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Below is an incomplete list of Mexican Minerals (type locality minerals are listed in bold)
- 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 andtiemannite .
Sulfosalts
Subclass:
antimonpearceite ,benleonardite , boulangerite, berthierite,chalcostibite ,cosalite ,famatinite ,goldfieldite , jamesonite,livingstonite ,matildite , miargyrite,pearceite ,petzite , polybasite, proustite, pyrargyrite, stephanite, tennantite and tetrahedrite.
- atacamite,
boleite,
bromargyrite , chlorargyrite, cumengite, fluorite, halite,iodargyrite ,paratacamite ,percylite , pseudoboleite, sal ammoniac and sylvite.
- 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.
- ankerite,
aragonite, aurichalcite,
azurite,
bismutite , calcite, cerussite, dolomite, hydrozincite, magnesite, malachite, niter,nitratrine , rhodochrosite, rosasite, smithsonite and sphaerocobaltite.
- 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 andzemannite .
- apatite, cacoxenite,
descloizite, ludlamite,
margartasite ,mendozavilite ,metatorbernite , mottramite,paramendozavilite , pyromorphite, torbernite, vanadinite andzapatalite .
Arsenates Subclass:
- adamite,
arseniosiderite , austinite,carminite , conichalcite, cuproadamite,durangite , erythrite,kottingite , legrandite,lotharmeyerite ,mapimite ,metakottigite , mimetite, mixite,novacekite ,ojuelaite , paradamite,pharmacosiderite and scorodite.
- 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.
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
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