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South Australia, Australia

References:
- Cloud, T. C. (1883): A catalogue of South Australian minerals. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 6, 72-93.
- Brown, H. Y. L. (1893): Catalogue of South Australian Minerals with the Mines and Other Localities Where Found. Adelaide, 34 pp.
- Brown, H. Y. L. (1908): The Mines of South Australia. Reprint of 4th ed., C. E. Bristow, Adelaide, Australia, 382 pp.
- Barnes, C. C. et al. (1980): Some semiprecious and ornamental stones of South Australia. Dept. of Mines and Energy, Geol. Survey of South Australia, D. J. Woolman, Adelaide, 159 pp.
- Ludbrook, N. H. (1980): A guide to the geology and mineral resources of South Australia. Dept. of Mines and Energy South Australia, 230 pp.
- Drexel, J. F. (1982): Mining in South Australia. South Australia Dept. of Mines and Energy Special Publ. No. 3, 303.
- Dallow, L. (1983): Fossicker’s Guide to Gold, Minerals and Gemstones in South Australia. Gemcraft Publications Pty. Ltd., East Malvern, Victoria, 148 pp.
- Noble, R. J., Just, J. and Johnson, J. E. (1983): Catalogue of South Australian Minerals - 1983. South Australia Department of Mines and Energy Handbook 7, 244 pp.

- www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/ (South Australian Museum, Adelaide)




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
'Adularia'
Agardite-(Y)
Alabandite
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Aldermanite (TL)
'Alkali Feldspar'
Allanite-(Ce)
Almandine
Altaite
Alunite
Amarantite
'Amphibole Group'
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
var: Chiastolite
Andradite
Angastonite (TL)
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite

Anthophyllite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaCl)
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
Apatite-(CaOH)
Aragonite
'Argentiferous Gold'
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenoclasite
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce) (TL)
Arsenopyrite
Arthurite
'Asbestos'
Atacamite
Augite
var: Jeffersonite

Aurichalcite
Aurorite
Autunite
'Axinite'
Azurite
Barbosalite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Bariosincosite (TL)
Baryte
Barytocalcite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bastnäsite-(La)
Baumhauerite
Bayldonite
Beidellite
Beraunite
Bermanite
Beryl
var: Emerald ?
Betafite
β-Uranophane
Beudantite
Beyerite
Billietite
Biotite
Birnessite
Bismite
Bismoclite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bohdanowiczite
Boltwoodite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brannerite
var: Absite
Braunite
Breithauptite
Britholite-(Ce)
Brochantite
Bromargyrite
Brookite
Cacoxenite
Calcioancylite-(Nd)
Calcioferrite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Carminite
Carnotite
Carrollite
Cassiterite
Caysichite-(Y)
Celestine
Cerianite-(Ce)
Cerite-(Ce)
Cerussite
Cervantite
Chabazite-Na
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
Chamosite
Chenevixite
Childrenite
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloro-potassichastingsite
Chondrodite
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Churchite-(Y)
Cinnabar
'Clay'
Clinoatacamite
Clinobisvanite
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore
Clinoclase
Clinoenstatite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
Cobaltaustinite (TL)
Cobaltite
Coffinite
Collinsite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
'Columbite-(Fe)-Tantalite-(Fe) Series'
Columbite-(Mn)
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copiapite
Copper
Coquimbite
Cordierite
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Corundum
var: Ruby ?
var: Sapphire
Cosalite ?
Covellite
Crandallite
Crocoite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cumengeite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
'Cupro-Asbolane'
Cuprocopiapite
Cyrilovite
Danalite
'Davidite'
Davidite-(La) (TL)
Davidite-(Y)
Decrespignyite-(Y) (TL)
Delafossite
Delvauxite
Descloizite
var: Cuprian Descloizite
Dewindtite
Diaboleite
Diamond
Diaspore
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
Dioptase
Djurleite
Dolomite
Doloresite
Donnayite-(Y)
Dravite
Dufrénite
Dufrénoysite
Duftite
Elbaite
Emplectite
Enargite
Eosphorite
Epidote
Epsomite
Eriochalcite
Ernstite
Erythrite
Eucairite
Euchroite
Fairfieldite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
'Fergusonite'
'Ferrierite'
Ferrimolybdite
Finnemanite
'Florencite'
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluellite
Fluocerite-(Ce)
Fluorite
Fluorophlogopite
Francevillite ?
Francisite (TL)
Françoisite-(Ce) (TL)
Françoisite-(Nd)
Franklinite
Freibergite
Fergusonite-(Y)
Gahnite
Galena
'Garnet Group'
Gatehouseite (TL)
Gersdorffite
'Glass'
Glauberite
Glaucodot
Glaucophane
Goethite
Gold
Gorceixite
Gordonite
Goslarite
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
Groutite
Grunerite
Guanajuatite
Gudmundite
'Gummite'
Gypsum
var: Satin Spar Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Hausmannite
Hedyphane
Hematite
var: Martite
Hemimorphite
Hentschelite
Hetaerolite
Heterogenite
Hillite (TL)
Högbomite
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Hureaulite
Hyalophane
Hydrohetaerolite
'Hydromuscovite'
Hydroniumjarosite
Hydrozincite
Idaite ?
Illite
Ilmenite
IMA2008-022 (TL)
IMA2009-016 (TL)
IMA2009-047 (TL)
Iodargyrite
Iron
var: Kamacite

Jacobsite
'Jade'
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Johntomaite (TL)
Kamphaugite-(Y)
Kaolinite
Kasolite
'K Feldspar'
Kidwellite
Kingite (TL)
Kintoreite
Kleemanite (TL)
Köttigite
Kyanite
Lanarkite
Langite
Larsenite
Laueite
Laumontite
Lavendulan
Lazulite
Lead
Lepidocrocite
Leucophosphite
Leucoxene
Libethenite
Liebigite
Likasite
Limonite
Linarite
Linnaeite
Lipscombite
Liroconite ?
Lithiophorite
Löllingite
Mackinawite
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S
Magnesiotaaffeite-6N’3S (TL)
Magnesite
var: Ferroan Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Manganochromite (TL)
Marcasite
Massicot
Mcguinnessite
Melanterite
Melonite
Mendipite
Meneghinite
Meta-autunite
Metahohmannite
Metaschoepite
Metaswitzerite
Metatorbernite
Metazeunerite
Meurigite-Na
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Millerite
Millisite
Mimetite
Minium ?
Minyulite
Mitridatite
Mixite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monohydrocalcite
Montgomeryite
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
Mottramite
var: Duhamelite
Muscovite
var: Damourite
Namibite
Natrodufrénite
Natrojarosite
Natropharmacosiderite ?
Naumannite
Nickel
Nickeline
Nissonite
Nontronite
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Black Opal
var: Crystal Opal
var: Fire Opal
var: Harlequin Opal
var: Jelly Opal
var: Milk Opal
var: Mother of Opal
var: Opal Matrix
var: Opal-AN
var: Pineapple Opal
var: Pinfire Opal
var: Pipe Opal
var: Precious Opal
var: Shell Opal
var: White Opal
Orpiment
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Orthoserpierite
Palygorskite
Parahopeite
Parascholzite
Parasymplesite
Paratacamite
Paratooite-(La) (TL)
Peisleyite (TL)
Pennantite
Pentlandite
Perhamite
Perite
Perloffite
Perovskite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Phlogopite
Phosgenite
Phosphoferrite ?
Phosphophyllite
Phosphosiderite
Plattnerite
Plimerite
Plumbojarosite
Polybasite
Posnjakite
Prehnite
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
Pseudorutile (TL)
'Psilomelane'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrobelonite
'Pyrobitumen
var: Thucholite'

Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
var: Ca-bearing Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Blue Quartz
var: Citrine
var: Flint
var: Jasper
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Ramsdellite
Rhodochrosite
Riebeckite
var: Crocidolite
Rockbridgeite
Romanèchite
Roméite
Römerite
Rosasite
Roscoelite
Roxbyite (TL)
Rozenite
Russellite
Rutherfordine
Rutile
var: Niobian Rutile
Saléeite
Samarskite-(Y)
Sampleite
Saponite
Sassolite
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schoepite
Scholzite
Schorl
Schreibersite
Scorodite
Seamanite
Segnitite
Sepiolite
'Sericite'
Serpierite
Shigaite
Siderite
var: Manganoan Siderite
Siegenite
Sillimanite
Silver
Skutterudite
var: Smaltite
Smithsonite
Smolianinovite
'Soapstone'
Soddyite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spherocobaltite
Spinel
Spriggite (TL)
Springcreekite (TL)
Stannite
Staurolite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Na
Strengite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Sulvanite (TL)
Sussexite
Switzerite
Symplesite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Taenite
Talc
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tarbuttite
'Tektite'
Tengerite-(Y)
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorite
Thorutite
Tilasite
Tinsleyite
Titanite
var: Yttrian Titanite
Todorokite
Topaz
Torbernite
Törnebohmite-(Ce)
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Triphylite
Triplite
Triploidite
Troilite
Tsumcorite
Turquoise
Ullmannite
Umangite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
var: Thorian Uraninite
Uranmicrolite
Uranophane
Uranospathite
Uranosphaerite ?
Uranospinite
Ushkovite
Vanadinite
var: Arsenatian Vanadinite
Variscite
Vauquelinite
Vermiculite
Vésigniéite
Vesuvianite
Vivianite
Volborthite
Wagnerite
var: Magniotriplite

Wakefieldite-(Ce)
Wardite
Waterhouseite (TL)
Wavellite
Weberite
Weeksite
Whitlockite
Willemite
Witherite
Wittichenite
Wollastonite
Woodhouseite
Wulfenite
Xanthoxenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zálesíite ?
Zapatalite
'Zeolite Group'
Zincrosasite
Zircon
Zoisite
Zwieselite


2511 entries listed. 475 valid minerals. 27 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
Australia
 
  • South Australia
      • Stuart Creek
      • Peake and Denison Ranges
      • Darke Peak
        • Iron Knob
        • Burr Well
        • Calcutta Outstation ruins
        • Freeling Heights
        • Leigh Creek South
        • Moolooloo
        • Mount Freeling homestead
        • Mount Serle homestead area
        • Trinity Well
        • Umberatana
        • Warraweena
        • Wertaloona homestead
        • Wilkowie Hut
        • Winyagunna Hut
        • Worturpa
        • Baratta homestead
        • Belton area
          • Wirrealpa area
        • Hawker
        • Martins Well
        • Oraparinna
        • Port Augusta
          • Mundallio
        • Quorn area
        • Warrakimbo
        • Wilmington
        • Wirrabara
      • Dudley Peninsula
      • Kalkaroo area
      • Corunna Station
      • Tarcoola
    • Mintabie
    • Mobella Station
    • Morolana
        • Clare
          • Farrell Flat
        • Hallett
        • Lochiel
        • Pandappa
        • Ashton
          • Keyneton
          • Lyndoch
          • Tanunda
        • Cherry Gardens
        • Coromandel Valley
          • Cape Jervis
            • Second Valley
          • Rapid Bay
          • Yankalilla
        • Gumeracha
        • Hahndorf
        • Horsnell Gully
        • Kangarilla
        • Kanmantoo
          • Deloraine Goldfields
        • Keyneton
        • McLaren Vale
        • Monarto South station
        • Mount Barker
        • Mount Pleasant
        • One Tree Gully
        • Reynella
        • Stonyfell
        • Truro
        • Walker Flat
          • Sanderston railway station
    • Murray Basin
    • Murray Mallee
      • Mindarie
      • Mt Victor homestead
    • Riverland
      • Waikerie
      • Mount Gambier
      • Pine Point
      • Stenhouse Bay

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