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MINERAL SPECIES FOUND AT FRANKLIN-STERLING HILL, NJ
Revised by FOMS Mineral List Committee - September, 2008

This list conforms to the IMA nomenclature. The traditional names are shown in [] brackets. (fmm1954@earthlink.net

 

Acanthite

Actinolite

Adamite

Adelite

Aegirine

Akrochordite

Albite

Allactite

Allanite-(Ce)

Alleghanyite

Almandine

Analcime

Anandite

Anatase

Andradite

Anglesite

Anhydrite

Annabergite

Anorthite

Anorthoclase

Antlerite

Apatite-(CaF)
 [Fluorapatite]

Apophyllite-(KF)
 [Fluorapophyllite]

Apophyllite-(KOH)
 [Hydroxyapophyllite]

Aragonite

Arsenic

Arseniosiderite

Arsenopyrite

Atacamite

Augite

Aurichalcite

Aurorite

Austinite

Axinite-(Fe)
 [Ferro-axinite]

Axinite-(Mn)
 [Manganaxinite]

Azurite

 

Bakerite

Bannisterite

Bariopharmacosiderite
 [Barium Pharmacosiderite]

Barite
 (IMA = baryte)

Barylite

Barysilite

Bassanite

Baumhauerite

Bementite

Berthierite

Bianchite

Biotite*

Birnessite

Bornite

Bostwickite

Brandtite

Breithauptite

Brochantite

Brookite

Brucite

Bultfonteinite

Bustamite

 

Cahnite

Calcite

Canavesite

Carrollite

Caryopilite

Celestine

Celsian

Cerussite

Chabazite-Ca

Chalcocite

Chalcophanite

Chalcopyrite

Chamosite

Charlesite

Chloritoid

Chlorophoenicite

Chondrodite

Chrysocolla

Chrysotile
 [Clinochrysotile]

Cianciulliite

Clinochlore

Clinoclase

Clinohedrite

Clinohumite

Clinozoisite

Clintonite

Conichalcite

Connellite

Copper

Corundum

Covellite

Cryptomelane

Cummingtonite

Cuprite

Cuprostibite

Cuspidine

Cyanotrichite

 

Datolite

Descloizite

Devilline

Digenite

Diopside

Djurleite

Dolomite

Domeykite

Dravite

Duftite

Dundasite

Dypingite

 

Edenite

Epidote

Epidote-(Pb)
 [Hancockite]

Epsomite

Erythrite

Esperite

Euchroite

Eveite

Fayalite

Feitknechtite

Ferrimolybdite

Ferro-actinolite

Flinkite

Fluckite

Fluoborite

Fluorite

Fluoro-edenite

Forsterite

Fraipontite

Franklinfurnaceite

Franklinite

Franklinphilite

Friedelite

 

 

Gageite

Gahnite

Galena

Ganomalite

Ganophyllite

Genthelvite

Gersdorffite-P213

Gerstmannite

Glaucochroite

Glaucodot

Goethite

Gold

Goldmanite

Graeserite

Graphite

Greenockite

Grossular

Groutite

Grunerite

Guérinite

Gypsum

 

Haidingerite

Halotrichite

Hardystonite

Hastingsite

Hauckite

Hausmannite

Hawleyite

Hedenbergite

Hedyphane

Hellandite-(Y)

Hematite

Hemimorphite

Hendricksite

Hercynite

Hetaerolite

Heulandite-Na

Hexahydrite

Hodgkinsonite

Holdenite

Hübnerite

Humite

Hydrohetaerolite

Hydrotalcite

Hydrozincite  

 

Illite*

Ilmenite

 

Jacobsite

Jarosewichite

Jerrygibbsite

Johannsenite

Johnbaumite

Junitoite

 

Kaolinite

Kentrolite

Kittatinnyite

Kolicite

Köttigite

Kraisslite

Kutnohorite

 

Larsenite

Laumontite

Lawsonbauerite

Lead

Legrandite

Lennilenapeite

Leucophoenicite

Linarite

Liroconite

Lizardite

Löllingite

Loseyite

 

Magnesiohornblende

Magnesioriebeckite

Magnesio chlorophoenicite
 [Magnesium-  chlorophoenicite]

Magnetite

Magnussonite

Malachite

Manganberzeliite

Manganohörnesite

Manganhumite

Manganite

Manganocummingtonite

Manganosite

Marcasite

Margarite

Margarosanite

Marialite

Marsturite

Mcallisterite

Mcgovernite

Meionite

Meta-ankoleite

Metalodèvite

Metazeunerite

Microcline

Mimetite

Minehillite

Molybdenite

Monazite-(Ce)

Monohydrocalcite

Mooreite

Muscovite

 

Nasonite

Natrolite

Nelenite

Neotocite

Newberyite

Niahite

Nickeline

Nontronite

Norbergite

 

Ogdensburgite

Ojuelaite

Orthoclase

Orthoserpierite

Otavite

 

 

Parabrandtite

Paragonite

Pararammelsbergite

Pararealgar

Parasymplesite

Pargasite

Pectolite

Pennantite

Petedunnite

Pharmacolite

Pharmacosiderite

Phlogopite

Picropharmacolite

Piemontite

Powellite

Prehnite

Pumpellyite-(Mg)

Pyrite

Pyroaurite

Pyrobelonite

Pyrochroite

Pyrophanite

Pyrosmalite-(Mn)
 [Manganpyrosmalite]

Pyroxferroite

Pyroxmangite

Pyrrhotite

 

Quartz

 

Rammelsbergite

Realgar

Retzian-(La)

Retzian-(Nd)

Rhodochrosite

Rhodonite

Richterite

Roeblingite

Roméite

Rosasite

Rouaite

Roweite

Rutile

 

Safflorite

Samfowlerite

Sarkinite

Sauconite

Schallerite

Scheelite

Schorl

Sclarite

Scorodite

Seligmannite

Sepiolite

Serpierite

Siderite

Sillimannite

Silver

Sjögrenite

Skutterudite

Smithsonite

Sonolite

Spangolite

Spessartine

Sphalerite

Spinel

Starkeyite

Sterlinghillite

Stibnite

Stilbite-Ca

Stilbite-Na

Stilpnomelane

Strontianite

Sulfur
 (IMA = sulphur)

Sussexite

Synadelphite

Synchysite-(Ce)

 

Talc

Tennantite

Tephroite

Tetrahedrite

Thomsonite-Ca

Thorite

Thortveitite

Thorutite

Tilasite

Titanite

Todorokite

Torreyite

Tremolite

Turneaureite

 

Uraninite

Uranophane-alpha

Uranospinite

Uvite

 

Vesuvianite

Villyaellenite

 

 

  

Wallkilldellite

Wawayandaite

Wendwilsonite

Willemite

Wollastonite

Woodruffite

Wulfenite

Wurtzite

 

Xonotlite

 

Yeatmanite

Yukonite

 

Zincite

Zinkenite

Zircon

Znucalite

 

 

 

Totals:

Mineral Species
 Identified =
356


Unique Minerals = 28
 
(in bold)

List Notes:

*Biotite -Further study is needed to determine which species in the mica group occur at Franklin & Sterling Hill.

 *Illite – Further study is needed to determine which species in the mica group occur at  Franklin & Sterling Hill. 

IMA no longer considers hyalophane & oglioclase as species. They are regarded as compositional varieties of other minerals.

(fmm1954@earthlink.net


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