13. Lists of minerals
An extraordinarily large number of minerals are found here, more by far than
at any other place on earth, and lists of these minerals have been in existence
for many years. Such lists provide the chemically-aware person with a snapshot
of the variability of the composition of the orebodies; they are useful tools.
Lists also exist because collectors like to compile them and need a reference
list for consideration. The lists began early on, with those of Vanuxem and
Keating (1822), Robinson (1825), and Fowler (1836), and continued with those
of Dana (1868), Canfield (1889), Kemp (1893a), Hunt (1906), and Spencer et
al. (1908), among others. An historical review was given by Frondel (1972).
Modern lists began with Palache (1935) and were continued by Frondel (1972),
Kushner (1970, 1974), and Frondel and Baum (1974). A formal list has been
published in Franklin each autumn, within the brochure of the Franklin-Sterling
Gem and Mineral Show, incorporating changes which ensue from new investigations.
The above record of lists is by no means complete; a litany of that sort would
include the truly inconsequential.
During the approximately 170 years from the first to the present lists, the
science of mineralogy and the definition of species have evolved hand-in-hand
with the growth in recognition of local species. Consequently, most prior
lists contain varietal, ill-defined, and misused names. For the most part,
this was an innocent result of enthusiasm and the “urge for completeness”
common to almost all compilers. With the one exception of Manchester (1931),
most were responsible in their use of only valid names where possible.
The number of valid species reported has steadily increased. Between 1822
and 1868 it varied from 27-35; from 1889 to 1893, it varied from 46-55; in
1935 Palache reported 142; in 1972 Frondel reported about 212, and the present
number of locally found species is over 340.
The list of valid species given below is the basis for the following descriptive
sections. The geographic scope of this list is limited to the boundaries of
the formal “Franklin-Sterling Hill Area,” defined in the introduction. The
list includes the minerals from the orebodies, the proximal Franklin Marble
and country rocks, weathering occurrences, and a few post-mining minerals
found in situ.
The comprehensive
list of minerals from
the Franklin-Sterling Hill Area.
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Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
Adelite
Aegirine
Akrochordite
Albite
Allactite
Allanite-(Ce)
Alleghanyite
Almandine
Analcime
Anandite
Anatase
Andradite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Annabergite
Anorthite
Anorthoclase
Antlerite
Aragonite
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenopyrite
Atacamite
Augite
Aurichalcite
Aurorite
Austinite
Azurite
Bakerite
Bannisterite
Barite
Barium-pharmacosiderite
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
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Charlesite
Chloritoid
Chlorophoenicite
Chondrodite
Chrysocolla
Cianciulliite
Clinochlore
Clinochrysotile
Clinoclase
Clinohedrite
Clinohumite
Clinozoisite
Clintonite
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copper
Corundum
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
Cuprostibite
Cuspidine
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Datolite
Descloizite
Devilline
Digenite
Diopside
Djurleite
Dolomite
Domeykite
Dravite
Duftite
Dypingite
Edenite
Epidote
Epsomite
Erythrite
Esperite
Euchroite
Eveite
Fayalite
Feitknechtite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferristilpnomelane
Ferroactinolite
Ferroaxinite
Ferrostilpnomelane
Flinkite
Fluckite
Fluoborite
Fluorapatite
Fluorapophyllite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Fraipontite
Franklinfurnaceite
Franklinite
Franklinphilite
Friedelite
Gageite-1Tc
Gageite-2M
Gahnite
Galena
Ganomalite
Ganophyllite
Genthelvite
Gersdorffite
Gerstmannite
Glaucochroite
Goethite
Gold
Goldmanite
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
Groutite
Guerinite
Gypsum
Haidingerite
Halotrichite
Hancockite
Hardystonite
Hastingsite
Hauckite
Hausmannite
Hawleyite
Hedenbergite
Hedyphane
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hendricksite-1M
Hercynite
Hetaerolite
Heulandite
Hexahydrite
Hodgkinsonite
Holdenite
Hornblende
Huebnerite
Humite
Hyalophane
Hydrohetaerolite
Hydrotalcite
Hydroxyapophyllite
Hydrozincite
Illite
Ilmenite
Jacobsite
Jarosewichite
Jerrygibbsite
Johannsenite
Johnbaumite
Junitoite
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Kaolinite
Kentrolite
Kittatinnyite
Koettigite
Kolicite
Kraisslite
Kutnahorite
Larsenite
Laumontite
Lawsonbauerite
Lead
Legrandite
Lennilenapeite
Leucophoenicite
Linarite
Liroconite
Lizardite
Loellingite
Loseyite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesioriebeckite
Magnesium-chlorophoenicite
Magnetite
Magnussonite
Malachite
Manganaxinite
Manganberzeliite
Manganese-hoernesite
Manganhumite
Manganite
Manganosite
Manganpyrosmalite
Marcasite
Margarite
Margarosanite
Marialite
Marsturite
Mcallisterite
Mcgovernite
Meionite
Meta-ankoleite
Metalodevite
Metazeunerite
Microcline
Mimetite
Minehillite
Molybdenite-2H
Monohydrocalcite
Mooreite
Muscovite-1M
Nasonite
Natrolite
Nelenite
Neotocite
Newberyite
Niahite
Nickeline
Nontronite
Norbergite
Ogdensburgite
Ojuelaite
Oligoclase
Orthochrysotile
Orthoclase
Orthoserpierite
Otavite
Parabrandtite
Pararammelsbergite
Parasymplesite
Pargasite
Pectolite
Pennantite-1a
Petedunnite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Phlogopite-1M
Picropharmacolite
Piemontite
Pimelite
Powellite
Prehnite
Pumpellyite-(Mg)
Pyrite
Pyroaurite
Pyrobelonite
Pyrochroite
Pyrophanite
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
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Quartz
Rammelsbergite
Realgar
Retzian-(La)
Retzian-(Nd)
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Richterite
Roeblingite
Romeite
Rosasite
Roweite
Rutile
Safflorite
Samfowlerite
Sarkinite
Sauconite
Schallerite
Scheelite
Schorl
Sclarite
Scorodite
Seligmannite
Sepiolite
Serpierite
Siderite
Sillimanite
Silver
Sjögrenite
Skutterudite
Smithsonite
Sonolite
Spangolite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Starkeyite
Sterlinghillite
Stibnite
Stilbite
Strontianite
Sulfur
Sussexite
Synadelphite
Talc
Tennantite
Tephroite
Tetrahedrite
Thomsonite
Thorite
Thortveitite
Tilasite
Tirodite
Titanite
Todorokite
Torreyite
Tremolite
Turneaureite
Uraninite
Uranophane
Uranospinite
Uvite
Vesuvianite
Villyaellenite
Wallkilldellite
Wawayandaite
Wendwilsonite
Willemite
Wollastonite
Woodruffite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xonotlite
Yeatmanite
Yukonite
Zinalsite
Zincite
Zinkenite
Zircon
Znucalite
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13. LISTS OF MINERALS
