Fifty Great Minerals Meme

Chuck at the Lounge of the Lab Lemming has started a Fifty Great Minerals Meme.

Minerals in bold for those seen in the wild, italic for lab/museum/non-field.

Without further ado, here are mine…

50 minerals everyone should see:

Andalucite
Apatite
Barite
Beryl
Biotite
Chromite
Chrysotile
Cordierite
Corundum
Diamond
Dolomite
Florencite
Galena
Garnet
Graphite
Gypsum
Halite
Hematite
Hornblende
Illite
Illmenite
Kaolinite
Kyanite
Lepidolite
Limonite
Magnetite
Molybdenite
Monazite
Nepheline
Olivine
Omphacite
Opal
Perovskite
Plagioclase
Pyrite
Quartz
Rutile
Sanidine
Sillimanite
Silver (native)
[but Gold (native)]
Sphalerite
Staurolite
Sulphur (native)
Talc
Tourmaline
Tremolite
Turquoise
Vermiculite
Willemite
Zeolite
Zircon

~ by hypocentre on September 9, 2008.

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