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| â Abhurite Formula: Sn21Cl16(OH)14O6 References: |
| â Acanthite Formula: Ag2S Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region. |
| â Acetamide ? Formula: CH3CONH2 References: Kruszewski, Ćukasz, FabiaĆska, Monika J., Segit, Tomasz, Kusy, Danuta, MotyliĆski, RafaĆ, Ciesielczuk, Justyna, Deput, Ewa (2020) Carbonânitrogen compounds, alcohols, mercaptans, monoterpenes, acetates, aldehydes, ketones, SF6, PH3, and other fire gases in coal-mining waste heaps of Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) â a re-investigation by means of in situ FTIR external database approach. Science of The Total Environment, 698. 134274 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134274 |
| â Actinolite Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 Localities: Reported from at least 24 localities in this region. |
| â Adamite Formula: Zn2(AsO4)(OH) Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region. |
| â Adamite var. Cobalt-bearing Adamite Formula: Zn2(AsO4)(OH) |
| â Adamite var. Copper-bearing Adamite Formula: (Zn,Cu)2AsO4OH Localities: Habit: prismatic to bladed crystals (< 0.2mm) on gossany matrix Colour: pale to dark green zoned Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "A cuprian variety was identified at the BM(NH) (XRD) on a specimen from the D.R. Middleton Collection." |
| â Adranosite Formula: (NH4)4NaAl2(SO4)4Cl(OH)2 |
| â Adranosite-(Fe) Formula: (NH4)4NaFe3+2(SO4)4Cl(OH)2 |
| â Aegirine Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6 Localities: Ohle & Lau gravel pit, GroĂ Pampau, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany SlĂva Quarry, ProstĆednĂ Bludovice, HornĂ Bludovice, KarvinĂĄ District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic KuboĆĄ Quarry, ProstĆednĂ Bludovice, HornĂ Bludovice, KarvinĂĄ District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic |
| â 'Aeschynite' |
| â 'Agardite' Localities: |
| â Agardite-(La) Formula: LaCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| â Agardite-(Y) Formula: YCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| â Aikinite Formula: PbCuBiS3 Localities: Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK MyszkĂłw Cu-Mo deposit, Gmina Ć»arki, MyszkĂłw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Ballycoog, Gold Mines River, Croghan Kinshela Mountain, Wicklow County, Leinster, Ireland Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) Grains Gill, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) |
| â Akaganeite Formula: (Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25 · nH2O |
| â Alamosite Formula: PbSiO3 References: |
| â Albite Formula: Na(AlSi3O8) Localities: Reported from at least 63 localities in this region. |
| â Albite var. Andesine Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] Localities: |
| â Albite var. Anorthoclase Formula: (Na,K)AlSi3O8 |
| â Albite var. Oligoclase Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. |
| â Aleksite Formula: PbBi2Te2S2 |
| â Algodonite Formula: (Cu1-xAsx) |
| â 'Alkali Feldspar' |
| â Allanite-(Ce) Formula: (CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| â 'Allanite Group' Formula: (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| â Alleghanyite Formula: Mn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)2 Localities: Habit: blade-like Colour: clove-brown Description: Alleghanyite was found as individual crystals or, more commonly, composite crystals with tephroite. The composite alleghanyite/tephroite crystals are up to 2 cm in length and vary in thickness from 2 mm to microscopic size. The alleghanyite contains up to 4.8 wt% Ti. |
| â Alloclasite Formula: Co1-xFexAsS |
| â Allophane Formula: (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O Localities: Reported from at least 29 localities in this region. Colour: white Description: associated with halloysite |
| â Allophane var. Allophane-evansite Formula: (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O Colour: colourless to light brown Fluorescence: green (UV) Description: "At Mont des Groseilliers (Blaton), the halloysite contains grainy cores and veinlets of a resinous phosphate and silica-bearing substance. It is made up of glassy, clear, colorless to pale brown grains showing a green fluorescence under UV. Van Tassel (1959) considers the substance to be a mixture of allophane and evansite." (Hatert et al., 2002) References: |
| â Almandine Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region. |
| â Alpersite ? Formula: (Mg,Cu)(SO4) · 7H2O |
| â Alstonite (TL) Formula: BaCa(CO3)2 Localities: Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK Fallowfield Mine, Acomb, Northumberland, England, UK Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK New Brancepeth Colliery (Sleetburn Colliery), Deerness Valley, Brandon and Byshottles, County Durham, England, UK Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, UK Type Locality: Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK Habit: Bipyramidal crystals Colour: White Description: Occurance restricted to a small area at Holmes Rise on High Cross Vein |
| â Altaite Formula: PbTe |
| â Aluminite Formula: Al2(SO4)(OH)4 · 7H2O Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. |
| â Aluminopyracmonite Formula: (NH4)3Al(SO4)3 |
| â Alum-(K) Formula: KAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O Localities: Millclose Mine, South Darley, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK Anna mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Marcel mine heap, Radlin, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Anna I dump, Anna mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| â Alum-(Na) ? Formula: NaAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O |
| â Alumohydrocalcite Formula: CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4 · 4H2O |
| â Alunite Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region. |
| â Alunogen Formula: Al2(SO4)3 · 17H2O Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region. |
| â 'Amber' Localities: Ohle & Lau gravel pit, GroĂ Pampau, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Clay pit, Bad Freienwalde, MĂ€rkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany Hondsrug, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England, UK Houdeng-Aimeries, La LouviĂšre, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| â Ammonioalunite Formula: (NH4)Al3(SO4)2(OH)6 Localities: Anna mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany DÄbieĆsko Mine heap, Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Marcel mine heap, Radlin, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Starzykowiec coal-mining dump, ChwaĆowice, Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| â Ammoniojarosite Formula: (NH4)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 Localities: Anna mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany DÄbieĆsko Mine heap, Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Iron smelter slag locality, GeorgsmarienhĂŒtte, OsnabrĂŒck District, Lower Saxony, Germany Marcel mine heap, Radlin, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland HeĆmanice dump, HeĆmanice, Ostrava, Ostrava-City District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic |
| â Ammonioleucite ? Formula: (NH4)(AlSi2O6) |
| â Ammoniomagnesiovoltaite Formula: (NH4)2Mg2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O |
| â 'Amphibole Supergroup' Formula: AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Analcime Formula: Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O Localities: Reported from at least 23 localities in this region. |
| â Anatase Formula: TiO2 Localities: Reported from at least 43 localities in this region. |
| â Andalusite Formula: Al2(SiO4)O Localities: Reported from at least 23 localities in this region. |
| â Andalusite var. Chiastolite Formula: Al2(SiO4)O Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region. |
| â Andradite Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 |
| â 'Andradite-Grossular Series' |
| â Anglesite (TL) Formula: PbSO4 Localities: Reported from at least 142 localities in this region. Type Locality: Parys Mountain Mines, Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, UK |
| â Anhydrite Formula: CaSO4 Localities: Reported from at least 67 localities in this region. |
| â Ankerite Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 Localities: Reported from at least 113 localities in this region. Colour: White to creamy Description: Ankerite is the most common constituent of the metasomatic deposits in this mine and many others in the orefield. The colour is white-creamy in unoxidized specimens showing typical saddle shaped crystals to 1cm. Oxidised examples from the Nenthead mines varies in colour from pale creamy brown and yellow to black. |
| â 'Ankerite-Dolomite Series' References: |
| â Annabergite Formula: Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O Localities: Reported from at least 17 localities in this region. |
| â 'Annabergite-Erythrite Series' |
| â Anorthite Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8) Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region. |
| â Anorthite var. Bytownite Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8] |
| â Anorthite var. Labradorite Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8] Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Anorthoroselite Formula: Ca2Co(AsO4)2 · 2H2O |
| â 'Anthraconite' |
| â Antigorite Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 Localities: Habit: Rossets Colour: Pale blue-green Description: Pale blue green platy xls to 1mm (XRD).Grown on brochantite, a very unusual association. |
| â Antlerite Formula: Cu3(SO4)(OH)4 Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. |
| â 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) Localities: Reported from at least 77 localities in this region. Colour: Colourless and different shades of pink |
| â 'Apatite var. Collophane' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| â 'Apatite Group' Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Aphthitalite Formula: (K,Na)3Na(SO4)2 Localities: Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK Niedersachsen potash mine, Wathlingen, Celle District, Lower Saxony, Germany Riedel Potash Works, HĂ€nigsen, Uetze, Hanover Region, Lower Saxony, Germany Billingham anhydrite mine, Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK ? (more information) |
| â 'Apophyllite Group' Formula: AB4[Si8O22]X · 8H2O Localities: Habit: fragile masses with small {110}{102} crystals, sometimes showing the {100} faces (Buttgenbach, 1918) Colour: milky white Description: associated with epidote |
| â Aragonite Formula: CaCO3 Localities: Reported from at least 187 localities in this region. Habit: Prismatic-bladed Colour: Colourless-white Description: Xls to 4mm |
| â Aragonite var. Flos Ferri Formula: CaCO3 |
| â Aragonite var. Lead-bearing Aragonite Formula: (Ca,Pb)CO3 Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. |
| â Arcanite Formula: K2SO4 Locality: Rybnik-Rymer (StoĆŒki) coal-mining dump, Niedobczyce, Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland References: Kruszewski, Ćukasz, FabiaĆska, Monika J., Segit, Tomasz, Kusy, Danuta, MotyliĆski, RafaĆ, Ciesielczuk, Justyna, Deput, Ewa (2020) Carbonânitrogen compounds, alcohols, mercaptans, monoterpenes, acetates, aldehydes, ketones, SF6, PH3, and other fire gases in coal-mining waste heaps of Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) â a re-investigation by means of in situ FTIR external database approach. Science of The Total Environment, 698. 134274 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134274 |
| â Formula: AgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 Locality: Turf Pits Mine (West Turf Pits Mine), Grassington Moor, Grassington, Craven, North Yorkshire, England, UK - erroneously reported Description: Yellow, micaceous, and ochreous.
References: |
| â Argentopentlandite Formula: Ag(Fe,Ni)8S8 References: |
| â Argentopyrite Formula: AgFe2S3 |
| â Argentotennantite-(Zn) Formula: Ag6(Cu4Zn2)As4S12S Description: Argentotennantite came from about a two metre section of the 4611 Room in an unusual buff crystalline opaque barite vein about 30cms wide and near vertical trending SSW cutting massive pyrite of the B Zone. |
| â Argyrodite Formula: Ag8GeS6 Localities: Navan Mine (Tara Mine), Navan (An Uaimh), Meath County, Leinster, Ireland Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland B-Zone 4611 Silver-Rich Pod, Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland Description: A single grain was detected in the Navan Zn-Pb deposit, Co. Meath. C. J. Andrew and J. H. Ashton (1985) Trans. Inst. Mining Metall., sect. B, 94, 66-93. [First germanium mineral from the British Isles.] |
| â Ă
kermanite Formula: Ca2Mg[Si2O7] References: Vanaecker, Maxime, Courtin-Nomade, Alexandra, Bril, Hubert, Laureyns, Jacky, Lenain, Jean-François (2014) Behavior of Zn-bearing phases in base metal slag from France and Poland: A mineralogical approach for environmental purposes. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 136. 1-13 doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2013.09.001 |
| â Arsendescloizite Formula: PbZn(AsO4)(OH) |
| â Arseniosiderite Formula: Ca2Fe3+3(AsO4)3O2 · 3H2O Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region. |
| â Arsenolamprite ? Formula: As |
| â Arsenolite Formula: As2O3 |
| â Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS Localities: Reported from at least 84 localities in this region. |
| â Arsentsumebite Formula: Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH) |
| â 'Asbestos' Habit: fibrous |
| â Asbolane Formula: (Ni,Co)2-xMn4+(O,OH)4 · nH2O Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region. |
| â Ashoverite (TL) Formula: Zn(OH)2 Localities: Type Locality: Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK Habit: Tetragonal thin tabular-platy Colour: Colourless to white, creamy Description: Thin platy Square-like crystals to 1mm, associated with all other zinc hydroxides |
| â Atacamite Formula: Cu2(OH)3Cl Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region. |
| â Augite Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 Localities: Reported from at least 29 localities in this region. |
| â Augite var. Fassaite Formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6] |
| â Aurichalcite Formula: (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 Localities: Reported from at least 103 localities in this region. |
| â Awaruite Formula: Ni3Fe |
| â Axinite-(Fe) Formula: Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH |
| â 'Axinite Group' Localities: Colour: pale violet Description: often associated with epidote, sometimes with apophyllite, biotite, calcite, orthoclase and/or prehnite |
| â Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 Localities: Reported from at least 130 localities in this region. Habit: Tabular Colour: Blue Description: Found infrequently in association with oxidised copper ores. Ironically it was said be found in considerable quantity and good quality in the extreme top of the orebody/oxidisation zone. |
| â Baghdadite ? Formula: Ca6Zr2(Si2O7)2O4 References: |
| â Banalsite (TL) Formula: Na2BaAl4Si4O16 Type Locality: References: Smith, W. Campbell; Bannister, F. A.; Hey, Max H. (1944) Banalsite, a new barium-felspar from Wales. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 27 (186). 33-47 doi:10.1180/minmag.1944.027.186.01 |
| â Bannisterite (TL) Formula: (Ca,K,Na)(Mn2+,Fe2+)10(Si,Al)16O38(OH)8 · nH2O Type Locality: References: Smith, Marie Lindberg, Frondel, Clifford (1968) The related layered minerals ganophyllite, bannisterite, and stilpnomelane. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 36 (283) 893-913 doi:10.1180/minmag.1968.283.036.01 |
| â Bararite Formula: (NH4)2[SiF6] |
| â Barberiite Formula: (NH4)[BF4] References: |
| â Bariopharmacosiderite Formula: Ba0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 5H2O Localities: Burdell Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Old Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Dumpy Stone Level, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| â Baryte Formula: BaSO4 Localities: Reported from at least 622 localities in this region. |
| â Baryte var. Oakstone Formula: BaSO4 |
| â Barytocalcite (TL) Formula: BaCa(CO3)2 Localities: Reported from at least 19 localities in this region. Type Locality: Blagill Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK |
| â Bassanite Formula: Ca(SO4) · 0.5H2O Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. |
| âȘ 'BastnĂ€site' Formula: (Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F Habit: hexagonal prisms Colour: red to white Fluorescence: no Description: single crystals up to 1 mm.Probably derived by weathering of synchysite, associated with anatase |
| â BastnĂ€site-(Ce) Formula: Ce(CO3)F |
| â 'BastnĂ€site Group' Formula: M(CO3)X where M = REE, Th and X = F or OH |
| âȘ Bavenite Formula: Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2 Habit: Tabular,fans of blades Colour: colourless Fluorescence: No Description: In miarolitic cavities |
| â Bayerite Formula: Al(OH)3 |
| â Bayldonite Formula: PbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2 Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region. |
| â Bazhenovite Formula: Ca8S2(S3)(S2O3)(OH)12 · 20H2O |
| â Beaverite-(Cu) Formula: Pb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6 Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region. |
| â Bechererite Formula: Zn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)] Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. 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. |
| â Belloite ? Formula: Cu(OH)Cl References: Kruszewski, Ćukasz, FabiaĆska, Monika J., Segit, Tomasz, Kusy, Danuta, MotyliĆski, RafaĆ, Ciesielczuk, Justyna, Deput, Ewa (2020) Carbonânitrogen compounds, alcohols, mercaptans, monoterpenes, acetates, aldehydes, ketones, SF6, PH3, and other fire gases in coal-mining waste heaps of Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) â a re-investigation by means of in situ FTIR external database approach. Science of The Total Environment, 698. 134274 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134274 |
| â Beraunite Formula: Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O Localities: Habit: star-shaped to spherical aggregates and bundles (rarely larger than 1mm diameter) consisting of fibro-radiating flattened prismatic crystals with glassy lustre Colour: pale brown, reddish-brown to blackish green Description: Associated with ferristrunzite and/or whitmoreite |
| â Berthierine Formula: (Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 Localities: Cornelian Bay, Osgodby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK JustynĂłw PIG 1 borehole, Gmina AleksandrĂłw, PiotrkĂłw County, ĆĂłdĆș Voivodeship, Poland MniszkĂłw IG 1 borehole, MniszkĂłw, Gmina MniszkĂłw, Opoczno County, ĆĂłdĆș Voivodeship, Poland Stanion Lane Pit, Weldon, Corby, Northamptonshire, England, UK |
| â Berthierite Formula: FeSb2S4 |
| â Bertrandite Formula: Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2 |
| â Beryl Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18) Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Betpakdalite-CaMg Formula: [Ca2(H2O)17Mg(H2O)6][Mo8As2Fe3+3O36(OH)] |
| â Beudantite Formula: PbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Localities: Reported from at least 33 localities in this region. |
| â Beyerite Formula: Ca(BiO)2(CO3)2 Habit: tetragonal plates <50 microns Colour: yellow Description: powdery crust on bismuthinite |
| â BĂlinite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
| â Bianchite Formula: Zn(SO4) · 6H2O Localities: Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Auguste Victoria coal mine, HĂŒls, Marl, Recklinghausen, MĂŒnster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Pomorzany Mine, Gmina Olkusz, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland Guidotto zinc smelter slag locality, ĆwiÄtochĆowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland BolesĆaw mine, Gmina BolesĆaw, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland 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. |
| â 'Bindheimite' Formula: Pb2Sb2O6O Localities: Reported from at least 31 localities in this region. |
| â 'Biotite' Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 Localities: Reported from at least 33 localities in this region. Habit: grains Description: reportedly formed from detritic glauconite (de MagnĂ©e, 1977) |
| â Birnessite Formula: (Na,Ca)0.5(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4 · 1.5H2O |
| â Bischofite Formula: MgCl2 · 6H2O Localities: Niedersachsen potash mine, Wathlingen, Celle District, Lower Saxony, Germany Riedel Potash Works, HĂ€nigsen, Uetze, Hanover Region, Lower Saxony, Germany KĆodawa salt deposit, Gmina KĆodawa, KoĆo County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland Marcel mine heap, Radlin, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland ÄSA Mine, OrlovĂĄ, KarvinĂĄ District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic ? (more information) |
| â Bismite Formula: Bi2O3 |
| â Bismoclite ? Formula: BiOCl |
| â Bismuthinite Formula: Bi2S3 Localities: Reported from at least 26 localities in this region. |
| â 'Bismuth Ochre' Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "the 'bismuth ochre' reported from 'Brandy Gill' as an associate of bismuth (Goodchild, 1882: 104) may have been bismite or bismutite." References: |
| â Bismutite Formula: (BiO)2CO3 |
| â Bismutoferrite Formula: Fe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH) |
| â Bixbyite-(Mn) Formula: Mn3+2O3 |
| â 'Blaubleibender Covellite' |
| â Blixite Formula: Pb8O5(OH)2Cl4 |
| â Blödite Formula: Na2Mg(SO4)2 · 4H2O Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Bobierrite Formula: Mg3(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| â Bobkingite (TL) Formula: Cu5Cl2(OH)8 · 2H2O Type Locality: Description: 4 specimens known. References: Hawthorne, F. C., Cooper, M. A., Grice, J. D., Roberts, A. C., Hubbard, N. (2002) Description and crystal structure of bobkingite, Cu2+5Cl2(OH)8(H2O)2, a new mineral from New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, UK. Mineralogical Magazine, 66 (2) 301-311 doi:10.1180/0026461026620030 |
| â Boleite Formula: KPb26Ag9Cu24(OH)48Cl62 |
| â Boracite (TL) Formula: Mg3(B7O13)Cl Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region. Habit: idiomorphic tetrahedra of 1 to 2mm in size. Colour: greenish, white, sometimes bluish. |
| â Boracite var. Iron-bearing Boracite Formula: (Mg,Fe)3(B7O13)Cl |
| â Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 Localities: Reported from at least 79 localities in this region. |
| â Botallackite Formula: Cu2(OH)3Cl Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Bottinoite Formula: Ni2+Sb5+2(OH)12 · 6H2O Localities: Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK Hendre Felen Mine (Hendre quarry), Ysbyty Ystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK Mynydd Gorddu Mine, Bontgoch (Elerch), Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Gwaithgoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Colour: Light blue-green Description: Bottinoite from the Smallcleugh Mine is comparable with the same mineral from Hendra Fellen Mine in Mid-Wales in terms of crystal form, although only found on 7 specimens from Smallcleugh Mine. |
| â Boulangerite Formula: Pb5Sb4S11 Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region. |
| â Bournonite Formula: PbCuSbS3 Localities: Reported from at least 36 localities in this region. Habit: Tabular or Prismatic Colour: Dull black (suffering from slight dissolution). Description: Very infrequently found but some samples showed large (up to 2cm) well formed euhedral crystals. More often the crystal faces have been partially dissolved leaving them dull and pitted.
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| â Boussingaultite Formula: (NH4)2Mg(SO4)2 · 6H2O Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â 'Boussingaultite-Mohrite Series' |
| â Boyleite Formula: ZnSO4 · 4H2O |
| â Brannerite Formula: UTi2O6 Localities: Description: In dolomitized greywackes at Gortdrum mine, near Tipperary, Co. Tipperary; a grain (90”m) was analysed by electron microprobe. M. J. Duane (1981) unpubl. Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin; M. J. Duane, H. J. Welke and H. L. Allsopp (1986) Geology 14, 477-80. |
| â Brassite ? Formula: Mg(HAsO4) · 4H2O |
| â 'Braun-Eisenstein' |
| â Braunite Formula: Mn2+Mn3+6(SiO4)O8 |
| â Breithauptite ? Formula: NiSb |
| â Brewsterite-Ba Formula: Ba(Al2Si6)O16 · 5H2O |
| â 'Brewsterite Subgroup' ? Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "The 'brewsterite' recorded by Hall (1868) as an associate of tenorite and chalcopyrite is unlikely to be the zeolitic brewsterite (of Brooke) as assumed by Young (1987). It is more likely to be the 'brewsterite' listed by Branston (1910) and Postlethwaite (1913) as 'protoxide of copper'. Although the latter is a synonym of cuprite, the name brewsterite in this context does not appear in any standard mineralogy or synonymy known to the authors and the precise definition of the term appears to be lost." References: |
| â Brianite Formula: Na2CaMg(PO4)2 |
| â Brianyoungite (TL) Formula: Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4 Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region. |
| â Bridgesite-(Ce) (TL) Formula: CaCe2Cu6(SO4)4(OH)12 · 8H2O Type Locality: References: |
| â Brinrobertsite (TL) Formula: Na0.3Al4(Si4O10)2(OH)4 · 3.5 H2O Type Locality: |
| â Brizziite Formula: NaSb5+O3 |
| â Brochantite Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 Localities: Reported from at least 96 localities in this region. Habit: square to rectangular tabular Colour: emerald green Fluorescence: non |
| â Brockite Formula: (Ca,Th,Ce)PO4 · H2O |
| â Brookite (TL) Formula: TiO2 Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region. |
| â 'Brown Iron Ore' |
| â Brucite Formula: Mg(OH)2 Localities: Zawiercie skarn, Rokitno Szlacheckie, Gmina Ćazy, Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Dubie, DÄbnik-Dubie area, Gmina Krzeszowice, KrakĂłw County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland Marcel mine heap, Radlin, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland RyduĆtowy heap (Szarlota heap), ROW Ruch RyduĆtowy Mine, RyduĆtowy, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland ? (more information) |
| â Brushite Formula: Ca(PO3OH) · 2H2O |
| â Buchwaldite Formula: NaCa(PO4) |
| â Buddingtonite ? Formula: (NH4)(AlSi3O8) |
| â 'Buserite' Formula: Na4Mn14O27 · 21H2O |
| â Butlerite Formula: Fe3+(SO4)(OH) · 2H2O |
| â BĂŒtschliite ? Formula: K2Ca(CO3)2 Locality: Rybnik-Rymer (StoĆŒki) coal-mining dump, Niedobczyce, Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland References: Kruszewski, Ćukasz, FabiaĆska, Monika J., Segit, Tomasz, Kusy, Danuta, MotyliĆski, RafaĆ, Ciesielczuk, Justyna, Deput, Ewa (2020) Carbonânitrogen compounds, alcohols, mercaptans, monoterpenes, acetates, aldehydes, ketones, SF6, PH3, and other fire gases in coal-mining waste heaps of Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) â a re-investigation by means of in situ FTIR external database approach. Science of The Total Environment, 698. 134274 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134274 |
| â Cacoxenite Formula: Fe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O Localities: Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK Fort Lismeenagh (Ballycormick), Shanagolden, Limerick County, Munster, Ireland B224 Road cut, Aprath castle, Wuppertal, DĂŒsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Burdell Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) Habit: spherical or fan-shaped aggregates, sometimes glass-like but most often consisting of radially grown acicular crystals (minute hexagonal prisms) around a usually hollow core Colour: bright yellow, orange, orange-brown |
| â Cadmoindite ? Formula: CdIn2S4 |
| â Cadwaladerite Formula: Al5(H2O)3(OH)12 · n(Cl,H2O) |
| â 'Calamine' Localities: Reported from at least 19 localities in this region. |
| â Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Localities: Reported from at least 941 localities in this region. Habit: Nail-Head Description: Nail head crystals often found in association with dolomite. Rarely found in association with pyrite. |
| â Calcite var. Calcite Satin Spar Formula: CaCO3 References: |
| â Calcite var. Cobalt-bearing Calcite Formula: (Ca,Co)CO3 |
| â Calcite var. Glendonite Formula: CaCO3 |
| â Calcite var. Iceland Spar Formula: CaCO3 References: |
| â Calcite var. Iron-bearing Calcite Formula: (Ca,Fe)CO3 |
| â Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite Formula: (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
| â Calcite var. Mg-rich Calcite Formula: (Ca,Mg)CO3 |
| â Calcite var. Pseudogaylussite Formula: CaCO3 |
| â Caledonite Formula: Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 Localities: Reported from at least 49 localities in this region. Habit: Prismatic, lath-like Colour: Light Blue to light blue green Description: Light blue divergent xl groups to 2mm (XRD)(good micros. Associated with susannite, hemimorphite, cerussite, bechererite. |
| â Formula: [Hg2]2+Cl2 Locality: Chatsworth Mine, Grassington Moor, Grassington, Craven, North Yorkshire, England, UK - erroneously reported |
| â Caminite Formula: Mg7(SO4)5(OH)4 · H2O References: Kruszewski, Ćukasz, FabiaĆska, Monika J., Segit, Tomasz, Kusy, Danuta, MotyliĆski, RafaĆ, Ciesielczuk, Justyna, Deput, Ewa (2020) Carbonânitrogen compounds, alcohols, mercaptans, monoterpenes, acetates, aldehydes, ketones, SF6, PH3, and other fire gases in coal-mining waste heaps of Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) â a re-investigation by means of in situ FTIR external database approach. Science of The Total Environment, 698. 134274 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134274 |
| â Campigliaite Formula: Mn2+Cu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2O References: |
| â Caracolite Formula: Na3Pb2(SO4)3Cl |
| â Carbonatecyanotrichite Formula: Cu4Al2(CO3,SO4)(OH)12 · 2H2O Localities: Habit: Spherules to .5mm Colour: Sky blue Description: First Northern Pennine Occurance |
| â Carlsonite ? Formula: (NH4)5Fe3+3O(SO4)6 · 7H2O |
| â Carminite Formula: PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2 Localities: Reported from at least 17 localities in this region. |
| â Carnallite Formula: KMgCl3 · 6H2O Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region. |
| â Carobbiite Formula: KF |
| â Formula: Mn2+Al2(Si2O6)(OH)4 Localities: Habit: thin, fibrous-radiating aggregates Colour: pale yellow Description: Kingsbury reference. Cooper & Stanley (1990): "As unusually pale, almost cream yellow, 'thin, fibrous-radiating aggregates in joints in white vein-quartz... almost certainly from the Emerson vein' (Kingsbury & Hartley, 1957). Specimens in the Kingsbury Collection (BM(NH)) match this description." |
| â Carrollite Formula: CuCo2S4 |
| â Caryopilite Formula: Mn2+3Si2O5(OH)4 |
| â Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region. |
| â Cassiterite var. Wood Tin Formula: SnO2 |
| â Celadonite Formula: K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Celestine Formula: SrSO4 Localities: Reported from at least 45 localities in this region. |
| â Celestine var. Barium-bearing Celestine Formula: (Sr,Ba)SO4 |
| â Celsian Formula: Ba(Al2Si2O8) Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. |
| â 'Celsian-Hyalophane Series' |
| â Cerianite-(Ce) Formula: (Ce4+,Th)O2 |
| â Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 Localities: Reported from at least 331 localities in this region. Habit: Jackstraw Colour: White Description: Found as well formed ''jackstraw'' crystals. Also, secondary prismatic crystals can be found in dolomite vugs, from the limestone boulders strewn around the site. The crystals appear to have formed from the oxidation of sphalerite. |
| â Cervantite Formula: Sb3+Sb5+O4 |
| â CesĂ rolite Formula: PbMn4+3O6(OH)2 Localities: Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Short Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Eaglebrook Mine, Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| â 'Chabazite' Localities: Porphyry quarries, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium Cambokeels Mine, Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK Croft Quarry, Croft, Blaby, Leicestershire, England, UK Force Garth Quarry, Forest and Frith, County Durham, England, UK Ohle & Lau gravel pit, GroĂ Pampau, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Habit: flattened spheres made up of concentric lamellae up to 5mm in length; (sometimes twinned) rhombohedra Colour: white to beige; yellow |
| â Chalcanthite Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region. |
| â Chalcoalumite Formula: CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O Localities: Britannia Mine, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK Trial level, Vigra Mine, Llanelltyd, Gwynedd, Wales, UK Rotem slag locality, Rotem, Dilsen-Stokkem, Limburg, Flanders, Belgium Bleyberg zinc and lead smelter slag locality, PlombiĂšres, LiĂšge, Wallonia, Belgium Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales, UK ? (more information) |
| â Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S Localities: Reported from at least 89 localities in this region. |
| â Chalcocyanite ? Formula: CuSO4 References: Kruszewski, Ćukasz, FabiaĆska, Monika J., Segit, Tomasz, Kusy, Danuta, MotyliĆski, RafaĆ, Ciesielczuk, Justyna, Deput, Ewa (2020) Carbonânitrogen compounds, alcohols, mercaptans, monoterpenes, acetates, aldehydes, ketones, SF6, PH3, and other fire gases in coal-mining waste heaps of Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) â a re-investigation by means of in situ FTIR external database approach. Science of The Total Environment, 698. 134274 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134274 |
| â Chalcophanite Formula: ZnMn4+3O7 · 3H2O Localities: Eaglebrook Mine, Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Stemmer Berg Quarry, Stemmen, Barsinghausen, Hanover Region, Lower Saxony, Germany Drosgol Mine, Ponterwyd, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Rabotrath mine, Walhorn, Lontzen, LiĂšge, Wallonia, Belgium Erlenbach mine, Lontzen, LiĂšge, Wallonia, Belgium |
| â Chalcophyllite Formula: Cu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24 · 36H2O Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region. |
| â Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Localities: Reported from at least 519 localities in this region. Colour: Golden metallic Description: Found in dolomite vugs in association with cinnabar or as massive lumps. |
| â Chamosite Formula: Fe2+5Al(AlSi3O)10(OH)8 Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region. |
| â Chenevixite Formula: Cu2Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
| â Chenite Formula: Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6 Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region. Habit: Equant, prismatic Colour: Sky Blue |
| â Chernovite-(Y) ? Formula: Y(AsO4) Description: May be a constituent of black globules (< 5 mm) on massive pink gypsum at Gipsy Lane, Leicester. Specimens collected by N. Hubbard (1976) and given to BM(NH). [Gives an X-ray powder pattern near chernovite; spectrographic confirmation of Y, As, with Cu, U, Si, Al, etc.; sulphide also present.] |
| â Childrenite ? Formula: Fe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O Description: Kingsbury reference. |
| â Chloraluminite ? Formula: AlCl3 · 6H2O |
| â Chlorapatite Formula: Ca5(PO4)3Cl Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. |
| â Chlorargyrite Formula: AgCl Localities: Colour: colorless, light grey to dark gray, black |
| âȘ Chlorargyrite var. Bromian Chlorargyrite Formula: Ag(Cl,Br) Colour: colorless, light grey to dark gray, black References: |
| â Chlorartinite ? Formula: Mg2(CO3)(OH)Cl · 2H2O |
| â 'Chlorite Group' Localities: Reported from at least 110 localities in this region. |
| â Chloritoid Formula: Fe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2 Locality: Carrock Fell, Cumbria, England, UK References: |
| â Chlormanganokalite Formula: K4[MnCl6] References: |
| â Chloromagnesite ? Formula: MgCl2 |
| â Chlorophaeite Formula: (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Fe2Si4O13 · 10H2O |
| â 'Chrome-Spinel (of Dana)' |
| â Chromite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4 Localities: Reported from at least 25 localities in this region. |
| â Chrysocolla Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 Localities: Reported from at least 65 localities in this region. |
| â Chrysotile Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 Localities: Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell in the Peak, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK Castle Head, Keswick, Keswick, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Burtness Wood, Buttermere, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Dubie, DÄbnik-Dubie area, Gmina Krzeszowice, KrakĂłw County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland Ible Quarry, Ible, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| â Chukanovite Formula: Fe2+2(CO3)(OH)2 References: |
| â Chvaleticeite Formula: Mn(SO4) · 6H2O |
| â Cinnabar Formula: HgS Localities: Reported from at least 23 localities in this region. Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "'Some time last year [1880-1881]a notice went the round of our local newspaper to the effect that cinnabar... had been discovered somewhere or other out Caldbeck Fells way' (Goodchild, 1882: 105). Goodchild doubted the occurrence." |
| â Clairite Formula: (NH4)2Fe3(SO4)4(OH)3 · 3H2O Localities: Anna mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany DÄbieĆsko Mine heap, Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Anna I dump, Anna mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany HeĆmanice dump, HeĆmanice, Ostrava, Ostrava-City District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic ? (more information) |
| â Claudetite Formula: As2O3 |
| â Claudetite var. Antimony-bearing Claudetite Formula: (As,Sb)2O3 |
| â Clausthalite Formula: PbSe |
| â 'Clay minerals' Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Clinoatacamite Formula: Cu2(OH)3Cl |
| â Clinochlore Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region. |
| â Clinochlore var. Corundophilite Formula: (Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8 |
| â Clinochlore var. Diabantite Formula: (Mg,Fe,Al)6((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)8 |
| â Clinochlore var. Pennine Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| â 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region. |
| â Clinozoisite Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. |
| â 'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series' |
| â Clogauite (TL) Formula: PbBi4Te4S3 Localities: |
| â 'Clogauite-12H' Formula: PbBi4Te4S3 |
| â 'Clogauite-24H' Formula: PbBi4Te4S3 |
| â 'Clogauite-36H' Formula: PbBi4Te4S3 |
| â Cobaltite Formula: CoAsS Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region. |
| â 'Cobaltite-Gersdorffite Series' |
| â Cobaltpentlandite Formula: Co9S8 Locality: Tara Deep deposit, Navan Mine (Tara Mine), Navan (An Uaimh), Meath County, Leinster, Ireland References: Yesares, Lola; Menuge, Julian F.; Blakeman, Robert J.; Ashton, John H.; Boyce, Adrian J.; Coller, David; Drummond, Drew A.; Farrelly, Ian (2022) Pyritic mineralization halo above the Tara Deep Zn-Pb deposit, Navan, Ireland: Evidence for sub-seafloor exhalative hydrothermal processes? Ore Geology Reviews, 140. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104415 |
| â Coffinite Formula: U(SiO4) · nH2O |
| â Cohenite Formula: Fe3C |
| â Coloradoite Formula: HgTe |
| â 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series' Localities: Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "Forms minute grains (exceptionally up to 180”m, but mostly < 30”m) in arsenopyrite, scheelite and carbonate minerals replacing wolframite. Mangano-columbite is the dominant end-member at Carrock (Beddoe-Stephens & Fortey, 1981). |
| â Columbite-(Mn) Formula: Mn2+Nb2O6 |
| â Comblainite Formula: Ni4Co2(OH)12[CO3] · 3H2O Habit: spherical aggregates up to 0.4mm consisting of lamellae up to 0.2mm Colour: sky blue to bright blue |
| â Congolite Formula: (Fe2+,Mg)3(B7O13)Cl Localities: Description: (Previously considered to be "ericaite".) |
| â Conichalcite Formula: CaCu(AsO4)(OH) Localities: Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, UK Teresa adit, Miedzianka, ChÄciny, Kielce County, ĆwiÄtokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland |
| â Connellite Formula: Cu19(SO4)(OH)32Cl4 · 3H2O Localities: Reported from at least 31 localities in this region. Habit: prismatic Colour: dark blue Fluorescence: non |
| â Cookeite Formula: (LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8 |
| â 'Copal' |
| â Copiapite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region. Habit: powdery Colour: yellow Description: Associated with coquimbite. |
| â 'Copper Pitch Ore' |
| â Coquimbite Formula: AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O Localities: Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium Julia coal mine, Baukau, Herne, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany DÄbieĆsko Mine heap, Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Marcel mine heap, Radlin, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Porphyry quarries, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium ? (more information) Habit: specks and microcrystals Colour: colourless, white, grey Description: A constituent of the efflorescences encrusting the phthanites and carbonaceous shales. Intimately associated with copiapite. |
| â Cordierite Formula: Mg2Al4Si5O18 Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region. |
| â 'Cordierite-Sekaninaite Series' ? |
| â Corkite Formula: PbFe3+3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. |
| â 'Corkite-Hinsdalite Series' Description: This entry is necessary for unanalysed specimens of corkite/hinsdalite. |
| â Cornubite Formula: Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
| â Cornwallite Formula: Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 Localities: Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK Low Pike north slopes, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Old Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK |
| â Coronadite Formula: Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region. |
| â Corrensite Formula: (Mg,Fe)9((Si,Al)8O20)(OH)10 · nH2O |
| â Corundum Formula: Al2O3 Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. |
| â Corundum var. Sapphire Formula: Al2O3 |
| â Cosalite Formula: Pb2Bi2S5 Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Cotunnite Formula: PbCl2 Localities: Penrhyn Du Mine, Abersoch, Llanengan, Gwynedd, Wales, UK Christian Levin coal mine, Dellwig, Essen, DĂŒsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Auguste Victoria coal mine, HĂŒls, Marl, Recklinghausen, MĂŒnster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Whitwell Quarry, Hodthorpe and Belph, Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England, UK Marcel mine heap, Radlin, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland ? (more information) |
| â Covellite Formula: CuS Localities: Reported from at least 75 localities in this region. |
| â Crandallite Formula: CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 Localities: Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium Fort Lismeenagh (Ballycormick), Shanagolden, Limerick County, Munster, Ireland Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium PodĆazie hill quarry, Daleszyce, Kielce County, ĆwiÄtokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland Sirault, Saint-Ghislain, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium Habit: rosettes up to 3.5cm consisting of prismatic crystals, small (hemi)spheres up to 2cm in concentric layers around a fibro-radial core, thin coatings, small rhombohedral crystals consisting of stacked lamellae on the surface of hemispheres around and between rosettes Colour: colourless, ochre yellow, yellowish-brown Description: Associated with pyrite, gypsum and/or kaolinite |
| â Crandallite var. Strontium-bearing Crandallite Formula: (Ca,Sr)Al3(PO4)2(OH)5 · H2O References: |
| â Crednerite Formula: Cu+Mn3+O2 References: |
| â Cristobalite Formula: SiO2 Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Crocoite Formula: PbCr6+O4 Localities: "Bobrowniki" Dolomite Mine, Tarnowskie GĂłry, Tarnowskie GĂłry County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) Poddy Gill, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) |
| â Cronstedtite Formula: Fe2+2Fe3+((Si,Fe3+)2O5)(OH)4 |
| â Cryolite Formula: Na2NaAlF6 |
| â Cryptohalite Formula: (NH4)2[SiF6] |
| â Cryptomelane Formula: K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16 Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â 'Csiklovaite' |
| â Cubanite Formula: CuFe2S3 |
| â Cumengeite Formula: Pb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40 · 6H2O |
| â Cuprite Formula: Cu2O Localities: Reported from at least 84 localities in this region. |
| â Cuprite var. Chalcotrichite Formula: Cu2O |
| â Cuprobismutite ? Formula: Cu8AgBi13S24 |
| â Cuprostibite Formula: Cu2(Sb,Tl) |
| â Cuprotungstite Formula: Cu2(WO4)(OH)2 |
| â Cuspidine Formula: Ca8(Si2O7)2F4 |
| â Cyanochroite ? Formula: K2Cu(SO4)2 · 6H2O |
| â Cyanotrichite Formula: Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12 · 2H2O |
| â 'Cyclite' |
| â 'Cyclite var. Mutabilite' (FRL) Type Locality: |
| â Cylindrite Formula: Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14 Description: Intergrown with colloform galena in the Navan Zn-Pb deposit, Co. Meath; several grains with typical concentric texture identified optically and confirmed by XRD. |
| â Cymrite (TL) Formula: BaAl2Si2(O,OH)8 · H2O Type Locality: Habit: masses to 2mm |
| â Czochralskiite (TL) Formula: Na4Ca3Mg(PO4)4 Type Locality: References: HĂ„lenius, U., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2015) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015, CNMNC Newsletter No 25. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (3) 529-535 doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.3.02 Karwowski, Ćukasz, Kryza, Ryszard, MuszyĆski, Andrzej, Kusz, Joachim, Helios, Katarzyna, DroĆŒdĆŒewski, Piotr, Galuskin, Evgeny V. (2016) Czochralskiite, Na4Ca3Mg(PO4)4, a second new mineral from the Morasko IAB-MG iron meteorite (Poland) European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (5) 969-977 doi:10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2557 |
| â Danburite Formula: CaB2Si2O8 |
| â Datolite Formula: CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
| â DaubrĂ©elite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2S4 Localities: Morasko meteorite, PoznaĆ, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland Rowton meteorite, Waters Upton, Telford and Wrekin, England, UK Obernkirchen meteorite, Obernkirchen, Schaumburg District, Lower Saxony, Germany Alt Bela meteorite, StarĂĄ BÄlĂĄ, Ostrava, Ostrava-City District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic |
| â 'Delessite' Formula: (Mg,Fe,Fe,Al)(Si,Al)4O10(O,OH)8 Locality: Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell in the Peak, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK References: |
| â Delvauxite (TL) Formula: CaFe4(PO4,SO4)2(OH)8 · 4-6H2O not confirmed Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. Habit: compact masses with earthy or waxy lustre and conchoidal fracture Colour: brownish, sometimes with a black surface |
| â Demicheleite-(Br) ? Formula: BiSBr |
| â Demicheleite-(Cl) ? Formula: BiSCl |
| â Demicheleite-(I) Formula: BiSI |
| â Descloizite Formula: PbZn(VO4)(OH) Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. |
| â 'Desert Rose' References: |
| â Destinezite Formula: Fe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O |
| â Devilline Formula: CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O Localities: Reported from at least 26 localities in this region. |
| â Diaboleite Formula: Pb2CuCl2(OH)4 |
| â Diadochite Formula: Fe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O |
| â Diaphorite Formula: Ag3Pb2Sb3S8 |
| â Dickite (TL) Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 Localities: Reported from at least 28 localities in this region. Type Locality: Pant-y-Gaseg Mine, Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, UK |
| â Digenite Formula: Cu9S5 Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region. |
| â Diopside Formula: CaMgSi2O6 Localities: Reported from at least 22 localities in this region. |
| â Formula: CuSiO3 · H2O Locality: Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK - erroneously reported Description: Kingsbury reference. Cooper & Stanley (1990): "The first British record of dioptase. Specimens in the Kingsbury Collection, BM(NH), collected in 1953 from the 'old No. 1 cross-cut' dumps show attractive prismatic crystals (< a millimetre or so) on small pieces of matrix." References: |
| â Djurleite Formula: Cu31S16 Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region. |
| â Dolerophanite Formula: Cu2(SO4)O References: |
| â Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 Localities: Reported from at least 314 localities in this region. |
| â Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite Formula: Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region. |
| â Dolomite var. Zinc-bearing Dolomite Formula: Ca(Mg,Zn)(CO3)2 Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region. |
| â Domeykite Formula: Cu3As |
| â 'Dopplerite' |
| â Douglasite Formula: K2[Fe2+Cl4(OH2)2] |
| â Doyleite Formula: Al(OH)3 |
| â Dravite Formula: NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| â DufrĂ©nite Formula: Ca0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| â Duftite Formula: PbCu(AsO4)(OH) Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Duftite var. Calcio-duftite Formula: (Pb,Ca)CuAsO4(OH) Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): Kingsbury & Hartley claimed that material they had collected resembled, but was not identical with duftite was actually an intermediate between duftite and conichalcite. They coined the term 'calcio-duftite' for this mineral on the basis of the intermediate nature of the x-ray powder spacings and a qualitative (spectrographic) analysis that showed significant calcium. Claringbull also mentioned the affinity of the x-ray pattern of Brandy Gill duftite with conichalcite and commented on the variation of refractive index within individual spherules of the mineral which, he suggested, resulted from a corresponding variation in composition with the core being richer in lead than the outer areas. |
| â Duftite var. Duftite-ÎČ Formula: PbCu(AsO4)(OH) Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "Most duftite from Brandy Gill appears to be ÎČ-duftite as defined by Guillemin (1956: 70), who re-examined Claringbull's (1951) x-ray data. Infra-red absorption spectrophotometry readily distinguishes α- and ÎČ-duftite and also shows the predominance of the latter at this locality (R.S.W. Braithwaite, pers. comm.)." |
| â 'Duftite-alpha' Formula: PbCu(AsO4)(OH) Habit: globular masses Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "a few specimens recently examined appear to be α-duftite which, at Brandy Gill, forms small globular masses on quartz (M.P. Cooper Collection, det. P.J. Dunn, Smithsonian Institution: XRD) or minute crystals with agardite-mixite (det. BM(NH): XRD, C.M. Leppington, pers. comm.)" |
| â Dundasite Formula: PbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4 · H2O Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region. Habit: Fibrous sprays Colour: White Description: Rare white fibrous sprays found in/on gossan. |
| â Dypingite Formula: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 5H2O Localities: |
| â Edenite Formula: NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 |
| â Edingtonite Formula: Ba[Al2Si3O10] · 4H2O |
| â Efremovite Formula: (NH4)2Mg2(SO4)3 Localities: Anna mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany RyduĆtowy heap (Szarlota heap), ROW Ruch RyduĆtowy Mine, RyduĆtowy, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland DÄbieĆsko Mine heap, Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Marcel mine heap, Radlin, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland HeĆmanice dump, HeĆmanice, Ostrava, Ostrava-City District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic |
| â 'Elaterite' Formula: (C,H,O,S) |
| â Elbaite Formula: Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) Locality: Cornubian Batholith, England, UK |
| â Elpasolite ? Formula: K2NaAlF6 |
| â Elyite Formula: Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region. Habit: Lath like Colour: Pale purple to purple Description: Occurs as pale purple lath-like xls to 0.2mm in groups to 2mm, with an unknown mineral. |
| â Emplectite Formula: CuBiS2 |
| â Enargite Formula: Cu3AsS4 Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Enstatite Formula: Mg2Si2O6 Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Enstatite var. Bronzite Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)2[SiO3]2 |
| â Epidote Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) Localities: Reported from at least 46 localities in this region. Habit: thin needles Colour: green |
| â Epidote-(Sr) Formula: (CaSr)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) Colour: Crimson Description: Analyses show that crimson needles embedded in celsian are almost exclusively epidote-(Sr)
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| â Epistilbite Formula: CaAl2Si6O16 · 5H2O |
| â Epsomite Formula: MgSO4 · 7H2O Localities: Reported from at least 19 localities in this region. Habit: crusts Colour: white |
| â Erdite ? Formula: NaFeS2 · 2H2O |
| â Ericaite (TL) Formula: Fe2+3(B7O13)Cl Localities: |
| â Eriochalcite ? Formula: CuCl2 · 2H2O References: |
| â Erythrite Formula: Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O Localities: Reported from at least 40 localities in this region. |
| â Erythrosiderite ? Formula: K2[Fe3+Cl5(H2O)] |
| â Eskolaite Formula: Cr2O3 Description: Very thin green coatings round quartz grains in greywacke pebbles in boulder clay. References: |
| â Ettringite Formula: Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. Habit: Radial hexagonal,acicular. Colour: Colourless to white, and creamy Description: Very rare as groups of hemispherical and prismatic crystals to 2mm. On fluorite, associated with weddellite. Rarely found on corroded cerussite, with litarge. |
| â Euchlorine Formula: KNaCu3(SO4)3O References: |
| â Eugsterite Formula: Na4Ca(SO4)3 · 2H2O |
| â Eulytine Formula: Bi4(SiO4)3 |
| â Evansite Formula: Al3(PO4)(OH)6 · 6H2O Localities: Colour: colourless to light brown Fluorescence: green (UV) Description: "At Mont des Groseilliers (Blaton), the halloysite contains grainy cores and veinlets of a resinous phosphate and silica-bearing substance. It is made up of glassy, clear, colorless to pale brown grains showing a green fluorescence under UV. Van Tassel (1959) considers the substance to be a mixture of allophane and evansite." (Hatert et al., 2002) |
| â Ewaldite Formula: Ba(Na,Ca,Y,Ce,K)(CO3)2 · 2.6H2O References: |
| â Famatinite Formula: Cu3SbS4 References: |
| â Fayalite Formula: Fe2+2(SiO4) Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. |
| â 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' Localities: Reported from at least 31 localities in this region. |
| â Feitknechtite Formula: Mn3+O(OH) |
| â 'Feldspar Group' Localities: Reported from at least 31 localities in this region. |
| â FelsĆbĂĄnyaite Formula: Al4(SO4)(OH)10 · 4H2O Localities: Chipping Sodbury Quarry (Hampstead Farm Quarry), Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, UK Irchester, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, UK Parys Mountain Mines, Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, UK Old Lodge Pit, Irchester, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, UK Moel Goedog, Talsarnau, Gwynedd, Wales, UK |
| â Ferberite Formula: FeWO4 |
| â Feroxyhyte ? Formula: Fe3+O(OH) References: |
| â Ferricopiapite Formula: Fe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O Localities: Groverake Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK Rohdenhaus Quarry (incl. Krieger Quarry), Rohdenhaus, WĂŒlfrath, Mettmann, DĂŒsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Prangenhaus quarry, WĂŒlfrath, Mettmann, DĂŒsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Description: From Groverake Vein in the New Firestone Level. |
| â Ferrihydrite Formula: Fe3+10O14(OH)2 |
| â Ferrimolybdite Formula: Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O |
| â Ferrinatrite Formula: Na3Fe(SO4)3 · 3H2O |
| â Ferristrunzite (TL) Formula: Fe3+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O Localities: Habit: Radiating sprays of acicular crystals coating shale Colour: light (yellowish-)brown, ochre, white |
| â Ferro-actinolite Formula: ◻Ca2Fe2+5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| â 'Ferro-Ă„kermanite' Formula: Ca2FeSi2O7 References: Vanaecker, Maxime, Courtin-Nomade, Alexandra, Bril, Hubert, Laureyns, Jacky, Lenain, Jean-François (2014) Behavior of Zn-bearing phases in base metal slag from France and Poland: A mineralogical approach for environmental purposes. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 136. 1-13 doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2013.09.001 |
| â Ferroberaunite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)5 · 6H2O |
| â Ferro-gedrite ? Formula: ◻{Fe2+2}{Fe2+3Al2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2 Description: No method of identification given. |
| â Ferrohexahydrite Formula: FeSO4 · 6H2O |
| â Ferro-hornblende Formula: ◻Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 Localities: Tal y Fan, Caerhun, Conwy, Wales, UK Brodten, TravemĂŒnde, LĂŒbeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Gravel pits, Damsdorf - Stocksee - Tensfeld area, Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Dubie, DÄbnik-Dubie area, Gmina Krzeszowice, KrakĂłw County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland Gravel pits (Heede; Lutzhorn), Barmstedt, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany ? (more information) |
| â Ferroindialite ? Formula: (Fe2+,Mg)2Al4Si5O18 |
| â Ferro-pargasite ? Formula: NaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 |
| â Ferroskutterudite Formula: FeAs3 |
| â Ferrostrunzite ? Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O Colour: brown Description: Refractive indices of nα= 1.635(5) and nÎł= 1,725(5) |
| â Feruvite Formula: CaFe2+3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) Locality: Cornubian Batholith, England, UK |
| â Fibroferrite Formula: Fe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O |
| â Fiedlerite Formula: Pb3FCl4(OH) · H2O |
| â Fletcherite Formula: CuNi2S4 |
| â 'Florencite' |
| â Florencite-(Ce) Formula: CeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6 |
| â Florenskyite ? Formula: FeTiP |
| â Fluoborite Formula: Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3 |
| â Fluorapatite Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F Localities: Reported from at least 21 localities in this region. |
| â Fluorapatite var. Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite Formula: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O) Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. |
| â 'Fluorapophyllite' |
| â Fluorapophyllite-(K) Formula: KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O References: |
| â FluorcalcioromĂ©ite Formula: (Ca,Na,◻)2Sb5+2(O,OH)6F |
| â Fluorellestadite Formula: Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F |
| â 'Fluorellestadite-Hydroxylellestadite Series' |
| â Fluorite Formula: CaF2 Localities: Reported from at least 434 localities in this region. |
| â Fluorite var. Blue John (FRL) Formula: CaF2 Localities: |
| â 'Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series' |
| â Foitite Formula: ◻(Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) Locality: Cornubian Batholith, England, UK |
| â Forsterite Formula: Mg2(SiO4) Localities: KĆodawa salt deposit, Gmina KĆodawa, KoĆo County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland Zawiercie skarn, Rokitno Szlacheckie, Gmina Ćazy, Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland RyduĆtowy heap (Szarlota heap), ROW Ruch RyduĆtowy Mine, RyduĆtowy, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Pontlyfni meteorite, Clynnog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK HC Miasteczko ĆlÄ skie S.A. Zinc Smelting Plant, Miasteczko ĆlÄ skie, Tarnowskie GĂłry County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| â FougĂšrite Formula: Fe2+4Fe3+2(OH)12[CO3] · 3H2O Localities: Concordia smelter slag locality, Eschweiler, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Bleyberg zinc and lead smelter slag locality, PlombiĂšres, LiĂšge, Wallonia, Belgium Castleside Smelting Mill slag locality, Healeyfield, County Durham, England, UK Dirt Pot Lead Smelt Mill slag locality, Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK |
| â Fraipontite (TL) Formula: (Zn,Al)3((Si,Al)2O5)(OH)4 Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. Type Locality: Altenberg mine, Kelmis, LiĂšge, Wallonia, Belgium Habit: thin layers of mica-like platelets filling veinlets in smithsonite Colour: white |
| â Franckeite Formula: Fe2+(Pb,Sn2+)6Sn4+2Sb2S14 Description: As a fine exsolution(?) intergrowth in coarse-grained galena; a single specimen, identified optically. C.J. Andrew and J. H. Ashton (1985) Trans. Inst. Mining Metall., sect. B, 94, 66--93; C. J. Andrew, pers. comm., 1987. |
| â Franklinite Formula: Zn2+Fe3+2O4 |
| â Franklinphilite Formula: (K,Na)4(Mn2+,Mg,Zn)48(Si,Al)72(O,OH)216 · 6H2O |
| â 'Freibergite Subgroup' Formula: (Ag6,[Ag6]4+)(Cu4 C2+2)Sb4S12S0-1 Localities: Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland Galmoy Mine, Johnstown, Kilkenny County, Leinster, Ireland B-Zone 4611 Silver-Rich Pod, Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland |
| â FĂŒlöppite Formula: Pb3Sb8S15 |
| â Galena Formula: PbS Localities: Reported from at least 936 localities in this region. |
| â Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena Formula: PbS with Ag Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. |
| â Galenobismutite Formula: PbBi2S4 |
| â Ganophyllite Formula: (K,Na,Ca)2Mn8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)32 · 8H2O |
| â 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 Localities: Reported from at least 27 localities in this region. |
| â Gartrellite Formula: PbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH) · H2O |
| â Gearksutite Formula: Ca[Al(F,OH)5(H2O)] |
| â Geerite Formula: Cu8S5 |
| â Gehlenite Formula: Ca2Al[AlSiO7] Localities: RyduĆtowy heap (Szarlota heap), ROW Ruch RyduĆtowy Mine, RyduĆtowy, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Bobrek heap, Bobrek, Bytom, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland HC Miasteczko ĆlÄ skie S.A. Zinc Smelting Plant, Miasteczko ĆlÄ skie, Tarnowskie GĂłry County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland ZGH BolesĆaw S.A. smelter, Bukowno, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland |
| â Geocronite Formula: Pb14Sb6S23 |
| â Georgeite Formula: [Cu(OH)2-x(H2O)x][CO3]x/2 Description: Sneydâs Level |
| â Gerhardtite Formula: Cu2(NO3)(OH)3 |
| â Gersdorffite Formula: NiAsS Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region. |
| â Gibbsite Formula: Al(OH)3 Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Gladite Formula: PbCuBi5S9 Habit: Mixture with galena References: |
| â 'Glass' Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region. Description: Glass is generally, but not exclusively feldspathic |
| â Glauberite Formula: Na2Ca(SO4)2 Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Glaucodot Formula: (Co0.50Fe0.50)AsS |
| â 'Glauconite' Formula: K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 Localities: Reported from at least 37 localities in this region. |
| â 'Glockerite' Formula: Fe3+4(SO4)(OH)10 · 1-3H2O ? |
| â Godovikovite Formula: (NH4)Al(SO4)2 Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Goethite Formula: Fe3+O(OH) Localities: Reported from at least 268 localities in this region. Habit: mammillated and stalactitic Colour: Black |
| â Gonyerite Formula: Mn2+5Fe3+(Fe3+Si3O10)(OH)8 |
| â Gorceixite Formula: BaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| âȘ Gortdrumite (TL) Formula: Cu24Fe2Hg9S23 Type Locality: Habit: Lath like crystals, similar to stibnite Colour: Grey Description: Extremely rare, found in association/similar conditions (dolomite vugs) with cinnabar. |
| â Goslarite Formula: ZnSO4 · 7H2O Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Görgeyite Formula: K2Ca5(SO4)6 · H2O |
| â Goyazite Formula: SrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 Localities: |
| â Graftonite ? Formula: Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 Locality: DÄbieĆsko Mine heap, Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland References: |
| â Graphite Formula: C Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region. |
| â Gratonite Formula: Pb9As4S15 Localities: North Laxey Mine, Maughold, Garff, Isle of Man OrzeĆ BiaĆy Mine, Brzeziny ĆlÄ skie, Piekary ĆlÄ skie, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Lisheen mine, Moyne, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland Island Pod Zn-Pb Orebody, Lisheen mine, Moyne, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland WoĆșniki borehole, Tarnowskie GĂłry, Tarnowskie GĂłry County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland ? (more information) |
| â Greenockite Formula: CdS Localities: Reported from at least 33 localities in this region. |
| â Greigite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2S4 |
| â Grossular Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. |
| â Grossular var. Hibschite Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x |
| â Groutite Formula: Mn3+O(OH) |
| â 'GrĂŒnlingite' ? Localities: Description: Kingsbury reference. Kingsbury (1965): "For many years the bismuth telluride tetradymite (Bi2T2S) has been accepted as a British species, but this status has never been satisfactorily established. It was originally thought to occur in Brandy Gill, Carrock Fell, Cumberland, though in 1858 Greg and Lettsom had stated that the mineral appeared to differ much in composition from other tetradymites. The Carrock mineral was later regarded as a new species and was named grĂŒnlingite, but further investigations have shown that these specimens are not all identical and probably represent several varieties or phases of the allied mineral josĂ©ite, with compositions near Bi4TeS2: none of them, so far, have proved to be tetradymite." |
| â Gudmundite Formula: FeSbS |
| â 'Guitermanite' Formula: Pb10As6S19 (?) Description: Pbl0As6S19(?) Listed without details from Silvermines, Co. Tipperary, by C. J. Morrissey et al. (1971) Trans. Inst. Mining Metall., sect. B, 80, 174-85, and, with the formula Pb3As2S6, by C.J. Andrew, in
Andrew, C.J., Crowe, R.W.A., Finlay, S., Pennell, W.M. and Pyne, J.F., eds. (1986) Geology and genesis
of mineral deposits in Ireland, Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin Conference, 1984. [The true nature of guitermanite is obscure. M.H. Hey (1962) An Index of Mineral Species and Varieties, 2nd edn. London, BM(NH).] |
| â Gunningite Formula: ZnSO4 · H2O |
| â Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O Localities: Reported from at least 283 localities in this region. |
| â Gypsum var. Alabaster Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Gypsum var. Satin Spar Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| â Gypsum var. Selenite Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O Localities: Reported from at least 51 localities in this region. |
| â Gyrolite Formula: NaCa16Si23AlO60(OH)8 · 14H2O |
| â Halite Formula: NaCl Localities: Reported from at least 56 localities in this region. |
| â Halloysite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 Localities: Reported from at least 20 localities in this region. Habit: compact masses Colour: white, grey, bluish Description: associated with allophane. Chemical composition as well as optical, thermal, and crystallographical properties of halloysite from Angleur can be found in Splichal (1919), Ross & Kerr (1934), and Goemaere & Hanson (1997). |
| â Halotrichite Formula: FeAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O Localities: Reported from at least 25 localities in this region. |
| â Hammarite Formula: Pb2Cu2Bi4S9 |
| â Hannebachite Formula: CaSO3 · H2O |
| â Hardystonite Formula: Ca2Zn[Si2O7] |
| â Harmotome Formula: Ba2(Si12Al4)O32 · 12H2O Localities: Reported from at least 19 localities in this region. |
| â Harmunite Formula: CaFe2O4 References: |
| â Hauerite Formula: MnS2 Localities: MachĂłw Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland Siarkopol Mine, DobrĂłw, Gmina TuczÄpy, Busko County, ĆwiÄtokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland JeziĂłrko Mine, Nowa Deba, Tarnobrzeg County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland |
| â Hausmannite Formula: Mn2+Mn3+2O4 Localities: Bigrigg Mine, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK Benallt Mine, Rhiw, Aberdaron, Gwynedd, Wales, UK Cleator Moor Iron Mines, Cleator Moor, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK Wyndham Mines, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK BĂŒlten-Adenstedt Mine, Ilsede, Peine District, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| â Hawleyite Formula: CdS Localities: Fall Hill Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK Rabotrath mine, Walhorn, Lontzen, LiĂšge, Wallonia, Belgium Corphalie, Wanze, LiĂšge, Wallonia, Belgium ? (more information) Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK ? (more information) Haies-Monet, Landenne, Andenne, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium ? (more information) |
| â Haycockite Formula: Cu4Fe5S8 |
| â Hedenbergite Formula: CaFe2+Si2O6 Localities: Carrock Fell, Cumbria, England, UK Zawiercie skarn, Rokitno Szlacheckie, Gmina Ćazy, Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Trzebinia waste dump, Trzebinia smelting plant, Gmina Trzebinia, ChrzanĂłw County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland HeĆmanice dump, HeĆmanice, Ostrava, Ostrava-City District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic |
| â Hedleyite Formula: Bi7Te3 |
| â Hedyphane Formula: Ca2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl |
| â Heidornite (TL) Formula: Na2Ca3B5O8(SO4)2Cl(OH)2 Type Locality: References: |
| â Hellyerite Formula: NiCO3 · 5.5H2O References: |
| â Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 Localities: Reported from at least 276 localities in this region. |
| â Hematite var. Crucilite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| â Hematite var. Iron Rose Formula: Fe2O3 |
| â Hematite var. Kidney Ore Formula: Fe2O3 Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region. |
| â Hematite var. Specularite Formula: Fe2O3 Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region. |
| â Hemimorphite Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O Localities: Reported from at least 161 localities in this region. Habit: Prismatic Colour: White, transparent Description: Well formed albeit small crystals can occasionally be found associated with goethite. |
| â Hercynite Formula: Fe2+Al2O4 Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Hercynite var. Picotite Formula: (Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4 |
| â Hessite Formula: Ag2Te |
| â Hetaerolite Formula: ZnMn2O4 Localities: Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland OrzeĆ BiaĆy Mine, Brzeziny ĆlÄ skie, Piekary ĆlÄ skie, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Erlenbach mine, Lontzen, LiĂšge, Wallonia, Belgium Ballygown South Mine, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland ? (more information) |
| â Hetaerolite var. Hydrohetaerolite Formula: Zn(Mn,◻)2(O,OH)4 Localities: Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland OrzeĆ BiaĆy Mine, Brzeziny ĆlÄ skie, Piekary ĆlÄ skie, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Erlenbach mine, Lontzen, LiĂšge, Wallonia, Belgium Ballygown South Mine, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland ? (more information) |
| â Heterogenite Formula: Co3+O(OH) |
| â Heulandite-Ca Formula: (Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O Localities: BĂŒlten-Adenstedt Mine, Ilsede, Peine District, Lower Saxony, Germany Rudno, Gmina Krzeszowice, KrakĂłw County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland Regulice quarry, Gmina Alwernia, ChrzanĂłw County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland PorÄba-Ć»egoty, Gmina Alwernia, ChrzanĂłw County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland |
| â 'Heulandite Subgroup' Formula: (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O Localities: Callow Hill Quarry, Minsterley, Shropshire, England, UK |
| â Hexahydrite Formula: MgSO4 · 6H2O Localities: Reported from at least 17 localities in this region. |
| â Hidalgoite Formula: PbAl3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Localities: Vereinigte GlĂŒckauf Mine, Velbert, Mettmann, DĂŒsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Plöger quarry (Röbbecker Quarry; Sondern Quarry), Velbert, Mettmann, DĂŒsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) |
| â Hilgardite Formula: Ca2B5O9Cl · H2O |
| â 'Hilgardite-3Tc' Formula: Ca2B5O9Cl · H2O |
| â Hinsdalite Formula: PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. |
| â Hisingerite Formula: Fe3+2(Si2O5)(OH)4 · 2H2O |
| â Hoelite Formula: C14H8O2 |
| â Hohmannite Formula: Fe3+2(SO4)2O · 8H2O |
| â Hollandite Formula: Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 Localities: Cloghleagh mine (Cloghlea mine), Kilbride, Blessington, Wicklow County, Leinster, Ireland Mynydd Nodol Mine (Manganese Royal Mine), Mynydd Nodol, Llanycil, Gwynedd, Wales, UK Nant yr Helfa Mine, Pantllwini, Llanycil, Gwynedd, Wales, UK Saddleback upper trial, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK Mochowgryn manganese mine, Llanycil, Gwynedd, Wales, UK Habit: Botryoidal Colour: Black Description: Mixed with cryptomelane. First suggested by David Jordan, Trinity College, Dublin. Quantitative electron-probe analysis by Dr Andy Tindle, Open University. Contains some potassium. |
| â 'Hollandite Supergroup' ? Formula: A2+[M4+6M3+2]O16 |
| â Hopeite (TL) Formula: ZnZn2(PO4)2 · 4H2O Type Locality: Description: "Reportedly found around 1820 (Des Cloizeaux, 1893) and never found again. The very few specimens from this locality are now in a number of museums." (Hatert et al., 2002) References: |
| â 'Hornblende Root Name Group' Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region. |
| â Hörnesite Formula: Mg3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| â Howlite Formula: Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 |
| â Huizingite-(Al) ? Formula: [(NH4)9(SO4)2][(Al,Fe3+)3(OH)2(H2O)4(SO4)6] |
| â 'Humite Group' |
| â Formula: MnWO4 Locality: Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK - erroneously reported Description: Kingsbury reference? References: |
| â Hydrobasaluminite (TL) Formula: Al4(SO4)(OH)10 · 12-36H2O Localities: |
| â Hydroboracite Formula: CaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2 · 3H2O |
| â Hydrocalumite Formula: Ca4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2 · 4H2O |
| â Hydrocerussite Formula: Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 Localities: Reported from at least 40 localities in this region. |
| â 'Hydrogarnet' |
| â Hydroglauberite Formula: Na10Ca3(SO4)8 · 6H2O |
| â Hydrohalloysite (TL) Formula: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 · 2H2O Localities: Type Locality: Angleur, LiĂšge, LiĂšge, Wallonia, Belgium |
| â Hydrokenoralstonite Formula: Na0.5(Al,Mg)2(F,OH)6 · H2O |
| â Hydromagnesite Formula: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â 'Hydromolysite' ? Formula: FeCl3 · 6H2O References: Kruszewski, Ćukasz, FabiaĆska, Monika J., Segit, Tomasz, Kusy, Danuta, MotyliĆski, RafaĆ, Ciesielczuk, Justyna, Deput, Ewa (2020) Carbonânitrogen compounds, alcohols, mercaptans, monoterpenes, acetates, aldehydes, ketones, SF6, PH3, and other fire gases in coal-mining waste heaps of Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) â a re-investigation by means of in situ FTIR external database approach. Science of The Total Environment, 698. 134274 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134274 |
| â 'Hydromuscovite' |
| â Hydroniumjarosite (TL) Formula: (H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 Localities: Staszic Mine, Rudki, Nowa SĆupia, Kielce County, ĆwiÄtokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland Brynycastell Mine, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales, UK Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) Eisden colliery, Eisden, Maasmechelen, Limburg, Flanders, Belgium ? (more information) Marcel mine heap, Radlin, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland ? (more information) |
| â 'Hydrophilite' |
| â Hydrotalcite Formula: Mg6Al2(CO3)(OH)16 · 4H2O |
| â 'Hydrotalcite-2H' Formula: Mg6Al2(CO3)(OH)16 · 4H2O |
| â Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) Formula: KCa4(Si8O20)(OH,F) · 8H2O |
| â Hydroxylapatite Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(OH) Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region. |
| â Hydroxylapatite var. Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite Formula: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(OH,O) Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. |
| â Hydrozincite Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 Localities: Reported from at least 102 localities in this region. Description: micro-crystalline |
| â 'Hypersthene' Formula: (Mg,Fe)SiO3 |
| â Ianbruceite Formula: Zn2(AsO4)(OH) · 3H2O |
| â Idaite Formula: Cu5FeS6 |
| â Ikaite Formula: CaCO3 · 6H2O |
| â Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 Localities: Reported from at least 31 localities in this region. |
| â Ilmenite var. Iserine Formula: Fe2+TiO3 |
| â Ilsemannite ? Formula: Mo3O8 · nH2O |
| â Ilvaite Formula: CaFe3+Fe2+2(Si2O7)O(OH) References: |
| â Indialite Formula: Mg2Al3(AlSi5O18) Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Ingodite Formula: Bi2TeS |
| â Iodargyrite Formula: AgI Localities: Colour: yellow, greenish yellow, grey Fluorescence: non |
| â 'Iodine' ? Formula: I2 |
| â Iowaite Formula: Mg6Fe3+2(OH)16Cl2 · 4H2O |
| â 'Iron oxide' |
| â Isocubanite Formula: CuFe2S3 Localities: Ramsdorf meteorite, Velen, Borken, MĂŒnster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Menow meteorite, Furstenberg/Havel, Oberhavel, Brandenburg, Germany Appley Bridge meteorite, Wrightington, West Lancashire, Lancashire, England, UK Wold Cottage meteorite, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK Tourinnes-la-Grosse meteorite, Beauvechain, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium |
| â Jacobsite Formula: Mn2+Fe3+2O4 |
| â 'Jacobsite-Q' Formula: Mn2+(Fe3+,Mn3+)2O4 |
| â Jalpaite Formula: Ag3CuS2 |
| â Jamborite ? Formula: Ni2+1-xCo3+x(OH)2-x(SO4)x · nH2O Habit: Crusts Colour: Yellowish green Description: Occurs as a replacement of millerite References: |
| â Jamesonite Formula: Pb4FeSb6S14 Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Jarosite Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 Localities: Reported from at least 68 localities in this region. |
| â 'Jet' |
| â Jordanite Formula: Pb14As6S23 Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. Habit: Blocky, crystals unusual Colour: Black Fluorescence: none Description: Enclosed in Schalenblende |
| â 'JosĂ©ite' Formula: Bi4TeS2 |
| â JosĂ©ite-A Formula: Bi4TeS2 |
| â JosĂ©ite-B Formula: Bi4Te2S |
| â Kaersutite Formula: NaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2 Locality: Tal y Fan, Caerhun, Conwy, Wales, UK |
| â Kainite Formula: KMg(SO4)Cl · 3H2O Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. |
| â Kalistrontite Formula: K2Sr(SO4)2 |
| â Kalsilite Formula: KAlSiO4 |
| â Kaolinite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 Localities: Reported from at least 53 localities in this region. |
| â Kellyite Formula: Mn2+2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4 |
| â Kermesite Formula: Sb2S2O Localities: Wanthwaite Mine, St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) Bwlch Mine, Conwy, Conwy, Wales, UK ? (more information) |
| â Kernite ? Formula: Na2[B4O6(OH)2] · 3H2O |
| â 'K Feldspar' Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region. |
| â 'K Feldspar var. Adularia' Formula: KAlSi3O8 |
| â Khademite Formula: Al(SO4)F · 5H2O |
| â Khaidarkanite Formula: Cu4Al3(OH)14F3 · 2H2O |
| â Kieserite Formula: MgSO4 · H2O Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region. |
| â Kintoreite Formula: PbFe3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 |
| â Kipushite ? Formula: (Cu,Zn)5Zn(PO4)2(OH)6 · H2O |
| â Kirschsteinite Formula: CaFe2+(SiO4) Localities: Guidotto zinc smelter slag locality, ĆwiÄtochĆowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Katowice - Piekary ĆlÄ skie area slag dumps, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland OrzeĆ BiaĆy dumps, OrzeĆ BiaĆy mine, Brzeziny ĆlÄ skie, Piekary ĆlÄ skie, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland HC Miasteczko ĆlÄ skie S.A. Zinc Smelting Plant, Miasteczko ĆlÄ skie, Tarnowskie GĂłry County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| â Kladnoite Formula: C6H4(CO)2NH |
| â Kobellite Formula: Pb22Cu4(Bi,Sb)30S69 |
| â Koechlinite Formula: Bi2MoO6 Habit: powder Colour: buff to yellow Description: possibly pseudomorphing bismuthinite. Intense Mo-blue when treated with HCl. References: |
| â Koenenite Formula: Na4Mg9Al4Cl12(OH)22 Localities: Niedersachsen potash mine, Wathlingen, Celle District, Lower Saxony, Germany Bergmannssegen potash mine, Lehrte, Hanover Region, Lower Saxony, Germany LĂŒneburger Kalkberg, LĂŒneburg, LĂŒneburg District, Lower Saxony, Germany GlĂŒckauf Mine, Sarstedt, Hildesheim District, Lower Saxony, Germany Riedel Potash Works, HĂ€nigsen, Uetze, Hanover Region, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| â Kogarkoite Formula: Na3(SO4)F |
| â Koktaite Formula: (NH4)2Ca(SO4)2 · H2O |
| â Kolbeckite Formula: ScPO4 · 2H2O Habit: crystals of up to 1mm showing {110}, {011} and {154} (Schrauf, 1879) Colour: very pale yellow Description: on hemimorphite |
| â Kolwezite Formula: CuCo(CO3)(OH)2 |
| â Koninckite Formula: Fe3+PO4 · 3H2O |
| â Konyaite Formula: Na2Mg(SO4)2 · 5H2O |
| â Korshunovskite Formula: Mg2Cl(OH)3 · 4H2O |
| â Kosmochlor Formula: NaCrSi2O6 |
| â Köttigite Formula: Zn3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| â KrĂĄlĂkite (TL) Formula: BaCl2 · 2H2O Type Locality: |
| â 'Krasnogorite' Formula: WO3 |
| â 'Krasnoselskite' Formula: CoWO4 Description: First report of this compound belongs to Chesnokov et al. - they described both krasnoselskite and krasnogorite from Krasnoselskaya Mine in Krasnogorsk, Ural, Russia (vide Jambor et al. 1993). References: |
| â KratochvĂlite Formula: C13H10 |
| â Krausite Formula: KFe(SO4)2 · H2O |
| â Kremersite Formula: (NH4,K)2[Fe3+Cl5(H2O)] Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Kröhnkite Formula: Na2Cu(SO4)2 · 2H2O |
| â Krupkaite Formula: PbCuBi3S6 |
| â Kryzaite (TL) Formula: Na4(MgCr)(PO4)3 Type Locality: |
| â Ktenasite Formula: ZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2O Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region. Colour: Blue-green Description: All of the ktenasite from this mine should be tested to see if it is ktenasite or the Zn analog of ktenasite. |
| â Kutnohorite Formula: CaMn2+(CO3)2 |
| â Kyanite Formula: Al2(SiO4)O Localities: Wasdale Head, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK Winterswijk quarry, Vosseveld, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands Niendorf, LĂŒbeck-Moisling, LĂŒbeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany StrumieĆ peat bog, PszczyĆa County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland MizerĂłw peat bog, PszczyĆa County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| â Lafossaite ? Formula: Tl(Cl,Br) References: |
| â Laitakarite Formula: Bi4(Se,S)3 |
| â Lanarkite Formula: Pb2(SO4)O Localities: Reported from at least 20 localities in this region. 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. |
| â Langbeinite Formula: K2Mg2(SO4)3 Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Langite Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O Localities: Reported from at least 65 localities in this region. Habit: Pseudohexagonal Colour: Deep blue green Description: Crusts of small xls to 0.7mm (nice micros), associated with many of the supergene species. |
| â Lannonite Formula: Mg2Ca4Al4(SO4)8F8 · 24H2O |
| â Lansfordite Formula: MgCO3 · 5H2O |
| â Lanthanite-(Ce) (TL) Formula: Ce2(CO3)3 · 8H2O Type Locality: |
| â Laumontite Formula: CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O |
| â Laurionite Formula: PbCl(OH) Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. Habit: Bladed Colour: White-colourless Description: Colourless to white 1cm bladed xl mass (XRD), associated with caledonite, and cerussite. Ex Steve Burchmore specimen. |
| â Lautenthalite Formula: PbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. Habit: Bladed-platy Colour: Emerald green Description: Emerald green to 1mm (nice micros)1st UK occurrence. commonly found in parallel growth with wroewolfeite. (XRD on Peter Wallace specimen) |
| â Lavendulan Formula: NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl · 5H2O Localities: Old Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Bonmahon (Bunmahon), Waterford County, Munster, Ireland Gipsy Lane Brickpit, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK Thalburg Mine, Heiligenhaus, Mettmann, DĂŒsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland ? (more information) |
| â 'Lead-bearing Feldspar' ? Formula: (K,Pb)-(Al,Si)-O |
| â Leadhillite Formula: Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 Localities: Reported from at least 49 localities in this region. |
| â Lechatelierite Formula: SiO2 Localities: Senne plateau, GĂŒtersloh, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Masel, Sprakensehl, Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Senne plateau, GĂŒtersloh, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Molecaten quarry, Hattem, Gelderland, Netherlands Harmelink quarry, Vasse, Tubbergen, Overijssel, Netherlands |
| â Leiteite Formula: Zn(As2O4) Habit: tabular crystals up to 0.5mm, intergrown in "cockscombs", striations on {010} parallel according to {100} Colour: colourless to light yellowish |
| â Lenaite ? Formula: AgFeS2 |
| â Leonite Formula: K2Mg(SO4)2 · 4H2O Localities: |
| â Lepidocrocite Formula: Fe3+O(OH) Localities: Reported from at least 30 localities in this region. Habit: coatings on black schist Colour: yellowish Description: Van Tassel, R. (pers. comm.) |
| â 'Lepidolite' Habit: star-shaped aggregates of hexagonal plates Colour: green to pale brown References: |
| â Letovicite Formula: (NH4)3H(SO4)2 Localities: Anna mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany RyduĆtowy heap (Szarlota heap), ROW Ruch RyduĆtowy Mine, RyduĆtowy, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Marcel mine heap, Radlin, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland HeĆmanice dump, HeĆmanice, Ostrava, Ostrava-City District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic Alstaden coal mine, Alstaden, Oberhausen, DĂŒsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ? (more information) |
| â Leucite Formula: K(AlSi2O6) Localities: Guidotto zinc smelter slag locality, ĆwiÄtochĆowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Katowice - Piekary ĆlÄ skie area slag dumps, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland OrzeĆ BiaĆy dumps, OrzeĆ BiaĆy mine, Brzeziny ĆlÄ skie, Piekary ĆlÄ skie, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Rybnik-Rymer (StoĆŒki) coal-mining dump, Niedobczyce, Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland ? (more information) |
| â 'Leucoxene' |
| â Libethenite Formula: Cu2(PO4)(OH) Localities: Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton under Bardon, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, UK Engine Vein Mine, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) |
| â 'Limonite' Localities: Reported from at least 182 localities in this region. |
| â Linarite Formula: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 Localities: Reported from at least 118 localities in this region. Habit: Bladed, and blocky Colour: Azur blue |
| â Formula: Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2 Locality: Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK - erroneously reported Habit: bladed Colour: dark olive-green Description: Kingsbury reference. Cooper & Stanley (1990): "The first (and only) British occurrence (Kingsbury & Hartley, 1955). The mineral was found in specimens from the dumps of the eastern level as small (< 1.5mm), dark olive-green bladed crystals on a yellowish-green crystalline mineral (which 'gives [an x-ray powder] pattern and spacings very close to those of the well-known pale blue Cumberland plumbogummite' op. cit.: 724.) It was found in cavities in granophyre presumed to be from the vein wall. Only a few specimens were obtained (Kingsbury and Russell Collections, BM(NH)) and, despite the exertions of a generation of collectors, none has been found since." |
| â Lindströmite Formula: Pb3Cu3Bi7S15 |
| â Linnaeite Formula: Co2+Co3+2S4 |
| â Liroconite Formula: Cu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4 · 4H2O Localities: Engine Vein Mine, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) |
| â Litharge Formula: PbO Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region. Habit: Tetragonal pseudomorphs possibly after the Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate) Colour: Shades of red Description: Forms tetragonal pseudomorphs to 2mm after the unnamed (tetragonal Pb oxide hydrate). Grown on corroded cerussite with supergene calcite |
| â Lithiophilite Formula: LiMn2+PO4 |
| â Lithiophorite Formula: (Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2 |
| â Lizardite Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| â Löllingite Formula: FeAs2 Localities: Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) Cobalt Mine, Scar Crag, Causey Pike, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK ? (more information) |
| â Löweite Formula: Na12Mg7(SO4)13 · 15H2O |
| â LĂŒneburgite (TL) Formula: Mg3[B2(OH)6](PO4)2 · 6H2O Localities: |
| â Luzonite Formula: Cu3AsS4 |
| â Mackinawite Formula: FeS Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Macphersonite Formula: Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 |
| â Maghemite Formula: (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe3+2O4 Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Magnesiocopiapite Formula: MgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O Localities: ÄSA Mine, OrlovĂĄ, KarvinĂĄ District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic DÄbieĆsko Mine heap, Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Darkov Mine (1 May mine), LĂĄznÄ Darkov, KarvinĂĄ District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic Dukla Mine, Lazy Mine, OrlovĂĄ, KarvinĂĄ District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic Marcel mine heap, Radlin, WodzisĆaw County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland ? (more information) |
| â Magnesioferrite Formula: MgFe3+2O4 Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. |
| â Magnesio-foitite Formula: ◻(Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) Locality: Cornubian Batholith, England, UK |
| â Magnesio-hornblende Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 |
| â Magnesiovoltaite Formula: K2Mg5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O References: |
| â Magnesite Formula: MgCO3 Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. |
| â Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 Localities: Reported from at least 77 localities in this region. Description: A microscopic constituent of igneous rock. |
| â Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing Magnetite Formula: Fe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4 |
| â Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Localities: Reported from at least 354 localities in this region. Colour: green Fluorescence: non |
| â Malladrite Formula: Na2[SiF6] |
| â 'Manganese Oxides' Localities: Reported from at least 22 localities in this region. |
| â 'Manganese Oxides var. Manganese Dendrites' Localities: Kelton Fell Mine, Kirkland, Lamplugh, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK Gravel pits (Kreuzfeld; Niederkleveez; Vierth), Malente, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Wettringen limestone works, Wettringen, Steinfurt, MĂŒnster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany "Bobrowniki" Dolomite Mine, Tarnowskie GĂłry, Tarnowskie GĂłry County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland "BlachĂłwka" dolomite quarry, Sucha GĂłra, Bytom, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| â Manganite Formula: Mn3+O(OH) Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region. |
| â Manganosite Formula: MnO |
| â Mansfieldite ? Formula: AlAsO4 · 2H2O |
| â Marcasite Formula: FeS2 Localities: Reported from at least 254 localities in this region. Habit: stalactitic |
| â Mascagnite Formula: (NH4)2SO4 Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region. |
| â 'Maskelynite' |
| â Massicot Formula: PbO |
| â Matildite Formula: AgBiS2 |
| â Matlockite Formula: PbFCl Localities: Bage Mine, Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK Waterbank Mine, Back of Ecton, Ecton, Wetton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK Christian Levin coal mine, Dellwig, Essen, DĂŒsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Bollihope Smelt Mill slag locality, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK |
| â Mattheddleite Formula: Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH) Localities: Reported from at least 19 localities in this region. Habit: Prismatic Colour: Colourless Description: Colourless xls to 0.2mm (XRD), forming small masses to 3mm. |
| â Mawbyite Formula: PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2 |
| â Mckinstryite Formula: Ag5-xCu3+xS4 |
| â Meixnerite ? Formula: Mg6Al2(OH)16(OH)2 · 4H2O References: Kruszewski, Ćukasz, FabiaĆska, Monika J., Segit, Tomasz, Kusy, Danuta, MotyliĆski, RafaĆ, Ciesielczuk, Justyna, Deput, Ewa (2020) Carbonânitrogen compounds, alcohols, mercaptans, monoterpenes, acetates, aldehydes, ketones, SF6, PH3, and other fire gases in coal-mining waste heaps of Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) â a re-investigation by means of in situ FTIR external database approach. Science of The Total Environment, 698. 134274 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134274 |
| â Mejillonesite Formula: [H5O2]+NaMg2(PO3OH)(PO4)(OH) References: |
| â Melanophlogite Formula: 46SiO2 · 6(N2,CO2) · 2(CH4,N2) |
| â Melanterite Formula: Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O Localities: Reported from at least 44 localities in this region. |
| â 'Melilite Group' Formula: Ca2M(XSiO7) Localities: Rotem slag locality, Rotem, Dilsen-Stokkem, Limburg, Flanders, Belgium Guidotto zinc smelter slag locality, ĆwiÄtochĆowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Katowice - Piekary ĆlÄ skie area slag dumps, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland OrzeĆ BiaĆy dumps, OrzeĆ BiaĆy mine, Brzeziny ĆlÄ skie, Piekary ĆlÄ skie, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland HC Miasteczko ĆlÄ skie S.A. Zinc Smelting Plant, Miasteczko ĆlÄ skie, Tarnowskie GĂłry County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Description: Ottenburgs et al. (1998): "Melilite, a complex sorosilicate, containing Na, Ca, Mg, Fe, besides Al and Si crystallized from the melt during the roasting stage." |
| â 'Melnikovite' Localities: Navan Mine (Tara Mine), Navan (An Uaimh), Meath County, Leinster, Ireland OrzeĆ BiaĆy Mine, Brzeziny ĆlÄ skie, Piekary ĆlÄ skie, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland La Mallieue, Engis, LiĂšge, Wallonia, Belgium B-Zone 4611 Silver-Rich Pod, Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland |
| â Mendipite Formula: Pb3Cl2O2 |
| â Mendozite Formula: NaAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O |
| â Mereiterite ? Formula: K2Fe(SO4)2 · 4H2O Locality: Rybnik-Rymer (StoĆŒki) coal-mining dump, Niedobczyce, Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland References: Kruszewski, Ćukasz, FabiaĆska, Monika J., Segit, Tomasz, Kusy, Danuta, MotyliĆski, RafaĆ, Ciesielczuk, Justyna, Deput, Ewa (2020) Carbonânitrogen compounds, alcohols, mercaptans, monoterpenes, acetates, aldehydes, ketones, SF6, PH3, and other fire gases in coal-mining waste heaps of Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) â a re-investigation by means of in situ FTIR external database approach. Science of The Total Environment, 698. 134274 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134274 |
| â Merrillite Formula: Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Merwinite Formula: Ca3Mg(SiO4)2 |
| â Mesolite Formula: Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O |
| â Meta-alunogen Formula: Al2(SO4)3 · 12H2O References: Kruszewski, Ćukasz, FabiaĆska, Monika J., Segit, Tomasz, Kusy, Danuta, MotyliĆski, RafaĆ, Ciesielczuk, Justyna, Deput, Ewa (2020) Carbonânitrogen compounds, alcohols, mercaptans, monoterpenes, acetates, aldehydes, ketones, SF6, PH3, and other fire gases in coal-mining waste heaps of Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) â a re-investigation by means of in situ FTIR external database approach. Science of The Total Environment, 698. 134274 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134274 |
| â Metacinnabar Formula: HgS Localities: Description: A vein of massive cadmian cinnabar (ca. 1.5% Cd), with inclusions of cadmian metacinnabarite (11.1% Cd) and mercurian sphalerite (12.9% Hg), occurred in the topmost part of the ore deposit. |
| â 'Meta-kaolinite' ? Formula: Al2O3 · 2SiO2 |
| â Metasideronatrite Formula: Na2Fe(SO4)2(OH) · H2O Localities: ÄSA Mine, OrlovĂĄ, KarvinĂĄ District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic Doubrava Mine, Doubrava, KarvinĂĄ District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic Darkov Mine (1 May mine), LĂĄznÄ Darkov, KarvinĂĄ District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic Dukla Mine, Lazy Mine, OrlovĂĄ, KarvinĂĄ District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic |
| â Metavariscite Formula: AlPO4 · 2H2O |
| â Metavivianite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O |
| â Metavoltine Formula: K2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region. Habit: minute platy crystals Colour: vivid yellow. Description: It occurs as patchy, vivid yellow efflorescent crusts coating areas up to 1.5 m across
of the lowest two sandstone beds exposed in the quarry. Individual crusts, which are up to 10 cm
across and 0.5 mm thick, consist of rounded aggregates up to 1 mm across composed of minute platy crystals. The two sandstone beds are separated by a 25 mm thick dark grey carbonaceous mudstone parting. In places small patches of metavoltine encrust this parting, or are concentrated on the sandstone within 10 cm above or below this level. Oxidation of pyrite within the mudstone parting
together with diffusion of sulphate-rich fluids through the surface layers of the adjacent very
porous sandstone have almost certainly provided the source of the metavoltine.
a |
| â Metavoltine var. Ammonian Metavoltine Formula: Na6(K,NH4)2Fe2+Fe3+6(SO4)12O2 · 18H2O References: |
| â 'Meteoritic Iron' Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. Description: A large portion of the Fe-Ni metal is mineralogically indistinct and found as small rounded globules ( d âČ 1 mm) with Ni ~11% in Cores with Ni-rich rims. |
| â Miargyrite Formula: AgSbS2 Localities: Description: Arsenian miargyrite, as exsolutions in and intergrowths with unspecified Bi-As-Sb sulphosalts, is recorded from a silver-rich pod cutting massive pyrite. |
| â 'Mica Group' Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region. Colour: yellow |
| â 'Micrite' |
| â Microcline Formula: K(AlSi3O8) Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region. |
| â Microcline var. Hyalophane Formula: (K,Ba)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
| â 'Microlite Group' Formula: A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n |
| â Mikasaite Formula: Fe2(SO4)3 |
| â Milarite Formula: K(◻H2O)Ca2(Be2Al)[Si12O30] |
| â Millerite Formula: NiS Localities: Reported from at least 106 localities in this region. |
| â Millosevichite Formula: Al2(SO4)3 Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Mimetite Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl Localities: Reported from at least 49 localities in this region. |
| â Mimetite var. Campylite Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl Localities: Habit: rounded barrel-shaped crystals to globular aggregates Colour: orange-yellow; shades of brown; green (19th-century specimens) Description: May contain sufficient phosphorus to grade into an arsenatian pyromorphite. |
| â 'Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series' Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region. |
| â Minium Formula: Pb3O4 Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region. |
| â Minrecordite Formula: CaZn(CO3)2 Localities: Description: As minute (1 ”m) intergrowths in calcite occurring in close association with sphalerite in dolomitized
limestone. |
| â Minyulite Formula: KAl2(PO4)2F · 4H2O Habit: fine needles of 60 to 300”m, sometimes in fibroradiating tufts, hemispheres or aggregates Colour: whitish to honey yellow References: |
| â Mirabilite Formula: Na2SO4 · 10H2O Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Misenite ? Formula: K8H6(SO4)7 |
| â Mitridatite Formula: Ca2Fe3+3(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O Habit: spheres up to 40”m made up of acicular crystals on snow-white "strunzite" (ferristrunzite) Colour: dark greenish-brown Description: First found in the spring of 1980, identified by R. Van Tassel in March 1982. References: |
| â Mixite Formula: BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| â MogĂĄnite Formula: SiO2 |
| â Mohrite Formula: (NH4)2Fe(SO4)2 · 6H2O |
| â Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 Localities: Reported from at least 23 localities in this region. |
| â Monazite-(Ce) Formula: Ce(PO4) Localities: Hendre Quarry, Ceiriog Ucha, Wrexham, Wales, UK Twll Maen Grisial, Fron Olau, Prenteg, Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, Wales, UK Zalas quarry, Gmina Krzeszowice, KrakĂłw County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland "Alpy" dump, WeĆnowiec-JĂłzefowiec, Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland MizerĂłw peat bog, PszczyĆa County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| â 'Monazite Group' Formula: REE(PO4) Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. |
| â Monohydrocalcite Formula: CaCO3 · H2O Localities: Trial level, Vigra Mine, Llanelltyd, Gwynedd, Wales, UK Concordia smelter slag locality, Eschweiler, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Castleside Smelting Mill slag locality, Healeyfield, County Durham, England, UK Rybnik-Rymer (StoĆŒki) coal-mining dump, Niedobczyce, Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| â Montetrisaite ? Formula: Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 · 2H2O Locality: Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Description: Green et al. (2008): "full confirmation (of redgillite vs. its dimorph montetrisaite) requires XRD for which there is insufficient material at present." |
| â Monticellite Formula: CaMg(SiO4) |
| â Montmorillonite Formula: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. Habit: compact masses with conchoidal fracture; thin splinters which can become transparent after immersion in water Colour: bluish to greenish-white Description: cracked surface, greasy feel, waxy lustre |
| â Mooreite Formula: Mg9◻2Mn2Zn4(SO4)2(OH)26 · 8H2O |
| â Moraskoite (TL) Formula: Na2Mg(PO4)F Type Locality: |
| â Morenosite Formula: NiSO4 · 7H2O |
| â 'Moresnetite' References: |
| â Mottramite Formula: PbCu(VO4)(OH) Localities: Reported from at least 21 localities in this region. |
| â Motukoreaite Formula: Mg6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6][SO4]2 · 6H2O |
| â Mullite Formula: Al4+2xSi2-2xO10-x Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region. |
| â Murashkoite Formula: FeP Locality: DÄbieĆsko Mine heap, Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland References: |
| â Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Localities: Reported from at least 92 localities in this region. |
| â Muscovite var. Fuchsite Formula: K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2 |
| â Muscovite var. Gilbertite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 References: |
| â Muscovite var. Illite Formula: K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2 Localities: Reported from at least 50 localities in this region. Habit: powdery Colour: yellow |
| â Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region. |
| â 'Myrmekite' Locality: Leinster Batholith, Leinster, Ireland References: Barros, Renata, Kaeter, David, Menuge, Julian F., Fegan, Thomas, Harrop, John (2022) Rare Element Enrichment in Lithium Pegmatite Exomorphic Halos and Implications for Exploration: Evidence from the Leinster Albite-Spodumene Pegmatite Belt, Southeast Ireland. Minerals, 12 (8) 981 doi:10.3390/min12080981 |
| â Nacrite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â NagyĂĄgite ? Formula: [Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3 |
| â Nahcolite Formula: NaHCO3 |
| â Namibite Formula: Cu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH) |
| â Namuwite (TL) Formula: Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2O Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region. Type Locality: Aberllyn Mine, Betws-y-coed, Conwy, Wales, UK |
| â Nantokite Formula: CuCl |
| â Native Antimony Formula: Sb Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region. |
| â Native Arsenic ? Formula: As References: |
| â Native Bismuth Formula: Bi Localities: Reported from at least 23 localities in this region. |
| â Native Copper Formula: Cu Localities: Reported from at least 66 localities in this region. Habit: Arborescent, branching, sheets. Description: Formerly common and of good quality. Unobtainable nowadays. |
| â Native Gold Formula: Au Localities: Reported from at least 73 localities in this region. |
| â Native Gold var. Electrum Formula: (Au,Ag) Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region. |
| â Native Iron Formula: Fe Localities: Reported from at least 29 localities in this region. Description: Ottenburgs et al. (1998): "Metallic iron appears often as spherical inclusions in a Ca-silicate matrix. It is often associated with pyrrhotite or bornite/chalcopyrite, or in contact with magnetite/hematite, sphalerite, zincite or wollastonite." |
| â Native Iron var. Kamacite Formula: (Fe,Ni) Localities: Reported from at least 21 localities in this region. |
| â Native Iron var. Martensite Formula: Fe |
| â Native Lead Formula: Pb Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region. |
| â ' Formula: Mg Locality: Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland - erroneously reported Description: The author of the reference below says it was reported in error http://www.mindat.org/mesg-104-375865.html |
| â Native Mercury Formula: Hg Localities: Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK Rutland Cave Mine (Rutland Mine; Nestus Mine), Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK Description: Cooper & Stanley (1990): "Mercury has been detected in ppm in the Wet Swine Gill 'antimony vein' (Fortey et al., 1984)." |
| â Native Nickel Formula: Ni |
| â Native Platinum Formula: Pt Description: Electron microprobe analysis of a grain of alluvial platinum from auriferous sand, Croghan Kinshela Mtn., Co. Wicklow, showed 10.86% Ir. References: |
| â Native Selenium Formula: Se |
| â Native Silver Formula: Ag Localities: Reported from at least 35 localities in this region. |
| â Native Silver var. Amalgam Formula: (Ag,Hg) Colour: Grey Description: Rare grey metallic crystals associated with ferroan dolomite.
Thin dull brassy sheets on grey baryte with tennantite in limestone (British Museum of Natural History specimens collected by A.J. Criddle & G.S. Byrne in 1974) |
| â Native Silver var. Kongsbergite Formula: (Ag,Hg) |
| â Native Silver var. KĂŒstelite Formula: Ag |
| â Native Sulphur Formula: S8 Localities: Reported from at least 112 localities in this region. |
| â Native Sulphur var. Selenium-bearing Sulphur Formula: (S,Se) |
| â Native Zinc Formula: Zn Localities: Tindale Fell Smelter Works slag locality, Tindale (Tindale Fell), Farlam, City of Carlisle District, Cumbria, England, UK Unspecified slag localities, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| â Natrojarosite Formula: NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region. |
| â Natrolite Formula: Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region. |
| â Nealite ? Formula: Pb4Fe2+(As3+O3)2Cl4 · 2H2O |
| â Neotocite Formula: (Mn,Fe)SiO3 · H2O (?) Description: Massive, dark brown to black, breaking into dark olive-green to brown translucent fragments. |
| â Nepheline Formula: Na3K(Al4Si4O16) |
| â Newberyite Formula: Mg(PO3OH) · 3H2O |
Barrow Mine, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK