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Washington State Minerals Checklist Division of Geology and Earth Resources MS 47007; Olympia, WA 98504-7007 Washington State 360-902-1450; 360-902-1785 fax E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/geology Minerals Checklist Note: Mineral names in parentheses are the preferred species names. Compiled by Raymond Lasmanis o Acanthite o Arsenopalladinite o Bustamite o Clinohumite o Enstatite o Harmotome o Actinolite o Arsenopyrite o Bytownite o Clinoptilolite o Epidesmine (Stilbite) o Hastingsite o Adularia o Arsenosulvanite (Plagioclase) o Clinozoisite o Epidote o Hausmannite (Orthoclase) o Arsenpolybasite o Cairngorm (Quartz) o Cobaltite o Epistilbite o Hedenbergite o Aegirine o Astrophyllite o Calamine o Cochromite o Epsomite o Hedleyite o Aenigmatite o Atacamite (Hemimorphite) o Coffinite o Erionite o Hematite o Aeschynite o Atokite o Calaverite o Columbite o Erythrite o Hemimorphite o Agardite-Y o Augite o Calciohilairite (Ferrocolumbite) o Euchroite o Hercynite o Agate (Quartz) o Aurostibite o Calcite, see also o Conichalcite o Euxenite o Hessite o Aguilarite o Austinite Manganocalcite o Connellite o Euxenite-Y o Heulandite o Aktashite o Onyx o Copiapite o o Autunite o Fairchildite Hexahydrite o Alabandite o Caledonite o Copper o o Awaruite o Famatinite Hibschite o Albite o Cancrinite o Copper-zinc o o Axinite group o Fayalite Hillebrandite o Algodonite o Carnelian (Quartz) o Coquandite o o Azurite o Feldspar group Hisingerite o Allanite o Cassiterite o Cordierite o o Barite o Ferberite Hongshiite o Allanite-Ce o Catapleiite o Corrensite o o Bastnäsite o Fergusonite-beta-Y Hornblende o Alleghanyite o Celadonite o Corundum, see also o o Bastnäsite-Ce o Ferrierite Hörnessite o Alloclasite o Celestine Ruby o o Beaverite o Ferrimolybdite Hübnerite o Allophane o Beidellite Cerargyrite Sapphire o Ferritungstite o Hyalite (Opal) o o (Chlorargyrite) o Cosalite o o Almandine Bementite o Ferro-axinite Hydrogrossular o o Cerussite o Cotunnite o Alum group Benavidesite o Ferrocolumbite (Hibschite) o o Cervantite o Covellite o o Alunite Bentonite o Ferrohastingsite Hydromagnesite o Alunogen (Montmorillonite) Chabazite o Cowlesite (Hastingsite) o Hydrotalcite o o o Chalcanthite o Crednerite o o Amazonite Berthierite o Ferrorichterite Hydrozincite (Microcline) o see also Chalcedony (Quartz) o Cristobalite o o Beryl, o Ferrowinchite Hypersthene o Amesite Aquamarine Chalcocite o Crocidolite o o o Fischesserite Idocrase o Amethyst (Quartz) Morganite Chalcopyrite (Riebeckite) o Fluorite (Vesuvianite) o o o Amianthus o Berzelianite Chalcostibite Crossite o Forsterite o Illite o o (Actinolite) o Betafite Chalcotrichite Cubanite o Freibergite o Ilmenite (Cuprite) o o Amphibole group o Bilinite Cummingtonite o Friedelite o Ilvaite o Chamosite o o Analcime o Bindheimite Cuprite o Friedrichite o Inesite o Chapmanite o o Anatase o Biotite, see also Cyrtolite (Zircon) o Fuchsite (Muscovite) o Iolite (Cordierite) o Chert (Quartz) o o Andalusite Lepidomelane Dachiardite o Gadolinite-Y o Iridium o Chevkinite o o Andesine Manganophyllite Datolite o Gagarinite-Y o Iron o o Chiastolite o (Plagioclase) Birnessite Davidite o Galena o Jacobsite o o (Andalusite) o Andorite Bismuth Deerite o Galenobismutite o Jade (Actinolite or o o o Chloanthite o Andradite Bismuthinite Delvauxite o Garnet group Jadeite) o o Bismutite (Nickel-skutterudite) o o Anglesite o Descloizite o Garronite Jadeite o Anhydrite o Blödite Chlorapatite o Diamond o o see o Gaylussite Jamesonite o o Böhmite Chlorargyrite, o o Ankerite also Diaphorite o Geocronite Jasper (Quartz) o Annabergite o Boleite o Diaspore o Cerargyrite o Gibbsite Jefferisite o o Bornite o Anorthite Embolite Dickite o Glaucodot (Vermiculite group) o o Botallackite o o Anorthoclase o Chlorite group Digenite o Glauconite Johannsenite o o Boulangerite o o Anthophyllite o Chloritoid Diopside o Glaucophane Joséite o o Bournonite o o Antigorite o Chondrodite Djurleite o Gmelinite Joséite-B o o Brannerite o o Antimonpearceite o Chromite Dolomite o Goethite Joséite-C o o Braunite o o Antimony o Chrysoberyl Domeykite o Gold Kainosite-Y o o Bravoite o o Apatite group o Chrysocolla Dravite o Gonnardite Kamacite o (Nickeloan pyrite) o o Apophyllite group o Chrysolite (Olivine) Dufrenite o Gonyerite Kamiokite o o Breunnerite o o Aquamarine (Beryl) o Chrysotile Duftite o Goslarite Kämmererite o (Magnesite) o Aragonite (Serpentine group) Dumortierite o Graphite (Chlinochlore) o o Brochantite o o Arfvedsonite o Cinnabar Dyscrasite o Greenockite Kaolinite o o Bromargyrite o o Argentite (Acanthite) o Cleavelandite Edenite o Griffithite (Saponite) Katophorite o o Bromyrite o o Armenite (Albite) Electrum o Grossular Kermesite o (Bromargyrite) o o Arsendescloizite o Clinochlore, see also Elpidite o Guanajuatite Kochubeite o o Brookite o o Arsenian pyrite Kämmererite Embolite o Gudmundite Koechlinite o o Brucite o Arsenic Penninite (Chlorargyrite) o Gypsum Kotoite o o Buergerite o o Arseniosiderite Ripidolite Empressite o Halite Krennerite o o Burkeite Sheridanite o o Arsenolite Enargite o Halloysite Kyanite o Labradorite o Meta-autunite o Osannite o Psilomelane o Sheridanite o Thorianite (Plagioclase) o Metacinnabar (Riebeckite) o Psuedoboleite (Clinochlore) o Thulite (Zoisite) o Langite o Metakottigite o Osmium o Pumpellyite o Siderite; see also o Titanite o Laumontite o Metatorbernite o Owyheeite o Pyrargyrite Oligonite o Todorokite o Lawsonite o Miargyrite o Palygorskite o Pyrite Spherosiderite o Topaz o o Leadhillite o Mica group o Pararealgar o Pyrochlore Sillimanite o Torbernite o o Leonhardite o Microcline o Parasymplesite o Pyrolusite Silver o Tourmaline group o (Laumontite) o Millerite o Paratacamite o Pyromorphite Sklodowskite o Tremolite o o Lepidocrocite o Mimetite o Parawollastonite o Pyrope Skutterudite o Tridymite o o Lepidolite o Mirabilite (Wollastonite-2M) o Pyrostilpnite Smaltite o Troilite o Lepidomelane o o Pargasite o (Skutterudite) o Mispickel Pyroxene group o Trona (Biotite) (Arsenopyrite) o Parnauite o Pyrrhotite Smithsonite o Tschermakite o o Leucoxene (Titanite) o Molybdenite o Parsettensite o Quartz, see also Sogdianite o Tungstite o o Levyne o Molybdite o Paulingite Agate Specularite o Tungusite o (Hematite) Liebigite o Monazite o Pearceite Amethyst o Turquoise o o Spessartine Limonite (Goethite) o Monazite-Ce o Pectolite Carnelian o Tyrolite o o Spherosiderite Linarite o Montmorillonite o Pekoite Cairngorm o Ulvöspinel o Chalcedony (Siderite) Linnaeite o Mooihoekite o Penninite o Umangite o Chert o Sphalerite Löllingite o Mordenite (Chlinochlore) o Uralite (Amphibole) o o Jasper o Sphene (Titanite) Ludwigite o Morenosite Pentlandite o Uraninite o o o Ramdohrite o Spinel Mackinawite o Morganite (Beryl) Peridot (Forsterite) o Uranophane o o o Rancieite o Spionkopite Magnesiochromite o Mottramite Perovskite o Uvarovite o o o Realgar o Stannite Magnesite o Muscovite, see also Petrovskaite o Uvite o o o Rhodochrosite o Staurolite Magnetite Fuchsite Petzite o Valentinite o o o Rhodonite o Steatite (Talc) Malachite Mariposite Phacolite (Chabazite) o Valleriite o o o Riebeckite o Stellerite Manganite Sericite Pharmacosiderite o Vanadinite o o o o Ripidolite o Stephanite Manganocalcite Nantokite Phengite (Muscovite) o Vermiculite group o o (Clinochlore) o Stibiconite (Calcite) Natrolite Phillipsite o o Vesuvianite o o o Romanechite o Stibnite Manganophyllite Natron Phlogopite o o Violarite (Biotite) o o Ruby (Corundum) o Stilbite Naumannite Phosgenite o o Vivianite o Mansfieldite o o Rutile o Stilpnomelane Neotocite Phosphuranylite o o Volynskite o Marcasite o o Samarskite o Stromeyerite Nepheline Piemontite o o Wairakite o Marialite o o Saponite o Strontianite Nephrite jade Pigeonite o Wehrlite o o o Sapphire (Corun- o Stützite Mariposite Niccolite (Nickeline) o Pitchblende (Tellurobismuthite) (chrome Muscovite) o dum) o Sulfur Nickel-skutterudite (Uraninite) o o Westerveldite o Marmatite o o Sarmientite o Sylvanite Nontronite Plagioclase group, o o Wolframite (Sphalerite) o see also Scapolite group o Synchysite-Ce Nsutite o o Wollastonite o Massicot o Andesine Scheelite o Taenite Offretite o o Wollastonite-2M o Maucherite o Bytownite Schorl o Talc Okanoganite-Y o o Wulfenite o Meerschaum o Labradorite Schultenite o Tantalite Okenite o o Wurtzite (Sepiolite) o Oligoclase Scolecite (Ferrotantalite) Oligoclase o Xonotlite o Meionite o Platinum o Scorodite o Tellurobismuthite (Plagioclase) o Yarrowite o Melaconite o o Plumbojarosite o Scorzalite o Tennantite Oligonite (Siderite) o Yugawaralite (Tenorite) o o Plumbopyrochlore o Selenite (Gypsum) o Tenorite Olivine group o Zaratite o Melanite (Andradite) o o Polybasite o Selenostephanite o Tephroite Omphacite o Zektzerite o Melanterite o o Polycrase o Senarmontite o Tetradymite Onyx (Calcite) o Zeolite group o Mendozite o o Polylithionite o Sepiolite o Tetrahedrite Opal o Zinkenite o Meneghinite o o Powellite o Sericite o Thenardite Orientite o Zippeite o Mercury o o Prehnite o Serpentine group o Thermonatrite o Orpiment o o Zircon Mesolite o Orthoclase Proustite o Thomsonite Sources: Becker, Randy, 1991, Minerals of the Golden Horn batholith, Okanogan County, Lasmanis, Raymond, 1995, A compendium of Wenatchee district mineralogy, 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