа, Мексика
Urdu:
چہواہوا
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Chiuaua
Vietnamese:
Chihuahua, México
Waray:
Chihuahua
Welsh:
Chihuahua, Mecsico
Western Punjabi:
چیہواہوا


Chihuahua is a state in northwestern Mexico. It is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.

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378 valid minerals. 22 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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ⓘ Acanthite
Formula: Ag2S
Localities: Reported from at least 38 localities in this region.
ⓘ 'Achrematite'
ⓘ Actinolite
Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.
ⓘ Adamite
Formula: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
ⓘ Adrianite (TL)
Formula: Ca12(Al4Mg3Si7)O32Cl6
Type Locality:
ⓘ Aegirine
Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6
References:
Jesse Fisher
ⓘ Aenigmatite
Formula: Na4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]
ⓘ Alabandite
Formula: MnS
ⓘ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
ⓘ Albite var. Anorthoclase
Formula: (Na,K)AlSi3O8
ⓘ Albite var. Peristerite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Description: Actually anorthoclase
ⓘ Allendeite (TL)
Formula: Sc4Zr3O12
Type Locality:
ⓘ Alunite
Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
ⓘ Alunogen
Formula: Al2(SO4)3 · 17H2O
ⓘ Anatase
Formula: TiO2
ⓘ Andradite
Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.
ⓘ Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.
ⓘ Anhydrite
Formula: CaSO4
Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Habit: prismatic
Colour: pale blue
Description: The light blue anhydrite crystals have multiple raggedy termination, but often the tips broken off, leaving a flat looking but slightly convex cleavage across the top of the crystal that may be mistaken for a termination
ⓘ Ankerite
Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
ⓘ Anorthite
Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)
ⓘ Anorthite var. Bytownite
Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
ⓘ Antlerite
Formula: Cu3(SO4)(OH)4
ⓘ 'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3A
ⓘ 'Apatite Group'
References:
Gerardo Perez Reveles CollectionIdentified by Gerardo Perez Reveles: Visual Identification
ⓘ 'Apophyllite Group'
Formula: AB4[Si8O20]X · 8H2O
ⓘ Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.
ⓘ Aragonite var. Flos Ferri
Formula: CaCO3
Colour: white
Fluorescence: SW - bright green
ⓘ Argentojarosite
Formula: AgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
ⓘ Argentopyrite
Formula: AgFe2S3
ⓘ Armalcolite
Formula: MgTi4+2O5
ⓘ Arsendescloizite
Formula: PbZn(AsO4)(OH)
ⓘ Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region.
ⓘ Atacamite
Formula: Cu2(OH)3Cl
ⓘ Augite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘ Augite var. Fassaite
Formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
ⓘ Aurichalcite
Formula: (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
ⓘ 'Austenite'
Formula: (Fe,C)
ⓘ Austinite
Formula: CaZn(AsO4)(OH)
ⓘ Awaruite
Formula: Ni3Fe
ⓘ Axinite-(Fe)
Formula: Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
References:
Peter Megaw collectionIdentified by Peter Megaw: Visual Identification, Raman Spectroscopy
ⓘ 'Axinite Group'
ⓘ Azurite
Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Localities: Reported from at least 28 localities in this region.
ⓘ Babingtonite
Formula: Ca2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)
ⓘ Baddeleyite
Formula: ZrO2
ⓘ Baghdadite
Formula: Ca6Zr2(Si2O7)2O4
ⓘ Baileychlore
Formula: Zn5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
ⓘ Barioperovskite ?
Formula: BaTiO3
Description: A natural occurrence of BaTiO3 is reported by Tanaka and Okumura (1977), but this was not confirmed by Ma & Rossman (2008)
ⓘ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Localities: Reported from at least 29 localities in this region.
Habit: tabular
Colour: Gray-blue
ⓘ Beckettite (TL)
Formula: Ca2V6Al6O20
Type Locality:
ⓘ Becquerelite
Formula: Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6 · 8H2O
ⓘ Beidellite
Formula: (Na,Ca0.5)0.3Al2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
ⓘ Beudantite
Formula: PbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
ⓘ 'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ Birnessite
Formula: (Na,Ca)0.5(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4 · 1.5H2O
Habit: granular fracture filling in calcite
Colour: black
Description: Found in less then 1% of the cconuts.
ⓘ Bismuthinite
Formula: Bi2S3
ⓘ Bixbyite-(Mn)
Formula: Mn3+2O3
ⓘ Blödite
Formula: Na2Mg(SO4)2 · 4H2O
ⓘ Bohdanowiczite
Formula: AgBiSe2
ⓘ Boltwoodite
Formula: (K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH) · 1.5H2O
ⓘ Bornite
Formula: Cu5FeS4
Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region.
ⓘ Boulangerite
Formula: Pb5Sb4S11
ⓘ Bournonite
Formula: PbCuSbS3
ⓘ Brochantite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
ⓘ Bromargyrite
Formula: AgBr
ⓘ Brucite
Formula: Mg(OH)2
ⓘ Burnettite (TL)
Formula: CaVAlSiO6
Type Locality:
ⓘ Bustamite
Formula: CaMn2+(Si2O6)
ⓘ Butianite (TL)
Formula: Ni6SnS2
Type Locality:
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Localities: Reported from at least 83 localities in this region.
ⓘ Calcite var. Iceland Spar
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite
Formula: (Ca,Mn)CO3
ⓘ Caledonite
Formula: Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
ⓘ Carlsbergite
Formula: CrN
ⓘ Carminite
Formula: PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2
ⓘ Carnotite
Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
ⓘ Caryopilite
Formula: Mn2+3Si2O5(OH)4
ⓘ Cassiterite
Formula: SnO2
ⓘ Cassiterite var. Wood Tin
Formula: SnO2
ⓘ Celadonite
Formula: K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2
ⓘ Celestine
Formula: SrSO4
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
ⓘ Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Localities: Reported from at least 26 localities in this region.
ⓘ Chalcanthite
Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O
ⓘ Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
ⓘ Chalcophanite
Formula: ZnMn4+3O7 · 3H2O
ⓘ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Localities: Reported from at least 37 localities in this region.
ⓘ Chihuahuaite (TL)
Formula: FeAl12O19
Type Locality:
ⓘ Chlorargyrite
Formula: AgCl
Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region.
ⓘ Chlorargyrite var. Bromine-bearing Chlorargyrite
Formula: Ag(Cl,Br)
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'
Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.
ⓘ Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
ⓘ Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.
ⓘ