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

Anthophyllite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
'Argentiferous Gold'
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenoclasite
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce) (TL)
Arsenopyrite
Arthurite
'Asbestos'
Atacamite
Augite
var: Fassaite
var: Jeffersonite
Aurichalcite
Aurorite
Austinite
Autunite
'Axinite Group'
Azurite
Barbosalite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Bariosincosite (TL)
Baryte
var: Baryte Rose
Barytocalcite
Bassanite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bastnäsite-(La)
Baumhauerite
Bayldonite
Beraunite
Berlinite
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'
Chabazite-Na
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
Chamosite
Chenevixite
'Chert'
Childrenite
Chlorapatite
Chlorargyrite
var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
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
Covellite
Crandallite
Crocoite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cumengeite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
'Cupro-Asbolane'
Cuprocopiapite
Cyrilovite
'Davidite'
Davidite-(La) (TL)
Decrespignyite-(Y) (TL)
Delafossite
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
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
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
Hessite
Hetaerolite
Heterogenite
Hidalgoite
Hillite (TL)
'Högbomite'
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Huntite
Hureaulite
'Hyalophane'
Hydrohetaerolite
'Hydromuscovite'
Hydroniumjarosite
Hydroxylapatite
Hydrozincite
Hylbrownite (TL)
Illite
Ilmenite
Iodargyrite
Iron
var: Kamacite
Jacobsite
'Jade'
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)
Jahnsite-(NaFeMg)
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Johntomaite (TL)
Kamphaugite-(Y)
Kaolinite
Kapundaite (TL)
Kasolite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Kidwellite
Kingite (TL)
Kintoreite
Kleberite (TL)
Kleemanite (TL)
Köttigite
Kyanite
Lanarkite
Langite
Larsenite
Laueite
Laumontite
Lavendulan
Lazulite
Lead
Lepidocrocite
Leucophosphite
'Leucoxene'
Libethenite
Liebigite
Likasite
'Limonite'
Linarite
Linnaeite
Lipscombite
Löllingite
Mackinawite
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S
Magnesiotaaffeite-6N’3S (TL)
Magnesite
var: Ferroan Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Manganochromite (TL)
Marcasite
Margarite
Marshite
Massicot
Mcguinnessite
Meionite
Melanterite
Melonite
Mendipite
Meneghinite
Meta-autunite
Metahohmannite
Metanatroautunite
Metaschoepite
Metaswitzerite
Metatorbernite
Metazeunerite
Meurigite-Na
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Microlite Group
var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)

Millerite
Millisite
Mimetite
Minyulite
Mitridatite
Mixite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monohydrocalcite
Montgomeryite
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
Morinite
Mottramite
var: Duhamelite
Muscovite
var: Damourite
var: Sericite
Nacrite
Namibite
Natrodufrénite
Natrojarosite
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
Phosphophyllite
Phosphosiderite
Piemontite
Plattnerite
Plimerite
Plumbojarosite
Polybasite
Posnjakite
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite
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
Quartz
var: Chalcedony

var: Citrine
var: Jasper
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Ralstonite
Ramsdellite
Rhodochrosite
Riebeckite
Riebeckite Group
var: Crocidolite

Robertsite
Rockbridgeite
Romanèchite
'Roméite Group'
'var: Stibiconite'
Römerite
Rosasite
Roscoelite
Roselite
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
Sideronatrite
Siegenite
Sillimanite
Silver
Skutterudite
var: Smaltite
Smithsonite
Smolyaninovite
'Soapstone'
Soddyite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spherocobaltite
Spinel
Spriggite (TL)
Springcreekite (TL)
Stannite
Staurolite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Na
Strelkinite
Strengite
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Sulvanite (TL)
Sussexite
Switzerite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Taenite
Talc
'Tantalite'
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tarbuttite
'Tektite'
'var: Australite'
Tengerite-(Y)
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorite
Thorutite
Tilasite
Tinsleyite
Tinticite
Titanite
var: Yttrian Titanite
Todorokite
Topaz
Torbernite
Törnebohmite-(Ce)
Törnebohmite-(La)
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Triphylite
Triplite
Triploidite
Troilite
Tsumcorite
Turquoise
Ullmannite
Umangite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranophane
Uranospathite
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'
Xenotime-(Y)
Zapatalite
Zeolite Group
'Zincrosasite'
Zircon
Zoisite
Zwieselite


657 entries listed. 498 valid minerals. 29 type localities (valid minerals).

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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.

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.

Gee, L.C.E. & Brown, H.Y.L., 1908, Record of The Mines of South Australia , 4th ed., Government Printer, Adelaide.

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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