The
Table of Mexican Minerals
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AMETHYST |
ROSASITE |
LEGRANDITE |
DANBURITE |
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APATITE |
GROSSULAR |
BOLEITE |
ACANTHITE |
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MIMETITE |
ARSENOPYRITE |
WULFENITE & BARITE |
TOPAZ |
Below is an incomplete list
of Mexican Minerals (type locality
minerals are listed in bold)
Elements Class:
Sulfides Class:
- acanthite,
arsenopyrite, aguilarite,
bambollaite,
bismuthinite, bornite,
bournonite, calaverite,
cervelleite,
chalcocite, chalcopyrite,
cinnabar, cobaltite,
djurleite,
domeykite,
enargite,
galena,
geffroyite,
guanajuatite,
hessite,
jalpaite,
kermesite,
marcasite,
metacinnabar,
molybdenite,
paraguanajuatite,
pyrite,
pyrrhotite,
rammelsbergite,
sphalerite,
stibnite
and tiemannite.
Sulfosalts
Subclass:
- antimonpearceite,
benleonardite,
boulangerite, berthierite,
chalcostibite, cosalite,
famatinite, goldfieldite,
jamesonite, livingstonite,
matildite, miargyrite,
pearceite,
petzite,
polybasite,
proustite, pyrargyrite,
stephanite, tennantite
and tetrahedrite.
Halides Class:
- atacamite,
boleite,
bromargyrite,
chlorargyrite, cumengite,
fluorite, halite,
iodargyrite, paratacamite,
percylite,
pseudoboleite,
sal ammoniac and
sylvite.
Oxides Class:
- betafite, bixbyite,
bindheimite, birnessite,
bismite, bystromite,
cassiterite, cerianite-(Ce),
cervantite, chalcophanite,
corundum, cryptomelane,
cuprite, goethite,
hematite, limonite,
magnetite, manganite,
minium, murdochite,
ordonezite,
paratellurite,
plattnerite, portlandite,
psilomelane, romanechite,
rutile, spinel,
stibiconite, tellurite,
tripuhyite and valentinite.
Carbonates Class:
- ankerite,
aragonite, aurichalcite,
azurite, bismutite,
calcite, cerussite,
dolomite, hydrozincite,
magnesite, malachite,
niter, nitratrine,
rhodochrosite, rosasite,
smithsonite and
sphaerocobaltite.
Sulfates Class:
- anglesite,
anhydrite, antlerite,
barite, celestite,
creedite, cuprotungstite,
goslarite,
gypsum, hidalgoite,
hubnerite, jarosite,
kalinite, linarite,
plumbojarosite,
scheelite, serpierite,
tungstite and wulfenite.
Tellurates and
Tellurites Subclass:
- eztlite,
carlfriesite, cesbronite,
choloalite, cliffordite,
cuzticite, denningite,
emmonsite, kuranakhite,
mackayite, moctezumite,
mroseite, poughite,
quetzalcoatlite,
schmitterite, sonoraite,
spiroffite, tlalocite,
tlapallite, xocomecatlite,
yecoraite
and zemannite.
Phosphates Class:
- apatite, cacoxenite,
descloizite, ludlamite,
margartasite,
mendozavilite,
metatorbernite,
mottramite, paramendozavilite,
pyromorphite, torbernite,
vanadinite
and zapatalite.
Arsenates Subclass:
- adamite, arseniosiderite,
austinite, carminite,
conichalcite, cuproadamite,
durangite,
erythrite, kottingite,
legrandite,
lotharmeyerite,
mapimite, metakottigite,
mimetite, mixite,
novacekite, ojuelaite,
paradamite,
pharmacosiderite
and scorodite.
Silicates Class:
- actinolite,
alamosite,
albite,
allophane,
andradite,
apophyllite,
axinite,
augite,
biotite,
bertrandite,
buergerite,
burckhardtite,
bustamite,
chlorite,
chrysocolla, clinochlore,
clinozoisite, cristobalite,
danburite,
datolite,
dickite,
dioptase,
dravite,
epidote,
ferro-axinite, gehlenite,
glauconite,
grossular,
hedenbergite,
hemimorphite,
heulandite, hillebrandite,
hisingerite,
inesite,
jadeite, labradorite,
laumontite,
milarite,
olivine, orthoclase,
palygorskite,
parasymplesite,
plagioclase,
quartz,
rhodonite,
rustumite,
sanidine,
schorl,
sepiolite,
sillenite,
spurrite,
stilbite,
titanite,
topaz,
tridymite,
vesuvianite, willemite,
wollastonite,
xonotlite,
zircon and zoisite.
Mineraloids Class:
To read more about Mexico's amazing minerals see the discussion
of Mexican Minerals.
Much information for this page provided by "Rocks &
Minerals", Vol 74; No. 1; Jan-Feb, 1999