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Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
'Agardite'
Agardite-(Y)
Alabandite
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Aldermanite (TL)
'Alkali Feldspar'
Allactite
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
Antimony
'Apatite'
Aragonite
'Argentiferous Gold'
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenoclasite
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce) (TL)
Arsenopyrite
Arthurite
'Asbestos'
Atacamite
Augite
var: Fassaite
var: Jeffersonite
Aurichalcite
Aurorite
Austinite
Autunite
'Axinite'
'Axinite Group'
Azurite
Barbosalite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Bariosincosite (TL)
Baryte
var: Baryte Rose
Barytocalcite
Bassanite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bastnäsite-(La)
Baumhauerite
Bayldonite
Beidellite
Beraunite
Bermanite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
β-Uranophane
Beudantite
Beyerite
Billietite
Biotite
Birnessite
Bismite
Bismoclite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bohdanowiczite
Boltwoodite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Bracewellite
Brannerite
var: Absite
Braunite
Breithauptite
Britholite-(Ce)
Brochantite
Bromargyrite
Brookite
Cacoxenite
Calcioancylite-(Nd)
Calcioferrite
Calcite
var: Cobaltoan Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Calderónite
Carminite
Carnotite
Carrollite
Cassiterite
Caysichite-(Y)
Celestine
Cerianite-(Ce)
Cerite-(Ce)
Cerussite
Cervantite
Chabazite-Na
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
Chamosite
Chenevixite
'Chert'
Childrenite
Chlorapatite
Chlorargyrite
var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloro-potassichastingsite
Chondrodite
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
'Chrysoprase'
Chrysotile
Churchite-(Y)
Cinnabar
Clausthalite
'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
Domerockite (TL)
Donnayite-(Y)
Dravite
Dufrénite
Dufrénoysite
Duftite
Elbaite
Emplectite
Enargite
Eosphorite
Epidote
Epsomite
Eriochalcite
Ernstite
Erythrite
Eucairite
Euchroite
Evansite
Fairfieldite
Faustite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
'Fergusonite'
Fergusonite-(Y)
'Ferrierite'
Ferrimolybdite
'Ferro-actinolite-Tremolite Series
var: Nephrite'

Finnemanite
'Flint'
'Florencite'
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluellite
Fluocerite-(Ce)
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Fluorophlogopite
Fraipontite
Francevillite ?
Francisite (TL)
Françoisite-(Ce) (TL)
Françoisite-(Nd)
Franklinite
Freibergite
Gahnite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gatehouseite (TL)
Gehlenite
Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
'Glass'
Glauberite
Glaucodot
Glaucophane
Goethite
Gold
Gorceixite
Gordonite
Goslarite
Goyazite
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
var: Hessonite
Groutite
Grunerite
Guanajuatite
Gudmundite
'Gummite'
Gypsum
var: Satin Spar Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Hausmannite
Hedyphane
Hematite
var: Martite
Hemimorphite
Hentschelite
Hetaerolite
Heterogenite
Hidalgoite
Hillite (TL)
Högbomite
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Huntite
Hureaulite
Hyalophane
Hydrohetaerolite
'Hydromuscovite'
Hydroniumjarosite
Hydroxylapatite
Hydrozincite
Hylbrownite (TL)
Idaite ?
Illite
Ilmenite
Iodargyrite
Iron
var: Kamacite
Jacobsite
'Jade'
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Johntomaite (TL)
Kamphaugite-(Y)
Kaolinite
Kapundaite (TL)
Kasolite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
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
'Magnesioriebeckite-Riebeckite Series
var: Crocidolite'

Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S
Magnesiotaaffeite-6N’3S (TL)
Magnesite
var: Ferroan Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Manganochromite (TL)
Marcasite
Margarite
Massicot
Mcguinnessite
Melanterite
Melonite
Mendipite
Meneghinite
Meta-autunite
Metahohmannite
Metaschoepite
Metaswitzerite
Metatorbernite
Metazeunerite
Meurigite-Na
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Microlite Group
var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)

Millerite
Millisite
Mimetite
Minium ?
Minyulite
Mitridatite
Mixite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monohydrocalcite
Montgomeryite
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
Morinite
Mottramite
var: Duhamelite
Muscovite
var: Damourite
var: Sericite
Nacrite
Namibite
Natrodufrénite
Natrojarosite
Natropharmacosiderite ?
Naumannite
Nickel
Nickeline
Nissonite
Nontronite
Nukundamite
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
Parasymplesite
Paratacamite
Paratooite-(La) (TL)
Paravauxite
Paulscherrerite (TL)
Peisleyite (TL)
Pennantite
Pentlandite
Perhamite
Perite
Perloffite
Perovskite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Phillipsite-K
Phlogopite
Phosgenite
Phosphoferrite ?
Phosphophyllite
Phosphosiderite
Piemontite
Plattnerite
Plimerite
Plumbojarosite
Polybasite
Posnjakite
Prehnite
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
Pseudorutile (TL)
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pumpellyite-(Mg)
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrobelonite
'Pyrobitumen
var: Thucholite'

Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)

Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
var: Ca-bearing Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrosmalite-(Mn)
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Blue Quartz
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
var: Jasper
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Ramsdellite
Rhodochrosite
Riebeckite
Robertsite
Rockbridgeite
Romanèchite
Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite
Römerite
Rosasite
Roscoelite
Roxbyite (TL)
Rozenite
Russellite
Rutherfordine
Rutile
var: Niobian Rutile
Saléeite
Samarskite-(Y)
Sampleite
Saponite
Sassolite
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schoepite
Scholzite
Schorl
Schreibersite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Seamanite
Segnitite
Sepiolite
'Serpentine Group'
Serpierite
Shigaite
Siderite
var: Manganoan Siderite
var: Pistomesite
Siegenite
Sillimanite
Silver
Skutterudite
var: Smaltite
Smithsonite
Smolianinovite
'Soapstone'
Soddyite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spherocobaltite
Spinel
Spriggite (TL)
Springcreekite (TL)
Stannite
Staurolite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Na
Strengite
Stromeyerite
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)
Törnebohmite-(La)
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Triphylite
Triplite
Triploidite
Troilite
Tsumcorite
Tungsten
Turquoise
Ullmannite
Umangite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
var: Thorian Uraninite ?
Uranophane
Uranospathite
Uranosphaerite ?
Uranospinite
Ushkovite
Uvite
Vanadinite
var: Arsenatian Vanadinite
Variscite
Vauquelinite
Vermiculite
Vésigniéite
Vesuvianite
Vivianite
Volborthite
Wagnerite
var: Magniotriplite

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


682 entries listed. 504 valid minerals. 28 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

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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.
- Gee, L.C.E. & Brown, H.Y.L., 1908, Record of The Mines of South Australia , 4th ed., Government Printer, Adelaide.
- 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.
- R Tappert, J Foden, T Stachel, K Muehlenbachs, M Tappert, K Wills (2009): The diamonds of South Australia. Lithos 112, 806-821.
- Grew, G. J. (2011): Australia’s first mining era. MESA Journal 61, 42-46.


External Links

- http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/home [Department of Primary Industries and Resources SA (PIRSA)]
- http://outernode.pir.sa.gov.au/minerals/sarig [South Australian Resources Information Geoserver (SARIG)]
- http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/ (South Australian Museum, Adelaide)
- http://outernode.pir.sa.gov.au/minerals/mines__and__developing_projects/

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